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i'DE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH II.
Review of the First Quarter-Read Luke
H., 46-52; w., 1920 - Golden Text,
Matt. w., 23 - Topic, "The Mighty
Works OF Jesus"

Matt. w., rs Topic, "The Mighty
Works OF Jesus"
Introduction. During the quarter we
have studied the life of Christ from Ills
youth to the beginning OF the third year
of His pubic ministry. The hrst year IL
called the year of obscurlty, because OF the
little recorded about Him. The SECOND
year is the year of His greatest popularity,
While the third year is the y ar OF opposl..
ton and death. His popularity reached
It's height at the time OF the miracle OF
feeding the five thousand.
Lesson |. Topic: Jesus among the doc
tors Pace; 4,azareth and Jerusalem.
Jesus grew and became strong like other
children. AT the age of twelve He went
with His parents to the feast of the Pass
over. When they start on the. return
trip the child is left behind; found In the
temple with the doctors OF the law, asking
and answering questions; all were aston
ished; His parents gently reprove him;
He tells them He must be about his
Fathers business" returns with them to
Nazareth. -,
III. Topic: Preparing the way Of the
Lord Place: The wilderness of Judea.
Tiberius Caesar, Roman Emperor; Plate,
Governor of Judea; Herod, tetrarch OF
Ga,i,ee; Annss and Caiaphas, high priests;
John preached in the wilderness; baptized
In Jordan preached repentance; INSISTED
that they bring forth fruits unto repent.
ance; a thorough reformation required OF
all; pointed to the Messiah.
III. Topic: Jesus overcoming Satan.
Place: Mount Quarantania. Jesus goes
from Nazareth. in Galilee, to be, baptized
of John. John shrinks from such step;
Jesus urges it; is baptized; the heavens
are opened; the Spirit descends like
dove upon Him; voice from heaven; led
into the wilderness; fasts forty days and
nights: afterward hungers; is tempted by
Satan: |. Command stones to be made
bread. .. Cast thyself down. 3. Worship
Me.
w. Topic Christ and His gospel Place:
Nazareth Jesus is in the synagogue on
the Sabbath day. Reads from lisa. OIL: l,
2: applies the scripture to Himself: he
can save the poor, the roken-hearted, the
captives, the blind, the bruised; they ques,.
ton regarding His low.y birth; He cannot
heal there because He is not received;
justifies His course by Elijah and Elisha;
they think He puts them lower than the
heather; try to kill Him., He escapes; !.
V. Topic: The miraculous draught or
fishes. Place: On the Sea of Galilee. Jesus
walking by the Sea of Galilee; the people
pressed upon Him. He entered into Peters
boat and taught them while they stood on
the land: commanded Simon to "launch
out into the deep" for a draught; Simon
said they had toiled all night and caught
nothing. but he obeyed Christ's word;
great multitude of fishes inciosed: the net
was breaking, and Peter beckoned to
James and John to come to their ASSIST
ance; both ships were filled until they
began to sink; the disciples were aston,
~ loft
fo.owed Christ.
VI. Topic: Christ healing diseases. Place:
Capernaum Jesus is in the synagogue on
the Sabbath day. Teaches the people; they
are astonished at His doctrine; an unciean
spirit cries out; Jesus casts him out; lame
spread abroad; at Peters house; mother
in-,aw healed; when the sun was down the
diseased and those possessed with deNlls
we're brought to Him, and He healed them
all and cast out the devils. lie suffered
not the devils to speak" Jesus is not de-
pendent upon the testimony OF devis 10
carry on His work or to prove His OWN
ity. There is no concord between ChrisC
and Belial q Cor. g.: l4-l6.)
VII. Topic: Chrst's power to heal and
save. Place: Capernaum. Jesus IS prop
ao.y at Peters house; great crowd at the
door; a paralytic brought and carried TO
the roof; the roof torn up; the bed let
down: Jesus saw their faith; "Thy sins
be forgiven thee" the scribes reason; he
speaketh blasphemies; Jesus answers
them; which is easier to say, Arise, or thy
sins be forgiven? The cure; the people
amazed. They glorify God, saying, we
never saw it on this fashion. Ihey saw
that none but God could perform such
wonderful cure and they were illied with
reverence and fear. The divinity OF our
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VIII. Topic: Reasoning about the SAP
bath. Place: Capernaum. While Jesus
and His disciples were walking through
a field of grain on the Sabbath day, the
disciples p.ucked the grain and ate IL 10
satisfy their hunger; the Pharisees found
fault; Jesus justified their course by, re-
ferring to David's act in eating the show
bread, and to the priests who were oDllged
to work on the Sabbath tie healed man
with wthered hand; they, would hit
sheep out of pit on the Sabbath day, ana
a man is better than sheep.
IX Topic True and false religion.
pace: The Mount of Beatitudes, or the
Horns of Hattin." After night of
PRAYER and after choosing His twelve
apostles, Jesus preached the Sermon on
the Mount to His disciples and the assem-
bed crowds. IN this lesson lie shows that
mere profession is not sufficient; we must
be doors of the word and not hearers
ONLY: the one who hears and does is Tx
ened to a wise man who built his house
ON a rock and when the storms came 1t
stood; the one who hears and fails to 40
is like a foolish man, who built on the
sand, and when the storms came his house
fell. E
X. Topic: The power and authority OF
Christ. Place: Jesus and His disciples are
crossing the Sea of Gaiilee. Jesus Is
asleep: a great storm arises; they awake
Christ and appeal to Him to save them;
He arises. rebukes the wind and says unto
the sea. Peace be still, and there Is great
calm; He gently reproves them Tor their
weak faith; they are astonlshed at christ
and the wonderful miracle. Let all learn
to have faith in God.
XI. Topic: Herod's great crime. Place;
Macherus. The death of John occurred
about the time the twelve returned. herod
Antipas was ruler of Galilee and Perea;
When he heard of the mighty works of
Christ he said John is risen. John had re-
buked sin in high places. This is neces'
sary. for, allowed to go unrebuked, the
sin is made popular and the moral sense ms,
of the community is deadened. Herod's
course brought disaster to himself
XII. Topic: Feeding the. multitude.
Place A desert place on the northeast
coast of the Sea of Galilee. God can sup
uiy~ l,rvad--rlero- ~ 40 loeet Gkely 10 bA
found Five thousand are fed, besides wo-
men and children; twelve baskets OF frag-
ments are gathered. After performing
This wonderful miracle the people were
about to make Jesus king, but He would
not permit it. He had no ambition for
worldly glory. That night He prayed
nearly all night on the mountain alone,
and between 3 and o'clock went to His
disciples, walking on the waves.
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