Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-02
Golden Text: Himself took
our infirmities and bear our sick
nesses." Matt. 8-17.

our infirmities and bear our sick
nesses." Matt. 8-17.
All of the gospel writer's tell o.
a group of miracles of healing which
Jesus performed shortly after com
ing to Capernaum and beginning
there His Galilean ministry. Luke
differs from the others in this re
spect, that he tells other things with
this group which at first sight seem
to have no connection with them
He has a reason, however; you re
member he told Theophilus he had
thought it wise to set forth in order
the things that had occurred so that
he might know the certainty of those
things in which he had been In.
structed. For instance, along with
the healing of the leper Luke tells
of the draught Of fishes, and with
the healing of the paralytic he tells
us of the call of Levi and the criti-
cism of the Pharisees and doctors OF
the law. So as we study these to-
day, we shall discover his reason
for Luke was a physician and he
was looking at Jesus, the Great
Physician, with eyes of wonderment
and admiration because He was dig
ging deeper into the ailments of men
than any physician he had ever
known. Jesus was treating the whole
man, not just his body.
The Great Physician
One day in the synagogue at Ca
pernaunf Jesus was teaching, and
every one was astonished at Him.
for His word was with power. Sud.
denly a man cried out, Let us alone;
Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come
to destroy us? I know thee who
thou art, the Holy One of God"
Well, you can imagine the sensa-
ton it created. No one there sus.
pected any such thing, and they
looked on the man as though he
were crazy.
Very quietly, Jesus said, Hold thy
peace and come out of him." A loud
cry, convulsion-and the man was
perfectly normal. Then the people
were amazed sure enough. What a
word is this? for with authority and
power he commandeth the unclean
spirits and they obey him, and come
out" Mark and Luke.
Oh! it was just the Great Physi-
clan. The devil had Haunted his
power in the very house of God
seeking to show that he cared not
a whit for Gods authority, and was
satisfied with his power over men.
But the Great Physician was strong.
err than the devil and his demons
and with a word healed the suffer.
err who had been bound by them.
When He went home-He had no
home, but was to take dinner with
Simon. the fisherman, that day
Simon's mother-in-law had a great
fever and was very i'll. He heard Of
it, went into the room, rebuked the
fever, took her by the hand, lifted
her up, and she was we'll at once.
She helped her daughter serve the
guests that day. There was no weak
ness, no long convalescence; she was
well at once.
1t didn't take long for news like
that to spread, even though there
were no telephones nor broadcasting
stations in Capernaum. Until dark
that day, Simon's front yard was
packed with sick folks. Everybody
that was sick in. any way and could
get there, came-and every one went
away we'll That was a great day in
the old town. Paralytics, feVers, lu-
natics, devil-possessed sufferers, can
Ger, tuberculosis, stomach troubles,
malaria-all were healed nothing
was too hard for Him.
However, in the morning, a great
while before day, He slipped out and
went into a solitary place and there
prayed. The day had been a great
day for Capernaum, but it had cost
Him a great deal of energy, which
He had to rebuild-in communion
with His Father, alone Simon and
his partners found Him after a long
while, and told Him that the front
yard was full again and the streets
blocked with people looking for Him.
He told them there were other folks
needing Him in other places, too; so
He went through all the cities of
Galilee, teaching and preaching and
healing.
Get this-no matter what the dis
ease was, He cured the sufferer. Dis
eases of the body or of the mind
were just the same to Him-He
healed all who came to Him.
r1 The Whole Man
Just here Luke tells us of the
boat. The crowds pressed so He had
no place to stand; they were down
to the very edges of the lake. Over
there were two boats, one of which
was Simon's. Simon and his part
ners, Andrew, James and John, with
their father, Zebedee, were expert
f1shermen-they had been at it there
all of their lives. They had fisher
mans luck the night before, how
ever, and hadn't caught minnow
even. They were washing their nets
to hang them out to dry until the
next chance. Jesus borrowed the
boat for a pulpit, and when He had
finished teaching, He wanted to pay
the rent, so He told Simon to pull
out where the water was deep and
let down the nets for haul. Simon
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