The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-04
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
OCTOBER Z.
Lesson Text: "Jcsus at Nazareth"
Luke iv., f6-3O-Golden Text:
Hebrews XIV, 20
Commentary.

10. After His meeting with tho woman OF |
Samarla and His tarrying there for two days |
He went on to Cana, whore He had wrought 1
His first miracle and from thence healed tho !
Dobleman's son at Capcrnaum without going 1
near him. After that He went TO Nazareth, |
where He had been brought up and there |
we fnd Him In to-days lesson. We notice |
that II was His custom to attend the syno- |
gogue on the Sabbath day, and II could not |
be because OF the spirituality OF the service !
or OF the worshipers, "a is evident from
verse 2s but. whatever they were, He could
worship in spirit and In truth.
II. In nthesyDogogue worship ofto-daythere
are always several who take mart IN conne,-
iion with the reading OF the Scriptures. and
He on that occasion was asked TO take part
In the reading. He either selected what we
call tho sixty-hrst chapter OF Isaiah, or else
that was the portion tor the day.
IL. Apart from tho Spirit who wrote inc
book there II no possibility OF understand
ing II or Of proclaiming II with power. Com
slider John xvi, 10 Acts T., 4; Luke XIV,
40, and lay II 10 heart. II we are filed with
the Spirit and the word, we will have good
iidings for the poor, health Tor the broken
hearted. deliverance and liberty for the or.
pressed, and the wounded by satan, and
sight for tho blind.
TO- We will when controlled by the spirit
show forth or be telling Gods salvation
from day to day CPs. xcvl., p and mako
I I
ofthe Lord. the day OF salvation, the hour
when the dead hear the voice OF the Son OF
! God and they that hear live (ll Cor. vi, q;
| John ", 25).
20. Haylno closed the book, He gave It 70
the ml,,1'Hm and sat down, and all In the
| synagon..y fastened their eyes upon Him.
| This may have been tho first time they had
| ever heard Him read the Scriptures. Think
| NJ God manifest in the flesh, readingto men
/ His own word. He would surely read dis'
| tinctly and give the sense and cause them 90
understand tho reading CNeh. viii, ~
/ IL youturn to lisa. lxi., you will see that ne
stopped in the middle OF sentence. He
did not read "and the day OF vengeance
| OF our God" for that day has not vet come.
There Is already an interval OF over lsOO
] years between the two clauses ot that SEN
tence lie know how TO divide the word
| OF truth.
u. He began TO talk 10 them by saying.
''This day Is this Scripture fulfilled I'm your
ears," or in other words He meant 81 who
speak TO you am the person 10 whom thn
Spirit through Isaiah had reference. am
the friend OF the poor, the healer OF broken
hearts, the opener OF blind eyes. am lie
for all who will
% They wondered as they heard His
gracious words and for n moment seemed 10
doubt their eyes as they listened 10 Him, but
recovering themselves they said, 'Is not
this Joseph's SOM The Inference would
all know dare to appropriate such words TO
Himsetp Is lie beside HIMSELF
23 They had probably heard OF the mira
Gle of the wine at Cana and OF tho healing oil
the nobeman's son at Capernaum ana
thought, why does lie not heal some OF the
sick ones In Ills own town and make some
OF our blind TO see, then we might believe
Him? when Moses was sent TO deliver
Israel, he was commissioned and empowered
20 work miracles rs evidences that he was
sent OF God, and they might on that ground
nsk for Sign, but the Lord knows all men
antiU.,s not cast pearls be,os,..s,siusrV> -
"a The words OF this verse may not seem
20 some as a very important statement, but
surely every word OF God Is important, aai
special attention is demanded by tho say
ings which are prcHxed by Hts verify say
unto you" which IL equivalent to the "IhuS
saith the Lord" OF the Old Testament. He
came unto His own. and HIS own received
Him not, even His own brethren did not Tor
atime believe in Him.
25 See how the Lord iniorses the story oi
the famine in the days OF Elijah, and the nc
!, rain for three years and six months. lie
never discounted a word OF Scripture moi
spoke slightiugly OF a single Incident. He
/, believed and referred 10 the record o! the
deluge. the destruction OF Sodom, Jonah In
the belly OF the fish, Lots wife becoming q
, pillar OF salt, etc. How unlike Him ARE many
to-day who benr His Name and profess TO De
His friends. How dreadfulit He shall say
= TO them Depart from Me. | never kne"
!. YOU
, 90. He states the fact that ilh was sen
. 20 "A widow OF Siion and not TO any widow
$ In Israel, leaving us to infer that II was %
!, the same reason that He did no great work
y in Nazareth. How full Of untelief the Ian.
!. must have been, for that Is the great hin
y drance 10 the mAnifesting OF His power Ill
! words in dark days are, 'Bo not afraid onl
:. believe" "lf thou woulist believe, tho
shouldst see the glory OF God Conslde
y the dark setting OF these gems.
. a. The story OF NaamHn and his healing
!, Is here ndorsel. which includes all its con
!. nections with the little maid, the prophet
q the Jordan. etc. But why no lepers IN Is
!. roal healed? See II the answer may be ioun
in Math will, 10. In connection with lsa. J.
A 3.i oh, wretched unbcliei!
a 2s. They evidently applied the sermon COT
"a recty; they took IL to heart, but not Wit
n meeEness nor profit. There was no broken
q ness Of spirit no welcome for the lght.
a only offended ana angered tEem. In
N wrath OF man worketh not tho righteou;
a ness OF God, and these men knowing not IN
a only righteousness that availeth anythin
- were seeking to establish their own riSl
n teousness (Jds. T., 90 Rom. X, 3, ~,
a 20. Surely they knew not what they Ill,
as they not only turned their backs upo
n their only hope, but actually turned Him oI
), OF their city and sought 10 Kill Him. II
i He left His disciples He ,old them that the
y must expect the same treatment, sayin.
n ''Tnty shall put you out OF the synagogue'
"a yea, the time cometh that whosoeNer kllleS
y YOU will think that no doeth God service
"a CJohn xvi. ~. How can the church eNpe'
Ia the conversion OF the work in this age whe
IN the Lord Himself has so plainly forotold 4
- main features till the harvest?
r. 80. The time had not come Tor Him TO Ia
= down His life, so by mere shadow OF II
y power He passed from their hands. We
- well to remember thar when the appointt
!. time did come He laid down His life yolui
\, tarlly. No human power took Il from Iii
- (John K, II, is). The Spirit draws tho,
J. = who hear OF Him. but we must DO willing
. DO drawn and voluntarily come 70 HIN al
-, then yield our whole beins for His serHle
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