Arkansas State press., 1942-01-16
Sunday School
Lesson
BY Th0s. ID. Driver, ID. d.

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BY Thos. ID. Driver, ID. D.
GOLDEN TEXT, Thou ar. my
beloved Son. in thee | am well
pleased, Luke 80.
Subject, John the Baptist and
Jesus. St. Matt. 3:l-l7; st. Mark
1;l-ll, st. Luke 3:1-22.
OUTLINES
First John and Jesus Lived Con-
temporary Lives.
Second. John The Voice of One
Crying In The Wilderness.
Third, Johns Baptism Endorsed
By the Holy Trinity.
Fourth, What About Infant
Baptism ?
John And Jesus Lived
Contemporary Lives
John and Jesus lived in the same
period MS that Of Tibrias Caesars
reign, about A. D. 27. They were
born in the same year six months
apart. Yet biblical history re-
cords very little about the early
life Of Jesus, and still less about
that of John more than to say,
"The child grew and waxed strong
in spirit
On the other hand, We pick up
their parents and infer the rest
concerning their early lives, by the
location of their parents. We
should say Johns parents were
Zacharius and Elizabeth, devout
and good as We're Joseph and Mary
the parents Of Jesus. Zacharius
being a priest insured Johns train
ing to be the very best in Hebrew
religion. They both had the most
careful home training. The homes
in which John and Jesus were
brought up, were very similar
one was simple home Of a priest
the other the same of carpenter,
Yet, there are some interesting
variations in their early lives.
| John lived in southern Judea, and
| Jesus up around Galilee. John the
son of a priest belonged to the
Old Testament, the last of the pro-
phets, swung a bridge across q
| period Of four hundred and eighty
five years from the closes of Mala-
chi to the coming of Jesus, and
Jesus belonged to the New Tesla
ment, took up where John left
off.
The Voice Of One Crying In The
Wilderness
John was a country man lived II
the wilderness of Judea, dressed
| in wilderness clothes, a leather
girdle about him, staff in his
| hand; eating locust and wild honey
| He was not q monkish hermit but
plain country man; nothing fine
in dress, or food, nothing frivilou'
| but every thing necessary anc
plain. This strange man attract.
I'd N-de attention. His humility
was very pronounced. Seeking nj
| honors; his simple life was re.
buke to all fast and high lyers
John was independent and free t
every thing and every body, an(
| could preach a fuh-shaken-dqwl
did not have 20 20 TO any one OF
anything and gave every one thu
Gospel. He lived SO independent
Of them he could call them yipers,
He called upon the people 70
forsake theii ways and turn 10
God. He asked them 20 make
their hearts and lives clean in pre-
paration for the Messiah who
would soon come. lie preached
! Judgment 10 Israel for their sins,
the ak Is laid at the root Of the
/ tree, only forsske your sins and
turn 20 righteousness, prepare ye
The uay Of the Lord and make his
path straight. He gives O vivid
expression Of the people In Isaiah
|3Is.}6, please read, The people
were boxing for Jesus, John had
go ertuAs sized him to the extent
hey sert committee Of priests
and Gev.tsz down from Jerusalem
I to riaw vrt M was; "And this
IA Inc rseh-i n John, when the
lows sere priests 10 ask him, who
te vas Md he answered and
confessed ard denied not, but con-
'asso1 T a." hot 'he Christ. And
HEY asked aw 0hat then? Art
tNcu Fias9 Aif hs sald, | am not
Ars Haop sra. prophet And he
,rswsrs9 Ma Thfn said they
Hma r'n. WHO art thou that we
nay rive ~ answer 10 them that
snit asi psa1 sayssi thou Of thy.
sels 20 ssid. arr the voice oil
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