Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-04-19
Lesson for April Il
THE FUTURE LIFE (EASTER
LESSoN)

LESSON TExT-Luke 24:1-12;
John 14;1-6.
GOLDEN TEXT am the resur-
rection and the life; he that be-
lieveth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live.-John 11:25.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Jesus Living
Again.
Again.
ToPIC-Life Here and Hereafter.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND SENIOR
TOPIC-Life in the Light OF Eter-
nifty.
l. God, the God of the Living
CMark II :26, q.
IF a man die, shall he live againT
Is an age-long question. 1t Is af-
flrmatively answered by both the
universal human conviction and the
holy Scriptures. Death does not
end all. 1t is not a leap into the
dark. 1t is rather the open door
through which human personality
enters into the light of glorious free
dom. Life itself is but a training
school, a preparation for the larger
and higher life after death. It is
in this light that Christ declares
that God is the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, because he Is the
God of the living. Those who In
their lifetime are in vital relation
to Jesus Christ, the eternal Life,
shall never die.
u. The Resurrection Of Jesus
Christ duke 24:1-12).
The supreme test of Christianity
Is the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead. 1t matters little
what Jesus said and did while
alive, If his body remained in the
grave. If he did not come forth in
triumph from the tomb, then all his
claims are false. On the other
hand, if he did arise, all his claims
are true.
/. The empty sepulchre wv. 1-3).
q. The coming Of the women
" u. AS an expression Of affec-
Tomato regard for the Master, they
come with spices for his body.
b. What they found (vv. 2, 81.
When they came to the sepulchre
they found the stone had been re-
moved, but they found not the body
Of Jesus. For they to have found
his body in the sepulchre would
have been the worlds greatest
tragedy. The empty tomb spoke
most eloquently Of the deity and
power Of the Son of God from.
1:4).
2. The message Of the men in
shining garments wv. 4-S).
a. "Why seek We the living among
the dead?" ". 81. The angels ques-
ton has continued to reverberate
through the centuries.
b. "He is not here, but is risen"
". 81. Jesus, before he was cru
CITED, told them that the Lord must
be betrayed and crucified and that
on the third day he would rise
again.
3. The women witnessing to the
eleven wv. GID. Their thrilling
testimony concerning the empty
tomb and the words Of the angels
appeared to the apostles as idle
tales.
4. Peter investigating ". 12).
While the testimony of the women
seemed as idle tales, Peter was not
of the temperament to lightly dis
miss the matter. Therefore, he ran
to the sepulchre. Upon close inves-
tigation he found the linen clothes
lying In such way as to prove the
reality Of the resurrection.
III. Jesus Preparing Place In
Heaven for His Own John 14:1-3).
The hopes of the disciples were
utterly shattered when Jesus told
them about the cross. He consoled
them by pointing to the reunion In
the Fathers house. This he did by
1. Asking them to trust in him
even as God ". u. Faith In the
Goldman, Christ, will steady the
heart no matter how intense the
grief nor how great the sorrow.
2. By informing them that he
was going to the Fathers house to
prepare home for them ". p. He
declared that In that house there
were many abiding places. Heaven
Is an eternal dwelling place for
Gods children.