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Mar. 11. “I am the Bread of life” (Jn. 6:35). Mar. 18. “ Keep thy heart with all dili gence” (Prov. 4:23). In these texts you will find different pic tures o f Jesus Christ. He is seen as: 1. Our Redeemer. 2. The tireless Worker. 3. The Seeker of sinners. 4. The Ful- filler o f the law. 5. The mighty Preacher. 6 . The rejected One. 7. The coming King. 8 . The Sustainer and Director of nature. 9. The Healer. 10. The world’s Saviour. 11. The Bread of life. 12..The Purifier of the heart. Here are twelve aspects o f the work o f our Saviour which may be studied very profitably. T welve P ractical L essons . It may not be possible to fully express the leading thought o f any one of the les sons in two or three words, but in so far as we can do so, the writer would suggest the follow ing: Jan. 1. Repentance and Revival (John and Jesus). Jan. 8 . Demonism and Disease (Saviour and Sickness). Jan. 15. Faith and Forgiveness (Saviour and Sinners). Jan. 22. Law and the Lord (Sabbath and Service). Jan. 29. Multitudes and Miracles (Saviour and Suffering). Feb. 5. Misunderstood and Maligned (Christ Criticized). Feb. 12. King and Kingdom (Sower and Seed). Feb. 19. Might of the Master (Storm and Satan). Feb. 26. Trial and Trust (Jesus and Jairus). Mar. 4. Preparation and Practice (Teaching the Twelve). Mar. 11. Compassion and Charity (Christ Creating). Mar. 18. Word and Worship (Form or Faith). Squares may be laid out upon the blackboard, each one bearing the date o f a lesson, and the word pictures suggested. Different ones may be called upon to briefly state the' leading lesson they de rived from the text, and the wording in the squares should call to mind the lesson material.
they know more than parents who have already passed along the way and learned the great lessons o f life. To the younger generation, allow the writer to say that the first commandment o f the Ten with a promise is the one o f obeying and hon oring father and mother. The prevalence o f disrespect and dis regard for the authority of parents is one of the outstanding signs of the approach ing end o f the age (see Isa. 3 :1-12; 2 Tim. 3:1-5). Obeying God and Our Parents Mark 7 :1-13. Memory Verse'. “ Children, obey your parents." Eph. 6:1. Approach : How many of you bbys and girls came to Sunday school this morning in an automobile? There are many. As you drive along the roads and through the good and safety o f all people who use the roads and streets, and all true citizens want to obey these signs because it is right and for our good. Did you know God had placed signs along the roadway of life for our good and safety? Yes, He has, and we have a story about two of those signs today. (Prayer.) Lesson S tory: In our story last week we went to a wonderful picnic with Jesus and His disciples, and Jesus furnished the picnic dinner. Who can tell us about that picnic? (Review, emphasizing the love and sympathy of Jesus, and His willing ness to supply our need, and His desire for His children to make known their wants to Him.) We are to learn today about obeying God and our parents. In the days when Jesus was on earth, there were some peo ple called the Scribes and Pharisees, who pretended to be very good people. They held themselves better than others, and they watched Jesus and His disciples very closely- to see what fault they could find with them. After Jesus came there were many of the old customs among the Jews that were done away with, for now they had Jesus right with them. One of these customs was that people must bathe when they came in from the market place or day’s work before they could eat. When they saw Jesus and His disciples did not fol low this custom they found fault with them. These Scribes and Pharisees did many things that were sin in the sight of God. God does not want praise from our lips if our life is not right. Jesus told them they were being very careful to do the things men had asked them to do, but they were disobeying the laws o f God. Some of "these people had been speaking evil o f parents, and Christ warned them o f the teaching of the Bible, “Honor thy father and thy mother." the streets, are there any signs for the drivers to watch? What happens if we disobey those signs? A policeman hands us a tag and we have to appear be fore the judge and pay a fine. No w , these signs are for
FRED S. SHEPARD ’S BLACKBOARD OUTLINE
ORTH HILE ORSHIP ORK Words and works must agree. —Matt. 15:8.
Now we see Jesus always honored His Father in heaven, and we remember He was subject to His mother and Joseph, and was obedient to them. W e see His loving care and thought for the mother when He was suffering such agony and pain upon the cross. He did not forget His mother, but spoke to the beloved dis ciple John, and asked him to take care of her, and John took her and cared for her. If we obey God we are sure to obey, our parents, for He has asked us to obey them, so if we disobey them we are disobeying God also. Our memory verse teaches us to obey our parents. If we say we love the Lord Jesus, and are disloyal and dis obedient to our parents, we are like the Scribes and Pharisees who found fault with Jesus and His disciples. (Prayer.) M arch 25, 1928 Review: Jesus Proclaims the Kingdom of God T H E lessons of the first quarter are well ■ - summed up in the Golden Text se lected for review Sunday— “And Jesus went about all the cities and T welve P ictures of C hrist An interesting summary o f each lesson will be found in the Golden Texts for the various Sundays. May we suggest a novel review by assigning to different in dividuals as topics for three-minute papers, the following phrases selected from the golden texts: (Furnish each speaker with a sheet of paper, confining him to the one sheet.) Jan. 1. “He must increase; I must de crease” (Jn. 3:30). Jan. 8 . “ He hath done all things well” (Mk. 7:37). Jan. 15. “ I came to call sinners” (Mk. 2:17). Jan. 22. “ I came not to destroy but to fulfil” (Mt. 5:17). Jan. 29. “The common people heard Him gladly” (Mk. 12:37). Feb. 5. “ His own received Him not” (Jn. 1:11). Feb. 12. “Thy Kingdom come” (Mt. 6 : 10 ). Feb. 19. “ Even the wind and sea obey Him” (Mk. 4:41). Feb. 26. “Thy faith hath made thee whole” (Mk. 5:34). Mar. 4. “ Go ye into all the world” (Mk. 16:15). villages teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel o f the Kingdom and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness” (Matt. 9: 35).
A T the conclusion of this quarter’s work it is well for us to take stock not only intellectually but spiritually. One should grow in grace and in the knowl
edge o f the truth. If, after a three months’ study of the holy oracles o f God, he is spiritually and intel lectually where he was when he began, there is need for a spiritual inventory. The normal Christian life is that of prog
ress and development. In the first lesson of the quarter the study was devoted to John the Baptist and Jesus. According to prophetic pre dictions o f both Isaiah and Malachi, there was to be a forerunner or herald to an nounce the ‘coming o f the Messiah. At the first coming John the Baptist an nounced the approach o f the Messiah and prepared for the same by his message of repentance, confession and the bring-
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