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BIBLE LESSONS. 345
is not found, and" they return for him. This means
that we are to ba specific in bringing forth from the
inner or invisible side of Being all the factors that
enter into consciousness, because if we do not we
shall have to return sorrowing after "three days,"
which is an entering into spirit, soul and body, where
we find the Son of God in the temple " sitting in the
midst of the doctors." The thoughts in the organism
that preside over and regulate the various
functions are here referred to as the "doctors."
Jesus, the Wisdom of God individualized, gives these
doctors a new understanding of the Divine Law, and
all are amazed at the higher revelation.
This work of Jesus in the " Father's house," as it
is in the Revised Testament, is one of the most vital
points in developing health of mind and body. The
outer consciousness may not understand (verse 50)
why the all-powerful Son of the Most High should
spend so much time in this inner communion, but
experience proves that it is necessary, and those who
give due attention to it find that a certain harmony
is established, which may be brought to the outer
realms (Nazareth), and made to serve and be subject
to the commonest walks of life. This balancing of
the within and without brings about that harmonious
evolution in soul and body which is described in
verse 52, ,; And Jesus increased in wisdom and
stature, and in favor with God and man."
Lesson 2. (January 10.
THE PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.—Matthew
3:1-12.
i. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judea,
2. And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand.
3. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias,
saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the
way of the Lord, make bis paths straight.
4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and
a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and
wild honey.
5. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all
the region round about Jordan,
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