The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1910-03-03
THE KING OF THE
PHYSICAL WORLD.
International Bible Lesson for Mar.
6, '10.-(Matt. 8:2-t7).

6, ro.-(Matt. s:2-tO.
The work OF Christ at the begin.
ming OF His ministry Is summarized in
Matt. 4:23 under the three heads OF
teaching, preaching and healing. One
branch of the work we have now seen
in the lessons on the Sermon ON the
Mount. viz, teaching and prcschi-g.
and Matthew now goes on to set for,h
the other great branch of His work in
two chapters of miracles, n group Of
marvellous works-the signs Of the
Kingdom.
Signs Of the Kingdom.
The gradation is natural Christ
came into a world that needed some
thing more than counsel, rules of H.
good advice and direction. lie foH.l
% world "where the whole head was
sick and the whole heart faint" Men
need not only the teachers voice. bat
the Healers touch. ard It was be-
cause of this that He who spoke as
rercr man spoke, proved Himself the
King of the Physical world BY Hts.
miracles of healing. The healing p
as essential as the teaching. For
Christ is not mere ambassador from
the court of heaven. lie was The
King of Heaven. and as such he must
have divine credentials and prove
That Gin Him was life and the lie
was the light of men" So the mira.
Oos were the signs of the Kinodon
u Heaven prod igies. spectacle
lar wonders to startle and dazzle the
hcholders. They were never Per.
formed for vulgar show, but whenever
.Ge opportunity and occasion demand.
ca were put forth naturally. easily,
without strain or sensation, in a king.
ly fashion by the King Himself, tcsti-
fylng that he was by divine right King
in the physical world. He never seeks
out occasions to formally show his
power He steadfastly refuses to
work miracles to awe gaping crowd.
lie never poses, saying, Watch me do
startling, mysterious thing" He is
always the natural King from Heaven
with a heart of love and a hand OF
rover That heart never was empted
Of It's love, that hand never failed in
its touch Of power.
Chronic Diseases.
In this lesson we have the account
Of the healing of two men, and wom-
an. or the men one was leper, the
other a paralytic. The lepcr was
healed with touch ;the palsied man
was healed at distance. One man
begged for healing, the other mans
master appeared in his behalf One
patient was defied, the other was
helpless. Both were healed instantly,
both were healed on account Of PER-
feet faith. Leprosy and palsy were
symbolic diseases; they represented
sin wholly possessing its victim, the
one, the case of those entirely denied
by sin. the other. the condition or
these who are paralyZed in that part OF
their being which constitutes inward
life, unable apparently to do anything
for themselves in the way OF salvation
They represent the extreme of the IN
converted world. whether Jew or Gen.
tile.
Acute Diseases.
Coming into Peters house at the
close of the day Christ found His dis
ciple's mother-in-law PROSTATE with a
feyer and Immediately relieved the
situation. by healing her on the SPOT
This third case of healing in one day
was within the circle Of the disciples.
And it suggests the spiritual diseases
to which those are liable who are the
intimate friends of the King. Healed
of chronic diseases Of the past we yet
are liable to contagion, exposed to az
tacks Of acute diseases, which though
temporary are dangerous, and which
need the touch of the Great Physician.
Epidemics sometimes sweep through
churches and disciples are ATTACHED
by all kinds of fevers, when the races
get flushed, and the blood hot, the
voice strdent, and the eye g.arinG'
and the tongue rafting on in delir!ous
speech. Peter himself took sudden
fever several times in his career from
which he was only recovered by me
Masters prescription.
Representative Cases.
These three miracles In thls lesson
are selected to show that the hlhS Is
lord of the body. They are repIe'eA. !.
ative cases, they are given in tetni
to lead us up to the statement "hich
follows in the 10th verse: when the
even was come, they brought UL'o
Him many that were possessed WIN
devils. and he cast out the spirits VII"
His word; and healed all that |ert
sick: That it might be fulfilled Whic'
was spoken by Isaiah the prophe'
Himself took our intirmities and pare
our sicknesses."
And thus Christ demonstrated una
lie is King Of the physical world NJ
possible harm can come TO 'hoS,
bodies of ours that is beyond his am
ity In Christ's day there were ~
hospitals in Palestine, the only hosP,
tal tbara WAS n travelling hospital