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The Sunday School lesson for M arch
I S i n the international series w ill be John
18:1-14.
D uring the few w eeks before Resurrec
tion Sunday ( ‘‘E a ste r" ), the church tradi
tionally calls believers to consider the
aw esom e sacrifice o f Jesus C hrist on the
cross. I only w ish m ore o f us w ere really
listening to th at call, for the truth that
‘‘C hrist cam e into the w orld to save sin
ners, o f w hom I am the w o rst” (I Tim othy
1:15) has become so comm onplace, so trivi
alized, that we d o n ’t often let its full im pli
cations hit us personally. A nd, as a result,
w e really d o n ’t let the w orld know w hat a
w onderful S avior we serve, and what a
gracious M aster he is.
The next four Sunday School lessons
presen t C hrist Jesus as he prepared to su r
render his life for the sins o f the w orld. W e
w ill have a chance to see him through the
eyes o f the m en w ho w ere involved in his
death, and consider their responses to him .
First, we w ill look at Judas the traitor.
Can you imagine the thoughts racing through
h is m ind, as he led a detachm ent o f R om an
soldiers and Jew ish officials into G ethse-
m ane (John 18:2-3). T he sm all grove o f
trees, on the eastern slope o f the M ount o f
O lives, m ust have brought back many
wonderful m em ories-m em ories which now
surely troubled him deeply. Jesus usually
cam ped out overnight w ith his disciples in
this place, on differen t trips to Jerusalem
o v er his three years o f m inistry. They could
see the T em ple right across the K idron
V alley , only a short w alk from the w est side
o f Jerusalem . Y et, their location had given
them privacy to pray together, to laugh and
fellow ship with each other, and to hear the
m arvelous w ords o f Jesus as he taught them
in the quiet o f the night, around their cook
ing Fire.
A nd then on this particular night, Jesus
had had som e o f the disciples prepare a
room for them to eat the P assover m eal,
together, in the city. He knew w hat was
going on in Ju d as’ heart: trie turm oil, the
unresolved sins o f theft and greed (12:4-6),
the idol o f money Judas secretly worshipped
w hile he also tried to follow Jesus. B ut th€
T eacher did not betray h im , or even directly
confront him . He did let Judas know that he
knew , b u t som ehow none o f the other d is
ciples caught o n (13:18-30). W as Jesus
shielding their m inds from a full under
standing, as he has done before? How could
he be so confident, facing a traitor in his
inner circle?
Judas had to p u t these thoughts out of
his m ind for the present. He had throw n in
by Mattie Ann Callier-Spears
his lot w ith the ch ief priests, and they paid
well for his services. B ut I doubt Judas
could keep from w ondering w hat he had
m issed after h e ’d left the upper room -som e
rich parables o f life in G o d ’s kingdom ,
som e beautiful w ords o f peace and joy,
m ore o f those priceless pearls o f w isdom ?
(How could you call them priceless? Judas,
what about 30 pieces of silver for the Teacher’s
life?)
So Judas was leading the soldiers and
Jew ish officials rig h t to the spot he knew
Jesus w ould be tonight. He had thought he
was so clever, w hen he first chose this tim e
and this place to betray the M aster. B ut now
it seem ed so hollow , so pointless. Jesus was
ready to be arrested--he was even ready to
die. Judas heard his voice in the distance:
* ‘ W ho is it you w ant? ” (18:4) Had he really
expected Jesus to run and hide? W hy had he
betrayed him into the hands o f his enem ies,
anyway?
The m oney. It seem ed ludicrous now ,
to m easure the M aster’s worth in silver
coins. B ut still, Judas loved that money.
A nd his pride undoubtedly kept him from
adm itting his m istake, his divided loyal
ties. So he w ent through the m otions of
leading the arm ed cohort into the quiet
garden, maybe over 200 m en to arrest one
unarm ed man w ho had been teaching in
plain sight in the Tem ple every day that
week. He identified Jesus with a kiss--that
was his idea, too (m ark 14:44). B ut there
was no sense o f satisfaction, no relief that it
was over. Only a sense of som ething terri
bly gone wrong.
Do you think you could n ever betray
the Son of God? L ook carefully at Judas. By
all signs, Judas was a dedicated disciple of
Jesus, and he used his considerable gifts for
the furtherance of the kingdom of heaven.
He followed Jesus. He was one o f the
tw elve disciples w ho w ent out and did
m iracles in hisn am e (M atthew 10:4-8). B ut
Judas was also trying to serve another m aster-
Jesus had called it ‘‘M am m on” or m ateri
alism (M att. 6:24).
I'm afraid m any of us w ho call our
selves C hristians also arc suffering from
divided loyalties. T here may be an area of
life you really d o n ’t want to surrender to
Jesus, or a particular love o f the w orld you
c a n 't give up. If you don’t take care o f it,
you will surely live to regret it. Satan will
find a way to appeal to you and com prom ise
your te stim o n y -an d m aybe even destroy
your walk with the Lord com pletely. T hat’s
w hat happened to Judas. L et’s m ake sure it
do esn ’t happen to us.
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him , A braham obeyed. A w ay he w ent, not
know ing w here he was going.
Sarah, the w ife o f A braham , too, had
faith, and because o f this she w as able to
becom e a m other in spite o f h er old age, for
she realized that G od, w ho gave her his
prom ise, w ould certainly do w hat he said.
W hile G od w as testing him , A braham
still trusted in G od and his prom ises, and so
he offered up his son Isaac, and was ready
to slay him on the altar o f sacrifice; yes, to
slay even Isaac, through w hom G od had
prom ised to give A braham a w hole nation
o f descendants!
All these persons o f faith died w ithout
ever receiving all that G od had prom ised
them ; but they saw it all aw aiting them on
ahead and were glad, for they agreed that
this earth was not their real hom e but that
they were ju st strangers visiting dow n here.
A nd quite obviously w hen they talked like
that, they were looking forw ard to their real
hom e in heaven.
If they had w anted to, they could have
gone back to the good old tim es o f this
w orld. B ut they d id n ’t w ant to. T hey w ere
living for heaven. A n d jio w G od is not
asham ed to be called their G od, for he has
m ade a heavenly city for them .
It w ould certainly take too long to
recount all the accounts o f faith throughout
B iblical history, but through it all they
continued to trust in God. They w aited and
depended upon the Lord and His prom ises.
So, w hy is it necessary for us to see?
A nybody can believe when it is seen. B ut,
faith causes us to depend on unseen e v i
dence because G od said it.
T here will be times w hen your fellow
w orkers, fam ily m em bers, and friends w ill
think that you are truly crazy fo rn o tp an ick -
ing and pulling your hair o u t-in ste a d o f
rem aining calm in the m idst of a storm ; but,
with faith from G od . . . you can overcom e
all obstacles placed in your path. God gives
us a peace that an unbeliever ju st cannot
understand. Just put on your gospel fight
ing clothes.
Faith looks at what G od has said and
not on our condition. If w e w ould go on
w hat we see, alone, we w ould never accom
plish anything. W e can have the sam e kind
o f faith that A braham had if we w ould ju st
B EL IE V E and put all our trust in C hrist
Jesus.
In Memory O f. . .
The fam ily later m oved to Stephen
ville, Texas in the early 1920s, w here he
began his schooling. He later cam e to Port-
|la n d in the early 1940s. W ithin a short
: period, after arrival he went into business
for him self for the duration of approxi
m ately thirty-five years.
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Long faces, silent tears and signs o f
open frustration are all signals show ing
defeat. If you are a servant o f the Lord,
d o n 't let it happen to you. Satan is a d e
feated foe and each o f you have the pow er
to overcom e.
T here are several things that we must
know about the evil one, as he lurks about
our lives. Put on your gospel fighting clothes.
1. He deludes us with facts by sight.
W e, C hristian B elievers, d o n ’t have to see
to believe. F or-G od put faith into our hearts.
Faith overcom es w hat our eyes see and
d o n ’t see. W e d o n ’t have to see to believe.
W hat is faith? It is the confident assur
ance that som ething we w ant is going to
happen. It is the certainty that w hat we hope
for is waiting for us, even though w e cannot
see it up ahead. M en o f G od, in days o f old,
w ere fam ous for their faith.
By faith—by believing G od—we know
that the w orld and the s ta rs - in fact, all
things- - were m ade at G o d ’s com m and; and
that they w ere all m ade from things that
c an ’t be seen, such as: atom s, electrons and
etc.
It was by faith that Abel obeyed G od
and brought an offering that pleased god
m ore than C a in ’s offering did. G od ac
cepted Abel and proved it by accepting his
gift; and though A bel is long dead, w e can
still learn lessons from him about trusting
in God.
Enoch trusted G od, too, and that is why
G od took him aw ay to heaven w ithout
dying; suddenly he w as gone because G od
took him . Before this happened G od had
said how pleased he was with Enoch. You
can never please G od w ithout faith, w ithout
depending on him . Anyone w ho wants to
com e to G od m ust believe that there is a
G od and that he rew ards those w ho sin
cerely look for him.
N oah was another who trusted God.
W hen he heard G o d ’s voice w arning about
the future, N oah believed him even though
there was then no sign o f a flood, and
w asting no tim e, he built the ark and saved
his fam ily. N oah’s belief in G od was in
direct contrast to the sin and disbelief of the
rest of the w o rld -w h ich refused to o b e y -
and because o f his faith he becam e one of
those w hom G od has accepted.
A braham trusted G od, and w hen G od
told him to leave hom e and go far away to
m other land w hich he prom ised to give
M r. V em on C. B utler w as bom in
f C rockett, Texas on N ovem ber 19, 1911 to
G eorge and Paralee Butler. He was the
seventh child o f eleven children.
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hy Michael Lindsey, Dean of North Portland Bible College
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regularly until illness prevented him from
doing so.
H is fraternal affiliations consist o f
m em bership o f A cacia Lodge N um ber 6
F& A M , W illam ette C onsistory, N um ber
23, A .A .S.R. P.H .A., M ina T em ple, and
#68 A .E.A O .N .M .S., Inc.
H e served in the Scottish R ite body as.
an active mem ber for ten years in the United
Suprem e C ouncil o f the A .A .S.R ., P.H .A .,
N .J., Inc., serving as the D eputy fo r the
State o f O regon—1979-80, as w ell as, being
a Past Potentate o f the Shrine, and a Past
M aster o f his lodge.
He leaves to m ourn one brother, Eddie
butler, Sr. o f Portland; tw o sisters, M abie
C anada o f Portland and Ruby D eiz o f C o
lum bus, O hio; and a host o f nieces, n ep h
ew s, - cousins,
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