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December, 1936
Christmas night, long, long ago, when the angels told the shepherds about the manger in Bethlehem where lay the little Lord Jesus. John wants us to remember that long years before this happened, the Lord Jesus was really living. The very first words of John’s Gospel tell us that in the beginning Jesus was with the Father. The Father and the Son were one, and together they lived in heaven until the time came when the Father should send the Son to the world to be the Saviour of the world. God promised His people that He would give His Son, and for many years they had waited for H im ; and then, when He came, a sad thing happened. Many of the waiting people would not believe that Jesus was the Christ, the Saviour sent from God. Even though God sent John the Bap tist to say that the promised Son was com ing, still many people would not believe. If you were expecting a gift and it came, and some one even brought it to you and told you that this was the gift you were expecting, and still you didn’t take it, wouldn’t that be a strange thing?
Word was God." The Greek order makes this clear by placing the word “ God” first, literally, “ God was the Word.” 3. “In him THE BIBEE : ITS CHRIST and MODERNISM 1. The Book which saves young people from becoming Modernists, in spite o f all false teaching. 2. The Book to convince all honest Modern ists that the Bible is truly God’s in spired Word. Prof. Leander S. Keyser, D.D., says: “ If ever Modernism has received a crushing blow, it has received it in this book. Get it and ponder it well.” By mail, $1.00. T. J. McCROSSAN 4138 Brooklyn Ave. Seattle, Wash. Sell 1937 Scripture Text Calendars Sunday Schools, Churches, Societies Most beautiful calendar in America. Fur-1 ther the cause of Christianity. Welcomed I everywhere for -its masterpieces of Reli-J gious Art. ‘ I Single copy, 30c; 4, $1.00; 12, $3.00; j 25, $5.75. J Rates on Quantities—Write Today • W estern A rt Studios Box 1500, Los Angeles, Calif. | Object Lesson S h in in g S ilverware Objects: A tarnished silver spoon, a wide-mouthed quart jar filled with hot soda water, and a cross cut from aluminum. (Paint one side of the cross red. Use about two heaping tablespoonfuls of baking soda to a quart of water.) Lesson: Do you boys and girls like to shine silverware? I don’t suppose you would like to shine this spoon, as it is badly tai 1)nce it was clean and bright, but now it looks dirty. It reminds me of people whose lives have been black ened by sin. W e will let this jar of hot water remind us of a church. W e will put the tarnished spoon in the church and see whether it is changed. (Have a thread tied to the han dle of the spoon so that it can easily be pulled out of the jar.) No, it is just as tarnished as ever. There must be some thing lacking in this church, if the sinner is not cleansed. Oh, I see, there is no cross and no Christ, and, of course, the sinner cannot be cleansed from sin without Him. Here is a red cross, reminding us of the cross on which Jesus died, and His red blood that was shed for the sins of the world. As long as the cross is on the out side of the church, no matter how close it comes, the spoon still remains tarnished. W e will put the cross on the inside of the church and see what happens. As soon as it touches the spoon, the spoon is cleansed. As soon as sinners contact Jesus Christ and accept Him as Saviour, their lives are changed. W e are reminded of the words of John 1:12: “ But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the ■fa The House of a Thousand Things for Church and Sunday School. Send for our attractive 1937 general catalog. Chock full of Economy and Helps W i l l i a m H. D i e t z 10 S. Wabash Ave., Dept. 18, Chicago NEW! 00DY CENTENARY S O N G B O O K • A collection o f 72 Songs and Hymns, popular in the MOODY and SANKEY revivals in Great Britain and America. Compiled especially to commemorate the D. L. Moody Centenary-Moody Bible Institute Jubilee, 1936-1937. • Appropriate and inspir ing for use in Sunday evening services, Sunday Schools, Missionary Societies, etc. Sample copies 10c each postpaid. Per 100, $7.50 not prepaid. W rite Today. BIBLE INSTITUTE COLPORTAGE ASS'N. 810 North Wells St. Chicago, 111. by Luke in his Gos pel. Today we are going to talk about what John, another of Jesus’ followers, has to tell about the Lord Jesus. Lesson Story: John’ doesn’t b e g i n his story of Jesus’ life where Luke does, by telling about that
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