Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-12-09
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ooHooL Lesson
BY REV HAROLD L. LuNDo,yYs~
Dean of the Moody Bible Tnstitute
Of Chicago.
Q Western Newspaper Union
Lesson for December IL
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

LESSON TEXT John l:1-7: Revelation
GOLDEN TExr-our fellowship !. x,,.,,
the Father. and with his Son Jesus Christ.-
PRIMARY ToPIc-The Heavenly Hom.
yUMlOR TUPiC-God's Great Family.
-Comradeship with Christ.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Daily Fellowship with Christ and Christians.
Fellowship-the word is rich I'm
meaning, even as it concerns the
ordinary relationships Of life. II
speaks Of the association of man
with man in q common enterprise.
sharing Of problems and Of VIC
tories-a partnership. Such reIa-
tlonships are very real and helpful.
They lead to friendships which bind
the hearts Of men together in noble
purpose and in tender consideration.
1t is, however, a long step for
ward when we add the prefix Chris
tian" to fellowship" For by so do
ing we not only bring men into the
most glorious partnership with each
other but we do two other very inn
portant things: ~ we limit those
eligible to this fellowship to those
who are followers Of the Lord Jesus
Christ; and (2)' we broaden the fell
lowship beyond the association Of
men with each other, and bring
them into the circle with Christ.
What a high and noble fellowship!
Do you belong? Christ says, 81 am
the door: by mg If any man enter
in he shall be saved John 1O:9).
Our Scripture selections for today
are from two books of the Bible:
Both speak of an eternal Christian
fellowship but the first stresses it's
present expression in a life of holi-
ness and the other its future of
blessed communion.
L. Christian, Fe1lowship-Now az
John 1:1-D.
The First Epistle of John presents
fellowship with God as depending
on three things which form in their
combination avery beautiful picture,
OF truth God is light (1:5)..
hence fellowship with God depends
on our walking in the light. God Isl
righteous (2:29T, hence fellowship,
with God depends on our doing
righteousness: God is love (4:7, 81,
hence fellowship with God depends
on our possessing and manifesting,
love" DANES NJ Cray.
Every clause and phrase oft the
passage before us is so full of !,
spiritual truth that it should have i
our full time burt we must limit our
selves to pai!Tting out one outstand--
ing fact; namely. that Christian fed.
lowship iss made possible because
we have an Saviour, the Lord Jesus
Christ. He It is who reveals the
Father-tfie One in whom there is
mo darkness at all" ". 50. If we
follow him we must ''walk in the
light as; he is IN the light" (M. ~.
This allows for no dark corners, no
crookedhess in word or act, no back
biting nor evilspeaking.
Let us open the hidden necesses of
the heart to the light of God and
put every evil thing under the
blood of Jesus Christ which
cleanseth us from all sim" ". y.
H.. Christian Fellowships-for Eter-
nifty (Rev. 21:1-T.
OsT present communion with God
and with one another is most pre-
cicns-but how often it is married
by sin and disturbed by the wicked
ness that surrounds us in the world.
We look forward to- that day when
we who are the followers of Christ
shall be delivered not only from the
penalty and the power of sin, but
also from its very presence.
There will be "a new heaven and
\ new earth" from which every evil
hing has been taken away, IN
which all has been renewed in
Then will come the
glorious consummation of all things
when God shah come to dwell with
them and they shall be his people.
and God himself shall be with them
and be their God" ". 81.
That communion shall never be
disturbed by the falling Of any tear.
There win be no mourning, no
crying, no pain ". A.. Little won
der that these words have been the
comfort of Gods people in their
darkest hours. They are not the
futile words Of human solace. They
come from the eternal God.
Three questions have intrigued
The curiosity of man: ~ Where did
come from? (2) why am here?
and (3) where am l going? The
Christian is the only one who has q
satisfying solution for the problem
If the origin of all things, "In the
beginning Cod; reason for the
existence of all things, "To me to live
S Christ; and satisfactory con-
of all things, "And God
himself shall be with them" It is
4 great thing to know Jesus Christ
as Saviour and Lord.