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THE NEWS, RECORD MARSHALL, N. C, JAM. 8, 1968 PAGE SIX r International Sunday School Lesson JANUARY 6, 1963 (These comments are bated n the International S. S Lesson Outline: copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education, USA, and used by permission.) JESUS PREPARES FOR HIS MINISTRY Memory Selection: "Because ho himself has suffered and been templed, he is able to help those ho are templed." (Hebrews 2:18) Lesson Text: Mark 1:1-13. The purpose if our study today is to introduce the Gospel of Mark and to consider the preparation that Jesus and others made for his ministry. In understanding any hook it is helpful to know something of its historical setting. This is espe cially true of the Book of Mark. The Book of Mark is not a bi ography, nor a history of Jesus of Naaareth. It is clearly and unapolo getically evangelistic in its em phasis and in its purpose. It is the good news of one who was thoroughly human but unmistak ably the Son of God. It is direct ed to those who were already Christians, but who were under persecution for their Christianity. They were distrubed by the mar tyrdom of the apostles Peter and Paul, and faced with imminent martyrdom themselves. Mark was written to demon strate to the Christian community in Home the power and purpose of Jesus Christ, whose own life and death and life after death is the only answer to suffering and dis con raged men. It is the "good news" of the strong Son of Go.l whose mighty deeds overcame the sinister forces which blocked and beset him and even put him to death. In an understanding of the purpose of the death of Jesus Christ, traced through the con densed account of his active min istry, revealed in his own life, and teachings, demonstrated in his in his death and vindicated in his resurrection, the Christian in the midst of his own crisis could find meaning and purpose, courage and spiritual resources. The introductory section of the Gospel of Mark, with which we aro concerned in this lesson, pre pare! us for the Galilean minis try. Here there were two Impor tant occurrences; John bap tiled Jesus, and Jesus faced tempta tion. Jesus' baptism introduced his public ministry. It identified him with John the Baptist's pro clamation that the kingdom of God was at hand. And it identifi ed Jesus with the sinful nation that was seeking God's forgive ness and grace. Jesus comes to where we are; he shares in our condition so that he can open the way for us to return to God. Again, the baptism was a time of vocational change for Jesus. He was now aware of a new task, and he undertook a new mission. The event of his baptism introduced this new work. Jesus was baptiz ed by John. John the Baptist was the transitional figure. He stood between the old age and the new. He was a part of the old coven ant; he looked forward to the coming of the Messiah; but he was unique, for to him was given the task of announcing that the new time had come. Jesus was baptized. And the revelation of the new age began -but with conflict. The tempta tions indicate the dimensions o f this conflict. In these temptations the nature of Jesus' messiahship was defined: Jesus would not be a political Messiah. He whs not to do the spectacular. He was to live faithfully by the word of commission he had heard. The temptation to tun stones into bread was a temptation for Jesus to prove to himself that he was the Messiah. Bat Jesus refused and stated that he must live by faith in the word of God which had been spoken to him. Then Jesus was told to jump from the top of the Temple, to prove to others that he was the Messiah. Do the unsual, the unexpected, the miraculous. But Jesus' refus al to do this meant that he would live among men and serve them as proof of his messiahship. And finally, Jesus was given the op portunity to rule the world. This was. a temptation to.be a politi cal messiah. But again Jesus re fused. He had come to minister, to serve, to give his life for ma ny. He must fulfill this role. Mark's Gospel is the story of God in man's history. God has identified himself with us; he has entered the struggle against evil in our history; and he has con quered the hostile forces. This account is the. gospel the good news. We are not alone in our world. We do not have to battle by ourselves against evil. God is with us. He has come to bring man into a living relationship with himself. w MEDITATION The World's Mod Widely Used Xb Upper Room Q TNI UPPIK ROOM NA5MVIUI I MM Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary. (Psalm 150:1.) When we were building a new church at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, an architect friend criticized the large porch. He said if it had been included in the sanctuary, it would have given seating capa city for at least another hundred people. We replied that the large porch was being made purposely so that the members of the congregation could greet friends there rather than inside the sanctuary. 0 u r aim was to create a tradition of reverence in the sanctuary itself So that everyone would under stand that when we speak in it we are worshiping God. This does not mean that we S A COMPLETE NEWSPAPER No longer nd you go further than the pages of your bMMtvspaper to find coir plefe nowspapor coving qf local and national events -or for entertaining comics and specia' re?,. Each week we carry complete local news coverage as well as terse comment on and national affairs and feature articles by America's foremost artists and writers. 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This farm will afford an industrious man an income of $150.00 per week. Price $37,000.00. 2 acre.s with 410 acre tobacco allotment, on pav ed road, large tobacco barn, 2-bedroom house with bin-fed stoker heat, basement, electric hot water heater, range, freezer, washing machine, bath, also large three-room house with bath and automatic oil heat, with two car garage. All this for only $J5, 000.00. Terms. R. Smith 40 South College St. Telephone 645-6086 Roatinq Fork News MRS. HUBERT PANGLE, Correspondent Dr. and Mrs. George Kimberly, Bess and George Jr., spent the holidays with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. David Kimberly of Bluff. Wilson Payne and Andy Moore visited Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Pan gle Sunday night. Sunday of last week Mrs. For ris Holt and Edna Ruth visited Mr. and Mrs. Burnett Holt of Shutin. Mr. and Mrs. Rochelle Parker, Jerry, Billy and Betty June had Christmas dinner with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Parker. Mrs. Carolina Pangle spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Cal lie Parker and Mrs. Fred Tran tham. R. V. Ebbs of Mars Hill visited Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Parker Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Allison visited Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gil lespie of Alexander Wednesday. Mr. and Mrsf Cecil Pangle and Ken spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gardin. Edna Ruth Holt and Jean Gati visited Marguerite Kimberly du ing the holidays. Mrs. Zelda Cummings and fam ily of S. C, spent Christmas with her sister, Mrs. Tisha Fowler. Mrs. Forris Holt and James Fowl er also had Christmas dinner with their mother. Mrs. Carolina Pangle, Gary and Stevie Frisbee visited Becky Wy att Saturday. Johnny Payne visited Charlie Wyatt Saturday. Mr. Harrison Brown, Mrs. Tisha Fowler and Mrs. Carolina Pangle and Shield Ann Fowler had din ner Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wyatt. Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Messer are visiting his mother, Mrs. Francis Kent at this time. Gary and Stevie Frisbee visited Freddy Trantham late Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gardin re turned home Saturday alt, spend ing a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gardin. may never smile in church. It does mean that we never forget that it is our Father's house, a place where we come to do the most important thing in life worship God. Prayer: O Father of all man kind, we aire grateful that Isaiah the prophet and Jesus Christ Thy Son called Thy house "a house of prayer for all nations." We bless Thee for the times that Thou hast met with us there. May we so reverence the place where we are accustomed to meeting with Thee that it shall be easy for others to find Thee, too. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen. Thought for the day: Our rev erence for God creates holy asso ciations with the everyday things of life. H. Ormonde McConnell (Haiti) INGROWN NAIL HURTING YOUT Relief I r dm of OUTQBO bring bland pau to m en mm Hubert B. Meadows Passes Saturday; Rites Monday Hubert B. Meadows, 57, of Rt. 1, Walnut, died in his home urday morning, Dec. 29, 196 ter a lengthy illness. Services were held at 2 n Monday in Barnard Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Hobert Bullman and the Rev. Walter Wilson officiated. Burial was in Walnut Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Gladys Ledford Meadows; three sons, Herbert of Rt. 4, Marshall, Braxton of Walnut and Ronnie of the home; two daughters, Miss Meba Jean Meadows of Asheville and Miss Sue Ann Meadows of the home; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mona West of Walnut; a brother, Dolman of Buffalo. S. C: and three sisters, Mrs. Allie Davis of Walnut, Mrs. Bertha Kent drum, S. C, and Mrs. Putnam of Buffalo, S. C. Bowman Funeral Home charge. 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