S U N D A Y S C H O O L continued I Many who claim to worship the Lord | Jesus Christ think of Him only upon the | Cross; a crucifix with Christ hanging : upon it is the heart of their religion. I Those who believe God’s Word, the Bible, \ know that the Son of God is not dead; I He is risen even as He promised to do. I Christians do not pray to a dead leader; they talk with a living Saviour! If we | do not believe that Jesus is alive in heaven with His Father, we call God a liar and do not believe the Bible; for if we refuse j to believe one teaching of the Bible we are rejecting the entire Book! Before His death, the Lord Jesus told His disciples that He would die and rise again upon the third day. If Jesus did not keep that promise, He is a liar and is not the Son of God. We know that our Saviour did keep His promise—He is alive, for He is living within our hearts. An old man who was asked how he I knew that Jesus was not dead, replied, “ I talked with Him this morning!” Those who have lost a loved one in death know the comfort of the promise I that the Lord Jesus is now in heaven pre paring a place for those who know Him as their personal Saviour. His promise to return for those who belong to Him comforts their hearts. Because the Son of God lives, those who have received Him as their personal Saviour know that they shall live with Him through all eternity! If some of your loved ones or friends I are not born again, tell them the good | news of salvation through a risen Lord that they too may know the joy of talk- I ing and walking with Him. April 17, 1955 Obligations of Leaders 2 Chron. 10:6-17 Pointers on the Lesson The remaining lessons of this quarter will carry forward the lessons of the second quarter of 1954, in which we had historical studies in the Old Testament. | Those lessons concerned the Northern Kingdom. The lessons immediately before us will deal with the Southern Kingdom I from Rehoboam to the death of Josiah. This week’s lesson shows the circum stances leading to the division of Israel into the Northern and Southern King- | dom. Rehoboam is the leading character. Rehoboam's Unreasonableness vv. 6-11 Two types of counsel were given to Rehoboam relative to the conduct of his kingdom. The counsel of the old men who I had witnessed the injustices of Solomon’s reign was to the effect that he would be wise to make some reasonable concessions to the people in the matter of taxes and general treatment, and to seek to be a bit more kind to them than Solomon had been. In this way he would be assured of their loyalty. The counsel of the young men, on the other hand, was entirely different. They advised increased severity and more burdens upon the people. It was a ruthless course that they proposed. | It was heartless and selfish. It tended to ! make slaves of the people. There was no
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