Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-08

/ and strength, very present helm iy Ire
BILE. Therefore win we not foar '',.-
| the earth do change, and thorr,.
mountains be removed into the E.I-, ~,
the sea-" Ps. 46;l-2
We now turn from our studies n
the manifesto. or inaugural address No
Jesus to one of the outstandipr Incl
dents of his life of service.
This lesson Is a dramatic one. V,N,,
and shadows, surprise and reyela.for
rebuke and encouragement are ran,a.
ly mingled. The subject of tho las.
son is well chosen. Leaving the mulr.
| tude to whom he had been prearbtr.
| Jesus commands that they pass oys,
to the other side of the lake, " a.
Let us pass over" he says. Jesrs
never asks his disciples to 20 WHORE
| he will not go or has not been before
How touchingly vivid is the suegos.
/ ton of v. SO, they took him as ta
was."-he is tired and weary. no
| whose invitation Is to all who ara
weary and needing rest. he who had
not where to lay his head, ia carried
by loving hands into the boat and IA
soon lost in restful slumber? Loving
hands minister TO the loved teacher
Both master and friends. who are
| soon to meet n case of great sin. are
before that met by great storm. Bu,
be who is Lord and Master Of force.
sleeps calmly on. Why not? Who
else could be Indifferent? Not so these
| disciples; they have yet TO know him
perfectly and hence IL is quite natural
that In their alarm they should awak
| en- him as they view the rapidly I'LL
/ ing boat and exclaim, master, cares,
thou not that we perish?" Weary as
he was. and personally Indifferent as
| he may have been, yet for the sake o.
his chosen friends he arose and re-
buked the storm. and the peace which
he later gave the demoniac is first
/ shown in material things as he quoted
the waves Compare V. SO and 10.
Had Little Faith.
! II was a great storm, v s., Ike.
wise great calm. The psalmist says.
| great peace have they who love thy
| law" great peace have they who truly
know and love Jesus, John Il g.
/ His rebuke to the disciples, " 40. was
80 gentle as to lose its sting,-"hov
is It that ye have so little faith?" They
had some faith It is true, for they a.
pealed to him in their great need la,
oh so little. Our proportion Of lai'f
/ Is the measure of our fear. What
wonder ". AL that they were amazsd
This man OF flesh who had been sleep
ing the sleep of intense WEAKNESS com
handing the sea and that 1t should
obey him with the meekness Of a
child. what manner of man is thiso'
Nineteen hundred years has failed 10
answer that query.
Reaching the other side they entered
the land of Gadara. There they met
a demoniac who Is, we belieYe, type
or picture of great sin in that no was
| (a) without restraint, mo man could
bind him." v. 3; (b) he was injuring
himself cutting, etc." v. 5; tc) ho
was separated from his friends, "dwelt
among the .tombs." v. 3; Id he was
''unclean," v. 2. There Is also evil
dence Of the futility of human resOlu-
lions and the vainness of attempts at
control or reformation, see verse A.
mo man had the strength to tame
him." Then note the torment Of his
life, v. 7.
Sins to Account For.
Church members have no right TO
condemn the liquor traffic and then
to rent stores in which TO carry on
the same. Naturally therefore these
people when they saw their illegal
gains interfered with should request
Jesus to depart, V. II, and this even
! in the face of what had been done for
stricken man. Luke tells us ILuko
$50 that they were holden with
great fear. Fear of what? Surely not
any fear Of this Galilean teacher, but
rather were they fearful of the ehec'
Of his life upon their material pros
perity. Big business will have some
| sins to account for when In the race
OF known facts they still press 10!
their gains ignoring the cry of the ar
flicted and careless of unreasonable
house and unsanitary living cond!-
tions.
On the other hand why did Jesus re-
fuse such logical and seemingly rea-
sonable and proper a request as that
recorded in verse IS? Was it not
very natural request and an evidence
Of gratitude as we'll? Jesus, however
knew better place, for he saw
greater Joy in store for this man.
Hence he commanded the man to 80
| home"
A suggestion outline for this lesson
would be as follows:
I. A great storm 4:9541. The CON,
mand OF Jesus, v. So; the wearinesa OF
Jesus, V. Sc; the alarm Of the Dis
ciples, v. So; the Indifference OF Jesus.
v. 80; the great calm, v. 80.
II. A glorious cure, 5:1-20. o. Inc
Gadarene type of sin, v. Is, unclean'
separated, no restraint, seh'lnluIs.
(2) The Gadarene cleansed, v. 6-l5. lie
recognized purity.
III. The great mission. V. 1870. Ah
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