Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For December 2S-RepieW
BY DIR, MARION NIGH. HULL

visible of any world conversion
there must come a time OF separa
| ton.
His Power to Save
To His disciples He displayed
more than to anyone else, His mighty
power. On the tempest-tosSed sea
none but they saw the reason fol
| the sitting of the storm. / t was 10y
a word from Himf For this display
of His power was not only over the
elements, but over the prince Of the
power of the air, the ruler of this
world darkness, who was making
another effort to destroy the Christ
| and those who followed Him.
And then on another occasion He
manifested His power-15, 000 peo-
! pie followed Him around the north.
ern shore of the lake and We're with.
| out food A lads lunch was com
| mandeered and made sufficient for
all, with a basketful left over for
each of His friends.
On another occasion He gave sight
to man who had been born blind.
| displaying power which no mere
man could have exercised.
And While He was in Perea He was
called back TO Bethany where His
very dear friends lived, arriving
there four days after the brother had
died But He who created man out
of the dust of the earth could easily
bring a dead man back from the
dust of the earth. In response to
his spoken word Lazarus came forth
from the tomb, although he had been
dead for four days. Not even His
on t.,;1
this miracle; Lazarus was too well
k1. own, and the fact of his death
four days before was too well known
to deny this display of power.
Yes, He was ever displaying such
power and declaring His Father,
making known to men that God has
power to save and is willing to cxer-
else it in behalf of those who trust
Him.
His Personality and Plan
To His disciples He also made
known His personality and plan. One
day UP near Mount Hernon He
asked His disciples who they thought
that He was, and drew from Peter
the great confession: Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God"
He Himself acknoWledga that Peter
could not have been cogfiZant of this
except it had been revealed to him
by God. No mental process would
nave resulted in such a conclusion.
i: is thing of the heart rather than
of the mind
But when they had learned this
great truth as to His personality He
began to unfold His plan before
them-to go to Jerusalem, suffer,
Gle, be buried, and rise again on the
third day. They could not have an
pretended His plan if they had not
been informed as to His personality.
That came first, then they could ap-
prehend His program.
They were dull; it took them some
time to grasp either truth; it was
only after the events had occurred
that they began to fathom His mean
ing; but it all came back to them
then with a flood of light. He was
really God manifest in the flesh!
But all through all of these ex-
perlences one fact became increas..
1ngly plain-that God loved them.
None of their experiences before had
caused them to appreciate this fact.
They had thought of God as SUI
preme, as powerful, as righteous, as
a God of battle; but they had never
Apr ehended the truth of God as
father-one who loves because He
had created. But everyone of these
EXP eriences taught them this-par
tlcularly, the story of the Good. Sa.
marian; and the fact that Jesus
hunted up the man who had been
born blind and was cast out of the
synagogue because he bore testi-
mory to his benefactor: and His
weeping at Lazarus tomb; and His
stopping to take meal with Fac
cheus; and above all the story of the
lost sheep, lost coin, and lost boy.
Oh! there is no doubling it now.
We know since Jesus came. that
God is love. DO you know it? Are
you letting Him lavish His love
upon you?