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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, APRIL 2, 1943
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
S UNDAY I
chool Lesson
Of
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for April 4
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
FETER AND JOHN BECOME
DISCIPLES OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT—John 1:29-42; Mark 1:1»
SB.
GOLDEN TEXT—And Jesus said unto
them. Come ye after me, and I will make
you to become fishers of men.—Mark 1:17.
Personal faith in Christ is the
heart of Christian experience. Since
persons are won by other persons it
was vitally important that the Lord
choose the right disciples at the very
beginning of the Church. Outstand
ing among the twelve disciples were
Peter and John, whose lives and
letters we study during the next
three months.
The manner in which they became
disciples is of unusual interest—and
is instructive as well. We will ob
serve that our Lord is working in
much the same way on the Peters
and Johns of our own day. They
came to Him by way of
I. Testimony—They Heard About
Jesus (John 1:29-34, 41).
John, who modestly refrains from
naming himself (v. 40), heard about
Jesus from John the Baptist. His
testimony is notable for its pointed
presentation of Christ, and its un
mistakable desire that they follow
Him. John was an important man
with a vigorous message, but he rec
ognized that his only real business
for God was to point men to Christ.
He enjoyed having men follow him,
but only that he might lead them
to Jesus.
In doing Christian work we should
learn so to bear our testimony that
we may magnify Christ, and not
ourselves. We must be careful to
win men to Christ, and not to our
selves or our cause or church.
Peter was brought to Jesus by his
brother Andrew. Andrew was a qui
et, modest man of whom we do not
read that he preached a single ser
mon. But he did do personal work
(see John 6:8, 9; 12:21, 22). He has
been called “Andrew the finder.”
May “his tribe” increase. We need
more like him.
Hearing about Jesus is not enough.
There must be the next step, the in
dispensable personal meeting with
the Lord.
II. Experience—They Saw Jesus
(John 1:35-39, 42).
The necessity of a personal ex
perience with Christ is so clearly
stated in Scripture that one can only
marvel that it is so neglected in
many churches today.
Neither John the Baptist nor, lat
er, Andrew was content to tell about
Jesus. They brought John and Pe
ter to the Lord. John said, “Behold
the Lamb of God” (v. 36); and An
drew “brought him to Jesus” (v.
42). These sum up the soul-win
ner’s duty. We must bring our fam
ily, our friends, yes, the stranger
with whom we deal, into the^ pres
ence of Jesus.
He will look into their eyes and
into their souls and see in them all
the gifts and graces which may
make them useful to Him (v. 42).
John was the brother of James and
Peter the brother of Andrew—just
two humble fishermen in the sight of
men. But Jesus saw in them two
of the most useful men who have
ever lived. Let us give Him a
chance to deal with our friends and
acquaintances.
Hearing and seeing are both ex
cellent, but they lack one final step
—and here it is—
III. Action—They Followed Jesus
(John 1:40; Mark 1:16-20).
First of all they followed Jesus in
becoming believers on Him as the
Messiah. That experience of John’s
we find in John 1:40, and of Peter’s
(by inference) in verse 42. There is
no salvation apart from that act of
the will which follows a knowledge
of Christ.
In the passage in Mark we find Him
calling them to leave their secular
calling as fishers of fish to follow
Him and become fishers of men.
Before they could become what He
wanted them to be, they had to do
something—rise up and follow Him.
Their unquestioning response indi
cated their faith, but, more than that,
it showed that they were the kind of
dbedient men who could be used of
the Lord. Jesus might have called
His disciples from the learned and
the mighty. But one wonders wheth
er they would have been willing to
respond without argument, and to
learn of Him without prejudice or
preconceived ideas of theology.
God must often pass the mighty
and the noble of this world, and call
those who are foolish enough to be
lieve Him and obey (read I Cor.
1:17-29). The reason is given there—
“That no flesh should glory in his
presence.” The glory belongs to the
Lord, not to His servants.
Because they did obey they be
came “fishers of men.” He led them,
trained them, encouraged them,
blessed them, and used them.
A disciple is a “learner,” but he
is learning for a purpose. Learn
ing for its own sake, as an orna
ment or a selfish pleasure, is al
ways a sad thing, but with the disci
ple of Christ it cannot be that if he
rightly knows Christ.
The disciple is to win other dis
ciples. That is the very heart of
Christian witness.
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1942
1941
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$1,622,355,922
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$628,275,135
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168,645,848
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648,401,343
579,640,279
Wear and usage of facilities
128,161,530
98,590,187
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25,000,000
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6,03(^,398
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25,219,677
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34,813,008
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11,785,884
56,138,390
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$1,622,355,922
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