The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-11-02
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 5
JESUS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN


GOLDEN TEXT-Himself took our in
frmities, and bare our sicxness.-Matt.
SIT.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Matt 1885,
IS; Mark 1:21-45
PRIMARY TOPIC-How a 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 a Demoniac a.:
31-37).
While engaged in teaching in the
synagogue He was interrupted by
man who had an unclean spirit. Jesus
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.
H. Jesus Heals Woman of a Great
Fever (vv. SO :39).
Iau MOS To
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 ply
stefan had ever 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 faith, 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. His
fame spread abroad and many sick of
divers diseases were brought unto Him
and He healed them all, even casting
out demons and forbidding them to
testify of Him.
III. Jesus Heals Leper g :12-16).
Leprosy was a most Ioathsome and
terrible disease. Because of its foul
ness one afflicted Herewith was an
Outcast The disease was incurable by
man, therefore the leper was regarded
as hopeless and dead. In response to
the lepers earnest request Jesus
touched him and babe the leprOsy to
depart, and Immediately he was healed
and cleaned. Leprosy is a type Of sim
Jesus has power to heal and cleanse
and restore.
w. Jesus Heals ParaIytic Is:
1926.
l. Watched by the Pharisees and
Doctors ". u. Jesus fame spread
abroad, and this only melted jealousy
on the part of these men.
?. The Paralytic Brought (vv. 49,
I9). This is a 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
3. The Mans Sins Forgiven ". 20).
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
aim, but of the man himself.
4. The Purpose of Miracles (vv. q,
~. The Pharisees accused Christ of
oiasphemy when He declared the mans
SINS forgiven. Jesus showed them
mat back of the beneficent deed to the
man was the demonstration of His
0elty The main purpose in the work
ing Of miracles is the authorization
OF the divine mission of the one per-
forming them The working of the
miracle was to demonstrate His au-
enorlty to atone for sin and to grant
forgiveness. While the divine power
ana authority are thus shown, the wis
uoin and love of God are shown in
mat IN all cases the supernatural work
u Tor the good of the individual. A
rue miracle is never spectacular. 1t
y not merely a demonstration Of
power, but the working of power for
oeneiicent ends, the good of some one
in need
D. Relative Value of Physical Ills
,ad Moral and Spiritual Maladies
w. % Physical ills are tess serious
,"ah the sins which cause them. In
oealing with them we should follow
me example of Christ and first deal
with the cause.