The Coolidge examiner., 1938-06-16
Imbroped 4 SUNDAY
Uniform CCHOOT
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BY REV. HAROLD l. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
G Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for June 19
THE SUFFERING SERVANT

LESSON TEXT-Mark l5:22-39
GOLDEN TEXT-For even the Son Of
man came not to be ministered unto.
but to minister, and to give his life a
ransom for many Mark 10:45.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Gods Wonderful
Love,
JUNIOR TOPIC-on Calvary.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC-Sen.Sacrii for Others.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC-Love's Supreme Sacrifice.
"A Christianity without a dying
Christ is a dying Christianity. His
tory shows us that the expansive
ness and elevating power Of the
Gospel depend upon the promi-
nence given to the sacrifice Of the
Cross. An old fable says that the
only thing that melts adamant is
the blood Of a lamb. The Gospel
reveals the precious blood of Jesus
Christ, his death for us as ram
som, as the one power that subdues
hostility and binds hearts to Him"
alexander Maclaren.
We consider today that darkest
Of all days in the history Of the
world-when wicked men with cruel
hearts and hands crucified the low
ing Son of God. But, thanks be to
God, it was also the day when bright
hope shone forth for sinful human
ity. for in His death Christ bore our
sins upon the tree. the veil was
rent, the old sacrifices were set
aside, and the new and living way"
was opened into the ''holiest by the
blood Of Jesus" (Heb. 20).
The cross is not just an ornament
to decorate the steeple Of church,
or to adorn man. II speaks of the
black horror Of the cry, My God,
my God. why hast thou forsaken
me?" but il also tells Of our God
who so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten Son" as its
Redeemer.
l. Crucifed-That We Might Live
wv. 22-28.
The details Of and circumstances
surrounding the crucifxion are of
deep interest to every Christian. We
stand with Luther and weep as we
see Christ's unspeakable agony, not
only Of boz but Of spirit, and we cry
as did Luther, For me. for mel"
How can any believer contemplate
the cross and withhold self. sub
stance, or service from Christ?
Equally earnest and heart-Search-
ing is the message Of the cross to
the unbeliever. He knows he is a
sinner (Rom. 3:23), he knows that
"the wages of sin is death" Rom.
6:23, and he knows that neither
is there salvation in any other for
there is none other name under
heaven given among men whereby
we must be saved" (Acts 4:1O.
Here at the cross he meets that
one who his own self bare our
sins in his own body on the tree,
that we. being dead to sins. should
live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed Il Pet. 2:
24. There were two malefactors
who were crucifed with Him, and
one rallied at Him. The other said,
Lord, remember me when thou
contest into thy kingdom; and
Jesus said to him, To-day thou
shalt be with me in Paradise" duke
%: 39-43) Unbeliever. who reads
these lines, will you not just now
take the eternal life which Jesus
died to make possible for you?
ii. FOrsaken-That We Might Be
Accepted tvv. 1886.
The railing. head wagging, and
other abuse that men heaped upon
Jesus as He hung on the cross,
must have been a grevious thing for
His tender loving heart to bear.
But it was as nothing compared
with that hour when, covered with
all the sin and curse of the world.
He who knew no sin was made
sin for us" Il Cor. SID, and God
turned away from Him.
We cannot fathOm the fllll mean.