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SABBATH HELPS.
[After several requests, we have
consented to give in each issue of
our paper an exposition of the
Sabbath school lessons' for the
next Sunday. We shall gather
these comments from various
sources, and shall try to keep in
mind always our determination to
make them as thorough and re¬
liable as possible. We hope that
they may encourage a great many
in studying the scriptures, and in
that way accomplish some good.]
This js the sixth comment on
the Sabbath lessons we have pub¬
lished. It is our determination
to improve from timefto time these
explanations, gathered but little from regard vav-i
OUB sources with
to cost or trouble, until they are
epual to any published, except
those. In publications specially
devoted to Sunday school work.
Lesson for March.3rd 1889.
Subject of Lesson —“Jesus the
Messiah.”
Gqlden Text—“W hosoever will
come after me, let him deny him¬
self, and take up his cross and fol¬
low mo."
Time— Summer of A. D. 29, sev¬
eral mouths, after last lesson, dur¬
ing the third year of Jesus' minis¬
try,
Plage —On tho way from the
Sea of Galilee to Cesarea Philippi,
a city about four , miles east of
Dan, the most northerly town of
Palestine proper.
Scripture Text—M ark 8:27
27. And Jesus went out, and his
disciples, into tlio town of Cesarea
Philippi: disciples, and by the way he asked
his Whom saying unto them,
do men say that 1 am? 28.
And tist; they but answered, John Elias; the Bap¬ and
some say,
others, One of the prophets. 29.
And he suitli unto thorn, But
whom say ye that 1 am? And Pe
ter nnswereth and saith unto him,
Thou art the Christ. 30. And he
charged of them that they should tell
no limn him. 31. And lie bo-|
gan to teach them, that the Hon'of
man must suffer many things, and
be rejected of the elders, and of
the chief priests, and scribes, and
be,killed, and And after three days rise
again. 32. he spake that
him, saying openly. began And rebuke Peter him. took
and to
* 33. But when ho had turned
about and looked on saying, his disciples,
he rebuked Peter, Get thee
behind me, Satan: for thou savour
est not the things that be of God,
but the things that be of men.
34. And when he had called the
people unto him with his duseiples
also, will. he said unto after them, AY howev¬
er come me, let him
deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow me, .35. For
whosoever will save his life shall
lose it; but whosoever aimfPng. shall lose
liiU|ifo‘for pel tho hiy“sabe shall it. gos¬ 36.
8 , same save
For "what shall it profit a man, if
he shall gain tho whole world, and.
lose his own soul? 37. Or what
shall a man give in exchange for
his soul? 38. AYhosoever there¬
fore shall be ashamed of me and
of my words in this adulterous
and sinful generation; of him also
shall the Sou of man be ashamed,
u h. u lie comoth in the glory of
h i Gnd
Isay unto them you, that That stand there here, be
some of
wltieh shall not taste of death, ud
they have seen the kingdom ol
God come with power.
Review and connection. I"
our last lessou we learned how
Christ went to his own
the neighborhood of
and there taught iu the syna
gogiies; liow he sent out his disci
pies two and two to
throughout should, repent; GgJilae
and liow alter
death of John the Ihiptisy tim
Apostles -returned to Jpsttnf* Be
tween that time and the present
lesson, several important events
occurred. 1 hey sought a desert
place to refitKrrl;Bs (lie Sea*ofGal
l,at people lull on foot and
.beat teem tliere. had
rassien on them, an*, fed
people with 5 loaves and 2 fishes'
He s«!itf|hp \?h|lje {KsfexpleB jhe^djpi^4»e<| ^iclc, ajboss
the like,? tihe
multitade and ^ent apart to jqmy
In the night the wind blew so hard
that the disciples became exhaus
ted throwing hgainst it, and
seeing Jesus walking upon the
water, they were afraid and cried
out. He replied, “Be of good
cheer: it is T; be not afraid.” Pe
ter started to walk on the w ater to
Jesus; but seeing the waves, be
came frightened and began to sink,
.1 esus reached out his hand and
saved Peter, and they go into the
ship. When Jesus came to land
they kne# him, and brought their
sick, and he healed all that touch¬
ed his clothes. He encounters
the Pharisees; healed the daugh¬
ter of Byrophenician woman; re¬
turns through Decapods; healed
a deaf and dumb man; fed 4000
persons with seven loaves and a
few fishes; and healed a blind
man.
Explanatory. V. 27. “And Je¬
sus went out;” that is, from Beth
saida and Sea of Galilee, still
hunting quiet and an opportunity
to tench his disciples more about
himself and his kingdom. “Towns
of Cesarea Philippi,” means
villages roundabout Cesarea Pliil
a more important city.
While on the road lie asked his
disciples who men said he was;
not for information, but perhaps
to draw out their faith.
v. 28, “And they answered John
the Baptist;” that is John risen
from tlio doad. The language
seems to indicate that the majori¬
ty of people thought tliht he was
John the Baptist risen from the
dead. Elias is the Greek form
of the word Elijah.
v. 29. “But whom (who) say ye
that I am?” This question is put
very emphatically to the apostles,
anil to all of them. Peter answers
as their spokesman, as he frequent¬
ly did, And said “Thou art the
Christ,” and Matt adds “the Son
of the living God.” Then follows
what is omitted in Mark, the com¬
mendation of Peter for the
strength of his faith and prompt¬
ness of confession, in which Jesus
s*iid “Thou art Peter, and upon
this pock I will build my church
ajid the gates of hell shall not pre¬
vail against it.” This is omitted
ill Mark because the writer re¬
ceived most of his gospel from
Peter. Some go so far as to be¬
lieve that Peter dictated the whole
gospel of Mark. This commenda¬
tory statement to Peter has been
the subject of much contention in
the church. Wo do not seo any
necessity for cavil. YVe believe
that the “rock” in this passage re¬
fers to Peter—to Peter as spokes¬
man for the twelve,—they all said
that Jesus was the Christ.© The
figure here used is that a building
which is to stand long must be
built upon a firm and lasting
foundation. Nothing is firmer or
more durable than a rock. The
apostles are here complimented
as being* just that kind of material
and that on them was to be built
the new Zion—the new admiuis
t-ration,—Christ himself being the
chief corner stone. There is an
important sense in which the
apostles were the foundation of
the Christian church; and in our
opinion, this is what is meant in
the passage under discussion.
\Ye believe that substantially the
same thought is expressed in Rev.
xxi. 14—20. The reader will
please examine. Christ knew Pe
tor, and did not mean to attribute
*■* R< ff T’f Hie others tl,a ‘ a^so. “
Dae 33 verse leaves that point
clear,
v. 30. He did not wish ihem to
proclaim him the Messiah because
( 1 ) his time had not come; ( 2 ) the
disciples were not fully prepared;
( 3 ; wanted no revolt against
tho Romish government,
v. 31. “He began to teach them
Hon of man must suffer,’*
It seems that now for the
time he told them that he was
to suffer much, and die des
pised by his own nation. This
Was great supprisc to his
who still thought that the Messiah
was to be a temporal deliverer as
well as spiritual. 'Even "the
nbuiieemeni that after three
lie should rise again; did not sat
isfv them.
v. 32. So Peter, we are told in
tms \*|i' 6 e,tooK ms Master asiae
and rebuked him for talking so.
y. 33. But when Jesus had giv
eni his disciples a significant look
“he rebuked Peter, saying, Get
thee behind me, Satan.” Not that
Peter was really Satan; for he was
still one of the foundations on
which the church was to be built;
but because he in doing that
wasprompted by a worldly passion
that had its origin from the great
adversary. This is clear from the
two last lines in this verse. “Sa
vourest” in new version is “mind
est.”
v. 34. “When he had called the
people unto him:” for he had
something now to tell which he
wished all men to know, namely,
what it w r ould cost to be a Christi¬
an. Whosoever will come after
me,” is clearer to read, Whosoever
wills to come after me.
“Let him deny himself,” means
to renounce self as master and
take Christ; and is a rebuke to ( 1 )
self-will, (2) to self-indulgence (3)
self-righteousness. It is forsak¬
ing everything wrong in self.
v. 35. 36. 37. “For whosoever
will (willeth to) save his life shall
lose it;” that is, those who put
their whole effort after things of
this life, shall lose the life beyond
the grave; but whosoev.er shall
lose sight of liis life here in honest
effort to spread the gospel in the
service of his master, shall gain
that eternal life, compared to
which the life we now live is as
nothing. “For what shall it prof¬
it a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul?”
“Or what shall (should) a man
give in exchange for his soul?”
Nothing: the eternal suffering of a
lost soul in hell is too great a loss
to be compared with any earthly
gain.
v. 38. This continues the same
thought in a little different color¬
ing. Christ was about to become
unpopular among that sinful peo¬
ple. They should not be discour¬
aged, or be ashamed of the Mas¬
ter, for in the day of judgment
he would come in the glory ol his
Father with the holy angels.
v. 1. And to encourage them he
adds that there was some present
who should not die till they had
seen the kingdom of God come
with power. This they saw on the
day of Pentecost; and some lived
to seo the gospel preached
throughout the known world. *'
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on the so, h iay "t
ruary 1889 at my office. « ?
This Jan. the 25th 1889.
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GEORGIA, Rockda'e county—
To all whom it applied
Helms has in due.form A 1
signed for permanent letter, nf m
tion on the estate cd'
said county deceased, and I will" ’ Me
1889. said application G iven under on the first MoBdavTu" officials^ 1 *
my hand and
This Jan. 2Stb 1889.
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Gee To has, all whom in due it form, may concern; \vw.„ cS j
Ordinary applied to the
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and I will
said application on the First Monday
1889. This January v.
31, 1889
0, Seamans, Ordt nary,
ROCKDALE SHERIFF SALK
Will be sold before the court house door i
Rockdale county, on the first Tuesday ]
title March, and next, remainder one sixth interest of th« undivided rlhi
of llobt J iv
in hundred and to and the sixty-seven following lands, to'.*], 8
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in the south-west corner d
said ying lot and 338; being and, in also, ten acres, more or iej ol
the north-west comer
lot No. 353. All of said lands being in tu
Sixteenth district of said county; said righfl
and interest to be sold, being that given ti
iiiin, said Robt. J. by Benj, F. Cair, in a dee
of his to John T. Henderson as trustee id
Mrs. M- B. Carr, dated Aug. 29, 1873, and «
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