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LESSON
tBy REV. r. b. FITzWATER. d. d.
Teacher OF English Bible IA the MOODY
Bible Institute or Chicago)
f0. 1920. Western Newspaper union)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER II
JESUS BEGINS HIS eALILEAh
MINISTRY.


LESSON TExT-Afafthes <.l2-ss
GOLDEN TEXT Repent. for the king
dom OF heaven Is at hand.-Mati. ALI
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Mari
i:le-20: Luke 5:l-11.
PRIMARY ToPIc-Jesus Chooses Help
JUNIOR ToPIc-Jesus Teaching on,
Healing.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
The CAN OF the First Disciples
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Jesus enters upon his mission,
!. The King His own Herald wv
l2-1O.
I. The reason for (v. 12). The new
Of the imprisonment Of John the Bap
tist caused Jesus to forsake Judea
and go into Galiiee. The fate Of Johr
he accepted as foreshadowing his own
Because Of this, he Withdrew from
the metropolis and went to the re
mote regions where his work would
attract less attention. When the peo
pie wilfully reject the truth and at.
tempt 10 DO violence TO the messen.
ger, he should turn from them unless
specially directed otherwise.
.. TO whom the proclamation ls
made (yv. 1870 The people in
Capernaum. This was done in fulfill
ment OF a prophecy in Isaiah 9:1, 2.
These people did not enjoy such priv.
ileges as those around Jerusalem
This was one Of the darkest and mosi
corrupt of the provinces, and now II
Is getting the light first. This fore
shadowed the present age when the
grace Of God would reach out to the
Sentiles. But this is just like the
Lord. He did not come to call the
righteous. but sinners to repentance
It should be our business, like the
Master, TO 20 to the most benighted
souls with the message os light and
life.
3. His message (v. 10. "Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is AT
hand" This is the same Kingdom
which John the Baptist and the Old
Testament prophets proclaimed. II
means the Messianic earth rule Of
Jesus Christ. This Is not our mes.
sage. for ours is the gospel of the
grace OF God through faith IN the fin.
Ished work Of Christ. We should call
upon men 70 repent and believe the
gospel Of Christ's death for their sins
and resurrection for justification. The
lime is coming when beraids will agtsin
announce the coming Of the Kingdom,
and the King himself VIII come forth
from the heavens to establish his
mediatorial kingdom. For fhis we
pray when we inteliigently say. "Thy
kingdom come"
II. The King Summons Servants to
His side (vv. S:22).
J. His command of authority " 19)
lie did not use arguments. but issued
he mandate. The Kings voice is
lutocratic. To command is the Kings
'rerogative. not to argue or entrect.
2. The station of the servants called
Wv. 49, 2i). They were men of lowly
'irth-fishermen God chooses the
'oolish things of this world to put to
shame the mighty. that no flesh might
,oast betore him Il Cor. / ;26).
3. They were called to definite serv-
ce ". 10), Il viii make you fishers
# men," he had previously called
hem to be disciples (John :36-42).
lie now called them to service. This
all, then. was not the gospel call TO
sinners, which IS always Believe on
ne" but the call TO service, OF those
who had already needed the call to
iiscip'eshlp. The qualities which
made them good ishermen--patlence
'ravery to face the storm and the
light. the perseverance which toiled |
III night though no fish were caught,
would make them good fishers of men. !
4. Thcir prompt obedience wv. 20, |
~. They gave up their business and
ZONES, not even inquiring where their |
nlary was to come from. They put |
heir trust IN him who called. believ-
ng that ho was able to supply their
leeds.
~. The Kings Triumphal Progress
w. 23-25)l.
re went tne whOle rounds OF Galiiee I
eaehing the Scriptures. preaching the
ospel OF Che kingdom. and healing
u manner OF diseases. He did a
w,rk:
I. Teaching the Scriptures in the
". 23). The revelation of
'od needed TO be explained. This is
that he waa doing at Nazareth tLuke
;l0-22).
2 Preaching the glad tidings OF The
ingdem ". 2S). The King who wss
resent and was heraIding his own
iission was ready to establish his I
ingdom II they weald have been /
FiiIing 10 receive him.
2. Healing all manner Of diseases
v. 2S). There was rs fstqn 81 dis
ssc which be csald act care.