The Children’s Class
Each of the following quotations is part of a verse in Revelation, chapters 12-22.
1.“Whosoever was not found written.”
2.“The Lamb is the light thereof.”
3.“By the blood of the Lamb.”
4.“Which die in the Lord.”
5.“Come out of her, My people.”
6.“Whosoever will, let him take.”
7.“For Thou only art holy.”
The Young People’s Class Exhortation
Exhortation means something that is said in order to call people near for a particular purpose, and so when we seek to exhort others we should bear this in mind. It may not be to bring before them some new line of truth, but rather to stir them up as to things they already know very well. Peter found it necessary to stir up the pure minds of the believers in his day about the things they knew quite well, for they, like ourselves, were inclined to be forgetful of divine things.
If we seek to exhort others, let us be sure it comes from the heart and is not just a rehearsal of truth in a formal way. If we are going to call them “near” we will have to be “near” ourselves. We will have to be enjoying the Lord in our own souls if we expect the hearts of our fellow believers to be stirred. Think of how the hearts of those two on the road to Emmaus “burned” within them as they listened to the words of the blessed “Stranger”—the Lord Himself.
The word of exhortation which Barnabas ministered to the young believers at Antioch was very simple. He didn’t develop some great truth, but he truly “called them near” as he exhorted them to cleave to the Lord with purpose of heart.
May the Lord help each one of us to speak the right word of exhortation, when and where He would have us, whether in individual conversation or in the assembly.
Exhortation
1.What was Peter’s exhortation to sinners in Jerusalem? Acts 2.
2.What did Barnabas exhort the young believers in Antioch to do? Acts.
3.In what did Paul exhort the Thessalonians to abound? 1 Thessalonians.
4.What exhortation was given to busybodies? 2 Thessalonians.
5.What exhortation is particularly given to young men? Titus.
6.Is exhortation needed more as “the day” approaches? Hebrews 10.
7.Does God take notice of those who accept exhortations which are according to His mind? 2 Corinthians 8.
ML 07/02/1950