The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-03-29
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' Lesson
(By REV. p. B. FITZWATER, DID,, Dean
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Co. 1925 Western Newspaper Unon.l
Lesson for April l
JESUS THE SUFFERING MESSIAH
LESSON TEXT-Mark s:27-ss.

JESUS IHE SUI FERING MESSIAH
LESSON TEXT-Mark S:27-3S.
GOLDEN TEXT-Whoever will come
after Me, let him deny himself and
take up his cross and follow Me.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus the Great
Hero.
JUNIOR ToP1C-The Heroism of Je-
sus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-The Cost of Being Loyal to Christ.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-Jesus Interprets His Messiahship.
I. Peters Confession of Christ wv.
27-3O).
Two questions of Jesus provoked
this confession. l. "Who do men say
that l am?" wv. 81, 2S). This ques-
ton referred to the opinions of the
people regarding Jesus. Some believed
Him to be John, the Baptist, some
Elijah, and some, one of the prophets.
They all recognized Him to be
teacher or prophet with more than
human authority and power. Jesus
was not content with this acknowl-
edgment. Had He been satisfied with
this He would not have been niolested
I'm Jerusalem, for the Jews willingly
acknowledged Him as much more than
a human teacher. 2. "Who say We
that l ann" wv. 90, 30). Jesus per-
siStently claimed to be the God man,
the very Son of God incarnate. He;
wanted the personal opinion of the
II. Jesus Teaching Concerning the
Gross wv. 1889.
He charged the disciples not to
make public His Messiahship as that
would precipitate the crisis. The dis
iciples had much need of instruction
yet, to prepare them for the crucial
hour of the cross.
1. What He taught ". 3D.
~ "The Son of Man must suffer
many things" He suffered physical
WEAKNESS and hunger, ridicule and
contempt and even misunderstanding
(2) BE rejected of the elders,
chief priests and scribes." These were
the nations official representatives,
the very ones who should have known
and received Christ and recommended
His reception on the part of the ma
tion. Truly He came to His own and
His own received Him not John l III.
go "Be killed" This announce
ment was startling to the disciples.
They had not yet come to realize that
redemption was to be accomplished
through the passion and the cross.
az Rise again." Though this was
utterly incomprehensible to the dis
,ciples, He showed them that this
would be the glorious issue of His
death.
2. How the disciples received His
teaching ". 32).
So unwelcome was His teaching
touching the cross that Peter, the
spokesman of the disciples, rebuked
Him. Peter later saw through this
darkness the light of glory on the
hilltops beyond Il Pet. l: %, ~.
8. Jesus rebukes Peter ". 33). He
told Peter plainly that his attitude
was due to his being under the in
'uuence OF the QeVll.
III. Jesus Going to Jerusalem to
Die mark 10 1924.
Jesus went to Jerusalem with the
consciousness of the awful tragedy of
the cross before Him; the treachery
of Judas, the fiery prosecutions of the
priests, the unjust judgment, the de-
livery to Pontius Plate, the mocking,
the scourging, the crown of thorns.
the cross between malefactors, the
nails and the spear all were spread
before Him. He moved on to His
goal not by external necessity but
fixed purpose. He had not only come
'''to minister but to give His life
ransom for many" The joyous out
look of the victory which was to be
accomplished through the shedding of
His blood led Him forward (Heb.
1920.
w. The Cost of Discipleship Mark
$50.
The law of the Christian life is suf-
fering. To follow Christ means to
turn ones back upon the world To
repudiate the world means to incur
the hatred of the world; to be Chris
tians means to share Christ's suffering.
1. There must be denial of self
". 34). There is wide difference
between self-denial and denial of self.
All people practice self-denial, bur
only Christians deny self.
2. The cross must be taken I'D
". 34). This means the suffering and
shame which lie in the pathway of
loyalty to God To live the cody life
means suffering I'll Tim 3:12).
3. Christ must be followed ". 3D.
This means to have the mind of
Christ (Phil. 2: 81 and to perform the
service of Christ. The blessed issue
Of following Christ is a life of free
dom here and now, and eternal life
hereafter.