The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-07-15
PETERS
CONFESSION
Sunday School Lesson for July IL. 1915
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the Son or the living God. 1915.
TIME.-Autumn OF A. ID. %.
PLACE.-The picturesque region around
Caesarea Philippi. at the base OF Mount
Hermon. About 25 miles northeast OF the
Sea OF Galilee.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
The Disciples Have a New Vision
of Jesus as the Messiah.--Vs. 1917.
'He asked his disciples" after he had
been praying alone (Luke). AS usual.
the great epoch. the new work. began
in prayer-showing its Importance.
His object seems to have been to draw
out the faith of his disciples, and to
reveal to them more fully his nature
and his redeeming work. Whom do
men say that the Son of man amp"
IA. Some say John the
Baptist" returned to life. Among these
was Herod Matt. 14:1, ~. Some,
Elias" Greek form of Elijah, who
was the expected forerunner of the
Messiah (Mal. 4:5; Matt. 11:1D. Or
"Jeremias." Greek OF Jeremiah, a
representative of the prophets. being
the first named in the Jewish canon.
"Or one OF the prophets" 1. e.. that
one of the old prophets is risen again"
duke 9:19.
Is. "But whom say We that amp"
Observe "ye," plural, and by position
in the Greek. exceedingly emphatic.
16. And Simon Peter" The some
what impulsive nature of Peter made
possible to him quick insight, new
visions of truth.
Thou art the Christ" The Messiah
for whom the Jews were looking, for
whom the ages had been preparing.
THE Son of the living God" such a
one as alone can be the Savior of the
world. No mere man however great
can be our Supreme Leader and
Savior.
II. blessed are thou" Because
thou hast opened thy heart to the
truth. Faith. knowledge of Christ as
the Son of God, almighty to save and
infinite in love; heart in which truth
finds natural soil; a character In
harmony with Jesus; broader outlooks
into truth-are all exquisite blessings.
Simon Bar-jona." Simon, son of John.
For flesh and blood hath not re-
vealed 1t unto thee"
The New Trust Committed to the
Disciples.-Vs. 1920. Although the
understanding of the Messiah and his
kingdom was very imperfect, yet
Jesus showed them how great was the
trust committed to them, and how
heavy the responsibilities laid upon
them. This was part of their train
ing. II would give them a deep inter-
est in the subject, and lead to a more
earnest search after the truth.
10. II will give unto thee" as the
representative of all. The others were
included, as Peter had nothing in
kind that the rest did not have Matt.
1878; John 20:23). In Rev. 21:14 the
IL apostles are IL foundation stones
of the heavenly city. (See also Eph.
2, 20).
20. Tell no man." Only those who
knew Jesus as they did, could under
stand. To present Jesus as the Mes
siah would lead some to try to make
him worldly king according to their
ideas of the Messiah; and repel those
who saw that 1t was impossible for
Jesus to do what they wanted their
Messiah to do.
The New Revelation as to How the
Christ, the Messiah, Must Accomplish
! His Works.. 21-23. Jesus now be-
gan to tell his disciples what he must
do in order to be the Messiah. He
must suffer and die for the sins of the
world. There is no other way.
%. Jesus said unto Peter" Pub
licly before them all. Get thee be-
hind me, Satan" Satan" means lad
versary," the great enemy" of all
proper name. "He did not call his
apostle Satan, a devil, but he looked
for the moment through Peter, and
saw behind him his old enemy" who
had presented the same temptation In
the wilderness.
The Cross the Way to the Crown,
for the Disciples as for the Christ
VS.. 1926. "If any man will come aft
er me, let him deny himself" Re-
nounce self as master and accept
| Christ as master. When the heart ac-
ccpts Jesus and chooses God, then the
whole lower nature, all passions, aims,
desires, are to be subjected not only
to conscience, but to Jesus. Take up
his cross" Daily. not merely on spe-
cial occasions. "And follow me-" do
what am doing. live according to my
plan and aim.
The Supreme Example and Proof Of
the Above Teaching 27.2S. The
life of Jesus had presented to his fol-
lowers seemed hard and discouraging.
They may we'll have felt as Pliable
did when. on his way to the Celestial
City. persuaded by Christians pic
lures Of its glories to undertake the
| journey, he suddenly found himself
plunged into the Slough of Despond.
and exclaimed. rs this the happiness
YOU have told me all this while Off"
Vanity Of Life.
How small a portion Of our life Il is