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Thursday, January 10, 174, Hie News Reeerd Plfe I "QOSVOH BONMIE... FROZEN. . s a0 aar The"' Sunday ? School Lesson rilM f . 1 ji 0 10 UMSH-SftlELREPPFiiff. noAPKersLicER.., BACON APPLES 'tot CM APPLES STftfhRc II 0. 1 w a I 9Aalll AaAaa4liW . ' ;p 1 0 SI kl WOACT NSCAFE...&mi? iJWSlrW COFFEE m m V REfr. PRICE V01TM COUPON . . SAVE 30 LimiT owe couperj PER CWEG. I- ZO -74 iFFL OOKJ FlAKiS NESTLES.. .2 lb. QUICEC" rbN3..4-'2cz.aBE. . fBEftI!S WH0EH0USE...3O3... . JiAn pmbuitr 4 - a r O 6B 4' UNUT owe WITH A $ 10 CR tnottl ORPg, LIGHT FOR THE BLIND JANUARY 13, 1974 LESSON TEXT: John 8:12-20; John . Continuing our studies of Christ's "I am..." statements, we now come to His statement: "I am the Light." This statement, in all it's simplicity, was a statement of fact It was not boastful, nor was it uttered vaingloriously. Man needed spiritual guidance and Christ was sent of God to supply it! To truly ardent students of the Bible it is clear that when Christ prefaced a statement by "I am..." that statement was, in fact, a very personal invitation to each listener. Jesus led his listeners to associate Himself with the necessities of a spiritual life, likened unto the necessities of corporeal life. He would sustain their souls as bread sustained the body; He would warm their hearts and light the soul's stumbling footsteps as heat warmed the flesh, as light illumined the darkness, so that man could see where his path led! Mankind, as a whole, tends to be blind to not see that which they do not wish to see. In the storv of the siehtless beggar, Christ made plain the fact that even His dearly loved disciples were blinded by their own prejudices, by their ac ceptance of the preconceived idea that the sins of the fathers were visited upon the children. Questioned as to whether the man himself had sinned, or whether he was paying for the sins of his parents with his blindness, Christ emphatically disavowed either view, stating that God had a purpose for such an affliction in this case, that a miracle might be wrought, that some might be converted. ( Once again we are confronted with an example of mankind clinging tenaciously to preconceived ideas, while Jesus, on the other hand, brought a broader, more liberal interpretation to His listeners). Today, in the lives of mankind, there are still many areas of light and of darkness; d right and wrong; of truth vs deceit. Just as the blind beggar was invited to show his faith by doing, unquestioningly, Christ's bidding, we are in vited to exhibit our faith today The rewards we thus store up for ourselves may not be quite as startling as restored sight, but. ..intangible though they may be. ..they are nevertheless miraculous! For a hf. that is dedicated to the Ionl s service, in the name of His Son, enriches the person in ways far beyond worldly concepts. It taps the wells of love and understanding, of great personal warmth; it strengthens the spirit, and spreads joy to those who come in contact with the outgoing personality Spiritually speaking, generation after generation is born blind; this is the blind ness which Christ has dispelled by the dissemination of His knowledge. True, oiu eyes may encompass the wonders of the eartl , and of the heavens... but if we do not recognize the source of thes wonders, then we do not truly perceive their magnificem.c' For the toid must register their true wortyh! Tnt Christia- must see, in tl'C't focus, t1 plight of the m cd) - and must ACT to redress that which is wrong; J he is not so motivated, then be U, Meed, spiritually blind! For this was the cssanca tt Christ's Being.. .that tht world would be richer for th advent ri Hit birth, the euunote t His Hfe, and the traced? of His death! I All BUI mUM WH. DC m n : (Based oa copyrighted Outlines produced by the Committee ee the Uniform Series and ased by per mission .
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