The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL IHssor ~, =
MARCH 81. "

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lesson Text; Tho Quarterly n,
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IL, 2-Commentarx..
The lessons that we have st,,d,..,
s.t pted both the authority of Christ dG and + ..
esIoryn the principles CT His ki,sri,,,ss" Tt rsv
d;sos.so Doth what He is and what ~;
disctaI dpies se must be. Let tho review be ct,,
N1S0u aiong these two lines 0o'
THE AUTHORITY OF oHnrsr
K; K;nI is royal authority. Jesus came ma ,
whose duty it was to prspare ~ 80, nera,u sl.
lin LID. when John tho baptist dscJarc,i Z ~. Lu'
Ja. ~ 70 % .he voice OF one crying in tha ,s;i
be spoke T e hl@.sf Hs sSfdy the WAY way s Lord
claimed 70 the Jows that their @ s1nscssi snd Pro.
vas nigh. They Thought tbat Johr thng tngg
SaPtist himself was like The Messiah r,ro,sa sne
tried e g o~0niCssfqly riys endowed was but he
down and aKIooss az 4 Ia lcHsts SsHs ssxr g
He told them that whereas he baptized with
water: the coming One would baptizo
with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Compare
who runs before the great King. What Was
meant by this superiority OF Christ was
shown at His baptism. Thon the heavens
opened, the Spirit descended like a dove upon
sne sne Saviour, and q voice from out the heav-
Son, in whom 1 am well p.eased.n Then was
made manifest the fact that Jesus was the
Son Of the King Of Kings.
q His authority as teacher. That was
one or the first things which struck the
multitude with anazementN Ho did NOT i'm.
struct after the usual manner. Ho did NOT
teach like the scribes, who cited decisions and
preoedents, and piled high their authorities,
10 boister tseir own statements. Jesus did
nothing Of the kind. He spoke as isHo Him.
self were the source and the fountain of truth
He did net seek confrmsti9s sven by Moses
put put laid down principles beyond those which
EW;,sa sNe mnSisns iawgiver mad ever uttered. His
~ t"ibns sa;,i, tSy Say un.o you mad the forco
that even His own toSnsmen were @ GO eomnusS eaaHsi
tSin~,,n Than ,,ia Suen nstn tnis man all these
dom IN at ,,res ~, sSI;u i; nHS Teeonclle the wis.
limited opportunsts 8iitrn .s .sPescr H1sn the
Nazareth. They discreditcd ft because thew
which caused them to reject Him 10 the ona
which now lends many 10 scLnnwiaia,s tS;r' ynro
as Lord. His extraordinarv nowec 40
teacher is manifest i'm Che paraties wh;cI, Ho
put forth.
again, was the cause of great wonder. No
one before had boen nble 10 erorciso tba OWL
spirits which had taken possession of men
Sometimes, as in the case of tho demoniac at
to do with such unfortunates Smt nsyar sn"S one
camo into the presence of Jesus whom He Ali
not rescue. he came that He MIGHT de-.
stroy the works of the DEVIL A word of
command, and the evil spirits Departed
minds In witnessing His power over them
Immediately answered their @ own QUESTION s "v bv
saying: "a new teachingi with authority He
they oLey Him. !" And His ABILITY TO helm those
whose spirits arc unclean Is shown evan now
4. His authority as "a healer. In what
striking way. sfhss. made manifsss, Ts
her, and Isl she arose and ministsfssd aasSr fflaiss
ana bis dsSi He ,M ,a,d 80 s isnrnS nanu upUd Od
leper, VINO wo1 hs u sns, INV
tn,'ched the hsm 81 His sarment. and forth
with she felt within herself that she was
made whole of her plague. He told help
less paralytic to arise, end without delay he
arose and took up his bed, and went out
from the waysfde, and in turn he was called
before Him, and, when told to 60 his way
went seeing Mark, 1T would seem selected
those cases which wouse>sspet ti.n ota,,oao
tne auSn9r,cy , on Ins,so " non,,',o, aiImsnts
ment0neu are nos snoso u eo that t,,an a,iow
Iney maoeo arc - smsrs,e snaS s;nsy ,,,;mt
OF no suggestiSUn VI WolSe M e ssssJS aa ,s -.
nave panea LIN .t;s sMen nG o .a oa,sin Ja
ity over MS own ausuVy. o .su;s Su Ho
pHIe ~ 20 S.aors, ,.s "as Hs oS oana v.orvss
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20 tne We've 70 go Lprsn anu eSse 49, M Sus
neal Ihe SICK, ana even ralse inc ,asa 9sau.
0. nus autnority 70 iorgse. nSn ossus
saw the poor patat{ ec, anu nc.eu sue seS., sI.,
OF the soul, SO mucn decper Snah snas on sn'
BODY, ne lmpui,slyely sala' son, My suns III, hr
Iog9iyen, " s,, pm
was immeu'aesy ~, ln"nav trsxv I, ssaI az
put ne oemonss,aUeu ,'. naS ~ ny nav .sss 't =,
rignt py commsuonH sno nG,p,ess -, m,am IL,
rise up anu Walk n snas no n ..,u w.,u ,,n
Is tne true vaiue OIL mTs 1;c.s hvt t w. shnD
merely 70 rSmIse t ,,,s,. te' fnrSiNo .;us
tnee ae mas tne powor W tSasavo s shn
Miracles are n9s now TTougnS DeSause 70 t.,a fns
power is essaDnsnoS ; da,,,iw ,,rovsy nv nv tn IN
| giNs 10 nov cS,ns aa I;yp p'o'0 ~ w.
higner HnacioS Vi chanseu "o''
| THE PRINCIPLES OF cHRIsT's KINGDOM.
IL was not until n long list of miracles ha
| been nerformed. such rs have been emu
merated. that Jesus turned to His disciple
i askin9 them first for the opinions of me
| ,conce1ninr Himself. and then for their owl
Whsn thew Ind declared their faith I'm Hi
M the Christ the Son of the living Go,
them He sbaran to reveal to them that n
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