Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-03-11
Lesson for March IA
The LAST WORDS OF JESUS
WITH HIS DISCIPLES

LESSON TEXT-John l4.I-3I.
q GOLDEN TEXT am the way, the
! tnuth and the life."-John l46
PRIMARY ToPIc-Jesus Tells of the
Heavenly Home
JUNIOR Wonderful Promises
of Jesus
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
1C-Jesus Counsels and Confers with
Ills Disciples.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-Christ's Last Words With dis Dis
ciples.
The hopes Of the disciples were ut
teriy shattered when Jesus told them
about the cross. He had told them
that He WAS going away and they
could not follow Him. Their hearts
Awere flooded with grief. He consoled
Them by.
|. Pointing to the Reunion in the
Fathers House lvv. 1-S).
r. He Asked Them to Trust in Him
BNen as God ". ~.
Faith in the God man Christ Jesus
will steady the heart no matter how
intense the grief, nor how great the
sorrow
2. lie Informed Them That He Was
Going to The Fathers House in Heaven
to Prepare Home for Them ", p.
He assured them that there was
abundant room for all. Heaven is an
eternal dwelling place. Only those
can enter who have made the neces-
sary preparation here.
3. He 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 grave those who have
died and transform living believers
and take them all to be with Himself
In the heavenly home forever more.
III. Revealing the Way to the Fa-
TIERS House wv. AID.
Jesus informed the disciples that
they knew the place and the way TO
which He was going To this Thomas
interposed a doubt. in answer to
which Christ asserts that He is
n l. The Way to God ". 81.
He is more than mere guide or
teacher He is the way itself. He is
the door OF the sheep fold; yea. the
very entrance to the tree Of life.
Q The Truth (s. 81.
He is not merely the teacher, hut
the Truth ;ncarnate. In His incarna-
tian the spiritual and material worlds
were united Therefore. every line OF
truth, whether spiritual or material
converges in Him. No one can ever
have the real truth about anything
who does not have Christ. In Him es-
peeially we have the truth about God.
To pretend to know God. while at the
same time rejecting jesus Christ is
utfer folly Only as Christ reveals
vGed can man know Him (John :lS).
g. The Life tv. 81.
Christ is not merely the giyer Of
life, but He is the essence Of life.
Only those who receive Christ have
life in the true sense This is truth
which cannot be arrived at by intel
lectual processes. 1t is a mystery
which can only be penetrated by faith
~ Ill Assuring Them That His Work
Was to Continue wv 1910.
Jesus going away was not to end
the work which He had begun. This
no doubt means that through the min
istry OF the spirit-flled disciples the
work which He had begun would as
sumo larger proportions After the
Day of Pentecost the Gospel took
much wider range During His min
istry the message was confined to the
Jews. while under the ministry of the
disciples it was only limited by the
world itself The disciples ministry
was ushered in by the conversion OF
three thousand in one day
w. Promises Another Comforter
wv. 15-17).
4 The word comforter means lit
! orally one called to the side Of another
to give help. protection and deliver
ance. This comforter WAS the Holy
Spirit. Jesus was the comforter while
here in The body. The Hely Spirit
WAS to he another comforter
V. Assuring Them Of His Return to
Them Wv. 1924.
Although Christ went away He did
not leave His disciples as arphsas.
He is spiritually present with them
always. The Father and the Sen
make their shade with the Disciples
wha love and obey Jesus Christ.
! VI. Assuring Them That the, Holy
Spirit Wsuls Aid Them in Rensn,hsr-
Ing and Understanding His Words
w. %, 2s).
This the holy Spirit dees by illn-
minatinK the minds of the Disciples
VII. Giving the Lesseysf His Peace
wv. 27-31).
D BY His peace is mesat the serenity
Of soul which eae eajeys who knows
that his sins are forgiven