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The Beginning of the Calilean Ministry
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l tIOl<DEN HC &cOpio ".'->. sat in darkness saw great light" Matt | AIS.
 TIME.-Jchn the Baptist was i'm | prisoned the latter part of March, A. ID 1 2S The four disciples were called IT l April or May. The Galilean ministry continued about a year and nine months | from April, A. D. 2s to near the close I of A. D. 2s.
 PLACE.-Jesus now made his home IT | Capernaum. on the Sea of Galilee. Ths scene of his ministry was the Province ol | Galjlee.
 Suggestion and Practical Thought
 Introduction to the Lesson.-vs. IF l 1S. Why does Matthew omit more than a year of Jesus ministry? Because he would have his record that of an eye witness. from personal observation.
 By whom were the events of the Judean ministry recorded? By the Apostle John, the relative and most in innate friend of Jesus.
 Why did Jesus go to Galilee for his longest work in establishing the new form of the kingdom of God? Because 1t was better soil for the good seed less cumbered with the stony ground of official and superficial ceremonies and with the thorns of selfish inter ests, of worldliness labeled as piety less trodden into beaten paths of rit ual. forms, customs, habits. pleasures and cares connected with the machfn cry of religion.
 Why did Jesus leave Nazareth! Be cause, as we learn from Luke f: 1881 lhis townsmen rejected and tried tc kill him. This wrong Providence caus ed to work out good. fcr Nazareth wal not the best situation for carrying out his mission.
 I. The Prophetic Vision. The Dawn of the New Kingdom.-Vs. 14-16; Isa g: i, 2. Spoken by Esaias, Greek fol Isaiah, Gods message through tho prophet. (Isa. g: 1, 2.) The territory spoken of. the tribes of "Zebulun,' and sNaphtali.v were the northern most tribes. (15) "by the way of the sea-" or toward the Sea of Galilee where the great eastern roads entered the country beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles," the portions of Cali lee adjoining the heather nations. II. Preaching the Gospel. A Char acteristic of Jesus Work Throughout His Mipistry.-V. IT, Jesus began to let this new light shine. and to prove that he was the one foretold by the prophet.
 Began to preach" proclaim as the herald of the king, who had sent him. He preached in every possible method by which he could reach the hearts of men.
 III. Selecting and Training Work CTS. The Calling of the Four.-Vs. 18- g. Jesus now made another advance in his plan of selecting and training men to enlarge his present work, and to prepare for it's continuance and the extension of his gospel after his death. It was "a school of instruc- ton in his ideal of righteousness
 Simon. who Is called Peter" the Rock, so named by Jesus on his fist acquaintance John 1: 42) as proph- ecy and ideal, call upward 10 fulfil the possibilities within him. And Andrew his brother" who had shown his possibilities as fisher of men. by bringing his brother to Jesus. Cast ing net into the sea- Matthew gives a condensed account of the story told in full by Luke. Jesus used one of their boats as pulpit to preach to the people on the shore. He showed the fishermen that the boat was of value although they had fished from 1t all night in vain. Then at his command they let down their nets and enclosed great number of fishes. It was with great wisdom that at this point when | they were marveling at-their success Jesus (19) saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers oi men" Their partners, James and John, who had been summoned to aid Peter, were not far away.
 21. Going on from thence, he saw these other two brethren" in theii boat with Zebedee their father. mend ing their nets" which had been torn by l the great catch of fish. And he called I them" All four left their nets, anC
 followed Jesus, and became fishers l of men.
 | ". Going About Doing Good to the l Bodies and Souls of Men.-Vs. 23-25 These verses are summary of whict chapters 5-9 give detailed account
 showing his varied. extensive, ant far-famed work B. And Jesus wen
 about all Galilee." This was his frs
 tour of the country. Jesus scattered
 the good seed everywhere, knowinf
 that some of it would fall into tho
 good soil of honest hearts and sprint
 up and bear fruit.
 z4. And his fame' the report" O
 what Jesus was doing. The result Wal | that from all the region, including \ Syria. the country to the north of Cali
 lee, they brought unto him all sicl people that were taken with divers dis
 eases" such as levers, leprosy, blind
 ness, iameness, dropsy, and torments
 diseases attended with excruciatinl
 pain.
 Illustration. The ordinary grea l seal of the United States is commonl,
 seen. but the design for the revers'
 side have never seen. except on thu
 outside of some of the postal cardl 1 and in the encyclopedia. The design
 Is an unfinished pyramid; over it fl
 an eye symbolizing Gods providence
 and the motto, "Anuit coeptis," "H'
 favors what has been begun; and un