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member the voice from heaven which said, as Jesus came up out of the water, “ This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’’ (Review Matt. 3:13-17.) After this, Jesus was led away into the wilderness where He was tempted by Satan, but was victorious in every temp tation. (Review Matt. 4:1-11.) Back to His little Nazareth home He went, but not to stay long, for He had a great work to do. To carry on this work He chose twelve helpers who were called His twelve disciples or friends. (Review Matt. 4:12-25.) With these twelve helpers or friends, He began His earthly ministry. He went about from place to place, teach ing, preaching, and performing wonder ful miracles. (Locate on the map places where He visited or preached—in lessons thus far.) You will remember the ser mon that He preached on the mountain, called the “ Sermon on the Mount” (Matt. 5, 6, 7). AU of these wonderful things He said and did showed the people that He was really GOD. Many believed on Him, but I am sorry to say that many rejected Him, just as they are doing today. Now, boys and girls, as we have studied and reviewed these lessons, I am sure that you know and love Jesus better than you ever have before, because you have become better acquainted with Him. But have you ever thought why He left His beautiful home in Heaven and came to this earth? Our Memory Verse tells us, does it not? Let us repeat it together (John 3:16). He so loved you and me, boys and girls, that He came to give Himself so that He could be our Saviour. Oh, is it not wonderful that Jesus should love us so? (Explain the need of a Sav iour and how each boy and girl may ac cept Him as such.) Let us close our les son for today by singing (or reciting) the song you all love, “Jesus Loves Me.” Prayer. Rome’s Move Toward the Bible From the Christian Standard we learn that last year a remarkable Congress gathered in Italy, composed, of Roman Catholics. The purpose of their gather ing was to promote the reading o f the New Testament. This is the third time they have met. Cardinal Gasparri brought the Papal blessing. There were many of the younger clergy there and great num bers o f influential laymen. Nearly all of the Italian bishops who could not be present sent their regrets. The schools in Turin were given a holiday so that the teachers could be present. They are urging that every father should be familiar with the Gospel story and be able to read and teach it to his family. Further, they are urging that the Scriptures be read in Italian as well as in Latin at their church services. This movement is due to the frank ac knowledgment that their religious litera ture has utterly failed to produce any ethical response and it is believed that the New Testament will. There are some who still believe that the Romish Church will yet be led back to purity of doctrine. We rather take the view, which we believe is Scriptural, that such dissemination of the Scriptures amongst Roman Catholics will lead to great multitudes withdrawing from the Church.— The Evangelical Christian.
L esson 8 The Twelve Sent Forth Lesson Text: Matt. 9 :35-10:8; 10:40-42. Golden Text: Matt. 9:37, 38. Jesus was again teaching. When He saw the multitudes, He had compassion on them. He asked the disciples to see the harvest, to feel the need o f the peo ple, to pray for laborers. Then He sent the Twelve forth into the harvest. They were given authority, equipped for ser vice, divinely directed, and promised re ward. Their business was to preach, heal, cleanse lepers, cast out demons, give freely. John was doubting and inquiring, but became reassured. Jesus,’ credentials were His miracles and His mercy to the poor. When He saw official Israel arrayed against Him, He gave a wide invitation to all who recognized their need to come to Him and rest. sK * sfc L esson 10 The Parable of the Sower Lesson Text: Matt. 13:1-9, 18-23. Golden Text: Matt. 13:9. The first parable illustrates the begin nings of the kingdom. The sowing of the Word brought imperfect results. There were four classes of hearers: hard-heart ed, impulsive, worldly, attentive.. “Take heed how ye hear.” * * * L esson 11 Parables o f the Kingdom Lesson Text: Matt. 13:31-33, 44-52. Golden Text: Rom. 14:17. All of these parables show imperfec tions in the kingdom—great outward growth, but inward decay and disintegra tion. A crisis and the separation of the good and bad will come at the end of the age. ♦ * H« L esson 12 Jesus Healing and Teaching Lesson Text: Matt. 15:21-31. Golden T ext : Matt. 7:7. For safety, Jesus had left Galilee and was in Gentile country. A heathen woman came pleading for her daughter’s healing. She was rebuffed, but persisted, and fi nally was rewarded, and honored for her faith. Contrast the prevailing unbelief of Israel at this time. A central lesson is, faith removes mountains of difficulty. H« * Hi G olden T ext I llustration There is yet standing in Damascus a temple of stone built centuries ago, per haps at first as a Syrian heathen temple for the worship of Rimmon. When Chris tianity was spread over the East, this building was dedicated to the worship of Christ. An inscription was placed on an arch, in Greek capital letters, as follows: * * * L esson 9 Jesus Teaching About Himself Lesson Text: Matt. 11:2-6, 25-30. Golden Text: Matt. 11:28.
“ Thy kingdom, O Christ, is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.” This is a quotation from the Greek Old Testament, Psalm 145:13. In process of time nominal Christians became indifferent to the faith o f Christ, and the Mohammedans took possession of the temple and made of it a Mohammedan mosque. They did not de stroy the inscription, and notwithstanding the mosque has been burned in part more than once (the last time in 1894), the in scription yet remains. We may believe that the preservation o f this inscription in a Mohammedan mosque, for twelve centuries, is a prophecy that Christ shall yet reign in the earth, King o f kings, Lord of 'lords.j«!ita'. 'A. J. Reynolds. Hs Hs Hs Jesus the Saviour R eview of L essons for the Q uarter Memory Verse: “ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Prayer. Approach. —Today we are to have a review lesson, boys and girls. Of course you are familiar with review lessons. At school you have a spelling review nearly every week. Our lessons f o r iFùSSfte tle city of Bethlehem, in a manger. You will remember the bright star which led the Wise Men over desert sands to the very place where Jesus was (Matt. 2:10-23). (Review each lesson by means o f a pic ture, memory verse, subject, or by ques tions. Each child might be assigned one of the lessons to give in story form. Let the aim be to acquaint the children with Jesus.) His boyhood days were spent in the lit tle village of Nazareth. (Use map.) All o f the time that Jesus was growing into manhood God was preparing a herald, or messenger, who was to prepare the people for Jesus’ message and work. In those days a king always had someone to go be fore him to prepare the way, and to tell the people of his coming. Jesus was a King—the King o f kings—so it was very fitting that He should have a herald. This herald was John the Baptist. (Review Math 3 :1-12.) It was he who baptized Jesus in the River Jordan. You will re- t h i s quarter have been taken f r o m Matthew, the very first book in the N ew Testament. They have all cen tered around o n e Person, the L o r d Jesus Christ. O u r first lesson told of His birth, in the lit
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