The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-01-11
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JANUARY 10.
Subject: The Beginning of the Cali
lean Ministry, Matt. 4:12-25-
Commit Verse %.

GOLDEN TEXT.-"The people
which sat in darkness saw great
light" Matt. 4:16.
TIME.-Summer A. D. %. PLACE.
--Galilee, especially Capernaum.
EXPOSITION.-I. Jesus Moves
From Nazareth to Capernaum, 1917.
The imprisonment of John led Jesus
to forsake Judea for Galilee (v. 125
Of. NIX. 1:14) It was an act of pru-
dence on His part. He also left His
boyhood home, Nazareth, for busy
Capernaum by the seaside: His go-
ing to the borders Of Zebulun and
Naphtali was fulfllment OF Old
Testament prophecy Tvs. Is, is; CT.
Is. 81, ~. Galilee had enjoyed no
such privileges as Judea had. Tne
people had sat in darkness. The
Galileans were despised for their ig-
norance by the other Jews (cf Jno.
7:52). But now they were to see a
great light ". 16). The Light Of the
world was to live among them Ono.
S:12). Hitherto they had sat in the
region and shadow of DEATH" now
they were to enjoy the Light of life.
Sooner or later God sends His light
to all people and those who enjoy the
least privileges in one age will enjoy
the greatest in another The time
had now come for Jesus to begin His
ministry of preaching. He began
with the same message with which
John had begun, Repent, for the
kingdom of God Is at hand (cf. Matt.
3:2). The first part of the cry was
the same as that of the Old Testa-
ment prophets lis. 55:7; Jer. 1925
Eek. 14:6; 1890; 1919; Hos 1876
14:1; Joel 2:12). The kingdom of
heaven was at hand because the King
Himself was at hand, and if the Jews
had received Jesus He would have set
up the kingdom Of heaven on earth
then and there. AS He was rejected
and crucified, the outward establish-
ment of the kingdom was postponed
III. s'Come We After Me, and Will
Make You Fishers of Men," 1922
Matthew tells us only of the call of
Simon Peter and his brother Andrew.
Luke tells us of how the Lord had
won their confidence by the miracu-
lous draft of fishes preceding the CALI
(cf Luke 500. Simon and AM
drew were attending to their own
proper business when Jesus called
them into His work ". IS; CT Elk.
3:1-4:5; l K. 19:19-21; Matt. 9:9).
Jesus called them into a work of the
same character that they were all
ready doing; hitherto they had been
fishing for fish, now they we're to fish
for men. The ordinary fisherman
catches fish to kill and eat them, the
Gospel fisherman catches men to
make them alive and feed them.
Jesus gave them the commando
Come ye after Me- and the promise,
II will make you fishers Of men.s
Commandments and promises always
go hand in hand in the teaching OF
Jesus. The day came when Jesus
promise to Peter was SO wonderfully
fulfilled that Peter caught more men
at a single haul than he did fish on
this day (Acts 2:14-41). Jesus says
to every one of us, Come we after
Me, and / will make you fishers of
men, The one great condition Of
success in fishing for men Is follow
ing Jesus" Any one who is not a
fisher of men is not a follower OF
Jesus. Simon and Andrew showed
that they believed Jesus promise and
and following Him (cf. Luke 5:11).
The one who would follow Him must
forsake all Matt 1924; Luke 14:I
33) Forsaking all will pay. for
those who forsake all gain all, for
time and eternity (cf Matt. 1927
29). There was no hesitation in their
obedience. "They straightaway left
the nets and followed Him. !" James
and John we're also attending to their
proper business when Jesus called
them. They, too, unhesitatingly
Dbeyed.
III. Jesus Teaching, Preaching and
Healing, 1925. Jesus earthly min-
istry was Notwithstanding preach
ing, healing. He taught in their syn
agogues as long as they would per-
nit it. That was where the people
gathered and that was where He
went. The word translated "Preach-
ing means "heralding. = He herr
aided the coming of the kingdom.
Gospel" means good news and
there is no better news than that tho
kingdom of God is to be established
on earth and that Jesus is to be the
King. Jesus had Gospel for the
body as well as for the soul, and to-
day the Gospel is for the body as we'll
as the soul from. SILL: Jas. 5:14s
ID. But Jesus method of healing
was as wide apart as the poles from
that of the modern healer There
we're no treatments and He never
charged for His healing. 1t was also
utterly different from the methods
of the Emmanuel Movement" There
was nothing that smacked of hypno-
tism or other forms OF demonism.
All manner of diseases and all man
ner of sickness yielded to His divine
power. The report of His mighty
power went forth far and wide. They
brought to Him all who needed His
help. Sickness, disease, torments,
demons, epilepsy, palsy, all yielded to
His word. He became very popular.
not because of His lofty teachings,
but because He healed mems inflrmi-
ties. Men will go hundreds of miles
to get in contact with healer, but
will not go a block to hear a teacher.
The popularity that came to Him by
His healing was very distasteful to
our Saviour (cf. Nix. 1:43. 45).
Legacy to Horses Ties Up Tax.
A hearing in progress in the Couns
ty Court at Eau Claire, Wis, to des
termine the inheritance tar on the
100000 estate of the late G. B. Dan-
iels was stopped to determine the tau
on one of the legacies In his Will
Mr. Daniels left $4,000 for the care OF
his black mare. Flora, aged thirty,
Whatever was left from the $4,000
after the horse died was to go to the
Presbyterian Church, and legacy
left a church IS not taxable. 1t must
he. .&<.4 -.