The Teachings of Jesus

was this thought that filled his heart with joy, this was the gospel, the "good news" that he preached to men. Men have disputed as to when Jesus thought that this new world of God's rule was coming and as to just how it was coming. These are the lesser matters. More important is it to see what Jesus meant by this and to gain his conviction and his vision. God's Kingdom meant for him God's rule in the world, and God's rule meant first of all his life in men. For that reason he saw the beginnings of the Kingdom before his eyes. Where men were healed and sins were forgiven, where he saw penitence and faith and love in men's hearts, there he saw the Kingdom already present. But these were only the beginnings. Some time all the world was to be under God's rule, and some time sin and oppression and misrule of every kind should yield to the one rule of God. In that hope he died; in that hope his followers live this day.

DIRECTIONS FOR STUDY

Read through the entire chapter.

Jot down on paper the three main aspects of Jesus' teaching as indicated in this chapter. Now go through the book and write down the title of each chapter under the head where it belongs. A few chapters will not fit into this division. Note that the book does not, however, follow the order of these three divisions.

As you thus go through the book, write down some of the most helpful or suggestive truths that have come to you from your study of the teachings of Jesus.

Write down in your own words the answer to the following great questions: What do I believe about God? How should a man live with God? How should a man live with his fellow men? What may we hope for the future? After you have written these answers, consider how far your faith has been molded by Jesus Christ.

INDEX TO TOPICS

The letter f indicates that the reference extends to the next page,
the letters f that it includes two or more following pages.

Example of Jesus, 184f., 208.

Faith, 64f., 87f.; see also Trust.
Fasting, 177.

Father, 34ff., 57; see also God.
Fear, of God, 38f.; of the world,
131f.

Fellowship, 95f., 116, 162ff.
Fellowship with God, 53; power
of, 55f.; cost of, 155.
Force, Use of, 111ff., 128ff.
Forgiveness, 53, 108ff., 149, 153.
Forms, Religious, 174ff.
Friendliness of Jesus, 197f.

Giving, 140ff., see also Steward-
ship.
God, Jewish doctrine, 34; with
prophets, 35; as Father, 34ff.;
mercy of, 36f.; love of, 37;
as King, 38f.; holiness, 40f.;
vision of, 80f., 84; source of
Jesus' teachings, 92; different
conceptions of, 107; as su-
preme good, 149; of all, 160f.
Goodness, 49f., 73f.
Good Will, 106ff.
Grace, 51f., 106ff.

Holy Spirit, 56.

Holiness, 40f.; of Jesus, 207.
Humility, 67ff.; of Jesus, 204f.

In Jesus' Name, 88.
Imitableness of Jesus, 209.
Impurity, 45.

Importunity in prayer, 88f.
Independence of Jesus, 200.
Institutions, Religious, 176f.
Internationalism, 122ff., 127f.

Judge, Jesus as, 195.
Judgment, 42, 116f.

Kingdom of God, meaning, 15,
146f.; as a good, 148ff.; as
life, 150f.; as task, 152ff.;
as inward (spiritual), 158ff.;
as outward (social), 160ff.; as
future, 166ff.; as present,
167ff.; coming of, 170ff.; es-
tablishment, 183ff.

Kingdom of Heaven, 147f.; see
also Kingdom of God.

Religion, of the spirit, 46; of
fellowship, 53f., 174ff.
Repentance, 59ff.

Reverence, for man, 99ff., 102ff.;
for self, 102.
Riches; see Wealth.

Righteousness, 43ff., 59, 161f.;
Social, 46f.
Retaliation, 107f.

Sabbath, 177.
Sacraments, 179.
Sacrifice, 118ff.
Sanctification, 55f.
Saviour, 105, 192ff.
Scorn, 102f.
Scribes, 176.
Scriptures, 180.

Second Mile Religion, 110f.
Secularism, 131ff.

Selfishness, 135f.

Sermon on Mount, 44ff.

Service, 114ff.; with Jesus, 185.
Severity of Jesus, 200f.
Sin, 59ff.; sense of, 41.
Sinlessness of Jesus, 206.
Sinners, 73f.; pictures of, 63;
Jesus' Intercourse with, 63f.;
attitude toward, 100f.
Slavery, 103f.

Social Nature of Kingdom, 160ff.
Social Problems, 104.
Social Service, 163f.
Son of Man, 192.

Sonship, 47; as a gift, 51ff.;
and the new birth, 56; secret
of, 57; scope of, 57; as rule,
93ff.; of Jesus, 190ff.
Spirit of the Kingdom, nature
of, 161f.

Stewardship, 138ff.; of nations,
124f.

Sunday, 178f.

Superstition, 40f.

Preaching of Jesus, 184.

Premillennialism, 170ff.

Pride, 135.

Property, 139ff.

Prophets, Idea of God,