Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-01
LESSON FOR MARCH 3
JESUS BRINGING PEACE.

LESSON TEXT-Mark 4:35-5:20
GOLDEN TEXT-Jehovah hath lone
great things for US whereof we are glad.
-Ps. 1858.
DEVOTIONAL READING-Ps. 147:1-5,
1918.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS-Matt. S:23-34; Luke S:22-39;
Matt. 14:22-33; Luke 9:3743A.
PRIMARY LESSON MATERIAL-Mark
1854.
MEMORY VERSE-Even the wind and
the sea obey him.-Mark AL,
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Telling the
good news about the Prince of Peace.
MEMORY V~ERSE-Mark sic.
This lesson is a most dramatic one.
Surprise and revelation, rebuke and
encouragement are rapidly inter-
changed. Leaving the multitude to
whom he had been preaching, Jesus
asks the disciples to pass over with
him to the other side of the lake ".
$50. LET US pass over" Jesus never
asks his disciples to go where he will
not go. How vivid is the touch in V.
So: 'They took him as he was" He
was tired and weary, he whose invita-
ton is to "all who are weary and
heavy laden" He who chad not where
to lay his head" is carried by loving
hands into the boat, and is soon lost
in restful slumber. Both Master and
friends are soon to meet a great sin
ner but first they must encountered a
great storm.
|. The Great Storm. The Master of
forces sleeps calmly on. Why not2
Who else could afford to be so appar-
emily Indifferent! Not so these dis
ciples. They have yet to know him
perfectly, and hence 1t is natural that
in their alarm they should awaken
him as they view the rapidly filling
boat, and exclaim, Master, carest thou
not that we perish?" Weary and I'M
concerned as be appears to have been,
he arose and rebuked the wind and
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 vas responsible for this turbul-
ence; and the calm was commensurate
with the storm. The Psalmist says,
"Great peace have they that love thy
Ao"s AhN1 O0d ohN hCl1O1l L
now in the midst Of a great storm"
a day of crime, stress, distress and
tragedy; struggle, temptation, grief
and loss, and the cry Lord save us"
is growing louder and more insistent.
Some of US look for the early return
Of the king, but all should listen for
his words peace be still" for it is
the peace which he alone can give
that has power to calm the growing
turbulence of this age.
II. The Great Sinner. Reaching the
other side, they entered the land Of
Gadara and there met a demoniac who
is, we believe, a type of the great sin
ner, for he was, (a) without restraint =:
mo man could bind him" ". 81: (bl
he was injuring himself, "cutting."
etc. ". 81; (c) he was separated
from his friends, r"dvelt among the
tombs' ". 81; (d) he was ''unclean'
". p. There was also evidence OF
the futility of human resolutions and
the vainness of attempt at control or
reformation ". ~. "No mar 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-
part out of their coasts" ". I'D, and
this even in the face Of what had beer
done for the stricken one. Selfishness
eat pork but they were raising it tC
sell to the Gentiles of the land, which
amounted to an insult to their God
and an evasion of their law. Jesus
"permitted' the demons to enter tht
swine thereby %rebuking the avarice o.
the people and conclusively showing
that they had left the demoniac. Lux
tells US $3.50 that the Gadarene.
were "taken with a great fear" Feal
of what? Surely no fear Of the Cali
lean teacher, but rather of the efec
of the restored mans testimony OF
their material prosperity. Big bust
ness will have many sins to accoun
for in the face of greed for gain whil'
ignoring the cry Of the afflicted annie
unsuitable and unsanitary living con
ditions. Church members have III
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:
|. A Great Storm-Ch. 1854.
The command of Jesus-v. 35.
The WEAKNESS of Jesus-v. sc.
The alarm of the disciples-v. IS
The Indifference of Jesus-v. SO
The great calm-v. 80.
ii. A Glorious Cure-Ch. 5:1-2O.
The Gadarene a type of the sir
r-v Is.
(Unclean, separated, no re
straint, self injury.
The Gadarene c~leansed-vv. GLE
(He recognized purity-desire
communion-WaS assigned t
service).
Ill. The Great Mission-vv. 1920.
An improper request ". 10.
A proper request ". 18).
A hard request ". 19).
A great result (see Luke S:4O).
The nations are in storm. The d.
mons of passion, hate and lust of pow
er are loosed in the world let us ''bt
seech him. to return that he may spea
'peace."
Seekers After God.
Seekers after God there are-man
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