The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-02-28
THE MESSIAHSHIP.
LESSON TX, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 8.

LESSON TX, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 8.
Text Of the Lesson. Mark via. 27.ss-Com-
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Between this lesson and the last one we
have the record Of the death Of John the
Baptist, the feeding OF the multitudes on two
different occasions, the walking on the sea,
the great faith of the Syrophenician woman
and the healing Of her daughter, the healing
OF deaf and dumb man, and others.
q. "Whom do men say that l amr' He
had come into the town OF Csesarsa Philippi. |
2S, %. "Peter answereth and saith unto
Him, Thou art the Christ" After drawing
from them the opinions Of others, He then
pointedly and personally puts the question:
"But whom say ye that amf' Let every
teacher learn from Him how to teach, and
after awakening the interest of the scholars
by drawing frou Them whas they know, fafl
not to ascertain what they individually be-
lieve and what Christ Is tc theua The full
answer Of Peter was: ",rhou art the Christ,
the Son of the Living Godn Matt XVI, l6);
but while we call attention to what is writ
ten in the parallel accounts in the other gos-
pels, we believe that each gospel is complete
in itself for the object for which it was writ
ten, and there Is reason for the omissions
and insertions peculiar to each. If we want
to know all about His life as the Goldman,
We read the four gospels side by side; but II
J we desire to know Him specially as the Son
Of David or the perfect Servant or the Son
of Man or the Son of God, it would be we'll
for the time to confine cur attention to the
gospel which thus describes Him. Much as
we might like to enter here into the precious
things of Matt. xvi, 1910, our limited space
forbids it; but we must say a word about
the significance of ''the Christi John /, IA;
iv, 25, tells us that Christ is the same as Mes
siah the former being Greek and the latter
Hebrew. John i, 45, tells us that He is the
one of whom Moses and the prophets did
write Daniel tx, 24-27, speaks of Him as ''the
Messiah, the Prince" who shall make an end
of the sins of Daniels people and bring to
them everlasting Righteousness. Matt ii, l.
T. makes it plain that the Christ is the King
of the Jews; the English word corresponding
w 4hSSsltu, dHu OuTlSO Is buo AuOlDUeu,
and in the song of Hannah q Sam ii, i0) wa
see Him as He will be when He comes in
power to sit upon the throne Of His glory as
King of the Jows You may know Him as
Jesus who saves and keeps you, as Lord
whom you delight to acknowledge as your
possessor and proprietor. but do you know
Him as the Christ, the coming King of
Israel and of the whole earth?
3d. "He charged them that they should tell
no man of Him" Matt. xvi, 90 says to tell
no man that He was Jesus the Christ He
never forbade them to say that He was Jesus
the Saviour, but now that the rulers of the
people had fully determined to kill Him
Matt. xii, 14 He forbids them to make Him
known as the Christ.
81. "He began to teach them that the Son
of Man must suffer-" At His first cleansing
Of the temple He had foretold His death and
resurrection John ii, 1921, and later, when
they asked sign He spoke Of Jonah as a
type of his death and resurrection Matt. xii,
80, 40; but this is his first particular and full
announcement of this great event which He
again repeats on two other occasions ok,
81; K, 34.
80. "Peter took Him and began to rebuke
Him." saying, "Be It far from thee, Lord;
this shall not be unto Thee" QNatt xvi, 22),
or, as In the margin, "Pity thyself, Lord"
This was the natural man speaking, and the
tendency Of the natural man, even in the
Christian, is to pity himself and seek his own
ease, and against this self indulgence We
must as Christians earnestly contend, ever
yielding our bodies living sacrifice
33. "He rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee
behind me, Satan" Peter had just given
forth sweet SAVIOUR of God in his grand con-
fession of Jesus as the Christ, and now from
the same mouth comes the things Of men
with Satan urging on; tout Of the same
mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing"
"a. ''Whosoever will come after Me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow Me-" It is most precious truth that
the invitation to come is to "Whosoever
will" (Acts K, 43; Rom x, II, Is; Rev. xxi,
10; and him that cometh shall in no wise be
cast cut John vi, 81; but it is also true that
no one can truly come, unless they are pre-
pared to deny self and bear the cross after
Jesus, and this daily Nuke TX, 23) Any
other aim but the glory Of God, any other
will but the will of God, either proves that
we are not His followers, or if we are, that
we are very unlike our Master, and little
credit to Him.
35. "For whosoever will save his life shall
lose it.n That is, whosoever chooses this
plcochb lA4o WAN Abo Jo1 Ia PISlcIeuCo W
the narrow way Of separation from this pres
emit evil world unto Christ, shall find In tho
end that his portion here was his all, and his
enjoyment ended when he left this world;
while he who chooses Christ and fellowship
with Him as his portion here, prepared to re-
nounce with the whole heart, the world, the
flesh and the devil, will find that while he
may not have had great success In this
world and. perhaps, been sorely tried, yet he
has had Gods own peace and joy in his soul
and shall inherit everlasting life.
81. "What shall man give In exchange
for his lifef' If he loses it by refusing to let
Jesus save him it is gone forever; the great
gulf is fixed and they cannot pass from one
place to the other. because there Is wrath,
beware lest He take thee away with His
stroke; then a great ransom cannot deliver
thee" Job xxxvi, 49, "They that trust
Ia their wealth and boast themselves in the
multitude Of their riches; mono OF them can
by any means redeem his brother, nor give to
God q ransom for him" Cps. xix, o, ~
it, even the finished work of the Lord Jesus
| Job xxxiii, "a; Matt xI, 28); that being
refused there is no other tActs w. III. The
| life of every individual bas three stages, that
portion which is spent nere in the mortal
| body; that between death and resurrection,
stage Is yielded to Jesus, then between death
and resurrection the spl-it Is with Christ In
Paradise, and at the resurrection of the just
the soul and body are wanted to be with and
like Christ forever; but II the first stage is
misspent and withheld from Jesus then is
| the future Of that soul dark and awful.
80. "Of him shall the Son Of Man be
ashamed" The Christ will return In power
and great glory CMatt. xvi, 64; Col. Iii, a.,
bringing His saints with him. He shall como
In flaming fire, yielding vengeance on them
that know not God and obey not the Gospel
QI Tn. j, 7-10, and not only So but when He
comes to the air for His people many Of them
shall be ashamed If He fads them mixed up
with the world and worldly things instead Of
separate therefrom, and watching for Him.
TX, i. "Some of them that stand here shall
not taste of death. till they have seen the
kingdom of God come with power.p And
after six days He fulfilled this word to3 thres
| Of them when cn the mount Of trans
fguration they were eye witnesses Of Bis
majesty. QI Peter 1, l6)
Won Moltkc at Gyavelotte.
The French artillery and mitrail-
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