The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
LESSON FOR MARCH II
JESUS SENDING FORTH THE
TWELVE.
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LESSON TEXT-Mark e:1-s1 =
GOLDEN TEXT-Freely ye have rot
ceived, freely give.-Matt. 1913.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOHH
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~1O:13-15; lisa 4O:3-9a
Matt. 2S:16-2O; Acts 1858; 2:14. 16:9-10.
PRIMARY T~OPIC-Jesus feeding the
hungry.
MEMORY vERsE-Give We them to eat
Mark 6:37.
JUNIOR MEMORY vERsE-1sa. s2:T.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIC-Messengern
JUNIOR AND ADULT ToPIc-Tho
power of the Gospel of Christ.
The time Of this lesson was autumn,
A. d. %; the location Galilee.
/. Marvellous UnbeIief. Wv. / :1-6a1.
Jesus is rejected the second time at,
Nazareth. He entered into the syna-
gogue on the Sabbath, as was his GUS
tom, and the people were astonished
at his doctrine. His application OF
the scripture was similar to that OF
his first rejection. The significance OF
this visit is found in verses 5 and 9
the limitation of the mighty Christ
through unbelief by those who knew,
I. him best.
II. The Mission Of the Twelve. WV
6a-16). From the parallel account we
End why Jesus sent forth these discfP
pies Matt. 9:36)-because the peo1
pie were scattered as sheep without nj
shepherd. In the tenth chapter OH
Matthew we find the anne of those
whom he sent out wv. 2-5)), the fitthl
verse of which d~eslgnates that only
Jews were included in this missionI
We need to remember that these dis
ciples were sent out before his cruci-t
6xion. Their pilgrim character is
shown in Mark go, and the solemn
manner of their dealing with thoset
who reject them is indicated in verse;
eleven. They were being sent forth
as sheep in the midst of wolves. They,
were to be delivered up to the %councifE
and hailed before the rulers of thei
synagogues, but with them was to goL.
an enabling power Matt. 10:2O). II
Meeting persecution was to be a partF
of their program. They anticipate thei
persecution with which Christ is iden1
tilted, for he exhorts them CMatt-f
10 :2S-31), to be of courage n to feaPt
not, for are they not "of more valueT
than the s~parrows?" Their going forth
+ was to bring divisions Matt. 10 BAD.
but also q reward to those who re-
r ceived them aright-a righteous mans
q reward. Matt. 10 :40-42.) Notice
8 their obedience MARK 6:12-13), and
, their achievements as the visible evil
, dence of the power they had received
III. Malignant Hate. wv. 14-29),
Mark gives US the most complete ac1
count of the death of John the Baptist
1t is not a lesson that we need to exn-
phasize to the scholars of the younger
grades, but it has q deep significance
to those of the more advanced DEPART
ments Of the Sunday school; and IL
we are going to get the scope of the
whole Epistle of Mark, it must be cons
sidered. Herod thought he had triI
umphed, but he was defeated. Thus IL
Is with the sinner always-he over
shoots the mark. Germany's hatred OF
; England stands in the way of its COM
plete domination of Europe, and IL
was Germany's pride which caused IL
to make those military blunders which
prevented it from capturing Paris. So
it is with Satan and the sinner; just
when the victory seems to be completel
God i~ntervenes. "They that be for us
are more than they that are against
u.s." The counteracting power of God
offsets the DEVILS hatred so that We
are made 'more than ~conquerOrs
. through him that loved u.s."
. ; 1t was because Jesus sent forth
these disciples that they were called
apostles, literally "sent ones" They
bod hoon ao1loH unto him (ATorlT q ~
then sent forth, not singly, but by
twos, so today the lonely servant has
with him the Holy Spirit. Our mes"
sage is "peace," but we must have
peace ourselves if we are to impart IL
to others.
If punishment is to be measured by
the amount of light one sins against,
the heaviest punishment must rest
upon those in America and England
who know the gospel but reject H.
1t is evident that the disciples re-
> ceived great power wv. 10, 13) as sug-
gested by their return ". 30). They
> acted wisely in telling Jesus All
things" both what they had done and
taught. Although sent forth, they were
not to spend time in visiting and en-
Pertaining, nor in seeking the hospital
ity of the rich. They were to be-
wholly dependent upon God, taking
) nothing with them in their journey
; ings, but staff and sandals, betokenlng
, their pilgrim character. The gospel OF
Mark gives US the picture of the ideal
servant.
! There are more temptations to break