The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-06-23
Lesson for June 26
SHARING SERVICE WITH THE
LIVING CHRIST

LIVING CHRIST
: LESSON TEXT-Mark 1918, 14-16, 10, 20.
GOLDEN TEXT-And they went forth,
and preached everywhere, the Lord working
with them. Mark 1920.
PRIMARY TOPICAL Work With Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus Our Living Lord.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Making a New World With Christ.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Making New World With Christ.
Easter again? No, the calendar
does not say so, nor have we for
gotten that we observed Easter ten
weeks ago, but quite properly we
study the resurrection story again
today. Not only does it come in the
sequence of our lessons as our final
study in the Gospel of Mark, but the
fact is that every Sunday is a re-
hinder of Easter The reason why
we worship on the first day of the
week is that it is the resurrection
day. What life it would put into
our Sunday worship if the glory of
the risen Lord would shine forth Gas
it should) each Lords Day in all of
our service and worship.
1t is difficult to think or write
about the living Christ without US
ing superlatives. Our lesson for to-
day brings before US the most i'm
portant truth that the world has
ever heard-"He is risen; it
speaks of the worst thing in the
world-"unbelief"; and it presents
the worlds greatest commission
go and preach
1. The Transcendent Truth wv.
1-8).
''Ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene,
who hath been crucifed; He is ris-
en-, He is not here" ". g..
The world anXiously awaits news,
and, hoping almost against hope, it
longs for good news. This is the
good news-the Gospel-the all-im-
portant tidings that the Son of God
who had taken upon Himself not
only the form of man, but the sins
of mankind as well, who had tasted
the bitter death Of Calvary's cross,
could not be holden of death, but
breaking its bands asunder had ris-
en- from the dead
This truth becomes the chief bur
den Of the messages of the disciples
as they soon went everywhere pro-
claiming the Gospel. See the SER
mons recorded in the Book of Acts
(2:24, 80; 3:14, Is; 4:10, %; 10:40;
1880. 1t was such preaching that
was at the foundation of the Chris
tan church. 1t may be that we
should emphasize it more.
II. The impossible Barrier ".
IA.
"He upbraided them with their
unbelief and hardness of heart, be-
cause they believed not" Many are
the sins that men commit, but at
the root of them all we find the
heart of all sin-unbelief.
The tragic consequence of unbe-
lief is that it shuts the door, throws
up barrier to Gods blessing that
is virtually impossible until God
himself gives grace to believe. The
astonishing thing is that the hard
ness of heart and lack of faith here
were on the part of those who had
been the disciples of Jesus, to whom
He had made known the fact that
He was to die and to arise on the
third day, and to whom there had
now come the word of eye-Witnesses
that they had seen the Lord.
While we marvel at their short
sighted unbelief, shall we not ask
ourselves what hindrances we have
placed in Gods way in our own
lives?
III. The Supreme Commission
wv. IS, 16, 10, 20).
GO We into all the world and
preach the gospel to the whole Gre
alton" ". 15). "And they went
and preached, the Lord work
ing with them and confirming the
word" ". 20).
The great commission OF Christ is
still the marching orders of the
church." but how slowly we have
marched. The writer of these notes
was recently startled by statistics
revealing anew the fact that Chris
tian' America is rapidly returning
to the status of a mission field. It
is said that last year $1,000 churches
in America had no converts, and
5000 churches were closed during
the year. There are 10000 villages
reported to be without church serv-
ices, and 10000 communities with
out resident pastor.
The command of Christ is that we
should go to these pagan communi-
ties in our own land with the Cos
pei, and surely it is our double
shame that there are still lands
where Christ has never been
preached, yes, tribes that do not
even have word in their language
for the blessed name-Jesus!
If we will go He will indeed work
with us ". 20) and accompany the
message and ministry with divine
authority and power Who will go?
Select Good Company
When a man fingers in the neigh.
borhood of sinners he may expect
to be tempted. Our company has
not a littlH tn do with o1,r, ,o,,l1,-,4