Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-07
THE GREAT PHYSICIAN.
LESSON &, FIRST QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 9.

Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission of IL. s. Hoffman, publisher Philadel
phia
80 And in the synagogue there was a
man, which had spirit of an unclean devil,
and cried out with loud voice" After
being rejected by His own townsmen of Naz-
areth, He came to Capernaum and taught
in the synagogue on the Sabbath days. The
first part of our lesson is the record of an in
cident that occurred while He was thus teach
ing one day. Then, now, all kinds of peo-
pie went to church, some with one object,
some another, and then, as now, Satan went
also among them. As far as we can learn
from the Scriptures there is but one devil
properly so called, the leader of all wicked
spirits, whose other names are Satan, the old
serpent. the dragon, the god of this world,
the prince of the power of the air, the father
of lies, etc tRev Xxx, .; II Cor. iv, A. Eph.
ii, ,. John viii, ~, but he seems to have as
ISOLATED with him innumerable other wicked
spirits properly called demons, and so trans
lated in the r.. v margin; and the great
business of the devil and bis demons is 70
enter into and possess and control people for
their destruction. a man possessed by one
Of these demons was in the synagogue on this
particular Sabbath day while Jesus was
| teaching
81. Let us alone, what have we to do with
Thee, Thou Jesus of NAZARETH Art Thou
| come to destroy usN Thus the demon in the
man cried out as Jesus was teaching.
II know Thee who Thou art; the Holy
| One of God" On one occasion when GER
tain men who knew not Jesus tried to cast
out demons the demons cried out: Jesus |
know and Paul know, but who are yeT
And the man with the demons leaped on
them, and overcame them, and prevailed
against them, that they fed out of that
house naked and wounded acts xix. H. l6D.
| The devil ana his angels do not know Jesus
for their good in any way, but they know
Him as the Son of God, the Holy One, the
Christ, and they fear Him, and they know and
fear those who are truly His, as Paul was.
b And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold
thy peace, and come out of him. And
he came out of him, and hurt him not"
He addressed the demon in the man, and
His word compelled the evil spirit to leave
the man, and ne was healed. "IIe cast
out the spirits with His word" Matt. viii 10.
There is no doubt that the devil and his
angels possess people today, and through
them say and do the fearful things of which
we hear and read and which we see with our
own eyes.
So what a word is this for with au
thority and power He commanded the I'M
clean spirits, and they come out" The last
verse of the last lesson Tvs 32 says that His
word was with power" the source of the
power is given us in Acts X. 30, where we are
told that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Ghost and with power, who
went about doing good, and healing all that
were oppressed of the devil, for God was with
Him" We have His word we have His
spirit, God is with U.S. And if we We're only
willing to be filled with the Holy Spirit, we
would not only be ourselves delivered from
all unclean spirits, but we would be blessed
in leading others to the Great Deliverer
81 And the fame of Him went out into
every place of the country round about"
His name is as ointment poured forth
S. And He arose out of the synagogue
and entered into Simon's house
80 He stood over her, and rebuked the
fever and it left her, and Immediately she
arose and minstered unto them" "A little he.
fore He had rebuked the uncean spirit and
now he rebukes the burning in this womans
body, and rs quickly as the spirit fled from
the man, SO this great fever fees before the
same Almighty Word, and the woman is in
stanty well so well that she is able to min
lister unto them, and she does it at once
10 And He laid His hands on every one
of them and healed them Tidngs from the
synagogue and from Simon's home soon
spread through the city, and people sick with
all kinds of diseases are brought unto Him.
every one of whom is sent away healed
Al. "And devils came out of many,
and He, rebukng them, suffered them not to
speak, for they knew that He was Christ. -
How many happy homes there were in
Capernaum that night; people now perfectly
bol g.. !
much, people now about on the streets and
at their work who had not been seen there
for many day people now meek aud gentle
to whom you could not speak before with
out being insulted and all because Jesus had
come His word and His hand did it all, and
He still lives, and is accessible to all who
truly seek Him.
~. And when it day, He departed,
and went into desert place" Mark says
that He rose great while before day and
went away TO pray Mark i, So How unlike
a so-called minister's Monday. What hun
gering for communion with His Father, what
abstraction from the things of earth! But
this is the secret of power. A hold upon
God, "a cinging to God, waiting upon Him
alone, whole hearted reliance upon Him
living in His sight, witnessing unto Hin
that He may be gloriiied, a studying to show
ourselves approved unto HIM, seeing no one
but Jesus only This is for us the way OF
power
And the people sought Him, and came
unto Him, and stayed Him, that He should
not depart from Them What a contrast tc
the conduct of the people of Nazareth! But
were these people seeking Him for His own
sake or for the blessings to be received at Hi,
handsi a more practical question is do
! YOU seek Him, dear reader, on the day after
the Sabbath as well as ON the Sabbath AND
why do you seek Him, Is it for His gifts
some blessing from Him, or is it to know
Him. and the power of His resurrection, and
the fellowship of His sufferings.
43 And he said unto them, | must preacl
the kingdom of God To other cities also; fol
therefore am | sent" The Il. V. says 81
must preach the good tidings of the kingdom
of God" Matthew adds that He preached
the gospel of the kingdom and healed al
!, manner of sickness and all manner of disease
Such also His instructions to His dis
ciples Matt. iv, %; X, Z, s.. As He went
only TO Israel, and sent His disciples only Il
Israel Matt. XIV, "A; X, G, these good tiding
of the kingdom of God must have reference
to "A kingdom which Israel knew about anC
| eXpected a kingdom fOretOld bV their DrOpb