is to save, He must be lost. If He is to bring souls to victory, it mu st be through t h at ordained unchangeaole law oi God illustrated in the harvest field. Shall Christ refuse the cross t h at looms in the d i s t a n c e' Then His life has been in vain. If He abide alone, where is the glory? The same law
exists for us all. The seed of self must die. If self is the center, life is a failure. We must surrender our will to H i m. We must abandon our way to H i m; we mu st submit our life to Him. Death is the gate to eternal life. To love our life is to lose it: to lose our life is to live and save others.
Lesson XXIX—July 23d
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THE LAST CRY OF CHRIST TO THE WORLD.
life of faith is to see Christ as the F a t h er made ^manifest to men, Jno. 4:34; 5:36; 6:38;
Second. The Faith which accepts the Son. verse 46. The world is in darkness and the light shineth in the 'darkness, Jno. 1 5 Those who had accepted the message of the Christ and believed on H im had come into the light, Jno. 12:36, for the light of the knowledge of the glory of God is in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor. 4:6. God is calling men out of darkness, 1 Pet. 2:9. To know Christ is to know God; to have Christ is to have God; to love Christ is to love God. Christ is the light of the world and to be with Christ is to be in fellowship with the Father, 1 Jno. 1:3. F a t e o f t h e Unbeliever, verse Jesus Christ came primarily for The very message of saving power which the Lord gave to men is turned into judgment by its rejec- t'on- It 's a savor of life or death, 2 Cor. » T h e Wor <3 becomes man's judge. The W o ™ . ®v s . unchangeable and unalterable as Christ Himself. He can never change, the Word can never change. The rejection of His message is the rejection of eternal lite and the last day shall ma ke manifest the awfulness of rejecting the loving mes- sage of the Son of God, 1 Jno. 4:17; 2 Cor 5:10. 42-48. meaning. Some words are terrible in their salvation, Luke 19:10. the heart of Judas, t h at he was a traitor, jno. or70. He knew the agony of the cross awaiting S K ? L r knew the sorrow and gloom which was to fall upon the little flock and that all would forsake Him, yet H e loved them—to the end. He speaks as a Priest, verse 2. Girded as a servant, H e gives them an object les- SJJ* Ofhurnilityin service. When He came to earth He laid aside His royal robes- His magnificent garment of glory, to take the form of man Phil. 2:6, 8. He does not pro- claim wh at He proposes to do, but does. Si- lent, majestic, modest and (self-forgetful He serves. T he disciples were discussing as to who should be greatest, Luke 22:24-27 No one has offered to serve Him, so H e becomes servant. How much there is of self-seeking, ambition, bitterness, jealousy I he most sacred work is marred by con- tention and strife. He washed their feet- what a reach from glory to the feet of Judas' Humility is the fruit of assurance, Isa. 57:15; Prov. 3:34; 1 Pet. 5:5; Luke 12:37 , o T h e
Jno. 12:37-50.
The last message the Lord Jesus had fot the world before His departure for the glory is a significant one. He sums up in a few words the gist of the Gospel. First, The Father Manifested in the Son, verse 44, The whole teaching of Christ was crystal- lized in the thought of His coming to re- veal the. F a t h e r .. In the Gospel of John there are eight passages referring to this relationship of the Son to the Father. He was the outshining of the glory of the Father, Jno. 1:14; He was the manifesta- tion or relation of t he Father, Jno. 1-18- and Paul says He was the express image His Father, Heb. 1:3. The whole life of Christ was the unveiling of the F a t h er He made plain the love of the Father, Jno! t h e work of the Father, Jno. 5:17; the life of the Father, Jno. 5:26; the power of the Father, Jno. 5:21; H e came from the f a t h e r and returned to the Father, Jno. lb:28. He that h a th seen Him h a th seen the Father, Jno. 14:9. The first step in the
Lesson XXX—July 30th
WARNING AGAINST PRIDE.
John 13:1-20.
God's Son had given His last message to i!? e , 0 wor |5- U G< ? ha <3 testified to Him, Jno. 12.28. He had come out from the world and entered the Holy of Holies with His disciples. In John, Jesus is viewed as a stranger on a journey from the bosom of His F a t h er to a lost world and home again His visit is about ended; the hour of de- parture is at hand; His F a t h er awaits Him- the people to whom He came in such won- derful love have rejected Him, Jno. 1-12 Some have received Him and He claims them as His own and loves them. w £ e > , S p e a £ s J a s a Pl "°P h et, verse 1. He knew i i ' ^ 0 ^ , ^ . , c o i " e - H e k n e w prophecy was f u fllIe f.He knew the selfishness of t h e „ h e a r t s of His followers; He knew the ??i, ty hi 0 n n H the » Jew 1 ?' h o w the -v thirsted for His blood. He knew, saddest of all,
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