Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-16
LESSON FOR JUNE 10.
MAKING THE SOCIAL ORDER
CHRISTIAN.

CHRISTIAN.
LESSON TEXT-Luke 416-n; Matt 25:
S4-40
GOLDEN TEXT-Inasmuch as We have
done it unto one Nof the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me-Matt.
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REFERENCE MATERIAL-Acts 2: 81
Al; s: As.
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" if the committee
please. At least these texts selected
by the committee do not so teach, for
they have no bearing upon the ques-
uon- 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.
!. Jesus in the Synagogue at Naza-
reth duke 4 4:16-21).
l. 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. 1919. He opened the book
at the sixty-irst chapter of Isaiah and
read the Scripture passage which set
forth His entire mission.
O Character of His mission wv.
18, 19). (a) Preach the gospel to the
poor. God has peculiar regard for the
poor and. the glory of the gospel is
that it comes to the help of the very
ones most in need. 1t puts a ladder
at the feet of 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
hearted! (c) Preach deliverance to
the captives. Those who are in cap
tivity to sin and Satan. Christ can and
will deliver (John S:34-36). td) 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 bruising 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 :S-13, 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, 2D. Hav-
ing completed the reading He declared
that the Scripture had fulfillment then
and there in himself. This was crit
ical hour for the people. May it 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 at
Nazareth
II. The Judgment of the Nations
(Matt 25 :34-40).
The biblical unit here is verses 81
46. One cannot intelligently teach the
verses selected Without their setting;
so it would be better to take a survey
of the whole.
This Judgment should be carefully
distinguished from what is popularity
called General Judgment" The Bible
speaks of different judgments, differ
ing in respect to the subjects, the
| place. the time, and the results of the
judgment. Note the following partic-
ulars:
1. The Judge ". 81. The Son of
Man in glory.
| 2. The time ". 81. 1t is when the
Lord shall come In His glory accom-
panied by His glorious retinhe of an
1 gels.
3. The place ". 31). 1t will be on
the throne of His glory. This throne
will be most surely in the land of Is
rael. The prophecy of Joel, third
chapter, and Zechariah 14:1-5 make it
to be in or near Jerusalem.
4. The people judged wv. 32-45).
These people will be the living nations
upon the earth after the church has
been translated Il Thess. A: 16, I'D.
These nations are the ones to whom
the gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached just prior to the coming of
the Lord (see Matt. 24:14. The
preachers of this gospel will be Jews
| (Rev. z; Rom. III. These are the
Lords brethren in the flesh as they
move among the nations of the world
with the startling message of the news
of the Lords approaching kingdom.
Some nations will gladly receive the
message and most kindly receive the
kingdom messengers, giving them
! clothing, food, shelter, etc.; others will
reject them, thrusting them into pris-
on, etc. Here the former will visit
/ these messengers of the King and pro-
| vide for their wants. At this time the
Judge will separate the nations, plac-
| ing the sheep on the right and the
| goats on the left. The ''sheep" are
those who gave proper treatment to
| Christ's brethren; the "goats" are
those who maltreated and rejected His
| brethren.
5. The issue of the judgment ". 46;
| cf. BAD. The sheep enter upon the
inheritance of a prepared kingdom
| ". 34). The goats go into an everlast-
ing fire prepared for the devil and his
| angels. Their destiny is fixed ". 46).
God Governs World.
l proffer it as my contribution to-