used anything like these if the boy had been carrying them. There is something more in this sack. A cigarette! I am sure that Jesus would not have used such as this to bless the multitude. Some people have nothing more to offer others than a smoke. I next find a card, and a bottle which reminds us of a whisky bot tle. (Announce that each of these ob jects is an imitation, that it is danger ous to touch the real things, for a person should never get used to han dling them.) The Lord Jesus would never use such things. I think the boy was glad that his sack had in it things that Jesus could and would use in blessing the multi tudes. Make sure you have the Bread of heaven, Christ Jesus, and then the Master will use that which you have to bless multitudes of people. Feb. 14, 1954 H old U p or F old U p OBJECTS: Two crosses. (The crosses should be about 12 inches high. One is made of cardboard, and the other of thin paper. Color both red.) LESSON: In looking at these red cross es I am reminded of the words of Jesus: “Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:27). When a person becomes a Christian, the cross of Christ becomes his own in a very real way. It is Jesus’ desire that His followers give a Christian testimony wherever they go. These crosses look very much alike, but they are different. One is made of stiff cardboard, and the other of thin paper. The paper one can be folded and placed Out of sight under my coat. If I try to hide the card board cross, it sticks out and others can see that there is something under my coat. There are those who have claimed to receive Christ as a personal Sav iour, and yet they carry a folded
cross which can be hidden easily. On rare occasions, they unfold the cross and reveal it if asked whether or not they are Christians. But he who car ries a hidden cross is of no help to unsaved people, and he certainly does not please Christ. One of the reasons that there are
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OBJECTS: Two paper sacks, five buns, imitation dice made from soap, an imitation cigarette, an imitation play ing card and a flask-shaped bottle filled with vinegar. (Put the buns in the first bag and the other articles, in the second.) LESSON: I want to tell you this morn ing about a boy mentioned in the Bible, who was glad he had some thing to give to the Lord Jesus. Jesus had been teaching the multi tude out in the country where there was no place to buy food. They were hungry. Jesus asked the disciples whether they had any food. A boy
not more people accepting Christ as Saviour today is that many Christians are carrying a folded cross. Their cross looks like any other on Sunday, when they are in the house of God, associating with Christians but it is folded during the week, and they can easily get it out of sight when they are with those who are not Christians. In the 7th chapter of John, Nicode- mus had a good opportunity of hold ing up the cross of Christ. The Phar isees asked, “Have any of the rulers of the Pharisees believed on him?” This was an opportunity for him to tell about the visit he had with Christ as recorded in the third chapter of John. All he did was ask, “Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?” (John 7:51). He had another opportunity of de claring his faith in Christ, and this time he was faithful, coming with Joseph of Arimathaea, to assist with the burial of Christ’s body. We are told about this in John 19:39,40. Let us please Jesus today by hold-
with a lunch was found, and he glad ly gave what he had to Jesus. Jesus blessed the lunch and caused a mir acle to take place so that there was enough food for five thousand. We are told about this miracle in the sixth chapter of John. Let’s open this paper sack and see what is in it. Here are five buns, to remind us of the five small loaves in the boy’s lunch that was given to Jesus. What do you think would have happened if this boy had been car rying a sack like this other one? We will look in and see what there is in it. Dice! Jesus would not have
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