The copper era and Morenci leader., 1922-11-03
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 5
JESUS THE GREAK PHYSICIAN

LESSON TEXT-Luke 4:sl-44; 6:1z-&.
 GOLDEN TEXT-Himself took our In
 frmities, and bare our sickness.-Nstt- S:17.
 REFERENCE MATERIAI.-Mstt. s:S- &; Mark 1:21-55.
 PRIMARY TOPIC-How Sick Man Was Brought to Jesus
 JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus Healing the Paralytic.
 INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC Jesus Power to Forgive Sin.
 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Jesus Ministry to Human Need.
 Since the topic sets forth Jesus as the Great Physician, it will be better
 for adult classes, especially, to- take the larger text chosen by the commit
 tee and note the several. outstanding cases Of His healing. For some classes
 it will be better to study the one case of healing, namely, the healing of the paralytic.
 |. Jesus Healing q 1smeniae {4: 31-37).
 While engaged in teaching in the synagogue He was interrupted by a
 man who had an unclean spirit. Jesus l rebuked the demon and. compelled him. to come out of the man. This healing shows Jesus not only gracious. but powerful to set free the whole brood of diabolical passions, such as lust.
 envy, anger and Jealousy which rule | men.
 II. Jesus Heals Woman of a Great Fever (vv 3S :39). Peters mother-in-law was prostrate with a great fever. They of Peters household besOught Jesus for her Jesus rebuked the fever and it left her so that she immediately rose and | ministered unto them No earthly phy- sician had over been known to heal In that way. Divine healing is i'm | mediate and complete. We should distinguish between divine healing and faith healing Faith healing is the re- suit of the action of the mind upon the body and is measured. by the degree of the falrh, while divine healing is the ac> ton of the power of God upon the diseased one. and is always complete
 and immediate. because it is measured
 by the power of the Healer. God Ills fame spread abroad and many sick of divers diseases were brought unto Him and He healed them all, even casting out demons and forbldding them ts testify of Him. III. Jesus Heals Eeper 65 :12-l6}. Leprosy was a most loathseme and terrible disease. Because of Its foul
 ness one afflicted herewith was an
 outcast. The disease was lncurable by man. therefore the leper was regarded
 as hopeless and dead In response to the leper's earnest request Jesus touched him and bade the leprosy to depart, and immediately he was healed and cleaned. Leprosy is. a type of sin Jesus has power to heal and cleanse and restore.
 ". Jesus Heals . Paralytie ie: 1T-:6).
 1. Watched by the Pharisees and Doctors {v. D. Jesus fame spread
 abroad, and this only melted jealousy on the part of these men. 2. The Paralytic Brought evy. 1S IG). This is fine lesson in Christian service. They could not heal the man. but could bring him to Jesus. who could heal and restore. They had faith in Jesus to heal him. No effort
 which is required to bring a sinner to
 Jesus should be regarded as too great. 2. The Mans Sins Forgiven (v. s0p. Jesus looked back of the palsy to Its cause-sin. All disease and death Is
 the result of sin. Jesus saw the
 faith of those not only who brought
 him, hut of the man himself
 1. The Purpose of Miracles (vv. q. 20 The Pharisees accused Christ of blaSphemy when He declared the mans s.nS forgiven. Jesus showed them that back of the beneficent deed to the man was the demonstration of His deity. The main purpose In the work ing nf miracles is the authentication of the divine mission of the one per forming them. The working of the miracle was tu demonstrate His au- thority to atone for sin and to grant forgiveness. While the divine power and authority are thus shown. the wis dom and love of God are shown Tn that in all cases the supernatural work is for the good of the individual. A true miracle is never spectacular. k is not merely demonstration Of power, but the working of power for beneicent ends, the good of some one in need.
 8. Relative Value of Physical Hts and Moral and Spiritual MRlsdies
 (y. 23). Physical ills are less serious than the sins which cause them. In dealing with them we should follow the example of Christ and first deal with the cause.