Passaic City record., 1896-01-25
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JANUARY 20.
Lesson Text: stThe Early Ministry
of Jesus" Luke fv., 14-22-Gold-
en- Text: Luke iv., 81
Commentary.


about After His baptism He, being full
of the Holy Spirit, was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness to be tempted OF the devil
(verse ID He was tempted on the same
three points on which Eve was tempted
the lust of the flesh. the lust of the eyes and
the pride of life She and Adam, with every
comfort of life about them. sinned and fell.
He, with no earthly comfort, stood and con-
quered by the sword of the Spirit. So may
we stand and conquer. See Eph. vi, 10-l8.
In the power of the same Spirit, who is also
given unto US. He now goes back home to
begin His public work. Perhaps it would
be we'll to read here the whole story OF John
j., 10, to iv., 54, and then we will understand
better how His fame spread abroad every
where. Let us ever remember two th1ngs-lt
was by the Spirit that He spake and wrought,
and it was the Father whom He always glorl-
fed.
49, "And He taught in their synagogues,
being glorif1ed of ALL" In verse 80 we read
that they were astonished at His doctrine,
for His word was with power. We would see
more of the power of the word If we used
more of the word, in which alone there is
power, and if our aim was like His. that God
in all things might be glorifed Q Pet. lv,
ID. He spoke with authority, because He
said only what the Father told Him (John
xii, 49, He never discounted in the least
degree any portion of the Scriptures, but in
dorsed the story of creation, Adam and Eve,
the deluge, Abraham, Lot. Sodom, Jonah,
Daniel and all the rest. Those who make
light of any portion OF Scripture are not
walking in His steps. Pray for them, but
heed them not.
Is. .And He came to Nazareth. where He
had been brought up, and, as His custom
was, He went into the synagogue on the Sab
bath day and stood up for to read At the
age of twelve He returned to Nazareth with
His mother and Joseph from the passover at
Jerusalem, and until the age of thirty He
was subject to them. A part of His subjec-
ton is seen in His being in the synagogue
every Sabbath. Many of us would think that
it was poor place to be for spiritual profit,
and that we had better stay at home and read
our Bibles, but our Lord never lived unto
Himself, and the main question with US
should be, not how can get the most for
myself, but how can I bring the greatest
glory to God and manifest Him to others.
See n Cor. ". Is.
II. sAnd there was delivered unto Him
the book of the prophet Esaias. And when
He had opened the book He found the place
where it was written" If you have ever
WATCHED people looking for a text in the
Bible, you might conclude that not all are
skillful in finding places. It is good thing
to have people, young and old. commit to
memory the books of the Bible in order so
that they may quickly turn to any particular
book, and then it is we'll to have ar idea of
the contents of each book, so that we may
know where TO look for what we want.
Compare lisa. xxx, II. 12, and see II you
are like those or like Jesus Christ: 1t you
would read the Scriptures aloud for the
benefit of others, see Neh. viii, g.
hll8. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
because He hath annointed Me to preach the
gospel to the poor. He hath sent Me to heal
the broken hearted, to preach deliverance TO
the captives and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised"
Not many preachers would seek for their
congregation the poor, the brokenhearted,
the captive, the blind, the bruised. but
unto such Christ specially came, being
thereto anointed by the Spirit.
19. ''To preach the acceptable year OF the
Lord The whole time of this present dis
pensation until Jesus shall come again is
here called year, as in John ", 25, it is
called an hour. the hour or year or PERIOD
of time when the gospel of the grace OF God
is being preached and all who will may ac-
cept this grace, or in other words, accept
Jesus Himself and be saved. In IL Cor, vi,
2, we read: "Behold now is the accepted
time; behold now is the day of salvation" 1t
is therefore our high privilege in this time
of grace to proclaim it to the ends or the
earth, not for the conversion of all. but to
gather out the people for His name who will
be the rulers with Him in the next age (Acts
xv., IA; Rev. ", 8, 19). The great motto for
our age is not, ''All the world for Christ,
but "Christ for all the world" that whose
ever will may come and thus complete His
body, the church.
20. ..And He closed the book and gave it
again to the minister and sat down. And
the eyes of all them that were in the syna-
gogue were fastened on Him." By turning
to Isa Xxi, /, 2, you will see that He closed
the book as we would say. in the middle OF
a sentence The words He did not read are.
'tAnd the day of vengeance OF our God
That day had not come and has not yet
come. In lisa. xxxiv., 8; xxxv., 4, kill. 4,
ETC., the day of vengeance and the year OF Is
raels redemption are associated. 1t will be
at the second coming of Christ; when He
shall come back in power and glory to take
the kingdom and to reign. He knew that the
Nation would reject Him even as His own
townsmen were about to do Oversees 2S, 29),
and that the kingdom then at hand would be
postponed till His return. He knew how to
divide the word of truth GI Tim. H., 15).
81. "And He began to say unto them,
This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your
ears" Had He read the next sentence He
could not have said, ''Tnis day is this Scrip
ture fulfilled" He actually did say, if not
in so many words, am He OF whom Isaiah
by the Spirit wrote, and [ am come to do the
things which 1 have read to you. Now,
when we consider that those who heard Him
had known Him for thirty years as the Son
of Mary and Joseph, and for many years as
a carpenter in their town (Mark vi, 3. we
may understand somewhat their feelings
upon this occasion.
%. "And all bare Him witness and Won
dered at the gracions words which proceeded
out of His mouth. and they said, Is not this
Joseph's Son?'' He was full of grace and
truth, and the words He uttered were those
of the Father speaking through Him (John
L.. IA; xiii, 49). They actually heard God
speaking, as truly as when He spake to their
fathers from the mount, out OF the midst OF
tbo fro b11ff IN nOf How little