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His light, shall we see light. Psa. 36:9. (5) Sin blinded their eyes to the beauty of the Son. (6) There is no hope for the man who rejects the testimony of the word and work of God. (7) He frees from the guilt of sin, that men may live with Him; from the power of sin, that men may live for Him; from the presence of sin, that men may live with Him. (8) They are Satan’s slaves, who serve sin.
tion ? Luke 9 :34, 35. Were the Jews honest in their rejection of Christ, as Messiah? v. 40-47. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) In nature, all depends upon the light of the sun; in the spiritual realm, all depends upon the light of the Son. (2) There were many lights, hut one Light. (3) As Light, He reveals sin "in all its hideousness, and God in all His holiness. (4) He is the Fountain of Life, and in -------------O
Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life (REVIEW)
MARCH 25, 1917. LESSON XII. (Read John 14:1-14.) G olden T ext : “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”—John 14:6.
DAILY BIBLE READINGS Mon., March 19—John 1:1-14; John 1:19, 23-34. Tues., March 20—John 1:35-49; John 2:13-22. Wed., March 21—John 3 :5-17; John 4 :5-14, 24-26. Thur., March 22—John 4:43-54; John 5:1-15. Fri., March 23—John 6:1-14; John 6:24-37. Sat., March 24—John 8:12, 31-37, 56-58. Sun, March 23—John 14:1-14. (The Lesson.)
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believe it in their hearts and thus obtain life through His name. Therefore, the best method of review of the lessons of the quarter would be to go over the lessons one by one and find out how this great truth that brings life is illustrated in each lesson. In LESSON I, this central truth of the gospel is brought out in many ways. We see the pre-existence of Jesus Christ as the Eternal Word, “In the beginning with God,” and then plainly declared to be “God.” We see Him also as the Creator of all things, and the One in Whom was Life, and He was the Light of men. In Jesus of Nazareth this Eternal Word became flesh and the apostles beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten of the Father.
This is a review lessoil and John 14:1-14 is given as the passage to read. If any teachers do not wish to teach a review lesson, we would suggest that they just take John 14:1-14 as the lesson. It is one of the most remarkable passages in the whole Gospel of John and does not occur in the lessons of the year. Notes upon it will be' found in the Daily Devotional Studies in T he K ing ’ s B usiness for July, 1916. In these notes we shall take up the review, as presumably that is the lesson most teachers will use: The purpose of John’s Gospel is given in John 20:31. As there given we see that the purpose of the Gospel was to prove that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and to prove it in such a way that men might
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