The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-15
The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry Sunday School Lesson for Jan. l6, 1910
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LESSON TEXT.-Matt 4;2-25 Memory verse 23.
 GOLDEN TEXT-"The people which sat in darkness saw great light" Matt. f16.
 TIME.-John the Baptist was im- 1risoned the latter part of March. A. n. B The four disciples were called in April or May. The Galilean ministry continued about a year and nine months From April. A. D. 2S to near the close 9f A. D. 20.
 PEACE.-Jesus now made his home in CRpernaum on the Sea of Galilee. The scene of his ministry was the Province of ,Ealilee
 Suggestion and Practical Thought
 Introduction to the Lesson.-Vs. 12, 13. Why does Matthew omit more than 8 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 timate friend of Jesus.
 Why did Jesus go to Galiee for his longest work in establishing the new form of the kingdom of God? Because it 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 nal, forms, customs, habits, pleasures, and cares connected with the machin- cry of religion.
 Why did Jesus leave Nazareth? Be cause, as we learn from Luke 4: 16-31, his townsmen rejected and tried to kill him. This wrong Providence caus- cd to work out good, for Nazareth was not tho best situation for carrying out his mission.
 !. The Prophetic Vision. The Dawn of the New Kingdom.-Vs. 14-16; Isa. 9: 1, 2. Spoken by Esaias, Greek for Isaiah, Gods message through tho prophet. (lsa. g.: 1, 2.) The territory spoken of the tribes of "Zebulun," and 'Naphtali," were the northern most tribes, (15l 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 Centiles," the portions of Cali. lee adjoining the heather nations.
 H. Preaching the Gospel A Char acteristic of Jesus Work Throughout His Ministry.-V. r. Jesus began to let this new light shine and to prove hat he was the one foretold by the prophet.
 "reSan 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 mon
 III Selecting and Training Work CTS. The Ga ing of the Four.-Vs. 1S- 22. Jesus now made another advance in his rlan cf lecting and training mon to enlarge h., c"oscnt work, and 10 prepare for ts continuance and the extension cf his gospel after his death It was "a school of insyruc- tion in his ideal of rightaousress
 Simon, who is called Peter" t''0 Rock, so named by Jesus on his [ : acquaintance John 1: 42} as a pr Dh- ecy and ideal, a call upward to iulfil the possibilities within him. And Andrew his brother" who had shown his possibilities as a fisher of men, by bringing his brother to Jesus. Cast ing a net into the sea" Matthew gives a condensed account of the story told in full by Luke. Jesus used one of their boats as a pulpit to preach to the people on the shore. He showed the fishermen that the boat was of value, although they had fished from it 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 Q9) saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of 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 thei, boat with Zebedee their father, mend. ing their nets" which had been torn by the great catch of fish. And he called them" All four left their nets, and followed Jesus, and became fishers of men
 ". Going About Doing Good to the Bodies and Souls of Men.-Ys. 23-25. These verses are a summary of which o9chapters 50 give detailed account showing his varied, extensive, and far-famed work" 23. And Jesus wc-t about all Galiee." This was his first tour of the country Jesus scattered the good seed everywhere, knowing