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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 19, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 47.

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The Great Missionary

The Children's Lesson—No. 1

The Great Missionary

Memory Verse: John 3: 16.
Define “missionary.”
Jesus was the greatest of all missionaries.
Sent by the Father. 1 John 4: 9; John 5: 36, 37.
His home. John 6: 38.
His field.—A world in the darkness of sin, with every person doomed to death.
Jesus in coming to this earth as a missionary—
“Pleased not himself.” Rom. 15: 3.
“For your sakes he became poor.” 2 Cor. 8: 9.
Came “to save that which was lost.” Matt. 18: 11.
“Went about doing good.” Acts 10: 38.
A Child Missionary. Luke 2: 40-52. (Read appropriate portions of the chapter, “As a Child,” in “Desire of Ages.”)
How was this missionary received by the people he came to save?—
His life sought when an infant. Matt. 2: 13-16.
Homeless. Matt. 8: 20.
Despised and rejected. John 1: 11; Isa. 53: 3.
Crucified. Matt. 27: 35.
What he did for the people—
Preached to the multitude. Matt. 13: 1-3.
Personal work with individuals. John 3: 1-12; 4: 4-26.
Visited homes. Luke 19: 5; 7: 36.
Sympathized with those in trouble. John 11: 32, 35.
Fed the hungry. Matt. 14: 15-21.
Healed the sick. Matt. 14: 14.
Reproved sin. Matt. 23: 13, 14.
Blessed the children. Mark 10: 13-16.
Prayed for the people. John 17.
His message to the world. Matt. 11: 28.
How may we “come to Jesus”?—
Repent of sins. Acts 3: 19.
Confess and forsake them. 1 John 1: 9.
Obey his voice. Rom. 6: 16.
His success as a missionary. Isa. 53: 11; Rev. 5: 11-13.