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BLACKBOARD LESSON christ ^ our . S atisfying portion .» HETHATCOMETHTOME HETHATBELIEVETHONME ■SPMiW 16 ool MYFLESH15MEWINDEED MYBLOODIS DRINKINDEED WAt WÈ. § BH of this miracle? Why did Jesus question Philip ? What does Philip’s reply indicate ? Vs. 8-13. Who discovered the lad with the lunch? What did Jesus ask the dis ciples to do ? Did they obey, although they could not explain? Are there blessings lost today because of failure at this point? Is Jesus always dependent upon willing dis ciples for the feeding of the multitude? What _ responsibility attaches to every Christian? How does the lesson teach thrift and economy? Vs. 48-51. What similarity is there be tween the manrta and the true bread ? what dissimilarity? How do we partake of the living bread? Golden T ex t Illustration An Indian spy who rendered valuable as sistance to the United States Government during the Civil War was rewarded by a certificate which entitled him to an annual pension. He regarded it as a kind of charm, put a string through it, and wore it around his neck as long as he lived. But he never drew a dollar of his pension. The Lord Jesus Christ has been offered to us, but He also must be appropriated. Jesus Feeds a H ung ry C rowd J ohn 6:1, 2, 5-13 Memory Verse: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matt. 6:11). Approach: Jesus was called by many names. You remember last week in our story He called Himself “the living water.” ■ In our story today, He tells the people that He is “the bread of life.” We can’t live without bread and B lIE * people, so crowds were following Him to see the wonderful things which He could do. ' One day, a great crowd of five thousand people had been listening all day to His teaching. Soon it would be dark, and the people were a long way from home. They were hungry, too. Jesus wouldn’t let them start off feeling, so hungry and tired. His disciples didn’t know what to do. The only food that they could find among the crowd was a little boy’s lunch of five barley loaves and two small fishes. They couldn’t begin to divide it among all of those people—but Jesus could. He could do things that men couldn’t do. He felt sorry for these hun gry people, so He used His wonderful water, can we ? Jesus wanted the people to k n o w t h a t they couldn’t live without Him either. L e s s o n S tory: Many people were beginning to follow Jesus now. He had cured m a n y sick
power. After He had asked God’s blessing on the food, He. gave it to His dispiples to divide among the people. The more they gave to the people, the more there seemed to be, until every one had had enough to eat. The people could scarcely believe it, and they thought Jesus was very wonder ful indeed. They wanted to follow Him. Jesus wanted people to follow Him and to believe in Him,- but He felt sad because He knew that many of them followed because they wanted the bread which He gave them to eat and not because they knew that He was the Son of God, the bread of life. A C hristm as Gift “What Does Christmas Mean to You?” the story by Helen Howarth Lemmel, which was published in the December, 1930, K ing ’ s B usiness , is now available in pamphlet form, price 35 cents postpaid. Address the author, 51 West 75th St., New York, N. Y. Plenty of Motion b u t No Progress Mr. Spurgeon once said that some churches reminded him of a child’s rock ing horse—there was plenty of motion but no progress. The figure is certainly apt. A church goes through its motions, devel ops certain forms and degrees of activity, keeps its members more or less busy with various plans and schemes of work, and gets nowhere in particular and makes no advance worth recording. Recall the re ports frequently heard at associational and other annual gatherings. After twelve months of work, the church has just about held its own with respect to its member ship, its scale of missionary and benevolent contributions, its Sunday-school enroll ment and attendance. The story does not differ materially'from year to year. As it was last year, it is this year, and bids fair to be next year, world without end, amen] It is surprising to note the complacency with which the church regards this condi tion of affairs; how contented it seems to be simply a defending garrison whose chief business is to keep the fort from be ing captured, rather than an invading army sent forth for the conquering of territories yet unwon to the King. —W atchman -E xaminer . W orry Worry is not only a sin against God, but it is a sin against ourselves. Thousands have shortened their lives by it, and mil lions have made their lives bitter by drop ping this gall into their souls every day. Honest work very seldom hurts us; it is worry that kills.- I have a perfect right to ask God for strength equal to the day, but I have no right to ask Him for one extra ounce of strength for tomorrow’s burden. When tomorrow comes, grace will come with it.— T heodore L, C uyler .
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