The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-02-28
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUND&S01O0L
LESSON
OBy u. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course OF the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago)
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper union)
LESSON FOR MARCH 3
JESUS BRINGING PEACE.

LESSON TExT-Mark 4'30-O'D,
GOLDEN TExT-Jehovah hath done
great things for US whereof we are glad.
DEVOTIONAL READING-Ps. iTl-5,
1913.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS-Matt. 8:23-3i: Luke S:22-39;
Matt. 1I22-33: Luke s:37-43A.
PRIMARY LESSON MATERIAL-Mark
1854.
MEMORY vERsE-Even the wind and
the sea obey him.-Mark iIl.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIc-Tellng the
good news about the Prince OF Peace.
MEMORY VERSE-Mark 5:l9.
This lesson Is n most dramatic one.
Surprise and revelation. rebukc and
encouragement are rapidly inter
changed. Leaving the multitude TO
whom he had been preaching, Jesus
asks the disciples to pass over with
him 10 the other side of the lake w.
35). "Let us pass over" Jesus never
asks his disciples to go where he VIII
not 90. How vivid Is the touch In "
30: "Thcy took him as he was" He
was tired and weary. he whose invita-
tlon Is TO "nll who are weary and
heavy laden" He who "had not where
/ to lay his head" Is carried by loving
hands into the boat, and Is soon lost
| in restful slumber. Both Master ana
friends are soon to meet great sin
ner but first they must encountered a
great storm.
I. The Great Storm. The Master of
forces sleeps calmly on. Why notf
Who else could afford to be so appar-
| emily Indifferent! Not so these dis
cIples. They have yet to know him
perfectly and hence II Is natural that
in their alarm they should awaken
him as they view the rapidly filling
boat, and exclalm. master, carest thou
not that we perish?" Weary and I'M
concerned as he appears to have been.
he arose and rebuked the wind ana
the waves. Wind and waves are mate
rial things and therefore not suscep-
| tible To rebuke. Jesus frOnted the In
tangible cause; he rebuked the devil
who was responsible for this turbul-
ence; and the calm was commensurate
with the storm. The Psalmist says,
"Great peace have they that love thy
law" Individuals and nations are
now In the midst of great storm,
day of crime, stress, distress and
tragedy; struggle, temptation, grief
and loss. and the cry Lord save us!'
is growing louder and more inslstent.
Some of us look for the early return
Of the king, but all should listen for
his words "Peace be still" for II Is
the peace which he alone can give
that has power to calm the growing
turbulence of this age.
n. The Great Sinner. Reaching the
other side, they entered the land OF
Gndarn and there met demoniac who
is, we believe, type Of the great sin
ner, for he was, (a) without restraint
mo man could bind him" ". 81; (b)
he was lnjuring himself, cutting
etc. ". 81; (c) he was separated
from his friends, "dwelt among the
tombs" ". 81; (d) he was "unclean'
". y. There was also evidence oi
the futllity Of human resolutions and
the vainness of attempt at control OF
reformation ". ~. mo man had the
strength TO tame him." Note the tor
ment of his life ". y. As he healed
this man, the people saw their Illegal
gain interfered with, and hence the
selfish request that Jesus should de
mart out of their cOasts" ". ~, and
this even In the face of what had been
done for the stricken one. Selfishness
knows no law. The Jews could moi
eat Isprk but they were raising 1t tc
sell to the Gentiles Of the land, which
amounted to an insult to their God
and an evasion of their law. Jesus
"permltted" the demons to enter the
swine thereby rebuking the avarlce oi
the people and cOnclusively showing
that they had left the demoniac. Luke
tells us (S:37) that the Gadarene'
were taken with u great fear" Feai
of what? Surely no fear of the Gall
lean teacher, but rather of the enec
of the restored mans testimony or
their material prosperity. Big busi
ness will have many sins to account
for in the face OF greed for gain while
ignoring the cry of the afflicted amit
unsuitable and unsanitary living con
dltlons. Church members have NJ
right to condemn the liquor traffic
while they rent stores to carry on thi:
destructive business.
A suggested outline for this lessor
would be as follows:
, l.. A Great Storm-Ch. :35-41.
The command Of Jesus-v. 80.
The wenriness of Jesus-v. 80.
, The alarm of the dlsciples-v. 3S
, The Indifference of Jesus-v. 38
The great calm-v. 80.
n. A Glorious Cure-Ch. 5:1-20.
The Gadarene n type of the sin
= ner-vv. is.
, (Unclean, separated, no re
= straint, self injury.
The Gadarene cleansed-vv. Gle
l (He recognized purity-desire,
/ communiOn-was assigned {
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