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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
NOVEMBER ii.
Lesson Text: 'sThe Twelve Chosen,"
Mark ILL.,, G-19-Golden Text:
John XIV, 16-Com-
mentary.

6. "And the Pharisees went forth and
straiShtway took counsel with the Hero.
dians against Him. how they might destroy
Him. In Luke VI. II. it Is written that
after Jesus healed the man in the synagogue
with the withnred hand on the Sabbath
"thev were filled with Madness" Tho
Pharisees and Herodians stand for religious
hypocrisy and worldlness. A hypocrite
must be an enemy OF Christ. for He Is truth
itself and light and without guile, while
James tells us plainly that ''the friendship
OF the world Is enmity with God" and John
saws that "the whole world lieth in the
wicked one."
Z. "But Jesus withdrew Himself with His
disciples to the sea. and great multitude
from Galilee followed Him." Worldliness
and hypocrisy cause Jesus to withdraw
Himself. Religious Journalism will never
draw the people who are hungering for
something that is real. The world with all
its unreality has nothing to offer such. but
they will follow Jesus to the seashore, or
the Salvation Army barracks, or the
hnmblest place OF worship where the simple
gospel Is preached by such as live out In
daily life.
8. "And from Judaa, and from Jerusalem.
and from Idum@a. and from beyond Jordan.
and they about Tyre and Sidon, q great
multitude, when they had heard what great
things He did, came unto Him." He Him.
self said, "The works that do bear witness
of Ne that the Father hath sent Me- (John
v, 36). II there is none OF His works In
our lives, how can we prove that we are Hlsf
9. "And He spake to His disciples that
small ship should wait on Him, because oil
the multitude, lest they should throng Him."
1t is not to the careless, aimless, ,surging crowd
that He reveals Himself and makes His
power known. but to such as seek Him with
humility of mind and deflniteness of aim.
His word Is always true, eye shall seek Me
and find Me when ye search for Ne with all
your heart" (Jer. xxx. 13).
10. "For He had healed many, insomuch
that they pressed upon Him for to touch
Him, as many as had plaques" It was the
healing of the body they sought, not the
deeper and more serious healing OF the soul.
Yet He healed many, for He had compassion
upon them, and it was His custom as He
healed to preach the word (NIath. ", 23).
II. "And unclean spirits, when they saw
Him, fell down before Him and cried, saying,
Thou art the Son of God" These demons
from the pit knew Him and testified as 10
who He was, while men knew Him not and
received Him not, though they saw His
works. In the first chapter of Isaiah He
had said long before that the dumb brutes,
the OK and the ass, put His people In Israel
to shame.
-. And he straitly charged them that
they should not make Him Known" He
has no fellowship with demons and wants
no help from them. In John v. he says
that His father and His works, and His
word all bear witness unto Him. The light
Is His witness, for God Is light, and in Him
Is no darkness at all. We cannot be In full
fellowship with Him If we seek honor of men
rather than the honor which cometh from
God. May His approval be everything to
use, and our great ambition to be well pleas
ing in His sight (John v, A II. Tim, H., Is +,
II. Cor. V, 9, r. '. margin).
13. "And He goeth up into a mountain
and calleth unto Him wnom He would. and
they came unto Him." In Luke vi, II, it Is
written that He continued all night in prayer
to God. He did nothing without much
prayer. Are We in any measure like Him IN
lh32 After prayer He chose few out OF
many 10 make them q blessing to many
John xv., 16). Election is always tho
choosing OF some that others through them
may be benefited.
IA. "And He ordained twelve, that they
should be with Him, ami that He might send
them forth 10 PREACH" In the last verse We
emphasized unto Him." Let US here en-
pnaslze ''with Him and forth to PREACH
Having come unto Him, we must abide with
Him in order to be qualified to 60 forth to
preach. "Abide thou with me, fear not"
said David to Abiathar q Sam. XIII, 23), as
suring Him that whoever touched the one
lite toucned the otner.
Is. "And to have power to heal sickness
and to cast out DEVILS" His commission III
Math. Y, Z, =, reads, GAS ye 90 preach,
saying, The Kingdom Of heaven Is ar hand
heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the
dead, cast out devils. Freely ye have re-
ceived, freely give" While to the seventy
He said, II give you power over all the
power OIL the enemy, anu nothing shall by
any means hurt you," (Luke x, 19.) See
what high authority for medical missions,
"Preach the Gospel, heal the SICK"
16. "And Simon He surnamed Peter
The account OF this Change OF name is
found In John l., AZ, and reminds Us OF the
change OF ADram to Abraham and Jacob to
Israel. 1t Ii suggestive of the old and the
new, the natural and the spiritual. Petros,
which Is always the word translated Peter,
means piece or fragment OF stone, while
Petra, on which Christ said He woulu build
HIS church (Matn. xvi, 1S), means a large
rock, a ledge, q Cliff. II Is used In reler-
ence to Christ IN Cor. K, 4 I Pet. H., 8.
He never suid He would build His church on
Petros Qhe man Peter). but Oh Petra, the
solid rock. even Himself and His truth.
II. AM James, the son OF ZeDeoee, anc
John, the brother Of James, and He sur
named them Boanerges, which is the sons of
thunder" Young says in his Concordance
that this word signifies "sons Of rage, soon
angry" and refers to their fiery zeal. signs
of which may be seen in Luke tx, 81, and
Mark tx, 38. They, with Peter and the
others who were true disciples, were COM
pletely changed when filed with the spirit
at Pentecost.
1s. "And Andrew and Philip and Bar
tholomew and Matthew and Thomas and
James, the son Of Alpheus. and Thaddeus
and Simon, tho Canaanite." Andrew was
one OF the first two who followed Jesus when
John the Baptist cried, "Behold the Lamb
of God" and then he brought Simon (John
l.. 40, 41). Jesus Himself sought Philip.
and then Philip brought Nathaniel, supposed
TO ba the same as Bartholomew John l.,
43-45).
10. "And Judas Iscarlot, which also be.
trayed Him, and they went into IN house"
This is q last which shall never be first. He
was numbered with them and had obtained
part OF the ministry (Acts l., 17), but. Jesus
knew he was q wicked one when He chose
him CJohn VI. 70). Had he been truly one
OF them he would have continued with them
q John H., 29).-Lesson Helper.