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GOD'S MESSIAH
International Sunday School Lesson
for December 2S; 1949 - -
Memory Selection: - "Glory to God
la the highest ' "and on earth - peace
among men with whom he is pleased."
Lake 2: if.
v Lesson Text: Isaiah 9: 2-7; lit 1-5.
Out of the depths of Israel's dark
est days in her national and spiritual
' history, a voice arose telling of the
, corning, 'of the .redeemer, one who
would save the people from their dins.
The voice was that of Isaiah, the
X, greatest prophet of the Israelites. '"
; The redeemer would he known by a
number of names. "Wonderful, Coun
sellor, The Mighty God, The Ever
. towtirrg Father, The Prince of Peace."
' His reign would be eternal and justice
and judgement were to result from his
. authority and power. vCSuch was the
bold, prophecy of this Israelite pro
,; phet more , than seven hundred yean
:,.. before the coming of Jesus Christ to
the earth. -
. The prophet foresaw an era of
peace picturing a time when the wolf
: and lamb, the leopard and kid, and
; calf and the young Eon would exist
armcaJjly in the same world. We
sheltered and unfamiliar with the
i dread of wild beasts hardly grasp the
striking meaning of the picture used.
" , The world's thinking at the present
,: time had been prepared by the grow-
,: ing influence' of Christianity fon con
sideration of peace on earth and good
will to men iut in 'Isaiah's day his
. idea of a warless world was revolu
tionary. .' - .
,- . The., world is suffering today be--,
cause of the ravages and destruction
during the two great World Ware. Fi--.
!. nancial and material resources were
. recklessly expended in a non-product-.
, ive rampage if death and destruction.
Beyond the material damage, the
moral f Jbss of mankind suffered seri
ously as a result of the pasBions and
. hatreds stirred up during the contest.
Sorrow and misery visited millions of
' hqjne$ iSJiould. no all this impelnaan
f " kiifld to the abolition of war. 'i 1
' The individual rational mind of-
ten questions the necessity Sot men
yto lbexenemies. Christianity for cen--'.
turdes has been advertising the bless
; - ings and necessities of human brother
hood. Why is it that nations and
; races cannot be mutually helpful rath-
er than destructive?
t
Millions of individuals see the fool
ishness and wickedness of war but
the political machinery of the world
is beyond the power of these single
units of humanity to reconstruct and
- control in the interest of their own
' , welfare. (
The function of war in' civilization
. has been to settle disputes . between
' - nations. No other good purpose is
served by such conflicts. As a method
of deciding disputes war favors the
strong, regardless of right or merit,
i merit. . . ''.""
Surely, it-is reasonable to ask that
justice and righteousness be the basis
for adjusting international disputes.
It la a Talrer and better method hot
to mention the fact that it operates
" without waste of lives and treasure. i'
. Christianity ehovud exert itself to
preverti war." To accomplish this we
must provide peaceful machinery to
perform the functions of war, that is,
" for the arbitration or judicial determ
ination of international disputes. ' .
- The nations of the world are trying
, ' desperately to set up the machinery
for lasting peace in the world through
... imMfinm rf the Urvibwt Nations.
At time, it seems', their effertwfllte
tn vain Waune of thA hickerinsre and
spirit of . antagonism exhibited, be-
tween the member nations.
However, it is a part of the Christ
' Un winvwu;!hiHtv m auV tO' Stelb
keep the hope o international peace
alive and to' do everything possible
to assist in the smooth functioning ox
any, agency whose ui'.$mate aim is
world peace. -
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Put shepherds iav& thanged but little. - v -
Shepherds are fir!e ien of the feoa4 steeps. They
Ibave time to think "and Hope and pray. They learn to
lhumBfc WKeftless creatures of God. They
art men of bra tnen of Wrcy.
Perhkps!thit WVhy God chose' the Shepherds to
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But ki they1 hastened toward the little town to "see
this thing which 'is1 come to pass" the glorious News
.could have meanf no more ttf them than it can mean
to every one of us. "r - -'
And the King' they worshipped in a humble stable
we may worship today and always, in the churches of
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