The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-25
Lesson: Luke Al GA.

! Printed Text: Luke 4-l6-3U.
GOLDEN TExT.-'The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me, because
he hath appointed me to preach
the Gospel to the poor; he hath
cent me to heal the brokcnheartcd,
TO preach dcliverance to the cap
lives, ard recovering of sight TO
the Blind, TO set a liberty them
that are bruised, to preach the ac-
ceptable year of the Lord. Lux
Ais, 10.
! STUDYING Tx LESSON
By Johr c. Siier, d. D.
! Tho Inst two verses OF our chap
ter sum up its content and nitro
duce two important ideas. and
also give us an insight into the
program of Jesus. But he said
unto them, | must preach the good
| tidings of the Kingdom Of God to
the other cities also: for therefore
was / sent. And He was preaching
| in the synagogues of Galilee."
l. The Importance of Preach
inr.-Jesus believed in the value
of preaching. 1t was part OF His
program and method Of work. He
| told His home folks in Nazareth
/ that He had come to preach the
acceptable year Of the Lord. God
had prepared the way for Christ
ian preaching by The prevalence
of preaching in the synagogue
! service. The preparation for the
GOSPEL message has been too OF
ten overlooked. 1t was the preach
ing part Of the synagogue service
! that gave Jesus and the apostles
their opportunity to begin their
ministries. 1t is we'll for US to
understand that when they preach
ed in the synagogues they did not
feel that they were preaching any
truth foreign to the Hebrew re-
lie,ion. The Christian religion has
/ its roots in the Old Testament. At
Nazareth Jesus preached the truth
/ taught in the passage from Isaiah.
;, Because the Jewish preachers had
failed to discover it was no rea-
son for Jesus keeping silent.
Jesus did much preaching in the
course of his ministry. and by 1t
reached the hearts OF the multi
: tudes. There must have been
something tremendously vital in
| the preaching of Jesus. He spoke
out of an authority OF an inner
life, for all true preaching springs
from within. Jesus had sounded
/ the depths Of spiritual life, and
/ knew Heavenly things; from His
! divine knowledge there came a
/ message glowing with the love OF
/ God. The word has not Outgrown
real preaching and never will. De-
spite the demand for the short
sermon. it is noticeable that when
a message from a burning heart
comes the hearers are not sensible
! to time. it is real heart preaching
! that the time is in reality demand
ing. There will always be some
thing in human experience and in
the human personality that gives
to truth a living force. Radio
preaching has its place and value,
but it can never Supplant the liv-
ing voice and the personal pres
ence of the preacher.
3 2. The Kingdom Of God.-We
pause but 4 moment at this point
to consider this most important
| subject. The Kingdom of God was
the theme of Jesus preaching,
and should be the theme of all
preaching. 1t is a broad and ex-
pansive subject that has to do
with mans relation to God and
Gods relation to man. The King
dom of God means the rule of
God in the hearts and the lives
of men, and in human society
Jesus both taught us to pray for
the Kingdoms coming and de-
fined it in the petition of the
Lords prayer: "Thy kingdom