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us téfbre the foundation of the world has a place marked out for us, and will thrust us into it if we abide in loving patience 'in His'service. W e w ill never be com pelled to edge or elbow our way into prom inence. He choosès for Us. He determines the place, prepares us for it and presses- us into it. Here is the first great lesson in the life of a servant. Abide in His choice. Any place in His service is better -than we deserve. Rejoipé if He permits you to have the lowliest service. “ Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not.” Seek great things for Him. Seek only to honor arid .to glorify Him. Serve with gladness of heart. The place of door keeper, in the house of God, is a thousand times better than the place of authority in the. tents of the world. “ Humble your self under the mighty hand of God and in due time He will exalt you.” Lesson II, April 12 G 'lden Text—Rom. 8:34 "It is Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again.” No incident connected with Christ’s ap pearance after His resurrection is more in-« terésting than His appearance to the two Emmaus disciples. What thoughtfulness, patience and love is manifested to these obscure men, who, although they loved the Lord, did not believe His word concerning His resurrection. The manner in which the Lord dealt?' with them gives us the logical order for dealing with men. First, He opened unto them the Scrip tures, then their eyes were opened and they knew Him, and then He opened their un derstanding .that they might understand the Scriptures. When thé Scriptrires are open ed the message concerns Christ, everywhere M n the law of Moses, the Psalms and the Prophets, the Bible pulses and throbs with a message of the Messiah. Christ must come. Christ must be rejected. Christ must be crucified. Christ must rise from the dead. It was imperative that He should be crucified, but equally imperative that He should break the .bars of death and the grave, and this He did.
The resurrection confirms our faith.— 1 Corinthians 15:17. It secures us from condemnation.—Ro mans 8:34. It is the pledge of our justification .— Romans 4:25. It supplies the answer of a good con science .—1 Peter 3 :21. It furnishes us with an Intercessor.— Ro mans 8:34. It affords Him the opportunity to prepare a place for us .—John 14:2. It makes possible the gift* o f the Holy Spirit^— Acts 2:13. It assures us a seat in the heavenlies.— Ephesians 2 : 6 . What a glorious Gospel—Christ crucified for us; Christ raised for us; Christ in terceding for us; Christ living for us and Christ coming for us. Ring the bells of heaven. Strike the strings of the harp. Set the music box of your .soul going. Sing aloud. Shout Hallelujah. Sin is put away. We are one with Hiip and we shall live and reign with Him for aye. Lesson III, April 19 Golden Text—Matthew 16:25- "Whosoever would save his life shall lose it and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.” What'a paradox is this ! What you save you lose and what you lose you save. Everything has a price. W e speak of the air as free, but it comes at a price. The water we drink from the "mountain stream has a" cost mafik upon it. The Gospel is said to be free and yet nothing in all the world is delivered at such tremendous price. The words spoken in derision, when our Lord hung upon the Cross,' “ He saved others, Himself He cannot save,” were pro foundly true for had He saved Himself the whole fabric of redemption would have been shattered. He could not then have been the promised Christ. The Jewish leaders would not pay the price of discipleship. “Ye- will not come to me that ye might have life.” Neither will most of the fol lowers of Christ surrender their wills to (Concluded on Daee 1791
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