The Yale expositor., 1906-02-16

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Hold thy peace" Literally, "be
muzzled." 1T is a word for beast.
Morrison. The same verb is used in
the calming of the winds and waves
of Mark 4:39.
And when the unclean spirit had
torn him." Luke says that the de-
mon threw the man down in the midst
of the crowd duke 4:35). This proves
the malignity of evil spirits and their
great power TO do mischief They
will do all the harm they can, and
only cease when compelled by the
command of Christ. Came out of
him." He had to obey, however I'M
willingly.
What new doctrine?" Teaching.
The teaching was new, concerning de-
liverance and salvation, and confirm.
ed by such power. Authority" Right
and power. The extent of this power
was far beyond their experience.
The Cure of Peters Wife's Mother.
VS.. 1881. From the synagogue
Jesus and his four followers went
home to Peters house. 1t is possible
that Jesus made this house his home
when at Capernaum, as he did with
Lazarus and his sisters at Bethany.
"They entered into the house of
Simon and Andrew" who, though ma
tives of Bethsaida John 1:44), seem
to be now living in CapernauIn.
"SimOn's wife's mother" This dis
tfnatltr Inn
ried.
Lay sick of a fever" Luke calls
it great fever, of a severe, malig.
nant and dangerous type.
He came and took her by the
hand. TO express his kindly sympa-
thy and courtesy, and to make it evi.
dent that the miraculous cure came
from him. Luke says, he "rebuked
the fever" commanded it to go, as il
it were an enemy. Immediately the
fever left her" Obedient to Jesus, as
in the case of the centurion Matt.
S:S, 8, 49,. And she ministered un.
to them" Such a fever invariably
leaves the patient weak, and the pc
riod Of convalesence long, but Jesus
power restored her to strength, as
well as health.
A Sabbath Evenings Work Of Jesus.
VS.. 1924. And at even, when the
sun did set twas setting), they
brought unto him" to the door of Pet.
er's house ". 33). The multitude
came after sunset % because the
heat of the day would have been too
distressing to the sick; (2) because
they did not wish to violate the sacred
rest of the Sabbath day. At sunset
the Sabbath ended; and so they felt
themselves free to act.
'He healed many that were sick."
All of them, says Matthew. He laid
his hands on every one of them as he
did on the mother-in-law of Peter
(Luke).
"Of divers diseases" all kinds and
degrees Of disease. Cast out many
DEVILS" demons. These cases were
the more noticeable on account of the
violence they displayed, and because
they were more difficult of cure.
w. The Paradise of Endless Light.
The Heart of the Lesson. We have
in this lesson the principles through
which the individual soul and the
world shall become full of the light
of the City of God, where "the Lord
God Almighty is the light thereof"
the light being the source of all pow.
er, life, warmth, comfort, beauty, in
the moral world.
Jesus brings the good news from
heaven; and his followers are to take
his message to their own hearts, and
then preach the Gospel to all the
world.
The miracles of Jesus were the
proofs of his mission from God and
showed that he was the promised Re-
deemer and King, the one we all need.
Jesus being what he claimed, miracles
were as natural to him as acts of will
are to us. They are something be-
yond natural law, but are natural to
Christ, as the power Of will over ma.
ture is natural to a personal being.
As all the great results of civilization
are produced by the personal will of
men acting upon the laws of nature,
not breaking them nor changing
them; so miracles are the personal
will of God acting through Christ, and
through Gods special disciples upon
the laws of nature, doing what mans
will cannot do; and thus proving tho
presence of a divine person and mis-
authorized agents. A miracle is sim.
ply Gods doing with his infinite pow
er the same quality of action, though
vastly greater in degree, that we do
every hour when we exert our per.
sonal will amid the forces of nature.
lift up book, / turn on the water
from the water-works, and make a
shower on my parched lawn or gar.
den.
They illustrate with object-lessons
the spirit and the work of the Gospel,
the principles of which he had been
teaching. Every miracle is a visible
picture before men of the character of
God, of the nature of the Gospel, of
the oving-kindness of our Savior, of
his power to help. of the wonders OF
grace he can work in our hearts, of
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