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LESSON 7.
LESSON 8.
Golden Text Mark 5:41.
Golden Text, Jno. 1:11.
v T h e r U l e r S h a t 6 d t h e L ° r d J e s u s ' b u t here we have one who worshipped Him. Matt. 9:18, a man who highly honored o u r L o r d b y Placing unfeigned faith in Him. "My daughter is even now dead but come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall live," Whence cometh being asked, "have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed on Him? Jno.
T h e I e s s o n f o r today is in marked con- trast with our lesson of last week. The one of great faith, this other of great
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His home coining. Nazareth where he was brought up, where He worked with bench; where He is supposed to have labored for the support of His mother carpenter
such faith as this, when the question is His earthly father at the
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^ 7:48, who is this man who can rise to at His humble trade. Here He had been such magnificent heights of faith and upon the street, here were the friends , say, "Come and lay your hand upon my of His youth and young manhood dead daughter and she shall live." How What human emotions must have refreshing in this twentieth century of thrilled Him as He treaded the streets doubt and unbelief to come in touch with and greeted His friends, a man whose faith is big enough to Then the picture of His Church going. bridge the chasm for such a mighty S r h a n g e d H i s custom; it is X Yn 4y«o rti^i T* • • ,, « ^ Sabbath and He resorts to the synagogue 18 I ° f ° U r Y l ? t h a t H e w i t h t h e People. Him standing could not work many mighty works with the scroll in His hand reading l e l i e f S I ^ T f . f ^ U f ; the Scripture the things concerning k belief, Matt. 13:58 but here he could Himself; picture Him teaching; watch ? Z 0 r \ m : e \ t y i n d e e d b e c a u s e the quiet assembly hanging w o n M s of the faith of a father All hands are matchless words and see them again 1 T n t w h a n d o f t h e t u r n e d i n t o ^ infuriated mob. These mother none like it. The assuring hand are his own people; this is His own m "f the family physician, the comforting word; the Holy Spirit is upon H ^ i a friend tat^l f t T h e y h a V e b e e n n e v e r man s p i ke H rti ? ' \ } n t b e d e e P e st distress of like Him and He, the carpenter's son the human heart there is one hand What has aroused the fierce enmity of M I E S S e ^ ed than all others. It is the these people? It is the application" of tent Ph r i li T S ^ " t h e S e r m o n ' T h e y will not accept Him, H ItLi/r 18 / ° n o us the carpenter's son as the Messiah; the^ « J f Z Z » * w „ 1S W ! t a k e ° U / w U 1 n o t c o n s e n t that their Messiah shall daily bread Wonderful hands, wound- have a message for the hated gentiles 4 t - b r u i s e d m ° u r behalf, lifted in Here we have the true picture of the ,J benediction or dropping blessings! human heart and here we face the ter- m H e , fi l l f e a ?r d h e a l t b l n t h e t o u c h r l b l e problem that confronts t s in the of His finger. How we long for Him to giving of the Gospel. They would have B i X ^ r l l a y t h ° S e h a D d S u p o n o u r heen willing to receive His a s ^ teacher joveu ones. b ut n o t a g t h e M e s s l a h P e o p l e a r e v e r y Here was a father with a heart-broken ready to accept the teaching of the Ser- request and here was the sympathizing mon on the Mount, but t h fy are qufck f v saviour with a heart felt response. He to reject and repudiate the story of arose and followed. The Creator of the Dives and Lazarus. They Hve on the . . J f C ° h m H S t h e S e r v a n t o i a picture of heaven and the consoling U w , ? b ° leve ® on Him with all his texts of scripture, but they hate the heart Is this not an illustration of that rebukes and warnings. They love to K « ^ a r e P ° S S i b l e t 0 h i m appropriate "In my father's housl are ma i oeiievetn m a ny m a n s i o n s j g 0 t o p r e p a re a place The Lord evicted the unbelieving for you," Jno. 14:2, but they will not X h e 1 Z e H e £ U C h e ? S » h a n d o f hear, "If any man love n o f the Lord ¡5® maid He would not havef them Jesus Christ let him be accursed the present but in the presence of the inner Lord cometh " I Cor 15 2 2 M^wii 1 ® b r o u S h t b a c k t lif e to the dead. J e s „ 8 is accepted by the masses as X 5 h ? n V h f T S t l m U l a t ® u s t o a l a r g c r t h e great teacher, but He is rejected faith in the purpose and power of the by the multitude both in and out of the Schools as the Lord Jesus Christ.
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