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Lesson for October 26
THE SHILLING OF THE STORM


LESSON TEXT-AIark 4s5-41
GOLDEN TEXT-What manner Of
man Is this, that even the wind and the
sea obey Him?-Mark i:4l.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Story of 4 Great
Storm
JUNIOR ToPIC-Jesus stills the
Tempest.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TCPlC-The Power of Jesus over Ma
ture.
YOUNG PEOPLE. AND ADULT
TOPlC-How to Meet the Storms of
Life.
Jesus was great Teacher, as was
shown in the parable of last lesson,
| Dut Marks aim was to show Him rs
the Divine Servant doing mighty
deeds Hence after the parallels are
/ presented deeds which show Him to
be the master of the forces of nature,
demons. diseases and death. His mas
terry of the forces of nature Is the
particular deed shown in this lesson.
I. Jesus and the Disciples Crossing
the Sea wv. 30. 3G)
Weary with the teaching of the day,
He proposes that they take ship to
| the other side of the sea- the aim
| doubtless being to escape the crush
of the multitude. They did not de-
lay. for they took Him even as He
was in the ship"
II. overtaken by Storm ". 80.
Storms were frequent on Galilee,
but this was an unusual storm. 1t
| wnS n furinus tpppaSt cn praot tb,t
| the waves beat into the ship so that
it was full. Even though Jesus was
In the boat with the disciples they
were overtalien by storm To fol-
| low Christ does not necessarily mean
smooth sailing or cloudess skies. In
deed, it rather implies that we will
have to encounter storms However,
those who have Christ on their boat
cannot sink.
III. Jesus Himself In the Storm.
Tossed Boat ". 3S).
The day had been very strenuous
one and He was weary. In the midst
of the turbulent elements He was
resting in sleep. He who made the
sea could well lie down and sleep
His being asleep did not Indicate that
He was Indifferent to the need of His
disciples.
~. The Terrified Disciples ". 3S).
In their minds nothing but disaster
and death awaited them. There was
absolutely no danger for no boat can
go down regardless of the violence
| np hn stn which hoe briS
board The disciples were not only
terrified but they chded Him for
sleeping while they were in such
great danger. 1t was all right for
them to come to Him for help but it
was presumptuOus on their part to
make demand upon Him.
V. Christ's Rebuke wv. 80, 4O).
He arose and rebuked the wind
Unless we see Him as the GodMan
we will be perpleyed, for we see a
human being sleeping because of ex-
haustion and then we hear the divine
voice of the Creator and Ruler of the
universe. He who was asleep has
power to rebuke and calm the raging
elements.
| 1. lHc W lll w. D1l. Sii'"NN
that He had power over the elements
of nature for Mt His command the
wind ceased and there was great
calm.
.. The Disciples for Their Lack OF
Faith ". 40). They were looking
upon their circumstances instead of
upon their Lord. For all the disciples
had seen and heard they should have
been without fear in the company of
Jesus. Let us learn to trust Him for
He has power over all things.
vi. The Effect Upon the Disciples
". ~.
They were filed with great fear
A little while ago they were afraid in
the face of storm. Now they are
afraid in the presence of the Lord
Frequently marvellous deliverances by
the Lord so affect Gods children that
they are more alarmed over the pres
ence Of a divine being than they are
bv the threatening perils. Let MS see
that standing in our midst.though un-
seen today is our Lord and that
DESPITE the raging of the storms we
can hear His voice of peace.