Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-24

i, 32-Commentary by the Rev. d.. NJ.
stearns.
Ia. "And Jesus returned in the power OF
the Spirit into Galilcc, and there went out
q fame of Him through all the region
round about" After His baptism He, be-
ing full of the Holy Spirit, was led by the
Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted OF
the devil (versc ". b 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 earth
ly comfort, stood and conquered by the
sword of the Spirit. So may we stand and
conquer. See Eph. vi, 1918. 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 well To
read here the whole story of John /, 10, to
iv, "a, and then we will understand better
how His fame spread abroad everywhere.
Let us ever remember two things-it was
by the Spirit that He spake and wrought,
and it was the Father whom He always
glorificd.
10. "And He taught in their syna.
gogucs, being glorificd of all" In VERSE
80 we read that they were astonishcd at
His doctrine, for His word was with pow
er. 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 III all things might bd
glorilicd Il Pet. iv, ~. He spoke with au-
thority, because He said only what the
Father told Him C.Iuhn xii, 49). He never
discounted in the least degree any portion
of the Scriptures, but Endorsed the story
of creation. Adam and Eve. the delugc,
Abraham, Lot. Sodoln, 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.
16. "And He anne to Nazareth, where
He had been brought up, and, as His GUS
tom was, He went into the synagogue Oh
the Sabbath day and stood up for to read"
At the age of ~ He returned to Nazareth
with His mother and Joseph from the pass
over at Jerusalem, and until the age of 81
He was subject to them. \ part of His
subsection is seen in His being i'm the syna'
z every Sabbath. Many Of us would
think that it WAS II 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, aud thu
main question with us should he, not how
can | get the most for myself, but how can
l bring the greatest glory to God and man.
ifcst Him TO others. See III Cor. Y. 10.
u. ".And there was delivered unto Him
the book of the prophet fsaia~. And
when He had opened the book He found
the place where it was written. If you
have ever watched people looking for Il
text int tie Bible, You might conclude that
not all are skillful in finding places. 1t il
a good thing TO have people, young and
old, commit to memory the books of tho
DiIIa i'm np6pr 80 hat tbpX may gtirklV
turn to any particular book, and then it is
well to have an idea Of the contents "
each hook, 50 that we may know where Ia
look for what we want. Compare ISa.
xxx, II, II, and see if YOU are like thosd
or like Jesus Christ. If you would read
the Scriptures aloud for the benefit of 9th
ers, see Nch. viii, $.
Is. The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
because He hath anointcd me to preach
the gospel 10 the poor. He hath sent Mo
to heal the broken hearted. to preach de.
liverance 10 the c~aptives 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 broken hearted, the captive, the blind,
the bruised. but unto such Christ specially
came, being thereto anointcd by the Spirit.
~. "TO preach the acceptable year ct
the Lord" The whole time of this present
dispensation until Jesus shall come again
is here called a year, as in John V, %, il 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 accept this grace, or, in other words,
accept Jesus Himself and he saved. In II
Cor. vi, ,. we read. Behold now is the nc.
ceptcd time; behold now is the day of sal
vation." 1t is therefore our high PRIVILEGE
in this time Of grace to proclaim it to thu
ends of the earth. not for the conversion
of all, but to gather out the people for Hii
name who will he the rulers with Him in
the next age (.Ncts XIV. II; Rev. V, 9, 100.
The great motto for our age is not. "All
the world for Christ" but Christ for all
the world. that whosoeycr will may como