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Excerpt from Teacher's Manual for the Teachings of Jesus
Br way of introduction it might be shown how a man's thought of God Shapes all the rest Of his thinking, his thought of life, of duty, of religion, his hope for the future. That is one reason Why we begin with this doctrine in the teaching Of Jesus. But the main reason is that this was Jesus' greatest word to men, as it was the all-controlling reality of his life, God the Father.
Here, as elsewhere, it is helpful to compare Jesus' teaching with what went before, noting how he continues what went before and, on the other hand, how he surpasses it. In esti mating the thought of the Old Testament about God we must not consider single passages here and there, but the dominant idea. Looking thus, we see that in the Old Testament God was King, in the New Testament he is Father. And yet for Jesus he is King as well as Father.
We have here another lesson in which we must simplify and select. The best plan will be to group the teaching around the two phrases used as headings: The King is Father; the Father is King. The purpose Of the lesson is to bring out clearly this great conception of Jesus, and so lay the foundation for all the later study.
I. The King is Father. Note how simple this idea is as compared with other conceptions of God; a child can under stand this. Show how rich it is and how much it involves. Then consider the tremendous faith of Jesus; he believed that love really sat on the throne Of the world. Do we really believe that? That rather belongs to the second part: II. The Father is King. This part Of the lesson will need special emphasis and development. The Old theologians emphasized God's sovereignty, modern thought emphasizes his Fatherhood; but Jesus includes both. We need a revival of this idea Of sovereignty. Here are rich practical lessons.
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