The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-05
= WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
life Here And Hereafter Thru Christ
By HIGHT c. MOORE
Sunday, March 7. a.. c.,,.
Read John 1I:l to 1877. STUDY

Read John 1I:l to 1877. STUDY
John IA Ills. A.,
After the institution of the
Lords supper in the upper room
at .Ie,usaiem on the night before
| the clucifixion, Jesus and the
eleven with HIM concluded the
passover service probably singing
one of the Psalms. Apparently
while they were standing ready to
| 90. Jesus delivered his farewell
/ discourses, closing with the inter,
cesory prayer John II to 10. II
may have been about midnight
when the little band went out OF
the city to the Garden of Geth'
semane, the scene of the agony
the betrayal, and the arrest.
THE premise OF CHRIST
The Hope of Heaven is based on
the promise of Jesus. Amid the
gloomy forebodingS of that event
Jul night. the disciples were filled
with anxiety and alarm. Jesus
smoke peace and babe the waves
of their distreS grow calm. The
antidotc of fcar is an absolute
confidence in God the Father and
God the Son. If Gods hand be
upon the helm of our lives, there
are no rocks that can Shattcr, nc
shoals that can hinder, no storms
that can submcrge. On the basis
NJ tboir faith, Jesus drew aside
the curtain so that they could sec
! the Fathers house. Heaven is
where God is; it is a place of many
mansions. and so there is no lack
| of room. If il were not glori'
Gus reality, our faithful Lore
would have told us long ago. AND
he has himself gone to prepare 8
place for us. Moreover, he vii
return and receive Us into unend
ING association with himself. He
receives us unto himself at deati
when absence from the body
means presence with the Lord
also and especially at his seconC
coming, when the body shall b'
raised in interruption, reunited
with the redeemed soul, and takci
up to be forever with the Lord il
heaven. And our highest cXpecta
ton of heaven is not merely tina
it is a place Of happiness or free
dom from temptation or rest from
toll or reunion with loved ones
| but a place of immediate and un
! ceasing union with our Saviour.
THE GUIDANCE OF CHRIST
The Way to Heaven is mad
plain through the grace and guild
ance of Jesus. The disciples knew
both the way and the goal bcfor'
them if they had but recalled wha
they had heard their Master sa,
both in public and in private
However, they knew and vet di'
not know. Hence, the inquir,
was made by Thomas in his per
pleXity. He would not abandon
the idea that Jesus was to be
temporal king. In answer JcSu
| declared that he is the way, tn
truth and the life. The whole say
| ing of Jesus, according to HOvey
declares what men may have IL
him, namely: The only way t,
God; the only perfect revelation
of God; the only source of lif'
with God. "As soon as they &C
cept the way they accept the trutl
and the life. AS soon as they be
gin to follow the way, they begil
to know the truth and to share TIL
life. The consummate blessing i
future, the ircipient blessing i
lpreSent. Only through Jesu
can we come to the Father. A
Godet observes, it is not in HEAVIER
that we are to find God, but il
God that we are to find heaven.
THE DEITY OF CHRIST
| The Lord of Heaven is NANTES
to us in the presence of Jesus VIII,
was the Goldman. The unity o
Father and Son is asserted sane
claimed. Recognition of Jesus il
his true nature included knowl
edge Of God. The disciples dis
cernment had not been clear. An'
their knowledge was cloudcd wit
the mists of twilight. Philip
therefore, desired that Jesu
should reveal the Father to the lit
tie group around him. He ma
have expected some supernatura
display, like the Shckinah clou
which would dazzle away thei
darksome questions. In sorrowfuI
perhaps reproachful surprise
Jesus declared that all who ha
seen the Father; that is, they ha
witnessed the Fathers mind an
will in him, glory and grace, ab
horrence of sin and purpose I
save the lost; i ma word, all tn
Fathers perfection. This most in
innate unity, this interpenetratio
and indwelling of Father and Sir
is matter not merely to be claim
ed by Christ but believed by tn
disciples. The Lord of HEAVIER
Father and Son, was revealed t
men in the words and works o
Jesus. While these sublime fact
of redemption are to be accepte
implicitly, they are given an in
telligent basis. No man coul
have produced his thought, o
wrought his works; hence, the,
afforded indisputable proof If TIL
deity of Jesus, and his union witt