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BLACKBOARD SKETCHES By E . G. Hansell In troduction : , Lev. 23:39-43. plain th is passage. I. The Sabbath Day, Deut. 5:12-15. DRAW church explaining th a t th e Sab b ath should be k ep t Holy. I t is the Lord’s Day. II. DRAW th e signpost and th e pleasure seekers, explaining th e g reat danger of defiling th e Sabbath. Conclusion: DRAW th e two men deciding. Ex
tells us to remember th e Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. Keeping God’s day holy means th a t we will not do anything on th a t day th a t would not be pleasing to Jesus, and of course we who love Jesus, will always w ant to go to God’s house on th a t day, the happiest day of all the week. Closing Prayer.-—Dear heavenly F a th er, we th a n k thee for giving us this happy day, and help us to keep it holy by doing th e rig h t things.
MAY 15, 1921 W O R K IN G W IT H O T H E R S Golden Text: Ye are the body of Christ, and members in p a rtic u la r (sev erally members th ereo f). 1 Cor. 12:27. LESSON TEXT •1 Cor. 12:14-2.7. (Read 1 Cor. 12 3:1-32; 4:15-23.) (14) F o r th e body is n o t one m em ber, b u t m any. (15) If th e foot 4-13; Jno. 6:1-14; 1 Ki. 5:1-12; Neh. bers of th e body, w hich seem to be m ore feeble, a re n ecessary : (23) -
And those m em bers of th e body, w hich we th in k to be less h o n o u r able, upon th ese we bestow m ore a b u n d an t honour; a n d ou r uncom ely p a rts have m ore a b u n d an t com eli ness. (24) F o r our com ely p a rts have no need; b u t God h a th tem pered th e body to g eth e r, h aving given m ore a b u n d an t honour to th a t p a rt w hich lacked: ' (25) T h a t th ere should be no schism in th e body; b u t th a t th e m em bers should have th e sam e c are one fo r an o th er. (26) And w h e th er one m em ber suffer, all th e m em bers suffer w ith it; or one m em ber be honoured, a ll th e m em b ers rejoice w ith ' it. (27) Now ye a re th e body of C hrist, a n d m em bers in p a rticu la r. H ere is a lesson of g reat importance, appropriate a t any time, and of special im port a t th e present tim e when there i s 1so much of confusion in th e profes sing church. The il- LESSON lu stration used— Christ EXPOSITION and H is Church— is T. C. H o rton exceedingly apt. Paul is holding th e pen while th e Holy Spirit dictates th e mes sage to th e Corinthian church. In the preceding chapters we have th e Spirit dealing w ith th e disorders in the
sh a ll say, B ecause I am no t th e hand, I am n o t of th e body; is it th e re fo re n o t of th e body? (16) And if th e e a r sh a ll say, B ecause I am no t th e eye, I am n o t of th e body; is it th erefo re n o t of th e body? (17) If th e w hole body w ere an eye, w h ere w ere th e h e a rin g ? If. th e w hole w ere h earin g , w here 'were th e sm elling? (18) B u t now h a th God se t th e m em bers every one of th em in th e body, a s it h a th pleased him. (19) And if th e y w ere a ll one m em ber, w here w ere th e body? (20) B ut now a re th e y m any m em bers, y e t b u t one body. (21) And th e eye c an n o t sa y un to th e hand, I have no need of th ee : n o r a g a in th e head to th e feet, I have no need of you. (22) Nay, m uch m ore those m em - Outline (1) Co-operation of Members of the Body for a Common Purpose, vs. 14-20. (2 ) Compensation from Co-operation of Members of th e Body, vs. 21- 26. (3 ) The Body Composed of Many Members, vs. 27. (1) CO-OPERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE BODY FOR A COMMON PURPOSE, vs. 14:20.
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