The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-01-12
JESUS on TIE SABBATH.
LESSON u, FIRST QUARTER INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 10.

Recommending by the Rev. ID. III.
S;earns.
compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by
permission Of IL 5. Hoffman, publisher, l'hILi
delphia
After the baptism Of Jesus by John in Jor-
don, He was led 10y the Spirit into the wilder
ness to he tempted of the devil and was there
forty DAYS; by the sword Of the Spirit the
enemy was overcome and compelled to Tee
and angels minstcred unto Jesus Tvs. l.,
10 Then Jesus returned III the power OF the
Shirt to Galilee uIu iv, 10; and wherever
we see Him III all His earthly life lie IS gong
about Speaking and working in the power of
the Holy Spirit tActs X, 3SI. There is no way
for us TO live a Christian life-that is, the
life Of Christ in these mortal bodies-but by
bein, emptied of self and filed with the same
Holy Spirit Jesus draws unto Him John,
Andrew, Simon, Philip and Nathaniel; lie at
tends the marriage at Cana, where lie makes
the water into wine; He goes to Capernaum
for few DAYS and thence TO the passover at
Jerusalem where He cleanscs the temple,
works miracles and meets Nlcodemus; then
on lis way back To Galilee He meets the wo-
man and people Of Samaria, reyisits Cana,
and with word heals the son of the noble
man Of Capernaum. All this is consecutively
recorded in John i, %, to iv, 81, and seems to
come in between verses Is and II of this first
chapter of Mark. According to Luke iv, II
so He then visits His own town of Nazareth
where lie had been brought up and in their
synagogue reads from the prophet Isaiah con-
corning Himself but is elected by His towns
men, WHO i'll great wrath seek His life. IIe
then makes Capernaum, on the Sea of Galilce,
His headquarters If He could be said to have
any on earth; more effectually calls to Him
Simon and Andrew, james and John; and in
todays lesson we have the record of busy
Sabbath day in that city.
81 And they went into Capernaum."
John the Baptist was At this time in prison,
and Jesus was somewhere III the latter part of
His first years ministry. The worl, of John,
though requiring SO long a preparation,
years in the wilderness, and seemingly so
short and unsuccessful, is now nearly over;
he has but to tarry little in prison, and
pass from there out to his God and Father
Jesus, the mightier than John, goes forth to
His work with these few fishermen as the be-
ginning of His followers, only to be rejected
and hated as John was. (AIat5. xvii, l2J But.
the work goes on, the fishers of men are more
busy today than ever before, tho number of
Ills elect out of all nations is being com
pleted, the marriage of the Lamb draws nigh,
and He shall see of the travail Of His soul and
be satisfied; then shall we see that neither the
work of john nor the prophets who were be-
fore him, nor the work of Jesus Christ or the
least Of His faithful followers has been in any
sense or in the least degree in vain; it is ours
to be filed with the spirit and be faithful
unto Him, coveting only His approval, seek
ing only His glory, land straightway on the
Sabbath day He entered into tie synagogue
and taught This is the fifth time in this
chapter that We find the word ''straightway"
or Immediately which reminds us how we
are to act as servants of Christ
% "He taught them as one that had au-
thOrity" Not with the wisdom of men, for
He had not been to their schools, but with
the wisdom of God, for He was and is
Christ" the power of God, and the wisdom
of God" Il Cor. i, 2i) The father who sent
Him gave Him a commandment, what He
should say and what He should speak" John
xii, 49, His text book was the law, the
prophets, and the psalms, and He eI-
pounded in all the Scriptures the things
concerning Himself; He came to fulfill
the law and the prophets, for all spa,c of
Him. luke xiv, %, A, 40; Matt. V, ID
81 "Let us alone.n What can we think of
those who bear tie name of Christ, and yet
spirit, dead to the world, seeking lost souls,
sending or going to the dark places of the
earth with the glad tidngs of Jesus; but
when urged to be wholly the Lords, and love
and serve Him with the whole heart,
giving more time to prayer ard Bible
study, reply by deeds if not in words,
Let us alonegn Does it not seem as if the
uncleau spirit was there III some form2
20. ''Whcn the uuc!ean spirit had torn
him, ard cried with q load voice, he
came out Of him" Being commanded by
Jesus the evil spirit must obey; He casts
them out with His word. If you have an evil
spirit of unbclicf or pride or self esteem or
woridliness, you will not get rid of it by try
ing, but Just come to Jesus and lie with His
word will cast it out. 1t may tear you and
hurt you 10 lose il, and there may be quite a
noise about it, but the temple is the Lords
and it must DO wholly His
q. with authority commandeth He even
the unclcan spirits, and they do obey Him.
This is, indeed something new; here is one
who IS mighticr than the devil and his
angels, and they must obey Him when He
speaks; and they are amazed AMI perplexed
at this apparently humble and unknown
man, CT known only as the carpenter of
Nazareth. Here is more than man, for no
man is as strong as the devil, but here is one
whom the demons must obey, SO He must be
more than man. He was foretold as one
who would let the oppressed so free, and He
does it; but they know Him not. Notwith-
standing the testimony of the evil spirit Is to
who lie was, they believe not.
IS. Immediately His fame spread abroad
II every one whose sins have been forgiven
was truly thankful to God for such price
NO gao, hot
to be ready to tell others that they, too,
might receive forgiveness. and thus spread
abroad the fame Of JeSusa What are you
doing, dear reader, to make Him known to
others: or is it SO that He has never done
anything for you worth mentioning?
&J-&l. From the synagogue they 90 to the
home of Simon and Andrew, James and
John going with them. 1t had been a
strange morning; never had such an event
happened IN that synagogue before; the
power of God had bCen seen among them, for
Jesus was God manifest in the flesh; and
now Gs they walk to Simol's home who can
tell their feelings il view of these thingsa
-, IS. AN the city was gathered to-
gcther at tho door" What a company it
was diseased and evil possessed, with their
friends who brought them; tie suffering and
tle anxious, all gathered unto Him, for in
the short space Of few hours thc tidings
had gone vel abroad that mighty man
who could cast cut devils had come among
them. II every one among US who has heard
OF Jesus and been helped by Him would spread
abroad Ills fame does it not seem as if our
Sunday schools and churches would be filed
to o,erfowing2
u. And lie healed many. And
cast out many devils" Luxe says that He
laid Lis hands on every one Of them and
healed them" Luke ", f0) There was health
III Him for them all, and it was freely given
as they needed, without money and without
price
The sultan never uses a plate, but
takes his food us ally with broad,
fiat knife or his fingers directly from
the kettle in whicA It is cooked. And
yet the address of he sultan is not
J. =.