. .After SO yluioNgrowth and prepara
tion* Jesus cSm® the time to start His
JP^bUc ministry. Ilrk wastes no time, in
jteuing how Jjguapjlown to business with
L Think abqty fcfc important the starting
Stefi is to any erfprise. In a race, he who
stiy^S too soon disqualified (2 Timothy
2: w - - fcfe wnioflMb too late seldom wins.
RafeA mu^bdppared to start at the
Jesus began jTipinistry when He was
fu|ly prepared tqart. As rabbis generally,
He beganjpreacig and leaching when lie—
was aboutSOyMoi age (Luke 3:23), after
- gaining inatiinRend thorough acquain
tance with tiieAptures.
J^us’ministr® me to vigorous birth in
due time, seemtiie purpose for which
God sent Him illhe world.
LESSOHkCKGROUND
. .Mark’s accoudf the “beginning of the
gospel of Jesuh uist” (1:1) takes up the
point where Hisdman readers would be
- most concernedBth the mighty works of
JesUg’ Public nfetry. For some 30 years
before, this, hover, Jesus had prepared
for that ministnrj
The writipglLflisephtis, as well as the
Gospels, draifl fascinating picture of
Jesus’ Galilee, png West of the Jordan
River* and theja that bears its name,
Galilee was a busy, thriving area, in
tensely cultiv^faid dotted with populous
villages. Pottemeaving and glass manu
facture, as wells fishing, trading and
farming, kept it eople busy. Its population
at that'timehas en estimated at some two
million, in sbnu o villages within an areas
comparable tp fyof Ohio’s, larger coun
ties. The synagbes were surely numerous
and well attempt
(Mark -I:**) “The right time has
come,” he saidjand the Kingdom of God is
near! Turn awakrom your sins and believe
the Good Newsf ^
A As JesiuTweif along the shore of
Galilee, He saywo fishermen, Simon and
his brother Andav, catching fish with a net..
Luke 5:1-lijp of Jesus’ preaching that
day from the flprmen’s boat to a crowd on
the shore. AIrward, He directed the
brothers into cphing a double load of fish.
-This was nnf-4 first tfme Jesus had met
these fnenEaa in Judea, where John The
Baptist was pfthing, Andrew had become
acquainted wl jesusa and had brought
Simon JPetapp meet the Lord, (John
p: 35-42). TheJrwo may have been among
;the disciplesaf. Jesus, sharing in His
preaching ambaptizing in Judea (John
3:22); but til*had not yet become His
full-time follArs. Many of God’s notable
servants havfceen approached at their
work and cad to the Lord's work. Moses
•was followvb the sheep; Gideon was
•threshing grfc; Amos was working as a
shepherd-farfcr. Prov. 22:29 says,
'‘Seest thou I man diligent in his busi
less? He shallland before kings.” He may
ivefn be caflefo stand in the service of the
tarai-.. . .1..
) Jesus and his disciples
of Capernaum, and on the
went to the synagogue
. The people whoheadu
at the way He ' aught, for
teachers of the Law;
rith authority
' «• . 4 • 9 -
_ ipal fishing vil
shore of the Sea of
’ this time that Jesus left
y to dwell In Caper
4tl3). Upon His artival
id establishing Hims&f as
place was the synagogue,
iqet for worship and for
. The time was the
appointed for rtftt and
. Jesus’ presence
was a well-established
).« was also customary
in the synagogues to invite
to address the assembly
Luke 4:6*30 provides a
teaching on such an
we/Thave the
pate in
message
Our
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| Along The Campaign TmU Martfc 11-4 CHARLOTTE ¥* *•» *
r
Image Improves Among Gvil Rights Grouns
By Karen Parker,
Post Staff Writer
..If there’s anyone who
doesn’t know about Char
lotte’s Harvey Gantt, the
chances likely are they’ll
see him pictured with 248
black mayors on the 1984
8S Salute to the Mayors
Calendar.
According to Arthur Sny
der, president of Univer
sity Marketing Systems,
more than 30,000 of the
17-inch by 22-inch calen
dars have been sold. “This
calendar offers the general
public educational in
sight to the collective
achievements blacks have
made in city government,”
Snyder pointed out.
..When a national magcF
zine staff critiqued the
Reagan Administration, it
described Samuel Pierce,
director of the Department
—at- Hmreinp anri Ilrhnp
velopment (HUD) as
“Silent Sam.”
“Silent Sam has cut the
staff and spending of HUD.
That hasn’t endeared him
to urban groups," the ar
ticle stated. The staff did
note that Pierce has man
aged to save key block
grant programs. According
to the article, Pierce’s
image among civil rights
groups improved after
Coretta Scott King present
ed him with a civil rights
award.
..Sarah Stevenson’s cam
paign will really start to
swing March 8,8 p.m., at a
disco fundraiser to be held
Samuel Pierce
.HUD Director
in the Excelsior Club.
Project committee chair
man, Thomas Green, ex
plained the $2 donation is
—payable at-the door_
While Betty Ann Knudsen |
is campaigning for Secre-!
tary of State, she .will also I
be serving as campaign I
coordinator for Democra-.|
~~ti6 Candidau; for guvth nur, -
Tom Gilmore.
“Tom Gilmore is the one
candidate who has the
proven record of support
for education, environ
mental issues, human pro
grams and women’s con
cerns,’’ Knudsen stated.
Duke Power has filed
another application with
the N.C. Utilities Com
mission for rights to in
crease electric rates. You
can expect John Ingram to
become quite vocal during
this time. Insurance Com
missioner Ingram, now
campaigning for governor,
is calling for an elected
Betty Ann Knudsen
.Supports Gilmore
Utilities Commission
rather than one appointed
by the governor.
“The people are fed up
wiitLan appointed Utilities
Sarah Stevenson
...School Board candidate
Commission; they want a
Utilities Commission which
is directly responsible to
the citizens of North Caro
lina.” Ingram stated. A
public hearing about the
rates will be held in the
County Commissioner’s
Board Room at 7 p.m.,
March 21.
County Commissioners
will also hold a public
hearing March 5 at 10:30
a.m.. to discuss two noise
control ordinances drafted
by Attorney Marvin
Bethune
.. If you’re Baptist, you can
bet the members of the
N.C. Independent Baptist
Fellowship wilt make an
appeal to you to vote for Lt.
Gov. Jimmy Green for
governor. The NCIF en
dorsed Green earlier this
month.
. .Senator Bob Jordan in
troduced legislation to the
Department of Cultural Re
sources which resulted in a
medal for North Carolin
ians who died in combat to
be placed in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery. “North
Carolina had no medal for
our war dead in the ce
metery.” Jordan stated.
He pointed out his wife.
confronted him with the
matter, and he “could not.
let it continue to drag on, so
he introduced the legisla
tion.” Jordan is a Demo^
~tt—
Governor.
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