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Lesson 11. Jesus Among His Friends. Learning about God and Jesus is the most important thing for us to do. Lesson 12. Jesus Tells Us How to Use God’s Good Gifts. Selfishness is a sin and keeps us from seeking the kingdom of God. A review lesson is an especially good time for self-expression. Pictures help the children to recall the stories. Let the children talk, but help them by a perti nent word here and there, and so keep up interest in the group. * * * G olden T ext I llustration At the funeral of a prominent physi cian in Columbus, his family was not a little startled by and perplexed at the num ber of floral offerings received from per sons unknown to them, and also by the presence of a large group of evidently pov erty-ridden men and women who came unobstrusively and left in the same way. The deceased had built up a modest fortune and, it was believed, had given up active practice some time previously. Yet, in spite of failing health, he had al ways appeared busy and had been away from his home a great deal. All this re mained unexplained until a shabbily dress ed woman, sobbing her grief, halted a moment at his bier and said: “The poor will miss him.” In his declining years, he had turned a large and lucrative practice over to others and had built up a larger one from which he could never hope to gain a cent finan cially. No one but himself and those he aided. knew about it. This, we believe, was the true spirit of Him who “went about, doing good.”— Columbus Dispatch. The Correspondence School of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles is offering a course of study in the Gospel of Luke, which should be of special interest to teachers who use the International Sun day School lessons. Full particulars con cerning enrollment, method of study, etc., may be had by addressing the secretary of the Correspondence School, 536 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, Calif. — o — Bible Questions 1. Where art thou (Gen. 3:9)? 2. What hast thou done (Gen; 3 :13; 4:10)? 3. Where is thy brother (Gen. 4 :9) ? 4. What are you doing here (1 Ki. 19: 9, 13) ? 5. What wilt thou say when He shall punish thee (Jer. 13:21)? 6. Where is he (Matt. 2:2)? 7. What think ye of Christ (Matt. 22: 42)? 8. Who is this (Matt. 21:10; 16:13-16) ? 9. What shall I do with Jesus (Matt. 27:22)? 10. What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul (Mk. 8:36)? 11. What must I do to be saved (Acts 16:31)? 12. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation (Heb. 2:3)? — H. C. Fulton. — o — Correspondence Course
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portant than the healing of the body. Lesson 6. Jesus the World’s Teacher. Lk. 6:27-42. Golden Text, Lk. 6:31. The great Teacher showed how love might be manifested in deeds, in words, in a life of prayer, in a patient spirit, and in generous giving. Love is always unselfish. God is the highest exemplar of love. True Christian love forbids harsh judg ment and compels the forgiving spirit. Lesson 7. Jesus the Friend of Sinners. Lk. 7:36-50. Golden Text, 1 Tim. 1:15. Two sinners are contrasted, a self-right eous Pharisee and a woman who confessed her guilt. The Pharisee had passed judg ment on the woman, and upon Jesus for welcoming her attentions. The Lord Je sus, by a parable, answered the Pharisee’s thoughts and convicted him of harsh con demnation. The great lesson is that the Lord Jesus is ready to save all who will come to Him. Lesson 8. Jesus Bearing the Good Tid ings. Lk. 8:1-15. Golden Text, Lk. 8:1. The parable of the sower illustrates the spread of the gospel. Some hearers are careless. Their hearts are hard. Others are shallow, responding for a time, but then failing. The third class are worldly- minded. The gospel seed grows, but is finally “choked.” There are some “good ground” hearers who are fruitful. An honest and good heart is one that is not hardened by resistance, or shallow, or divided between love for God and love for the world. Lesson 9. Jesus Sending Forth Mis sionaries. Lk. 10:1-11, 17, 21, 22. Golden Text, Lk. 10:2. Thq seventy were sent into a wider field than Jesus had given the twelve. There was urgency because the time was short. The field was large; laborers were few. The laborers were warned that they might meet opposition from “wolves.” They were instructed to rely upon God for the supply of every need, to be busy about their work, to be content to heal the sick and to preach faithfully, They went forth obediently and came back rejoicing. The Lord Jesus rejoiced because it was given to at least some “babes” to see the truth. Lesson 10. The Good Samaritan. Lk. 10 :25-37. Golden Text, Lev. 19:18. The lawyer came on a proper quest, for he sought eternal life. But he had a wrong motive—to “make trial” of Jesus. Fur ther, he was building on a wrong founda tion. Jesus showed him that if he de pended upon law-keeping, he must con tinually and perfectly obey the law’s de mands. The parable of the good Samari tan showed him that he had not mani fested love to his “neighbor.” Lesson 11. Jesus Among Friends and Foes. Lk. 10:38-42; 11:42-46, 52-54. Gold en Text, John 15:14. The two sisters dif fered in disposition. Martha was busy in service for her Lord. Mary sought, in addition, the privilege of fellowship. The servant became “careful and troubled about many things.” Mary found the “one thing” which Jesus called “that good part.” Three classes of enemies were described. The Pharisees were careful about tithing, but they overlooked more important matters of the law. They were proud lovers of preeminence. Woe is pronounced upon them for their hypoc risy. The lawyers were denounced be cause they made the law by their interpre tations and traditions to be very burden some. Also, while claiming to be teach ers, they hindered others from entering into knowledge. The lesson shows how
character is determined, in the last anal ysis, by one’s attitude toward Jesus Christ. We are either His friends or His foes. Lesson 12. Use and Abuse of God’s Gifts. Lk. 12:16-21, 41-48. Golden Text, Eph.. 5:18. The foolish man trusted in his riches, ignored God, and refused to think of eternity. To him life meant pleasing self. He was branded as a fool by God because he did not recognize God’s claim or his own frailty or the value of heavenly treasures. A promise of reward to servants at the coming of Christ prompted a question by Peter. It was answered by Jesus with a statement con cerning the rewards to be given to wise stewards and punishment to be inflicted upon faithless stewards. Each was to be judged according to his light. — -o — Jesus Busy Doing Good Review Lesson Memory Verse. —“The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them” (Lk. 7:22). An excellent plan in preparing for a review lesson is to go over in your own
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