The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-15
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BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY OF
JESUS.
The public ministry OF Jesus burst
upon the people Who sat In darkness
like a morni,suntlse, The preaching OF
John Baptist had been the toregltam.
Such sermons as that on the mount
we're a complete bringing to light OF the
spirit principles, and effects OF the
Mngdom Of heaven. II was also an un.t
Willing OF the Messiah himself, Ills ais.
interestedness, purity, and authority.
THIS light also wns not confined to a
narrow territory, as We arc apt to think.
II blazed across NIL Syria. Il was not
always a gentle and dlifused radiance.
II was often concentrated into a burn-3
Ing ray. which consumed the mask OF
hypocrisy and ate with caustic power
into the putreseence OF insincerlty.
Parallel with this ministry OF word
There run ministry OF deed. The lat.
ter was a series OF acted parallels de-
signed to Illustrate and enforce the for
,ner. The miracles of healing showed
tne benefcent spirit OF the Kingdom,
while at the same time they atteSted
the divinity OF Its Founder; for, unlike
DINERS the miracles OF the Messiah
were wrought In his own name, and
with self-derived authority. I. II Is
certainly not mere coincidence that
IN his spirited account OF the begin
ming OF Jesus ministry, there IL insert
ca. as In a parenthesls, the cal. OF his
human helpers. II pleased the Messiah
70 put this great honor upon men, and
make them his co-workers In the
founding or the kingdom OF heaven up
on earth. The pvomp. obedience and
seit-torgetting conservation OF those
VINO were called Is insplritlng, and a
pledge OF the phenomenal success after
"urus achieved. -. The very
scene chosen for the opening OF Jesus.
ministry Is suggestive, Galllee OF the
nations, as Its very name signifies, was
polyg!ot district. The early preach-
Ing the gospel to this mixed population
sishliied that the new faith was to be
on all-men's religion. Thus. In
an respects, the beginning Of the min
istry OF Jesus fulfilled hat lofty Isaiah
nm choral:
1.-THE land OF Zebulun and The land OF
Naphtali.
Toward the sea beyond Jordan,
Galllee OF the Gentilcs,
The people which sat in darkness,
Saw a great light.
And to them which sat In the region
and. shadow OF death,
To them did light spring up"
MOSAIC FROM COMMENTARIES.
The kingdom at hand: Jesus some
dimes speaks OF his kingdom as al |
ready come-ln his person and minis
try; but the economy OF It was only
lat hand" until the blood OF the cross |
was shed.-J. F. B. The king was his |
own herald.-BengeL Repent: Repent |
ance includes two elements: renuncI-
alton OF our past sin and the adoption
OF a future better coursc.-Whedon.
saw two brethren: Jesus first meeting |
with the brothers, recorded In John !.
This call to dlscipleship intervenes be-
tween that and their subsequent incor- |
poratlon into the apostolic college,
lbid. Follow me: Calls OF God are ex-
pressed In few solemn words, which
alarm the conscience and impress the
heart.-Clarke. Receive my doctrines,
follow my example.-Ibld. Straightway
they followed. Promptitude. In the very
ardor OF doing their daily work they
received the call. ENORMOUSLY, With
out immediate agreement for reward.
--Bengel. With Zebedee their father:
They were therefor youths: thei- father
Zebedee In his prime. and both their
parents olive. These two mentioned Of
tener than Peter and Andrew.-Ibid.
Teaching In synaGogues: Houses of To-
cal worship.-J. +. B. Synonymous
with our American word meeting
house. "-Whedon. All Syria: Term in
widest limits. comprehended all the
country lying between Mediterranean
and Euphrates.-Ibid. All manner OF
disease: Every complaint. incipIent
malady.-1bid. And he healed them:
These healings were at once his ere
dentials and illustrations of the glad |
tidinSs which he proclaimed.-Ib!d,
There followed him great multitudes:
Thus not only was all Palestine up
heaved, but all the adjacent regions.
Vast concourse. varied complexion OF
eager attendants upon the Great
Preacher, to whom the astonishing dis
course OF the next three chapters is ad-
This paragraph gives a
general View Of the ministry In Cali
lee. It succeeds the accoun. of the
temptation by which Jesus was per-
fected, and prepares for the great sum
mary OF moral doctrines contained in
che Sermon on the Mount,--Whedon.
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