The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-02-27
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ARRANGED from Peloubet's Notee.l
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hear ye Him-Luke e:06
Tan SECTION includes the last nine
months Of the great Gatlczn ministry,
described In ed-So, ed the intersPsrsed
events from the other Gospels. ~ followss
r /. The missionary work OF the Twelve W.
~, Matt. 101-la. CPreaching the Messiah.)
Winter and spring Of A. D. -.
.. John the Baptist beheaAed. ". ~
Matt. 141-12 March.
& Feeding the 5000. W. 1911. Matt. ~
Mark 9; John g. CPower and Proof Of the
Messiah.) April.
Peters experience, healing the daughter Of
the eyrophenician woman, the deaf and
dumb man. 1000 fed (datt. II and 15), blind
man of Bethsaida (Mark s:s2-s0. May and
June.
4345 Matt. 16:1S-2S; Mark s:2. sI. (Reve-
lation Of the Messiah.) Summer.
II; Mark 5. xnother Rsvelstion q the
T. Healing Of the lunatic child. Vs. s7-ls;
s. Reprovine ambition. by chila. VS.. 4e-
-. Early autumn.
LESSON NOTES.
It is well to read over the whole life
of Christ to gain general view OF the
work Of Christ during this period. It
brings us to the close of the Galilean
ministry, which extended from jan
uary, A. d. %, to September, A. d. 30.
Teaching and working miracles filled
the time full. There was a great in
crease in the number Of disciples. There
were several special new developments
in the founding of the kingdom, such as
the Selection of the Twelve, the Sermon
on the Mount, and Teaching by Means
of PARALLELS. To-day we come to an
other milestone of progress. Jesus be-
gins to unfold more clearly to His dis
ciples His true nature as the Messiah.
He must make atonement by His death.
Thus only can He found the new king
dom and fulfill His mission as the Mes
siah. Lest this strange and incompre-
hensible view of the Messiah should
! stagger their faith, His true, transcend
| ent nature was revealed in the trans
figuration and proved by many mira
cles of grace and power. a
In every great crisis of His work
Jesus spent much time in prayer. And
now we find Him in prayer. A great
burden was upon Him. His great Cali
lean ministry was nearly past; few
months hence His crucifxion would
bring the elimination of His work; the
hostility of the Jews was growing
stronger and more unscrupulous; His
own chosen disciples were still unpre-
pared. for the great Responsibilities that
were to rest upon them. The human
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ion with His Heavenly Father.
1t was under these circumstances,
apart in q retired place, He opened
the conversation with His disciples by
asking: "Whom say the people that
amp" The question seems to have
been asked that Jesus might correct
the views Of the disciples. But the re-
sponses elected no satisfaction, and He
asked another question: "But whom
say We that amp" And Peter answer
ing makes what Is sometimes called the
great confession: "The Christ of God. -
Jesus replies: blessed art thou" be-
cause thou hast opened thy heartto the
truth, because thou hast such firm con-
fdence in such a Saviour. This truth
was revealed to him by the Heavenly
Father. No mere thought and argu-
ment could have done it.
| Then Jesus charged them to tell no
man. We can imagine two good reasons
for this. (D If the apostles (not yet
fully schooled in the doctrine Of
Christ's true nature and work. preached
it now, they would be certain to preach
1t wrong. (2) The people had false
conception of the Messiah as king. They
were not yet ready for this great teach
ing. Tumult and rebellion against the
Roman government might result.
Now comes an unsuspected revelation
concerning the Messiah, with the dis
tinct announcement of His coming re-
lection, crucifixion and resurrection.
The statement that Jesus must die was
a great shock and disappointment to
the disciples; SO much SO that Peter
(Matt. 1929 openly rebuked his Mas
ter for saying it. The fact of His death
SO astonished them and absorbed their
attention that they passed over, almost
without notice, the prophecy of His
resurrection, which they could not un-
derstand. The picture of the Messiah
in the prophets, as a great and glorious
king, could be realized only by means
of the suffering and death of the Mes
siah, which seemed to the disciples to
destroy the picture.
The TRANSPORTATION which followed
soon after this revealed to the disciples
the divine and glorious nature of Je-
sus, the reverse side of the picture OF
the suffering Messiah.
In verse % Jesus applies to His dis
ciples the principles on which He must
Himself carry out the work of the Mes
siah as He had just revealed them. The
way to the crown is through the cross
For "What is a man advantaged, if he
gain the whole world and lose himself %
The gain is temporal, the loss is eter
nal. Vice versa, it is eternal gain
through temporal loss, if he 'lose his
life for my sake"
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