The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-08-23

Cannon Farrar has said that this
visit Of Jesus TO bis home in Naza-
reth IL "a most striking commentary
uuun" the words Of John. which form
our Golden Text. Those words are
he epitome of this lesson In a very
cal sense. The young prophet had
zen proclaimed by his counsin John
he Bap,is, ~ be who was to come.
He had performed his early Judoan
ministry, which includes the visit OF
Nicodemus. and the meeting Of the
woman Of Samaria tohH had been
shut up IN prison and Jesus was about
entering upon that wonderful Cali.
lean ministry.
In this lesson wc oGr 500 him rs he
returns to h. be hood home. 70 those
I'D ard most familiar strLes OF his
youth
pay ei Vengeance.
rs his custom was" ~ 1f) he en-.
tered tho old lam liar synagogue ~
,akc par, In the worship. prise AMI
discussion. as had long teen his Gus.
tom IN thi. hi home town. Here II
vas he had learned Of the law and the
rrorh.'s. hor. 10 had heard the
prophecies discussed. hoso ho had un.
inuh'.dly participated In the discus.
sions IN the days gone by. for after
tho worship he Is asked 10 conduct tho
reading Of the second part Of the
service. n selection from one OF the
prophets. undoubtedly ;hat portion tor
the regular reading Of the day. Ills
method Of reading was very significant.
Finding portion from the prophecy
of Isaiah. chapter Gl. he reads that
portion as we row have Il recorded.
comprising verse one and In verse Two
10 the first punctuation mark. a COM
ma. This. said he. II being fulfilled
before your eyes. implying that the
concluding portion. that which refers
20 the day Of vengeance OF our God
II We, TO be fulfilled or performed.
Just wha, his exposition may have
been Luke does not tell us. although
he leads us to believe that he made
definite claim Of being the Messiah
this Scripture hath been fulfilled
/ They wondered at his gracious words.
but such an assumption from the
tongue Of this son Of the village car
penter was more than challenge; II
sounded OF blasphemy. II IL one thing
! to listen 10 beautiful plnt!tudes. but
| for one to assume authority such IN
this at once arouses an'agonism.
To make this still more plain, he
makes a specific application. To para
phrase his words. he said. doubtless
you are saying, young man perform
here In Nazareth some OF those mira.
cles you performed over In Capcr-
, naum. but say you would not accept
me even then. for no prophet Is ac-
! ceptable TO his own coun'rymen," Then
he goes on 70 Illustrate by an incident
| from the wife OF Elijah. also one from
the life OF Elisha.
Graphic Lesson Story.
In teaching this lesson We can en-
phasize the need and the Importance
Of public worship. the observance OF n
day set apart for that purpose and
the public reading and exposition Of
Gods work. We can also lay stress
rpon Jesus's knowledge and use Of
|
prevail of inspired prophecy as ap-
piled TO, and fulfilled In his own life.
In teaching the young scholars these
truths, the graphic lesson story will
be all md probably more than can
well be covered during the lesson
hour.
For the older scholars. one question
, for discussion would be, why does the
Son Of God speak OF or claim the
spirit Of the Lord upon me?" or
course he was anOinted after Johns
baptism as an example to all his fol-
lowers, but here we take II as mean
ing that the Spirit Ia upon him IN a
real manner for service and for power
In service, He IL 10 witness and to
minister. He Is to teach and to heal.
He Is to preach the Gospel to the poor
the chains OF ceremonialism and Of
sin. He is TO heal broken hearts and
diseased bodies, to set the captives
free and heal the bruised ones. Verse
rs Is a sad picture Of the state Of =
man without outside help. i,ut Jesus
came into the world for this express
purpose. John SIP, 10; Matt. 1871.
This prophecy means me" come
unto me-" was indeed bod proclama.
tion. Did they believe? Are you
making such bold claims for yoGr Mas
ter and Lord? Some will reject, OF
course, but let us remember that God
giveth the increase" ours truly to wit
ness, to SOW the seed. l. Cor. 3:6.
Why this hostility? "a Jealousy,
"Joseph's Son." (2) Contempt. was
he not one Of them? Was this not
also slur upon his name? (3) His
allusion to Elijah, going outside of
Israel for sustenance.
DO not forget the searching fact
that there were those who knew him
best through long association, yet they
reject him. Our peril Ia TO know him
and yet reject his fellowship. Let us
emphasize that verse In Johns Cos
pei which follows the Golden Text
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