Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-03-25
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LESSON
LESSON FOR MARCH 27

THE LIVING CHRIST.


LESSON TEXT-Matt. 2SI-2o
uoLDEN TEXT am with you always.
even unto the end of the world Matt
8:20
REFERENCE MATERIAL - Matt. 81:
bl-66 Mark l6:l-lS; Luke 1856, 4,l2 John
POLLS Phil SSH
PRIMARY TOPIC.-The Easter Story
JUNIOR TOPIC - our Ever-Present
Friend
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Christ Our Living Leader.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Christ in the Life OF Today.
!. The Empty SepuIcher wv. 1.7).
!. The earthquake wv. 1.4), This
occurred when the glorious angel de.
scended from heaven to roll the stone
away from the tomb. This work Of
the angel was not to allow Jesus TO
escape, but TO show that the tomb
was empty. Christ needed not even
the help of glorious angel, for He
was raised up by His own power as
the seal upon His atoning work on the
cross. The open tomb and the angel
sitting upon the stone with calm dig.
nifty is picture of Gods triumph
over the devil. and the terror of the
Keepers is sample of what all Of
Christ's enemies shall one day expert.
ence when He comes in glory to reign
as King.
2. The angels message to the WON.
en- wv. so. ~ Fear not" ". 81.
While the enemies had occasion to
fear, these women who loved the Lord
received good news from the empty
tomb, The Lord will not long leave
those who follow Him In love In sus-
pense and dread The empty tomb
puts an end to all doubts and fears.
II Is the evidence that the question of
sin is dealt with, and that God is sat.
isfied and eternal victory is secured
(2) Come, see" ". g.. The angel
told the women that the Lord had
risen and invited them to come and
see the place where He lay The rea.
son He invites them to come in Is
that He desires them to make sure
about the facts. The Lord made spe.
cial effort to convince the disciples of
the reality of His resurrection. He
remained with them for 40 days, Civ.
ing them many lnfallible proofs. t3)
go quickly" ". y. Having seen for
themselves, their responsibility was
to go tell the message. While 1t Is
important to be convinced of facts,
one should not stay too long because
there is work to do. Experience Is
necessary before testimony. They
were to 90 quickly to the disciples with
the message. assured that the Lord
would 60 before and meet them.
u. The Risen King Meets the
Women wv. 8.10)
The women quickly obeyed the com.
mand of the angel and were running
10 bring the disciples word. Jesus
met them on the way. Those who
have an experimental knowledge of
Christ should go speedily TO tell 9th.
prs of It. All who 60 quickly with His
message. the Lord will meet on the
way. When they saw Jesus, that He
was really The Lord. they worshiped
Him. They knew that He was the
Son of God, therefore entitled TO be
III. Paying Money to Circulate a
Lie wv 11-15).
That Jesus arose from the dead
'ould not even be denied by the San.
ledrin. They could see but one way
'ut of the difficulty. that was to bride
he keepers to tell lie. They had
'aid money for His betrayal; now
hey pay much more to circulate n lie
bout His resurrection. What n won
erful power money has over the lives
nd consciences of men. 1t will not
My induce people to lie. but il even
luzzles the mouths of preachers
w. The Kings Great Commission
w 1920.
BY virtue OF His royal authority He +,
;sued this great command to the dis. :
iples. In order to prepare them TO
eceive this command. He declared un. ,
them that all power in heaven and :.
arth was given unto Him. This Is :
lost fundamental Only as the dis. l.
Iples realize the Lords power are
hey likely to 60 about with the mes
,ge.
l. go, teach all nations" This Is
We first and primary business of the
lsciples, The risen and mighty Lord
sues this command to all ". 19).
?, Baptize them in the name of the
rune God Those who have become
sclples Of the Lord should receive
lat rite which signifies that relation.
lip to Him ". 19).
3. Teach them to observe all Christ's !
". 20). Those who
come Christ's disciples should be
ught obedience to all His commands
] who thus obey Him shall enjoy His
iding presence. Christ's abiding
essence guarantees the success of the
terprise