The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-04-07
THE SUNDAY school.
Lesson in the International Series for
April 10, 19O4-Peter Con-
fesses the Christ.
THE LESSON TEXT.
MARI e,17-2QN


MARK s.27-3s)
a. And Jesus went out and His disciples,
Into the towns OF Caesarea Philippi; and by
the way He asked His disciples, saying un-
to them Whom do men say that am?
IS. And they answered. John the Bap-
tist: but some say, Elias, and others, Ors
Of the prophets.
70 And He saith unto them: But whom
and saith unto Him: Thou art the Christ.
80. And He charged them that they,
should tell no man of Him.
u. And He began to teach them that the
Son Of Man must suffer many things and
be rejected Of the elders, and Of the chief
priests and scribes, and be killed and after.
three days rise again.
80, And He spake that saying openly. And
Peter took Him. and began to rebuke Him.
80. But when He had turned about aSd'
looked on His disciples. He rebuked Peter.
saying: Get thee behind me. Satan: for,
thou savorest not the things that be Of
God, but the things that be OF men.
! a. And when He had called the
people unto Him with His disciples also
He said unto them Whosoever will
come after me, let him deny himself and
take up his cross and follow me.
30. For whosoever will save his life shall
lose It; but whosoever shall lose his life for
my sake and the Gospels, the same shall
save It,
S6. For what shall 1t profit a man, IL he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his
own soul?
/ 81 Or what shall man give In exchange
for his soul?
I 49, Whosoever therefore shall be
ashamed OF me and of my words In this
adulterous and sinful generation; OF him
also shall the Son OF Man be ashamed when
he consth In the glory OF His Father with
the holy angels.
GOLDEN TEXT.--Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God-Matt 1916.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE LESSON.
Feeding of Four Thousand. =. Mark 8: lilo
Pharisees, etc, Demanding Sign.....
/ Observation-Disclosures. Mark S:1l, IL
Warning Against Leaven of Pharisees,
etc.. ..........................M Mark $40 II
Blind Man Healed. Mark S.22- ~
Peters Confession............. Mark S:27-3S
Read also Matt 15:32-i6:2s and Luke 0:
1877.
TIME.-Late summer. A. d. 80 Well into
the last year of Jesus life.
/ PLACE.-On the way between Galilee and
the region of Caesarea Philippl
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
who do men say that am" THE
question shows that Jesus had been
thinking of His past ministry and its re-
suits. He had come to the conclusion
that He was practically without reliable
following outside the disciple circle, and
that conviction is the key to all that fol-
lows in this memorable scene. Bruce
He knew that all the better classes were
hostile. He knew that the common peo-
pie felt kindly toward Him, were glad
to eat of His bread and be healed Of theiI
diseases, but-anything more? He die
! hi,,I A nd Il hp, . he, al yas
He believed 1t was different with them
but at any rate the time had come to tall
It all over with them, and so He asks the
question. John the Baptist" So, Herot
mark s. 14). Elijah" Malachi a: g.
had preached that he should return. lone
of the prophets" Matthew adds Jere.
mlah. But notice that no one so much
as hints that anyone believed Jesus tc
be the Messiah. 1t was much to thinl
Him good man and prophet, but moi
enough.
But who say 70 that am" With
the emphasis on we" Think of the i'm
portance of the answer to Jesus Peter
answereth:" We are not surprised; 4
was like him. Thou are the Christ:
Christ in Greek; Messiah, Hebrew: bott
mean Amounted Tell no man" Tht
announcement would have been under
stood to refer to the Messiah Of popular
expectation and of course would have
made trouble.
"The Son of man must suffer-" Ever
to the disciples this news was blow
"And be killed." That the Anointed On,
had to do His work at such cost to Him
self and then be cut OFF by violent deatl
in the very midst of It, was almost un
thinkable to them "Spake the saying
openly" He wanted the disciples to b,
forewarned; II would be test enough o
their faith even IL not taken by surprise
"Rebuked Peter" Who was spokes
man for all Get thee behind me- Satan:
The words Jesus Is said to have used II
the wilderness temptation. In boil
cases He was putting down real tempta
ton: Satan, figurative in both. "Tho,
mindest not the things Of God" Pete
was tempting Jesus to avoid death b!
; avoiding duty; was thinking OF Messiah 7
work from the human point Of view.
"If any man would come after me:
That is become my follower. Let hin
deny himself" Not for the sake of deny
ing himself; there Is no virtue in self
, denial per Sc; but for the sake Of livin,
for his fellow men and for God TAX
up his cross" There can be no reserve
no limit to the principle, II the servic,
involves the giving up Of life itself, |
must be done--that is. If one would b.
follower of Jesus, "Whosoever woul'
save his life," etc: His life Is himself
! The person that is niggardly Of himself
his energies. his service for others, o
refuses to put them 10 worthy uses
; wastes them That life is as good as lost
Shall save IT." Not shall escap
death" but shall make life worth living
and what doth II profit man, to gail
, the whole world" II he fail OF this
when he cometh:" Taken by some a
. referring to a spectacular, physical re
turn OF Jesus to earth for glorious Mes
sianic reign such as the Jews expected
others take II as oriental imagery de
scribing the wonderful coming OF tn