The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-26
improved Uniform International
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' Lesson '
(By REV. p. 3. FITZWATER, DID, Dean
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago)
% 1928. Western Newspaper Union)
Lesson for. January 20
THE GROWING FAME OF JESUS

THE GROWING FAME OF JESUS
LESSON TEXT-Mark 3:7-12; $50
Sc.
GOLDEN TENT-"The common peo-
pie heard him gladly"
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus Followed
by Crowds of People.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Growing Fame
of Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Why the People Followed Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-The Secret of Jesus Fame.
|. Jesus Ministering by the Sea
(3:7-12).
l. Why He withdrew. 1t was be-
cause of the murderous plotting of the
Pharisees against His life. So violent
was their hatred against Him that
they conspired with the flerodians,
whom they regarded as traitors to
their nation and country, to put Him
to death. Their opposition was
aroused when Jesus claimed to have
power on earth to forgive sins Gao.
with publicans and sinners (2:16).
and was famed into a violent flame
when He set at nought their false
interpretations of the Sabbath law
(2:23-2S). Criticism and harshness
causes Jesus today to withdraw from
our presence.
2. To whom He ministered wv.
7.S.)
A great multitude, representing a
wide stretch of territory. They came
from Jerusalem and Idumaea on the
south, from beyond Jordan on the
east, and from Tyre and Sidon on the
northwest. Jesus was the magnetic
attraction-the hero of the hour. The
interest of the whole country centered
in Him.
3. The result wv. 9-12).
ID So great was the pressure that
lives seemed endangered by the
thronging of the multitudes. Some
came out of curiosity when they
heard what great things he did,
". 81. Others came for physical ben
eft, to be healed of their diseases.
To escape from the throng He ordered
the disciples to secure little boat
for Him.
(2) The unclean spirits Frustrated
themselves before Him wv. IL, ~,
They confessed Him as the Son of
God. They had no doubt about His
deity. This testimony He refused to
receive because (a) the time for His
declaration was not yet ripe. (b) They
were not the beings to make Hin
known. He would not receive tribute
from such a source. He would be
proclaimed only by those who loved
and honored Him.
Il. Jesus Minstering at Gennesaret
&c 1850.
/. Jesus recognized ". 54). The
people quickly recognized Him because
they had witnessed His mighty works.
The feeding of the 5000 was doubt
less still in their minds. Perhaps
many of them had witnessed His
works in Capernaum and nearby
places. They had doubtless heard Him
teach also. He was recognized wher-
ever He went. When He rules in the
lives of believers today, those who
come into touch with them recognize
the fact. They take knowledge of
them that they have been with Jesus
(Acts 4:13).
2. The people ran to see Jesus
". 55). They did not go about this
in a half-hearted way. Those who
really come into touch with the Lord
Jesus Christ have called forth from
them unusual energy. The degree OF
reality of our contact with Him is ex-
pressed by our enthusiasm.
3. They searched the whole region
for those in need ". 55).
Those who were found to be sick
and in need were carried in beds TO
Jesus. Those who have come to know
Christ will go about earnestly seeking
for the lost to bring them to Christ
1t matters not what effort is required
4. They were made whole by His
touch ". So. The only touch which
is needed for the healing of the hui
man soul is that of faith. When the
individual is brought into touch with
Him by vital and living faith, sin is
yanquished and sickness and death
lose their power.