The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-10

people pressed upon him to hear the word
OF God, He stood by the lake OF Geanesa-
reth." After He was expelled from Naza-
reth, as we saw in last weeks lesson. He
for a time made Capernaum His center
Math. iv 80 that prophecy might BE- full
filed About that time Andrew and Peter.
James and John received a ca, to follow
Him and did 80 OIath iv. 1S-29. Among
the many sick and suffering whom He
healed in CaperRaum were the man in the
synagogue with an unclean spirit and the
mother Of Simon's wife. Throughout al
Galilee He healed all manner of disease
ana preached the gospel OF the kingdom,
50 that His fame spread everywhere CIath.
iv, 1920. In the midst Of this popularity
uoday's lesson finds Him preaching to the
people hungering for the word on the
shore of Galilee's sea. From my present
experience in fifteen bible classes. held I'm
as many different cities and towns. in
which I meet from 200 TO 3.Co0 people
weekly in all kinds OF weather. I most
earnestly testify to all eachers and
teachers that people still hunger for the
word Of God. Why should there be a fam
?. And saw two ships standing by the
lake. but the fishermen were gone out OF
them and were washing their nets" This
i clearly a different Incident from that in
Math. iv, 1872, for there the men were in
the ships, two Of them casting a net and
II Is that all we do is seen and noted. ami
the Spirit thinks IL worth while 70 record
whether these men were washing or mend
ing or casting their nets, If we would
live always as under the eve Of the Lord.
what a difference II might make,
s. And He entered into one of the
ships which was Simons. and prayed
him that he would thrust out a little from
the land. And He sat down and taught
the people out of the ship To appreciate
this fully one must remember that q fish
nor
cleanest kind Of a vessel. and some Chris
tan .peop.e would consider well before
stepping into a fishing boat. even 10 do
people good Let Us consider Jesus and
have more OF His spirit WHAT III would
teach the people we may imagine from
His discourse with Nic1demus snd the
woman Of Samaria, etc 1t would surely
be concerning the kingdom and how 10
reach Il and walk worthy Of it.
4. Now. when He had left speaking.
lie said unto Simon, launch ont into the
deep. and let down your nets for a draft"
he had been in q figure, casting the net
Tor souls, and His word would surely ac-
ccmplish His pleasure ana bear fruit 70
the glory Of God. But He has been using
Simon-s boat and taking SimOa's time,
ana He VIII let no service go unrewardei.
He is not unmindfIl Of the needs Of the
body and will surely make good tMath. Vi.
;. And simon. answering. said unto
Him, Master. we have toi,ed all tie night
and have taken g-nevertheless Ar
Ihy word L viii Jet down the net" We
long after when they toile1 all night AMI
caught nothing JOhn xxi. -. Is there
any connection? Il Is weE for Christians
in the Lord Il Cor. XIV So.
g And when they hai this done they
inclosed great multitude Of fishes. and
their net brake" At His word sometime
is always accomplished. When Il IS God
who worketh there wiz always be results &.
perhaps rot what we would Ike or wish,
but always what He pleases. He controls
even fishes. and fishes more easily than
men, for they do not resist Him. In the
post resurrection incident the net did not
break John xxi. III. Consider why
Z. And they bec5onei unto their part
nerS which were in the other shin that
they should come and help them. And
they came and filled both the ships 81
that they began TO sink" What a giver
the Lord is! How abundanGv He rewards
these partners for the use Of one Of their
boatsl Why DO We know 50 little OF the
LORDS fullness, Of His exceeding album
dance? Is it not because We do not weld
fully to Him. We are lOath to present
our bodies a living sacrifice. so afraid He
will reGuire too much Of US or in some
way afnict or gr1eve us. when al the while
lie desires 10 MI us with all His fullness
Q1Ph. iii. 10 Hear Him as He saws that
II His people would only hearken unto
Him He would feed them with the finest
Of the wheat and satisfy them with honey
from the rock Q's. Xxi. Is. 16).
s. When Simon Peter saw it. he fell
down at Jesus's knees. saying. depart
from me. for I am a sinful man. . Lord. -
Nothing gives such a deep conviction of
sin as a sight Of the Lord and His good
ness. It IS the goodness OF God that leads
us 10 repentance rom. il. q. Consider
what abhorrent views Of self were wro1ip-i
IN job Isaiah, Daniel and Paul when
they saw the glory and goodness Of the
Lord Dob xiii ;. O. lisa. VI. 3; Dan Y. 8:
Phil iii. Z, s.. II we have a good opinion
Of ourselves. we need only To see Jesus in
order TO have all our OTnelineSs turned 10
corruption and be enabled truthfully 70
say ! know that In me-that IS in nv
hesh-dwelleth no good thing Qaom. VII,
9. For he was astonished and all that
were with him at the draft Of the fishes
which they had taken" All their nights
with one cast Of the net. both boats are
filed almost to sinking. What an illus
trauOn of Prov Y. %. r. V. THE bless
ing. Of the Lord, il maketh rich. and toll
addeth nothing therefor If we would
only abide always and wholly under His
control, how much He might accomplish
through u.s. His name Is wonderful. and
there is nothing too wonderful for Him.
TO- And 80 was also James and John.
the sons Of Zebedee, which were partners
with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon
Fear not From hencefoTth thou shalt
catch men" Earthly partnerships are
but we must avoid all partnerships with
the ungOdly OF Cor. vi. 1913. Esteem
above all things bhe partnership with this
very same Jesus, who In our lesson 50
let us he laborers with Him Il Cor. iii. 81.
II. And when they had brought their
ships TO land they fOrsOok al and followed
Him on a previous occasion Il is writ
ten that they left their nets and followed
Him Giath. iv POD. but now they forso0k
all. Yet, after the resurrection, We find
some Of them. at Peters suggestion. toll
ing at their nets again, but fruiulessly. It
was on that occasion that Jesus said TO
Simon, Lowest thou me more than these?
John xxi, 3. 15).