The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-10
Lesson for March Is
JESUS COMFORTS HIS DISCIPLES

JESUS COMFORTS HIS DISCIPLES
LESSON TEXT-John 14:1-1S.
GOLDEN TEXT-Peace I leave with
you, my peace 1 give unto you: not as
the world giveth. give unto you, Let
not your heart be troubled, neither let
1t be afraid.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesrs Plans
Home in Heaven.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus Plans a Home
in Heaven.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
1C-Jesus Comforts His Disciples.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
1C-Jesus Comforts His Disciples.
The hopes of the disciples were ut
terly shattered when Jesus told them
about the cross. He had told them that
he was going away and that they could
not follow him. He consoled them by
I. Pointing to the Coming Reunion
In the Fathers House wv. 1-3).
1. He asked them to trust in himself
even as God ". -. Faith in the God
man, Christ Jesus, will steady the
heart, no matter how intense the grief
or how great the sorrow. Faith In
God and Christ is one and the same
thing. for Jesus Christ is not merely
another God, but one with God. Christ
himself is divine and therefore the re-
vealer of divinity. Jesus Christ is the
same object of trust as God himself.
The believer should repose in him the
same confidence and yield unto him
the same submission as to God. Trust
in Jesus as God is the secret of quiet
heart.
2. He informed them that he was
going to the Fathers house to prepare
a home for them (v. q. Heaven is the
Fathers house. Heaven is an eternal
dwelling place. There is in it album
dant room for all. There are MANY
mansions" All who come to God
through Christ will find room.
1t is a prepared place for prepared
people.
8. He assured them that he would
come again and escort them to the Fa-
theirs house w. 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, taking them all to be
with himself foreyermore in the heav-
enly home.
II. Revealing the Way to the Fa-
theirs House wv. AID.
Jesus informed the disciples that
they knew the way to that place to
which he was going. 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
teacheV-he is the way itself. He is
the door of the sheepfold-the very
entrance to the tree of life.
Q. The truth ". g.. He is not mere
~ the teacher, but the truth incarnate.
In Christ's incarnation 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 Je-
sus Christ. In him we have especially
the truth about God. To pretend to
know God while at the same time re-
jecting Jesus Christ is utter folly. Only
as Christ reveals God can we know
him (John 1:1S).
3. The life ". g.. Christ is not
merely the giver of life, but he is the
essence of life. Only those who re-
ceive Christ have life in the truest
sense.
III. Assuring Them That His Work
Was to Continue wv. 12-1N.
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-filled disciples the
work which Christ began would as
sumo larger proportions. There would
be a much greater number Of CONVEX
sions than under his ministry. The
means by which they were to get the
power to do such wonders was prayer.
God will surely answer prayer, not
only because he loves his children, but
through answered prayer his own
name will be glorified.
~. Promising Another Comforter
wv. 12-1O.
The word "Comforter" means liter
ally zone called to the side of another
to give help, protection and deliver
ance." This Comforter is the Holy
Spirit. Jesus was the Comforter while
here on earth. The Holy Spirit was to
be another" Comforter. The condi-
ton upon which they might enjoy the
comfort of the Spirit was obedience
to Jesus wv. 1910.
v. Assuring Them Of His Return to
Them wv. 1924.
Although Jesus went away he did
not leave his disciples as orphans. He
IS spiritually present all the time. The
Father and the Son make their abode
with the disciple who loves and obeys
Jesus Christ.