The Winslow mail., 1923-11-16

L1ooON 1EAI-Matt. 9:35-3S; Luke
| 8:1-3; John 3:16-17.
GOLDEN TEXT-"God so loved the
world, that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting
life."-John 3:16.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus Preaching
in City and Country.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus a Missionary.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-The Missionary Activity of Jesus
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Christs Missionary Zeal
l. The Missionary Motive Matt.
1888.
AS Jesus saw the multitude His
compassion was aroused. Their pitiful
condition moved Him to take steps to
provide missionaries The result of
this was the sending forth of the
Twelve. Jesus saw the multitude as
1. Shepherdless Sheep ". 36) The
people were in need Of a protector,
provider and guide, just as sheep are
Of shepherd. They were faint and
scattered-diStressed cast down and
hopeless. What picture of the needy
world today The world is hungry
but knows not how to have this hun
ger satisfied. They know not which
way to turn in their confusion and
perplexity. They are in need of that
which alone the Good Shepherd can
supply.
2. Grain Ready for Harvest ". 37).
q fold hn i,NlO hoA
was ripe, ready for the harvest, and
that unless labOrers were secured the
harvest would be lost. This is still a
picture Of the world. The laborers are
still few. 1t is the Lords harvest that
is ready to be gathered. No wonder
He was moved with compassion !
Those who have eyes to see and hearts
to feel are still moved with compass
sion as they see the world ready to be
gathered into Christ's fold but no one
to perform the labor. The means for
securing laborers for the harvest is
prayer. He urged the disciples to
pray that the Lord would send forth
laborers.
II. Glasses of Missionaries Uuke
8:1-3).
Three classes are here enumerated !:
1. Jesus Himself (v. u. He is the
grand and supreme missionary. All re-
ceive their example and power from
Him. He left all and gave all in this
great enterprise.
2. The Twelve ". ~. Christ called
them and sent them forth. They were
His representatives and were clothed
with His power. Missionaries should
be chosen and commissioned by the
Lord himself In the evangelization of
the world there will always be need Of
the group of men and women devoted
exclusively to that work.
3. Certain Women wv. 2, 81. Chris
tian women can most effectively do
their part in preaching the gospel by
ministering to the workers. All who
have experienced the saving grace of
God desire to have a part in sending
the gospel to others that they too
might be saved. The church is greatly
indebted to the work of consecrated
women
III. The Missionary Message John
3 :16, 10.
The salvation which is offered to the
lost world was accomplished through
the sacrificial death of Christ. Out
of heart of love God gave His own
son to die. The figure pOrtraying the
method Of the Cross and salvation is
that of the brazen serpent. The out
standing teaching as suggested by DR..
Charles r. Erdman is as follows:
81. That men are, like the Israel
ties of old, serpent-bitten but the
deadly poison is the sting of sin.
"2. God has provided remedy In
the person of His Son; in His cruci-
fixiOn we see sin vanquished, as the
uplifted serpent pictured the death of
the destroyer; yet as the uplifted SER
pent was not real but one of brass, so
Christ was not really partaker of
sin but only made in the likeness of
sinful flesh.
"3. AS it was necessary for the dy-
ing Israelites to accept Gods pro-
vision, and with submission and faith
to look upon the brazen serpent, so
it is necessary for us to look in re-
pentance and faith to the crucified
Savior and to commit ourselves to God
as He is graciously revealed in Jesus
Christ If we refuse to accept Christ
we perish but faith results in eternal
life.
81. This provision is made by the
love Of God and is freely offered to
everyone who believes. For God so
loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whosoever be-
lieveth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life"