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FEBRUARY TO, 1918. LESSON VI. Mark 3 :7-19a. G olden T ext : “He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach.”—Mark 3:14.
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they should not make him known. 13 . And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 . And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 . And to have power to heal sick nesses, and to cast out devils: 16 . And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 . And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of. James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 . And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 . And Judas Iscariot, who also be trayed Him. Demons, or unclean Spirits (most of the professional “spirits” seem to be unclean) were as completely under His control as was disease. Our 1 Lord prohibited them testifying to His Deity. He wants the life back of the lips. How strange that professing Christians should meddle with spirits whom our Lord drove out of and away from men. No true Christian would fellowship with them, nor seek guidance from them. See God’s command, Ex. 22:18; Deut. 18:10; >Lev. . 19:31; 20 :6 ; Isa. 8 :19, 20. II. O u r Lord A ppointing His Apostles, vv. 13-19a. It was a most important matter, so our Lord spent the night before in prayer on Hunter. provided for His use. He called in no miraculous power to assist Himself. He was a man among men.
7 . But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great mul titude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, 8 . And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great mul titude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. 9 . And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 . For he had 'healed many¡ inso much that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. 11 . And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 . And he straitly charged them that B y J. H. Lesson Connection: Read Matt. 4:23-25. Though today’s lesson follows our last lesson with no intervening events recorded in Mark. It seems likely, however, that after healing the man with the. withered hand in the synagogue at Capernaum, our Lord went on a preaching tour throughout Galilee, returning to Capernaum. I. O u r Lord Healing th e People, vv. 7-12. This was a time of great popularity for our Lord. Notice the distances from which people came, not so much to hear His mes sage and to be blessed spiritually, as to be healed physically. The relative importance in the eyes of the crowd is the same today. It was the reports of what He had done that drew the people to Him. Has any one ever come to Jesus because of, or through, your testimony and altered life? He exercised judgment in having a boat
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