Cleveland County herald., 1920-10-14
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAYSQlOOL
 LESSON tBy REV P. E. FITZWATER, D. D. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago)
 Go. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR OCTOBER IT
JESUS BEGINS HIS CHILEAN
 MINISTRY.
LESSON TExT-Matthew 4;12-25.

LESSON TEXT-Matthew 4:12-25.
 GOLDEN TEXT-Repent, for the king dom of heaven is Ut hand.-Matt. All.
 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11.
 PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus Chooses Help CTS.
 JUNIOR ToPIC-Jesus Teaching and Healing
 INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC The Call of the First Disciples.
 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Jesus enters upon his mission.
 l. The King His Own Herald (vv. 12-1D.
 l. The reason for (v. 12). The news of the Imprisonment of John the Bap- tist caused Jesus to forsake Judea and go into Galilee. The fate of John 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 to do violence to the messen- ger, he should turn from them unless specially directed otherwise.
 1O NIiOin lllc IIOCldDldIlOu IS made (vv. 13-16). The people in Capernaum. This was done in fulfill ment of a prophecy in Isaiah 9:1, ?. These people did not enjoy such priv ileges as those around Jerusalem. This was one of the darkest and most corrupt of the provinces, and now it is getting the light first This fore rxI.a AED tHA grace of God would reach out to the Gentiles. 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 go to the most benighted souls with the message of light and life.
 3. His message (v. ID. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" This is the same kingdom which John the Baptist and the Old Testament prophets proclaimed. It 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 to repent and believe the gospel of Christ's death for their sins and resurrection for justification The time is coming when heralds will again announce the coming of the kingdom, and the King himself will come forth from the heavens to establish his mediatoral kingdom For this we pray when we intelligently say, "Thy kingdom come"
 II. The King Summons Servants to His side (yy. S:22).
 1. His command of authority (v 19). He did not use arguments, but issued the mandate. The Kings voice is autocratic. To command is the Kings prerogative not to argue or entreat
 2. The station of the servants called birth-fshermen. God chooses the foolish things of this world to put to shame the mighty. that no flesh might boast before him q Cor. 1 :26).
 8. They were called to definite serv- ice (v. 19). q will make you fishers of men," He had previously called them to be disciples (John l :36-42). He now called them to service. This call, then. was not the gospel call 10 sinners. which is always Relieve on me-" but the call to service, of those who had already needed the call 10 discipleship. The qualities which made them good fishermen-patience I. C.. d. A night, the perseverance which toiled all night though no fish were caught would make them good fishers of men.
 f. Their prompt obedience (vv. 20, 22). They gave up their business and homes, not even inquiring where their salary was to come from. They put their trust in him who called, keliev- ing that he was able to supply their needs
 III. The Kings Triumpha Progress (vv. 23-25)).
 He went the whole rounds of Galilee teaching the Scriptures. preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of diseases. He did threefold work:
 1. Teaching the Scriptures in the synagogues (y. 23). The revelation of God needed to be explained. This is what he was doing at Nazareth Luke 4;16-22).
 ?. Preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom (v. 23). The King who was present and was heralding his own mission was ready tO establish his kingdom if they would have been willing to receive him.
 3. Healing all manner of diseases fv. 23). There was no form of dis ons.n ,,.hicI, hn oor1Id not nl1rn