The Red Cloud chief., 1919-10-09
LESSON FOR OCTOBER IL
FISHERS OF MEN.

LESSON TEXT Marx i:ls-2o b.
GOLDEN TbXT-Jesus said unto them.
come we after me. and ! will make you to
becofne fishers OF men, Mark III.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAB-Matt. AIS
z; Luke 51-li; li;l5-2i; James 519. 90
PRIMARY Helping others to
know Jesus 81.
JUNIOR ToPIcrPeter and, John be-
come workers. for Jesus '''
INTERMEDIATE TuPIC-,The. work jor
SENIOR AMI AnrtT ropic-ways Of
| winning men to Christ. -i''f f..
!. Jesus Preaching in .GaIjlee, wv. il.
15).
The reason why he changed from
Judcn Ia GHlilce was the growing on
position 10 him The fate be John the
Baptist he accepted as foreshadowins
hTs own death. The, rejection of the
forerunner meant the rejection of him
whose advent he heralded. Prudence
moved him to n, more remote. region,
where he would attract less attention
ana he free from opposition. Besides
this II gave less favored people an OPP
portunity 10 hear the gospel, according
to the prophetic word lisa. OIL, y. II
foreshadowed the GOSPEL to the Cen
tiies. p . . 4 - .. a... J.
III What he preached ~. '14). = The
gospel at the Kingdom of God, which
meant the good news of the near ap-
preach Of the Kingdom of God, when
me rule Of God as predicted by the
prophets would be realized. 1t should
be carefully noted that the gospel OF
the Kingdom differs from the gospel
OF the grace or God. ~ 10 p. - >
Z How he preached ". 15). az
THE time is fulfilled anu the Kingdom
OF God is at hand" This meant that
the time had now come for the appear
ance OF the Messiah and the establish
ment OF his Kingdom, co Repent"
Ihis meant that the people should turn
around. change their minds and atti-
tude toward Christ the King and ac-
cept him as their King: This is mes
sage which needs to he sounded out
'oday!People should be called up6n to
repent ,of their sins. .t3) Believe the
gospel" Then, ms now. men need to
believe the gospel, Of Christ's death for
their sins and resurrection for justifica-
ton Il Cor. IS; IA; Rom. 4;25).
II, Jesus Calling, pisei piles, to Become
Fishers Of Men wv. 1920.
l. Who were called (vy. ,16, l9). 81
mon and Andrew, John and James two
pairs Of brothers. II Is usually best to
render the Lords service In fellowship
in pairs. This is not only hecessary
for effective testimony, but for needed
fellowship on the part of workers and
protection Of the witnesses. These all
bad previously been called to Christ
for salvation; they had become his dis
ciples, (John :36742). They are now
called 10 service. This is always his
way. We are first called to be dis
ciples, then called to have fellowship
with him In service. '-"it' > .
2. From what they were called T(vv.
l6, 2O. They were called from posi-
tions of definite. service. God always
chooses his servants from the ranks OF
the employed. The. lazy man is not
likely to have a call.
3 To what they were called ". ~.
To he fishers Of men" They no
doubt had been successful fishers. The
qualities which made them good fisher.
mel. namely. patience. brayerysta face
the storm and night, and perseverance
WHICH Ted them 70 TOY gil night though
no hfh wfrt caught ,lwbuld h}kk them
gootB fishfrs pfingn 1t rsqti les pa
tiepce, btatety abd persefetaice to
win souls for Christ. 90"
4. Their caitto .1pedience tvv.-t8, 2O).
To obey meant sacrifice. painful sep
Aratton. idIgSe. uE tilf busbtssi inter-
ests and leave their father behind. Re-
gardless Of the cost, they yielded
Erqafs pbfN%lce. IhaNgttetub busl-
hess and home, not even inquirlng as
10 -whtre'SheIr salaries Were 10 icSne
from, yhey patslhsr trust in him who
I called them, believing that he was able
Y TO supply.aT thpirintedsi1
3. Their reward ". 10. These four
men have welded wondrous tn6uence
in the worldI ,.fhAr names have be-
come imnortalized. Had they remain
ID nj their business they would Anly
have.BftaN h&nsq fishegheS pWhen
Christ tatfs ler 1S promptly obey, for
eventually IL will pay. 1t will yield
pne Hmhdredfold in this life, and eter-
/ nal nfe-in. the world IN mama