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smut UP IN prison and Jesus was about
entering upon that wonderful Cali
lean ministry.
In this lesson we can see him as he
returns to his boyhood home to those
old and most familiar scenes of his
youth
Day Of Vengeance.
AS his custom was" " 16) he en-
tered the old familiar synagogue to
take part in the worship, praise and
discussion, as had long been his Gus
tom in this his home town. Here it
was he had learned of the law and the
prophets. here he had heard the
prophecies discussed, here he mad I'M
doubtedly participated in the discus
sions in the days gone by, for after
the worship he is asked to conduct the
reading Of the second part OF the
service, a selection from one of the
prophets. undoubtedly that portion for
the regular reading of the day. His
method of reading was very significant.
Finding a portion from the prophecy
of Isaiah, chapter 81, he reads that
portion as We now have it recorded,
comprising verse one and in verse two
to the first punctuation mark. COM
ma. This. said he, is being fulfilled
before your eyes, implying that the
concluding portion, that which refers
TO the day of vengeance Of our God,
is yet to be fulfilled or performed.
Just what his exposition may have
been Luke does MT tell us, although
he leads us 10 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
pentcr was more than a challenge; it
sounded of blasphemy. 1t is one thing
to listen to beautiful pat.tudes, but
for one TO assume authority such as
this at once arouses antagonism.
To make this still more plain, he
makes 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 Caper-
naum. but say you would net accept
me even then. for no prophet Is ac-
ce3table to his own countrymen. Then
he goes on to illustrate by an incident
from the wife of Elijah, also one from
the life of Elisha.
Graphic Lesson Stcry.
In teaching this lesson we can en-
phasize the need and the importance
Of public worship the observance OF
iay set apart for that purpose ana
The public reading and exposition OF
Gods work. We can also lay stress
anon Jesuss knowledge and use or
The Scriptures; also his emphatic APP
nroyal of inspired prophecy as APP
piled to. and fulfilled in his own lie.
In teaching the young scholars these
truths the graphic lesson story VIII
be all and probably more than can
we'll be covered during the lesson
hour
For the older scholars one question
or discussion would be. why does the
Son of God speak of or claim me
shirt of the Lord upon me- vi
course he was anointed after John
,aptism as an example to all his 1oi-
overs but here we take 1t as mean
,ng that the Spirit is upon him IN
zeal manner for service and for power
n service. He is TO witness ana "
minister. He is to teach and 10 neat
He Is to preach the Gospel to the poor
md deliverance to those bound WIN
he chains of ceremonialism and OF
sin. He is to heal broken hearts ana
,iseased bodies, to set inc eap.i'eS
roe and heal the bruised ones verse
IS is a sad picture of the state Oh
nan without outside help But Jesus
,ame into the world for this express
mrnose. John SIP. 10; Matt. LIZ
This prophecy means me rolne
INTO me. was indeed bold proclaiha-
ZION. Did they believe? Are YOU
making such bold claims for your mas,
'er and Lord? Some will reJect, 0,
curse but let us remember that n1 ,.
,,vetb the increase" ours truly 70 WIZ