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hand; and on consulting a physician, she found it was leprosy. Without breathing a word of it to any one, she bade her family and friends a cheerful goodbye and went straight back to that leper colony, where she took up her work among the outcasts. There was never an outcry, never a groan, not even a plea for sympathy. —F. D. Adams in Pearls for Preachers, by Hard. —j------ MEMORY VERSE: “Come thou with us, and we will do-thee good” (Num. 10:29). AIM: To teach thankfulness for the Lord’s goodness. . APPROACH: When Harold’s arm was broken, it hurt a great deal, but the doctor waS kind and gentle to him. (If possible, use some experience of a member of your own group.) Harold says he always will be thankful for good doctors who can help to make people i well and strong. Those who were healed by the Lord Jesus when he was here .on earth should have been even more thankful than that. Some of them were, but some of them were not. LESSON STORY: One of the thank- fUl ones was the mother in Peter’s home. When Jesus and four of His friends were on their way to Peter’s house, those friends told Him that this mother was very, very ill. When He got there, Jesus “ took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and imme diately the fever left her” (v. 31). She was well, that minute. How thankful she was! The Bible says that she arose and “ministered unto them.” Perhaps she went right to the kitchen to help prepáre a meal for Jesus and the others. The news spread quickly that this mother was well again, and that eve ning a great crowd gathered, for the people- brought to the Lord Jesus, there at Peter’s house, “ all that were diseased” (v. 32). “All the city was gathered together at the door!’ (v. 33). One after another, the Lord Jesus healed those poor people, just as He had healed the mother in Peter’s home. But the Bible does not tell us that there was even one of them who showed thanks to Jesus. They all for-, got. Have you forgotten to say “ thank you” to Him for His kindness to you? Object Lesson H ealing H earts OBJECTS: Seven paper hearts, 8 in ches wide, measuring 7 inches from At Peter's Door ' M ark 1 :29-34
the “L” in the middle. “FEVERISH” is printed on the fifth, with the “E” in the middle. The word “ DEAD” is printed on the sixth, with the “D” in the middle. No hole is cut below this word: The seventh heart has a slot %x4% inches, beginning % inch from the notch and running down 4% in ches toward the bottom. Color this heart red. When it is placed over the others, the word “H-E-A-L-E-D” will show through the slot.) LESSON: What sad-looking hearts these are which I have brought this morning! We will need six boys and girls to hold them for us. We read “HELPLESS,” “HOPELESS,” “DIS EASED,” “UNCLEAN,” "FEVERISH,” and “DEAD.” All have large, ugly holes in them. They remind me of the sad people whom the ’ Lord Jesus healed. On various occasions many kinds of diseases were healed by Him. We will bring these hearts together, showing how people were brought to Christ. [Stack hearts in the order men tioned, allowing each word to show, and hold firmly in that position.] As we place this red heart over the others, we will see what' Christ did for those who were afflicted. We read the word “HEALED.” How happy they must have been to be healed by Him! Outline and Exposition I. A nswering L egalism (2:23-26) y I A HE LAW said that no work should be done on the Sab- I bath day. The Pharisees inter preted, this r e s t r i c t i o n to mean that the *mere plucking of grains of wheat, and the rubbing of them in the hand, were a species of threshing, and therefore work. Thus they accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath law. To them, the performance of cere monial rites was Sabbath keeping. They would allow the hungry to go unfed, or a neighbor to die, rather than lift a hand to help on the Sab bath. Theirs was the very essence of legalism. But David was blameless when, be: cause of necessity, he did that which BLACKBOARD LESSON BLE55EDARE4E, UJHEA(TEAWALLREU1VE4CW. ino persecute dou Ano SHflU-Sfis ^LfnflnnER 3FEUILAQAinST 4Ct> FAlSE14,FOR.my SAKE fr»«TT.5:« *7H£smfi/s&rs— ,N TOOK CO i/W S£¿ i» A JV/W THF /X À . /VI StáAt * S 7 H // Í '
the bottom of the “V” to the upper notch, the total height of the heart being 8 inches, or larger if visibility requires. (On the first heart, 1 inch below the notch print the Word “HELP LESS,” placing the “H” in the middle of the heart. Cut just below this to within an inch of each side, and down to within an inch of the •point. This will leave a triangular opening. Above the word, cut several jagged holes. The second heart has the word “HOPE LESS,” with the “E” in the middle. This word is % of an inch lower than the first word. Cut below and above the word as directed for the first heart. On the third heart, print the word “DISEASED,” placing the “A” in the middle, and cut as directed. Each word is % of an inch lower than the previous one. The fourth heart has “UNCLEAN” printed on it, with Mark 2:23 And It came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the Sab bath day: and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears Of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful? . 25 And he said unto them, Have ye. never read what David did, when he had need, and was ahungered, he, and they that wer^ with him? 26 How h@ went Into the house of God In the days of Abiathar the high priest, ahd did eat the showbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27 And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man Is Lord also of the Sabbath. 3:1 And he entered again Into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he Would heal him on the Sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, is 'It law ful to do good on the Sabbath days, or to do evil? To save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as (the other. 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Hero- dians against him, how they might destroy him. * LESSON TEXT: Mk. 2:23 to 3:6. GOLDEN TEXT: “ Blessed áre ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake” (Matt. o:11). DEVOTIONAL READING: Psa. 37:1-9.
JANUARY 16, 1944 JESUS ANSWERS HIS CRITICS M ark 2:15 to 3:35
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