The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-01-13
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
BEGINNING A LIFE OF SERVICE
By HIGHT {. MOORE
By HIGHT {. MOORE

dereQ service IHLOuSH eIIiSnIen-
ment. The Great Teacher remem-
bered the sabbath day to keep it
holy. According to his custom
from childhood he attended serv-
ice in the synagogue which was
the appointed house of religious
instruction. Recognized as rab-
bi. and now with a Judean repu-
tation, he was invited to instruct
the people. When he began they
at once recognized the new voice
ringing with the accent of author
ity and not wavering with doubt
full disputations like the Scribes.
But while his hearers were being
charmed by his words of grace
and matchless bearing, there was
a rude intrusion.
EXPULSION SERVICE
Mark l:23-2S
Casting Out Evil: Jesus rem
dered service through expulsion
of an unclean spirit. In the syna-
gogue that sabbath morning there
was present a man whose body
was indwelt and dominated by an
evil spirit. The exact nature of
demoniacal possession, so fire.
uuent and terrible in those days,
has has not been determined, but
those possessed were most pitable
and were beyond the reach of
medical skill. In the spell of re-
ligious fervor aroused by the
Great Teacher a corresponding
activity asserted itself on the
side of evil. The unclean spirit
cried out through its victims
voice, REPRESENTING the world of
evil spirits, recognizing in Jesus
their ultimate destroyer, and re-
monstrating with him for prema-
ture punishment. True but I'M
willing and unwelcome testimony
was borne to Jesus as the Holy
One of God. Such a tribute from
such a source at this time would
not advance the cause of Jesus.
Sc he Silenced ard cast out the
demon which did not leave his
victim without a spaSm that tore
the flesh, and a shrek that was
unearthly. The audience. already
filled with wonder, at the teach
ing of Jesus, was now overwhelm-
ed with amazement. The hum of
pervaded the crowd
which almost instantly bracketed
together the teaching and the
power of Jesus. AS the people /,
from the synagogue
they scattered the news of the |
Teacher and Healer !
who had just come to Capernaum
to live. And his fame as on the
wings of the wind sped through
out the country.
HEED THE CALL TO SERVE
. (D Serve by Telling the Good
News of Salvation. "The gospel"
Jesus was the heart of his own
And that is the mes
sage entrusted to us. 1t is the
good news of salvation. Can we
improve upon it? Can we omit
it?
(2) Serve by Advancing the
Greatest Agency for Service.
"The kingdom of God" Every
Christian is a subject of the King
dom. God is sovereign in his life.
He has therefore ahead of him
the widest field and the highest
goal in the universe.
60 Serve by Showing and
Sharing the Spirit of Evangelism.
II will make you to become fish
ers of men," Fishing in the Sea
of Galilee was an honorable bust
ness. But fishing for men in the
sea of humanity is the greatest
work in the world. Catch the
spirit of the transforming Christ
and catch men for God.
(4) Serve by Giving Up All at
the Call of Christ, "They left the
nets-they left their father"
Christ comes first. His work
claims our highest and our best.
AT his word we must take up and
at his word we must lay down.
When he calls away we honor our
parents by leaving them for his
sake.
50 Serve by Observing and
Utilizing the Lords Day. "The
sabbath day" Man needs a sab
hath IaSuS chouad n, bou, ..