Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-01-22

LESSON TEXT--John 14.1-31.
GOLDEN TEXT am the way. the
unto the Father. but by me."--John
1915.
PRIMARY ToPIc-The Heavenly
Home.
JUNIOR ToPIC-walking In Christ's
Way.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-How Jesus Comforts His Disciples.
IC-Sources of the Christians Comfort.
The hopes of the disciples were ut
terly shattered when Jesus told them
about the cross Jesus had told them
that He was going away, and that
they could net follow Him. Their
hearts were flooded with grief He con-
soled them by
J. Pointing to the Reunion In the
Fathers House (vv 1-3).
]. He Asks Them to Trust in Him
Even as God fv. y. Faith in the God
man, Christ Jesus, viii steady the
heart, no matter how intense the grief
or how great the sorrow.
2. He Informed Them That He Was
Going. to the Fathers House in Heaven
to Prepare Home for Them ". ..
He assured them that there was abun-
dant room for all. Heaven is an eter-
nal dwelling place.
8. Ffe Assured Them That He Would
Come Again and Escort Them to-
Heaven ". 81. Jesus will not wait for
His own to come to Him, but will
come and call forth from the graves
those who have died, and transform
living believers, and take them all to
be with Himself in the heavenly home
foreyermore Il Thess. 4 :16-17).
II. Revealing the Way to the Fa-
TIERS House wv. AID.
Jesus informed the disciples that
they knew the place to which He was
going and the way. To this Thomas
interposed a doubt, in answer to which
Christ asserts that He Is
/. The Way to God ". g.. He is
something more than a mere guide or
teacher. He is the way itself He is
the door Of the sheep-fold
2 The Truth " o.. He is not mere
ly the teacher, but the truth incarnafe
In His incarnation the spiritual and
| material worlds were united, there
fore every line Of truth whether spir-
itual or material converges in Him. No
one who does not have Christ can ever
have the real truth about anything. In
Him we have the truth about man
what he is, what he ought to be, and
what he shall be in eternity. In Him
especially we have the truth about
I God.
| 8. The Life ". o.. Christ is not
merely the glver of life, but He is the
essence of life. Only those who re-
eeiye Christ have life in the true sense.
Since He is God incarnate, to know
Him is to know God
III. Assuring Them That His Work
Was to Continue wv. 12-14).
Jesus going away was not to end
the work which He had begun. This
no doubt meant that through the min
istry of the Spirit-filled disciples, the
work which Christ began would as
sumo larger proportions. There would
| be much greater number of CONVEX
sions than under His ministry After
! the Day of Pentecost the gospel did
take much wider range. During His
ministry the message was confined to
the Jews, while under the ministry of
the disciples it was only limited by
the world itself The disciples min
istry was ushered in by the conversion
of three thousand in one day.
Nv. Promises Another Comforter
! wv. 12-17).
The word comforter means literally
one called to the side of another to
give help, protection and deliverance.
! This comforter was the Holy Spirit.
Jesus was the Comforter while here
in the body. The Holy Spirit was to
be "another comforter"
v. Assuring Them Of HE Return to
Them (vv 1920.
Although Christ went away He did
not leave His disciples as orphans.
The Father and the Son make their
abode with the disciples who love and
obey Jesus Christ.
vi. Assuring Them That the Holy
Spirit Would Aid Them In Remember
ing and Understanding His Words
wv 1926
This the Holy Spirit does by illu-
minating the minds Of the disciples.
| VII. Giving the Legacy of His Peace
wv. 22-31).
BY His peace Is meant the serenity
of soul which one enjoys who is recon
ciled to God, who knows that his sins
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