The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-10
SUNDAY School LESSON
The Mission Of the Seventy.
January II, 1914.
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The llissjon OF the Seventy.
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"rx It d not 70 that spsak. but the Spirit Of
your Father that speatsth In you"
! ID Now after these things the Lord APP
pointed seventy others. and sent them two
and two before His face into every city
and place. whittier He Himself was about
to come.
CD And He said unto them. The har-
vest II plenteous. but the labourers are
few; pray ye therefore the Lord Of the
harvest, that He send forth labourers
into His harvest.
CD Go your ways; behold. send you
forth as lambs In the midst of wolves.
% Garry no purse. no wallet. no shoes;
and salute no man on the way.
90 And into whatsoever house ye shall
enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
60 And IL son Of peace be there.
your peace shall rest upon him: but II
not, It shall turn to you again.
Cd And In that same house remain. eat
ing and drinking such things as they give:
for the labourer Ia worthy Of his hire. Go
not from house to house.
90 And into Whatsoever city ye enter.
and they receive you. eat such things as
are set before you.
90 And heal the sick that are therein.
and say unto them. The kingdom of God
is come nigh unto you.
Q0) But into whatsoever city ye shall
enter. and they receive you not. go out
into the streets thereof and say:
I'D Even the dust from your city. that
cleaveth to our feet, We do wipe on
against you: howbeit know this. that the
kingdom of God is come nigh.
CID say unto you. It shall be more toll
cradle in that day for Sodom. than for
that city.
Q0 Woe unto thee, Chorazini woe unto
thee, Bethesaidai for II the mighty works
had been done in Tyre and Sidon. which
were done in you, they would have repent
ed long ago. sitting In sackcloth and
ashes.
90 Howbeit it shall be more tolerable
for Tyre and 3idon in the judgment, than
for you.
Q5 And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou
be exalted unto h-aven2 thou shalt be
brought down unto Hades.
Q0 He that heareth you heareth Me;
and he that rejecteth you rejecteth Me;
and he that rejecteth Me rejecteth Him
that sent Me.
cd And the seventy returned with Joy.
saying, Lord. even the devils are subject
unto us in Thy name.
Q0 And He said unto them, beheld
Satan fallen as lightning from heaven
Q9 Behold. / have given you authority
to tread upon serpents and scorpions. |
and over all the power of the enemy; and
nothing shall In, any wise hurt you.
(30 Howbeit In this rejoice not that |
the spirits are subject unto you: but re- |
joice that your names are written In |
heaven.
CID In that same hour he rejoiced in |
the Holy Spirit, and said, thank thee, |
D Father. Lord of heaven and earth, that |
Thou didst hide these things from the
wise and understanding, and didst re-
veal them unto babes: yea, Father. for SO
II was well-pleasing In Thy sight.
CD All things have been delivered unto |
me OF my Father: and no one knoweth /
who the Son Is, save the Father: and who
the Father is. save the Son. and he to /
the Son willeth to reveal
him
CD And turning to the disciples. he
said privately. Blessed are the eyes which
see the things that ye see.
cd For / say unto you, that many
prophets and kings desired to see the
things which ye see. and saw them not;
and TO hear the things which ye hear, and
heard them not.
The Narrative.
This lesson, taken from the Gospel of
Luke, records an action OF Christ chron-
cled only by this evangelist. 1t should
be observed that here again We are in
he same period. the things Immediately
preceding being those of the confession.
he TRANSPORTATION. the healing OF the
BOY, and the journey back to Judaea-
In considering the sending out of the
seventy. Ii is important that We carefully
observe that they were sent as the imme-
late forerunners of Jesus. THE Lord
appointed seventy others, and sent them
wo and two before His face into every
.ity and place whittier He Himself was
bout to some" lie knew what was be-
ore Him. and as Luke tells us ok SD.
When the days were well nigh come ,
hat He should be received up. He stead
astly set His face to go to Jerusalem"
I was thus for the last period Of His
that He called these men into
with Him, and sent them
tut before Him.
In commissioning them for their work
lie was labouring under no delusion as
o the difficulties that awaited them and
himself. He first spoke to them Of the ,
of the harvest, and the
ewness Of the labourers; charging them
ord Of the harvest to send forth labour-
rs. |.
The greatness of the harvest did not
onsist in the readiness of the people to .
lear; for He Immediately declared that
His messengers would go forth as lambs
n the midst of wolves. The method Of
heir going was to be that of poverty. of
Urgency, and of peace. They were to
make no material provision. to waste no
ime in salutations. and were to greet
very house that they entered with the
vord of peace. Their mission would be
ne Of judgment in the sense OF discrim-I
nation. In some cases they would be
eceived. There they were to abide, to
eal the sick, and to declare the King
ON Of God come nigh. In some cases
hey would not be received. In cases le
hey were to depart, shaking of against 8
he city the very dust from their feet,
nd yet declaring that the Kingdom Of
Tod was come nigh. As these men went
efore their Lord. their one message was
hat of the Kingdom Of God, and the COM
lg nigh of the Kingdom was one OF bless
lg or of cursing according to the atti-
ude of the men to whom they were sent | I
In the midst of His charge to them our
ord broke out into denunciation of the
tiles Of Galilee upon which His back was
ow turned, wherein His mighty works
ad been done; finally declaring to the !
evenly that they were now so actually
ppointed as His messengers that the {
they received would he
d as treatment received by Himself, and
o by His Father.
We have no details of their journeyings, {
r their works, but Immediately an ac-
cunt of how they returned to Him filled '