The Dolores star., 1922-10-06

LESSON TEST-Luke sl-,,
GOLDEN TEXT-Rep.nt y.
kingdom of heaven is at hand Nv .% y
REFERENCE MATERIAI.M,,,n -. y
-. PHI. e:s-ll. A't u
PRIMARY ToPIc-wha. Io.,
About Jesus. ~
JUNIOR ToPIc-John preacbI,,
Bapuzing. Y
INTERMEDIATES AND sENIoRTm
"a Fearless Reformer. iorH
YOUNG PEOPLE AID ADrrrr ,o,
Repentance: What 1t Is and WIZ,
Does. ""'
!. The oeoeneraey Of IN. ~,
wv. l, y.
The Jews had sunk to verv l..
level Of civil, moral and religion, ,s'
Luke carefully enumerates ths A.,
and religious rulers in order to sh0,
the profligacy Of the times, and ,bs,,
fore the need Of messenger to q,
the people back to God and vlr,,
Herod. the son of the Great, was
murderer. Annas and Caiaphas We,
corrupt ecclesiastical rulers.
u. The Nature Of Johns Mimi,
wv. 3-6).
In the wilderness he underwen,
discipline which fitted him for NJ,
task. out of the wilderness he fas.j
forth preaching the baptism o, :.
pentence for the remission of sin, n
81. This ministry is declared to b.
fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy. m
message was described as one calm
upon the nation to prepare for NJ
coming OF the Messiah. This prep,n
tion was presented under the figure
monarch Of the East about to nah
journey. A servant was sent beiOn
to prepare the highway. yalsy
needed to be filled. mountains Ak
hills needed to be lowered. crooks
places needed to be made straight All
rough places needed TO be mad
smooth. Today before the nations rl
receive Christ the valleys need b
be filed with righteous deeds. the d
ceedlng high mountains of sin sh
lniquity need to be brought low, III
crooked dealings of the business woil
must be Strengthened out, and I'd
rough ways Of nations and individual
must be smoothed out. Men must re
pent Of their sins before they %
receive Christ.
III. The Content Of Joints Mss,s
wv. 7-1S).
/. Denunciation of Sin (yy !,
He called them IA generation Of
pers." This shows that he charga
them with deceitfulness and wicka
ness. Knowing the subtle hypers
of these Jews, he demanded evidena
of their sincerity-the genulneness
their repentance was to be denf
strated by their works.
2. Announcement OF Judgment
9). He declared that the axe was ~
at the root of the tree and that
tree not bringing forth fruit was 10
hewn down and cast into the nH
John made 1t very plain that for IN
sins they should be called into JUG
ment. Paul's preaching OF JUG
ment to come made Felix trenAi
(Acts "a :25).
3. Instructions to the Inquire
wv. 1O-14. U The people W.
~. Each man was to turn from
besetting sin and show love and sna
ness to his fellow men. Clothing ~
food were to be given those VINO '.
need. They were to turn from u
of selfishness and greed and 10 uu.
others as they would be done p!' 7
Publicans wv. i, 13). Ihese ~
gatherers who were guilty OF si'
and oppression were not asked u
up their occupation, but to eXact Va
that which was appointed by law.
The soldiers ". 14). These were iA'
the policemen of that day-at E'
men on military duty. lie toiu 'A'
to extort money from no man. +"
cuse none falsely, and to be coh''
with their wages. To all these cia',
he made it clear that they sHV-
henceforth perform their du'! ~
a motive of love instead oil seiD'
ness and greed. ,.,
4. Testimony to Jesus wv le
The people were muslns Ill
hearts as to whether John was Nui
the Messiah. When John per',N
this he with fine humility aec''
that his mission was so lowly Ill
parison with Christ's that ne WV
be unworthy to perform the mem"
of n slave in loosing the lalcne'
His shoes. John baptized WIN wa
but Christ, he declared, would pap'
with the Holy Ghost and WIN nie'
". Johns Imprisonment ""
2O). "a
, Because of his reproof OF hefo'
his wicked lewdness ana otiei
John went to the dungeon. Inc ps
er of righteousness must pecoD
martyr. Gods faithful prophe''
usually desplsed by the worla'
cast into prison, burned, or pene'