The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-10
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
international Lesson Comments For
February a.
Subject: Jesus Forgives Sins, Mark H., I. IL
Goldeu Tex, Mark H., l0-Memory Yer.
sss, 3-S--Commcntary on the
Days Lesson.

pays Lesson.
|. A palsied sinner brought to Christ
Tvs. l-i). |. "And again" AT the close
ernaum." Which was his home or mead.
quarters. "It was noised.' The news
spread very rapidly In the house"
Either the house which He occupied with
His mother and His brethren Matt. 4:
49,, or possibly that Of pj ST Peter; !,f ,,a;.,o
included Pharisees and doctors of the law
who had come from the towns OF Galilee,
Judea and Jerusalem (Luke 81 ~. They
had come to inspect and criticise this new
Teacher About the door" There was
q great eoncourse of people so that the
the word" The doctrine Of the Son OF
God. They had come partly to c1ticise
and partly out of curiosity, and now Jesus
seizes the opportunity to preach the gos..
pei. We should be instant in season and
out Of season to point Others to Jesus
Preaching and healing went together and
made a powerful impression.
3. Come unto Him" Access to Jesus
seemed impossible. There we're many OBJ
stacles in the way. Should they have
waited for convenient season. No. They
must force their way to Christ. Bringing
one. He was young, for Jesus calls hlm
son, but he was full grown, tor 1t re-
quired four to carry him. There are many
so weak and discouraged that they cannot
go to Jesus without assistance; we should
always be ready to helr such. Sick of
the palsy" Palsy, a contraction of the
word paralysis, is a disease that deprives
the part affected OF sensation, or the pow
er of motion, OF both. This patient Is
utterly helpless. The disease Is consd-
cred incurable. "Borne of four" Each
one holding corner Of the pallet" or
bed which was merely thickly badded
this work. One could not have done it;
it needed four. In the union of hearts
and hands there is strength. United they
"ai !. The II % press 1t seemed quite impos.
sible for the crowd to make an opening
sufficiently large for them to pas, through.
"through the tilins" In the Eastern coun.
tries the houses were fiat.roofed and
joined together, so one could walk upon
them from one end OF the city to the
other. These housetops were places of
prayer and meditation, and from the
housetops criers proclaimed the times of
public worship. Outside stairs always led
to the roof. Broken it up" They took
IN the tiling. They determined that moth
ing should stand in their way. Let
down." Imagine the surprise OF the
crowd rs this opening through the tiles
appeared, and pallet was let down before
them
H. Christ forgives sins Tvs. So. S.
"Saw their faith Many of the gifts of
healing and restoration were obtained
through the faith and prayers of the
friends of the sufferers. See Matt. &: 10;
Mark 5: 36; John 4: 80. Jesus saw" their
faith. Real faith acts. Their holy boldness
pleased Him. Thy sins are forgiven (R.
W Our first great need is the forgive
ness of sins. Jesus rightly puts this
ahead of the healing of the body We can
not doubt that this paralytic was a con
science-stricken young man. The eondl-
tions necessary to forgiveness are repent
ance confession. forsaking sin and faith.
6. Certain of the scribes.' The sCrlbes
were the leaders of the nation, the the:
ologians, legislators, politicians. They. had
come up from Jerusalem and other places
for the purpose OF opposing him. In
ly. !. "Blasphemies" To blaspbeme is
10 SANDER God or speak impiously against
Cod In this. case they supposed that
| Christ was taking to Himself what be-
longs to God only. He is intruding on the
divine rights. The blasphemer was to be
put to death by stoning., But God only" }"
They rightly understood that all sins are
sins against God. and therefore only God
| could forgive them. See Psa. 81 4.
Ill. Christ heals disease Tvs. S-l2). 8
| "Jesus perceived" In telling them the
thoughts of their hearts Jesus gave them
: the fullest proof of His divinity. He
"searcheth all hearts and understandeth
all the imaginations of the thoughts" No
sin escapes His notice. "Why reason ye?''
Matthew says: Wherefore think ye evil?''
Why are you putting a misconstruction
on my words? 9. Whether it is easier
Both are equally easy and equally difficult
Everything is equally easy to that power
which is unlimited. A universe can be as
easily produced by a single act OF the di-
vine will as the smallest part of matter.
10 "That We may know" External mira
cles are the proof of internal ones. Christ
was conscious OF divine power. If failure
had been the result His humiliation would
poses now toprove His divinity beyond ques-
ton "Son of Man" This is the title which
Christ most frequently applied to Himself,
sometimes interchanging 1t with the son
OF God" He appropriated to Himself the
prophecy of Daniel Matt. 20: 63 "a; Dan
eighty times in the New Testament. /,
II implies His humiliation Matt. s; 20l,
| and that He, the Son OF God. became (
true man from, s: -: .. That He was th
one perfect man, sinless, and complete II
every human virtue. 3. That He was tn,
vidual class and national preiudices. 4
That lie was, officially, the representative
OF the human race in His life and death fol
man. Power on earth" They wer.
| thinking of God as being in heaven, ano
Jesus calls attention to the fact that there
is power on earth now to forgive sins
The Son of Man has come to earth and
has brought this power with Him.
II. arise" Here is the test Christ
shows His ability to forgive sins by Hi:
ability to heal. l2. He arose" The mar
had part to perform. Had he not acted
at the word OF command he could not
have been healed. He exercised the pow
er Of his will aud put forth the necessary
effort to arise, believing that strength ant
healing would be given him. Before then
ALL" This thing was mot done in cor
ner." Christ's miracles were performed II
the most public manner and were neveI
questioned by those who witnessed them
Amazed" Luke adds: They were filled
with fear" "Glorifed God" They had {
high degree OF reverence for God and wer'
filed with admiration for His power anc
goodness. "On this fashion" Christ
works are without precedent. He act
Independently aud advises with no one
They had seen three marks Of His divinity
!. Forgiving sins. 2. Perceiving thoughts
3. Healing disease. The works OF Chris
are astonishing the world to-day. He j
the same mighty Saviour as ever, and i
still able to forgive sins. perceive thoughts
ard heal diseases