The Yale expositor., 1906-02-16
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LESSON sEvEN-FEBRuARY 10.
COLDER TEXT-e many VOC sIeIk-Mark 1:s4

III TRULY . lG6bOh We are 10 SDtHu a
Sabbath with Jesus, going with him
to church, listening to his preaching,
watching him when, interrupted by Il
maniac, he cast out the unclean
spirit and made the cure a powerful
aid to his teaching. Then after serv-
ice we go with him to Peters house,
and see him cure Peters wife's aged
mother Of a fever, and there spend
the Sabbath afternoon in quiet rest
and friendly converse. Toward sun
set we look out in the beautiful twi-
light and see men bringing to the
house great numbers of people sick
with divers diseases, and watch them
while Jesus lays his hands on them
and heals them.
1t was a wonderful day, an ideal
Sabbath day, teaching us many les
sons and inspiring us with the love
and blessing, the duties and peace Of
heaven.
l. The Paradise of Good Thoughts.
". 81. And they" Jesus and his
four followers went" from the sea-
shore where the four had been called.
Into Capernaum," the city which
was to be the center of his mission
for many months. And straightway
on the Sabbath day" On the first
Sabbath after his arrival, probably
the next morning. He entered into
the synagogue" Equivalent to our
church and it's services.
Note How Jesus Kept the Sabbath.
% He went TO church, because while
all nature was entrancingly beautiful,
and he could say, more than any 9TH
er, "My Father made them ALL" yet
there is a value in public worship
with a congregation, which no COM
munion with nature can give. 81 He
took part in the services as he had
opportunity. go He spent some time
in Peters home. ca He did good to
others, works of mercy and love.
II. The Paradise OF Good Words.
VS.. 81, %. And taught" 1t was
common to ask any suitable person,
especially if prominent, to speak at
the synagogue services, which were
more like our prayer meetings or Sun
day school than our more formal
church services.
What He Taught Them. "The king
dom of heaven is at hand, the new
dawn. the new helps, the new oppor-
tunities, the new powers, new mo-
tives.
Therefore repent ye," turn from
your sins, forsake them, for every
motive and aid for repentance has
come TO you, like the spring sun and
showers after the winter.
Believe the Gospel" the Good
News. Believe that God has sent his
Son. Believe that he brings offers of
pardon. Believe that your heavenly
Father longs to forgive you, and well
come you to his love, his home, his
kingdom.
%. "They were astonished at his
doctrine. The novelty and force of
Jesus teaching struck their minds as
with the shock of a sudden blow.
For he taught them as one that had
authority, and not as the scribes,"
who were mere interpreters; who
dwelt on forms, incidentals, and de-
tails, and not on principles; who
argued and quoted, but did not know.
Note that all good teaching and
preaching must have something of
this quality of authority which char
acterized the teaching of Jesus. 1t
must be the fruit of experience and
knowledge.
III. The Paradise of Good Deeds
VS.. 1884.
The Demoniac Restored.-Vs. %
2S. 20. And" r. " adds, straight
way" Immediately" after Jesus
closed his address, or interrupting it.
There was in their synagogue"
Coming upon the audience to hear
and see, doubtless in one of his quiet
periods, which are common in such
cases. "a man with an unclean spir-
it," Or, more literally, lin" an un-
clean spirit; that is, a man under the
influence of an unclean spirit just
as we say, a man Sin" drink, c., more
pleasantly, a man Gin" love. For the
time being the man is absorbed, as IL
were, in love or in drink. SO the de-
moniac was absorbed, as it were, into
the demon, and was completely under
it's power, or, as we may say, within
it's power. This was usually connect
ed with disease, especially with in
diligence in sensual lusts. While the
possession does not imply that the
victim was the worst of men, yet at
some point the victim must have
yielded to the tempter, as Faust to
Mephistophles; for the soul is cas-
tie which Satan cannot enter without
permission from within.
"And he cried out" Luke says,
with loud voice"
LET us alone" One word in the
original; an exclamation of indigna-
ton and surprise. What have we"
(the unclean spirit representing the
whole body of evil spirits) "to do with
thee" Why do you interfere with
us? art thou come to destroy us?"
Or It may be rendered equally as a
statement of fact,-Thou art come to
destroy us.
Let us alone is still the cry of wick
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