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great joy !” The earth is only a tiny speck in the midst of the mighty universe, but honored and hallowed by the advent of the Creator of the Universe. The Adoration of the Shepherds, vs. 15-20. This is not an ordinary birth; not an event old in human experience. This is the birth of a king, yes, the King of kings; the mani festation in human form of the. great, eternal, pre-existent One.; Marvelous, amazing condescension that the mighty God should become Man, and live in a garment of flesh! How we ought to glorify and praise Him as did the shepherds of old. John 1:1-18; Matt. 1:21; Matt. 20:28; Luke’ 19:10; Gal. 4:4, 5; 1 Tim. 1:15; Heb. 2:14-18; 4:14-16. DECEMBER 28, 1924 We stand at the beginning of a new year— behind us the old life, the old year, the enslavement to sin, the failures and follies, the defeats and the guilt. There is only one way for the past to be blotted out— that hasty word can never be recalled, that lie never overtaken, that wrong never undone, that neglected opportunity never recovered—■ that is, by the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. We who trust in Him dare not go back. We must not side-step; we can not stand still. We must go forward, but the way is un known and untried, with new enemies and hidden dangers. Psalm 37 is the word of encouragement, as we face the unknown way before us. Note verses one and two—Restfulness and Retribution. We are to rest in the Lord. He will take care of evil-work-;; ers. Verse three—Faith and Food. (See Psalm 84:11, Matt. 6:33, Phil. 4:19.) Verse four—Delight and Desire. If we make much of Him, He will make much of us. Verse five— Commit and Consummate. We commit our way unto Him, and He accomplishes that which we could not, and consum mates the work that is ours to do. With this encouragement before us we turn to Philippians three, remembering that God’s law for the Christian is “ for ward”-. In these verses Paul sets before us the aim of the Christian’s life—-advancing to apprehend. Our Lord appre hended us, laid hold of us, for a definite purpose, and the highest aim we can have for the new year is to win for Jesus, that for which He chose and saved us— Lay hold of that for which He laid hold of us. (Eph. 2:10; Tit. 2:14.) He will give us victory. Go forward with! the highest and noblest of ambitions set before us, with Psalm 37 as our comfort and strength. JANUARY 4, 1925 How Can We Develop the Spirit of Friendliness? Prov. 18:24; 27:6, 9, 10; 1 Sam. 18:1-4 (Consecration Meeting) To possess the spirit of friendliness should be the earnest desire of every Christian. Our business in life— if we are (Continued on page 834) The Old Year and The New Psalm 37:1-5; Phil. 3:12-14.
DECEMBER 14, 1924 Count and Share Your Blessings Psalm 107:1-9
This is one| of the choicest songs of praise in'the Word of God. Should be studied in its entirety in connection with this lesson. Praise and thanksgiving are His due. In one sense, thanks is all we can give to the Almighty. What He does— Redeems, v. 2; Gathers, v. 3; Delivers, v. 6 ; Leads, v. 7; Satisfies, v. 9; Pills, v. 9. What we should do— Give thanks for general blessings, v. 1; Say so (witness to personal salvation), v. 2; Praise Him, v. 8 . V. 2—Redeem—to buy hack from the slave market. Satan and the law of sin and death, the great slave-owners, hut Christ; has ransomed us and cancelled the bonds that held us, by His own blood. We should give special testimony to this fact and so share this blessing with others.’ V. 3 —What a host is the redeemed. What an ingather ing from various lands, from sinful ways, and wicked paths. V. 4—The soul's quest for satisfaction. The one away from Christ wanders in lonely places. V. 5— The miserable experience of the' one apart from God, with a never-satisfied hunger and thirst. V. 6 —Only when men reach their extremity do they pray, but God in His love delivers them. V. 7—After saving men, He leads them in right paths, keeps them from falling and brings them to the “ city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” V. 9—As they go, He completely satisfies and fills the hungry souls. V. 8 — Surely we are bound to give thanks, in view of these verses. “ Our God is not to be worshipped with groans and cries, hut with thanks.” Contemplation of our blessings will certainly arouse a desire to share them with others. Everything we have and are, we owe to Him. We are simply stewards, and there fore obligated to pass on that which, He supplies. This we can do by getting others to believe in and trust the SOURCE of our blessings-—Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son of God. DECEMBER 21, 1924 The Christmas Story in Poetry and Song Luke 2:8-16. The Christmas story is the sweetest story ever told. The Advent of the Savior, v. 7. No other birth was like His birth. It was foretold for centuries. It was of a vir gin. It was the clothing of God in human form. No other one ever came to die. We come to live as long as possible. His death on the cros^ was the purpose of His incarnation. Let us not -forget this great fact in the midst of all our Christmas activity. The Angelic Announcement, vs. 8-14. The event long before predicted and desired had now taken place. The “ fulness of time” had come. God’s greatest love-gift to man was not for the Jews alone but “ to all people.” How much the sin-cursed, devil-enslaved world needed a Re deemer, and on this day He was born. “ Good tidings of
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