The Jasper news., 1921-06-16
LESSON FOR IUNE IS.
MAKING THE SOCIAL ORDER
CHRISTIAN.


LESSON rExT-Luke 4:is-21; Matt rs:
GOLDEN TDxT--Inasmuch as ye have
done II unto one Of the least OF these my
brethren, ye have done It unto me-Matt.
REFERENcD MArER1AL,-Acts 2: 81
PRIMARY ToPIc-Pleasing Jesus by
Helping Others.
JUNIOR ToPIc-The Example Jesus
Gave Us.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
making All OF Life Christian.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Christianity Transforming the Social
Order.
Again we say not Making the So
cial Order Christian IL the committee
please. At least these texts selected
by the committee do not so teach, for
they have no bearing upon the ques-
ton. Why two texts so widely sepa-
rated IN meaning should be selected
to go together under the subject
named is incomprehensible. The
teacher should therefore ignore the
subject chosen and endeavor to bring
out the meaning Of the texts,
I. Jesus In the Synagogue at Naza-
reth (Luke 4:16-21).
1. His custom was to go to the
house Of God ". 16). He now had
come back to the town OF his boyhood
days and entered the place Of worship
as was His custom.
2. Jesus reading from the Scrip
lures (vv. 1870. He opened the book
at the slxty-first chapter Of Isaiah and
read the Scripture passage which set
forth His entire mission.
~ Character of His mission (vv.
! 18, 19). (a) Preach the gospel to the
poor. God has peculiar regard for the
poor, and the glory Of the gospel is
that 1t comes TO the help Of the very
ones most In need. 1t puts ladder
at the feet OF a man and enables him
to climb as high as his ability will per
nit him. (b) Heal the broken
hearted. How many are the broken
heartedi (c) Preach dellverance to
the captlves. Those who ere in cap
| tivity to sin and Satan. Christ can and
will deliver (John 8 :34-38). (d) Re-
covering Of sight to the blind. Christ
not only can open the physical eyes
but the eyes of the spirit as well.
(e) Set at liberty them that are
bruised. Satan has been most merci-
lessly brulsing men, but the Mighty
One has come who can set them free.
(f) Preach the acceptable year Of the
Lord. This was the Year Of Jubilee
which looked forward to the glorious
millennial age (Lev. 25 1913, 50-54).
(2) His endowment ". 1S). The Holy
Spirit came upon Christ for the ex-
press purpose of fitting Him for His
divine mission. Because Of this en-
duement He cannot fail in His glo-
rious work.
(3) His testimony (vv. 20. 21). Hav-
ing completed the reading. He declared
that the Scripture had fulf1llment then
and there in himself. This was crit.
! ical hour for the people. May 1t be
Just as critical for the members OF
, every class where this lesson is stud
led May there not be rejection like
that which followed His testimony al
J NAZARETH
u. Tho Judgment Of the Nations
(Matt. rs :34-4O).
: The biblical unit here is verses 81
: 46. One cannot intelligently teach th'
: verses selected without their setting
SO It would be better to take surve,
i of the whole.
This Judgment should be carefully
+ distinguished from what is popularl!
called General Judgment" The Blbl'
speaks Of different judgments, differ
ing In respect to the subjects, tn
D place, the time, and the results Of tia
0 Judgment. Note the following partiC
8 ulars:
q 1. The Judge ". S1). The Son o
q Man In glory.
s 2. The time ". 31). 1t is when tn
o Lord shall come In His glory accom-
Q panied by His glorious retinue Of an
gels.
$ 8. The place ". 8D. 1t will be o
the throne OF His glory. This thron
, will be most surely In the land OF i
IS rael. The prophecy Of Joel, thir
chapter, and Zechariah IA 4:1-5 make
to be In or near Jerusalem.
4. The people judged (vv. 32-45
These people viii be the living nation
= upon the earth after the church ha
N been translated II Thess. 4 +: 10, II
These nations are the ones to whoi
I the gospel of the Kingdom shall B
s preached just prior to the coming {
q the Lord (see Matt. 24,14). n
= = preachers OF this gospel win be Jew
= (Rev z; Rom. III.