The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-11-15


pie from all parts of the world
will be welcomed to share the
blessings of Gods salvation if
they are willing to accept
Gods terms and live accord
ing to his will. but the chill
dren of the kingdom shall be
cast out into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and
crashing of teeth - The chill
dren of the kingdom are the
Jews who were of the promise,
but they forfeited their right
to the kingdom by rejecting
Christ. "And Jesus said unto
the centurion, Go thy way; and
as thou hast believed, so be
it done unto thee. And his
servant was healed in the self
same hour" Jesus did not
speak empty words; every
thing he said was backed up
by reality and actuality. When
Jesus said that the faith of the
centurion surpassed that which
he had found in Israel, he
backed up his appraisal by
telling the centurion to go his
way and share the result of his
own faith.
PETERS MOTHER-IN-LAW
HEALED:
"And when Jesus was come
into Peters house, he saw his
wife's mother laid and sick of
fever" Peters home ac-
cording to Matthew 8:14, was
in Capernaum and his wife's
mother lived with them. Peter
was married, yet the Roman
church designates him as head
and first pope of the Church
in Rome, However, Catholic
priests are not allowed to be
married, like Peter was. We do
not know whether Peter took
Jesus with him home for the
specific purpose of getting him
to heal the mother-in-law, or
simply on the basis of hospi-
tally. "And he touched her
hand, and the fever, left her:
and she arose, and ministered
unto them" - The healing
which Jesus did was immedi-
ately effective, for as soon as
he had touched the woman,
she arose and served the
group. Perhaps meal was
prepared for Jesus and for
those with him. The same i'm
mediate effect occurred in the
case of the healing of the CEN
turion's servant, he recovered
in the same hour.
JESUS CURES DIVERS
AFFECTIONS:
when the evening was
come, they brought unto him
many that were possessed with
devils: and he cast out the
spirits with his word, and
healed all that were sick" :.
The fame of Jesus as a heal
er had spread by this time,
and the people brought to him
the afflicted people of their
communities in order that he
might heal them. We are told
that he healed all who came
to him and would not allow
the devils to talk, because they
knew him.
''That it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by Esaias
the prophet, saying, Himself
took our infirmities, and bare
our sickness" 1t is char
acteristic of Matthew to au-
thenticate the Messiahship, of
Jesus by questions from the
prophets, especially from Isai-
ah. Here the writer quotes
from Isaiah 1914, a passage
from the Suffering Servant as
the spiritual affiliations of
people, and bore them.
PRACTICAL POINTS ON
THE LESSON:
Christ became a mission
airy, p e a c h e r, evangel-
ist, teacher and healer. He did
not wait for men to come to
Him, but He went forth from
city to city and village to viii
lage, offering health and saliva
ton freely to all men. His min
istry was threefold. He preach
ed the gospel of the kingdom
to all men, He healed the sick,
and He taught the disciples.
1t was prophesied that He
would preach the gospel to the
poor. Since Christ came into
the world as the Saviour of
sinners. He was greatly con-
cerned for mans body and also
his soul.
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