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Iw- i i SUNDAY THK SON OF GOD ItlXOMES MANâ€" John 1: 1-51. Golden TEXT. â€" The word became flc.-ih, and dwelt among ua. John 1: 14. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. â€" The prologue of John's Gospel entends back to eternity. The birth of Jesus and of John tlie Bap- tist t'lok place in B.C. 6. The minis- try of John the Baptist and the early ministry of Jesus here recorded are all to be placed in January and Feb- ru.iry, A.D. 27. Place. â€" Practically everything in this lesson took place in Bethany be- yond Jordan. 2. The same was in the beginning with God. This is simply an empha- tic summary of the preceding verse. 3. \\\ things were made through him; and without him was not any- thing made that hath licen made. Notice carefully that the Word was not mad-. There was no time when he was without existence. 4. In him was life. No ore knows today what life is, but wo do know life when wc see it. In Christ is every form of life â€" intcl'octual, mor- al, spiritual, and eternal. .\nd the life was the li'rht of men. Here John pa.=!.«es fron the relation of the Word to the world at largo to his relation shi'i to men. .'). .\i.d the light shineth in the darkness. Parkness is the result of sin and the environment in which sin H'liirishesK in the dark men stum- ble, and arc possessed by fear. Yet God'.s grace does not cease where darkness has fallen. And the dark- ness nrnrrhended it not. However powerful the hold of sin unon men niftrht lie. and however deep the dark- ness Satan has created, neverthele.'s that darkness has never been able to extinguish the light of Hud's tnith and fTaee in Jesus Christ! G. There came a man. sent from God. who.se name was John. "The Banl'st was the final recapitulation of all prophetic forces concerning Chvi.st. the great witness of Christ's Advent, the Forerunner." 7. The same came for witness, that he might hear witness e' the light, that nil might believe through him. "Belief rests on testimony. John's testimony turned men's eyes to Christ and convinee<l thripe v.lio be- lieved (cf. 4: 12)." 8. lie was not the light, but eamc that he migh'. b'^ar witness of the light. All ministers and Sunday School teachers should remember that they themselves are "not tlic light." but are simply sent to "bear â- witness Off the light" â€" all of our ministry and teaching of the Word is simply to point men to the light, the Lord Jesus Christ. 9. There was the true light, even the light which lighleth every man, coming into the world. "If John metnt. as 1 helieve he did mean, that there is a light that lighteth every man, that no man is utterly finally without light: and that, when .lesus came, that light, in some new sense, came into the world, tlien I think I have here a clear and remarkable statement of the truth that there is sotne measure of light in everv hu- man below, irrespective of incidental diff'Tcnees." 10. Ho was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the 'world knew him not. 11. He came unto his own, <Tnd they that were his own received him not. When the Creator himself, the Word nf God, rnme into the world, the world knew him not. (Cf. Rum. 1: 19, 20.) The phrase "his own" is more ac- icurately translated in the m.-»rgin "his ov.n things," and refers princi- pally to the kingdom of Israel, which was his by right, and the land of Is- rael, which was also his, and nil the things pertaining to the temple and the worship of Jehovah, including the priesthood. The phrase, "they that were his own," refers to the peonle nf Israel in general. ^ 12. But as many as received him. "This refers not only to the people of Israel, but to all m<Vi elsewhere â€" the individual relation.ship takes the place of the national." To them gave ho the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name. This is one place in the Gospel where we. find the phrase, "children of Ood," which is often found in the same writer'.s First Epistle fespecially chapters 3 and 5). • It is true that all men are the child- ren of God by creation, hut all men are also prodigals, who have loft the Father, who have forfeited their rights, and who, by (heir sins, have no right to the privileges of sonship. 13. Who were born. The margin more accurately translates "who were begotten," thi.s birth referring, of courHe, not to our first and natural birth, but to our second and spiritual birth, by which we are made the sons of CJod, which spiritual birth is one not of blond, i.e., it is not a physical birth, the blood being mentioned as man, i.e., not by the human will con- trolled by fleshly nature. But of God. "The higher, spiritual, eternal life is tho immediate gift of God. To ob- tain it, that divine begetting is need- ed by which God communicates his own nature." 14. And the Word became flesh. Tho Word did not cease to be God when ho became flesh, but when he was made in the likencs' of sinful flesh (Rom. 8: 3), which means, of course, that he became a man, he then was both God and man. And dwelt among us. "The origina! word describes properly the occupation of a temporary habitation. The tent or tabernacle was easily fixed and easily removed, and hence it furnished a natural term for man's bodily frame." â€" (knA we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father.) The glory of God is such part of his majesty, and power, and grace aa men are able to behold. Men saw in Christ such manifesta- tions of power, holiness, and grace, and majesty that he had a glory like unto that which men beheld in God the Father. Full of grace and truth. "In tho Old Testament, the two es- sential features which, in John's view, distinguish the human life and the Word made flesh. 15. John beareth witness of him. The Baptist's testimony to Christ is recorded by all of the evangelists (Matt. ;!; 1-12; Mark 1: 1-8; Luke 3: 1-20.). And crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that com- oth after me is become before me. In other words, his successor has be- come his predecessor. Though he came after John in point of time, he really became one superior to John in influence, in holiness of char- acter, and in finality of his mission. For he was before me. "The original phrase is very remarkable : it express- ses not only relative, but absolute priority. 10. For of his fulness we all re- ceived. "As Christ has all tho full- ness of God (Col. 1: 19; 2: 9), the church has all the fullness of Christ. John is here looking back and sta- ting that he and all the other believ-| era were simply empty vessels which Christ had filled. And grace for grace. "Each blessing appropriated became the foundation of a greater blessing." 17. For the law was givan through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Grace and truth are superior to law and the One who brought grace and truth to man is infinitely superior to the one through whom the law was given. 18. No man hath seen God at any time. The meaning here is that no man has ever beheld God with his physical eye, because infinite spirit cannot be the object of human, natur- al vision (Deut, 4: 12). The only be- gotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father. Literally the preposition here is "into," "suggesting the ten- der, intimate relation between child- ren and parents or bosom friends. Christ's relationship to the Father is one of closest fellowship in knowl- edge and love," Christ as the only begotten Son of God, knowing God as no other being ever could know him, living with God from eternity, dwelling in the very bosom of God's love, is certainly one who can unveil the glory and truth of God the Father. Mystery Surrounds Fate of Chinese Premier Widciv (lili.iiirj M|">i!. »â- ' 1" iIk' f-it'' "f Ceii-ial t'liiang KalSlicU fcalnre liispiitches from tlio fur e^ast today. \V. I,. IJouald, 111.! .\u.snalian who has been acting as interniodiary between the rebel marbhal, Chang-Haueh-Liang. and the Nanking government, declares ho saw the premier allvo and well, iviruer reporls from .laiiancs.! SDUrces .ii;,ole Cliang ua announcing ho had oxecutod Chiang. Transcript of Cliangs radio speech, released by Nanking, contains no such stutoment. The Nanltlng Kovernraont lias rusnea ISn.ono soldi(!rs In .SlaiiFii, liendauarters of tho rebel war lord, with orders to rescue Kal-Sliek it he 18 alive, or tako leveuKf. '(let Cluing," their orders say. This photograph shows Chiang KalShek wltn nia wife, who is a fiaduali! of a woman's colloso In the United States. Credit Guernsey Cow With Butterfat Record CNKO.N'TA, N.Y. â€" John Middles- worth, superintendent of the Cathe- dral Farms here, said Friday that Cathedral Rosalie, Guernsey cow, has broKcn the world's record for butterfat production by a Guernsey with ],1.')7.2!) pounds this year. Middlesworth said the old record of 1,105.8 was set last year by Nor- inda Milkmaid, of the Ijockshire Farms at Cressy, Rosalie, wkh 25 days to go yet this year, should set a 193(j nark of about 1,210 pounds, Middlesworth said. She is milked thiec times daily. The cow is owned by II. H. Buckley. Rosalie set a record for May, Mid- dlesworth .said, with 2,41."? pounds of milk, of which 124.51 were butter- fat. Made Burglar Take Off His Trousers LONDON. â€" Mr. Sidney Herbert Stanley, baker and confectioner, of Claphaiii Common, S.W., found an intruder in his house; he hit him on the head with an iron bracket, made him take off his trousers and shoes. and then locked him in his shop while he telephoned the police. At London Sessions recently, the man, Arthur James Anderson, aged 30, baker formerly employed by Mr. Stanley, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the house on Novem- ber 15. He was sentenced to 18 months' hard labor. A Pair of Queens Speed (Leonard Lyons, in New York Post) Funk & Wagnalls, the publishers, phoned Dixie Tighe Tuesday and asked her to write a book for tliem â€" a biography of the new King of England. "We want 50,000 word.s â€" and no padding. And we must have the completed manuscript by Sat- urday. Will you do it?" . . . "Oh, no â€" 1 can't," Mis Tgihe replied. "You see, that would leave me Thursday, Friday and Saturday free and I just wouldn't know what t(. do with the i<i:e time!" NOT A TREATMENT (Indii iiapolis News) A horse will cat hn apple a day with never »> thougljt of keeping the doctor awhy. Insofar as actual quantity is con ceiiied, Japan is self-sufficient in wheat, having produced over 47,!i00,- 000 bushels in 1!I35, but 1 0,31 8,000 bushels were imported for blendint:; In siiite of the fact that Canada was ♦i,« .,„. f „f „ . I If K1 c .L exclude! by trade policies from the the seat of natural life. Nor of the i ^ r i ic c ^n^)r ,i, n„ _,ii „, 11, (I u (• â- â-  â- â€ž f market f(/-. half of 1935, the Do- Wlll of the flesh, nor of tne wi of . . i- â-  , „.in non i ,, i„.i •„ minion supplied 1,1120,029 bushels m Ihnt year. Câ€" 3 Pictured after their coronation are tho queens of the north and south, who will provide Incentive tor their respective teams In tho New Year's Diiv gridiron clas.slcâ€" the Orange liowl game at Miami, Fla. "tjueen of the north' (Left) is Miss Leontine Mctiregor of Detroit; her majesty of the south Is Miss .loan Taylor of Miami. We almost forgot to teX ymi that ihe teams are Mississippi Stale and Duquesno University. Kidnapped by bandits last February, Father Joseph Clarence ISurus (marked by X), American missionary, is shown here following his rescue by Japanese troops. He is pictured here in front of tho Japa- nese gendarmerie at .\ntung. Manchukiio, with an ofllccr of the station at his rlRht and a fellow missionary behind him. Churchill's Daughter to Wed Have Vic uuu Sarah made up their minds? Miss Churchill, dancing daughter of tho llrltlsh statesman, Winston Churchill, who recently fig- ured as a possible leader of a new government (or the British Isles dur- ing the abdication flurry, and Victor Oliver, United States actor and orchestra leader, have announced wedding bells (or December 23. r 1 •% ' i .. t * "1 S ♦. j •r t (\ jf K A. \ '.*â-  * #• i > ♦ u ^ â- i ii- ' d t " 'm F' T ^ ^ % i K- *â-  «. t:i y 1 4'. 1 '4 I * â-  5 .