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The Lord’s Teaching Bringing Light

The Lord's Teaching Bringing Light

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Mark 1:21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately, on
the Sabbath, He entered into the synagogue and taught. 22
And they were astounded at His teaching, for He taught them as
One having authority and not like the scribes.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the synagogue, the Lord Jesus taught the people with
authority. Man's fall into sin broke his fellowship with God.
As a result, man became ignorant of the knowledge of God. Such
ignorance issued first in darkness and then in death. The
Slave-Savior, as the light of the world (John 8:12; 9:5), came
to Galilee, the land of darkness, where people were sitting in
the shadow of death, and He came as a great light to shine
upon them (Matt. 4:12-16). His teaching released the word of
light to enlighten those in the darkness of death so that they
might receive the light of life (John 1:4). We have already
seen that the first thing the Slave-Savior did in His service
was to preach the gospel. Now the second thing the Slave of
God as the Slave-Savior to fallen men did in His service was
to carry out such teaching to bring people out of satanic
darkness into the divine light (Acts 26:18).

It was of God's sovereignty that the Lord Jesus was raised in
the region of Galilee and also that He began His preaching and
teaching not from Judea, but from Galilee. According to the
biblical record, Galilee was not only a despised region, but
was also a place of darkness. Concerning this, Matthew 4:15-16
says, "Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, way of the sea
beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: The people sitting
in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a
region and shadow of death, to them light sprang up." This
indicates that when the Lord Jesus walked through Galilee, He
was a great light shining in the darkness and shining upon the
people sitting in the region and shadow of death. In
particular, the teaching of the Slave-Savior was the shining
of a great light. Every word that issued out of His mouth was
an enlightening word. Therefore, while He was teaching the
people, the light was shining upon them. In this way the
people in darkness were enlightened by the Lord's teaching.

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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the
Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Mark, pp. 52. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

MORNING:

"The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron."
-- 2 Samuel 15:23

David passed that gloomy brook when flying with his mourning company
from his traitor son. The man after God's own heart was not exempt from
trouble, nay, his life was full of it. He was both the Lord's Anointed,
and the Lord's Afflicted. Why then should we expect to escape? At
sorrow's gates the noblest of our race have waited with ashes on their
heads, wherefore then should we complain as though some strange thing
had happened unto us?

The KING of kings himself was not favoured with a more cheerful or
royal road. He passed over the filthy ditch of Kidron, through which
the filth of Jerusalem flowed. God had one Son without sin, but not a
single child without the rod. It is a great joy to believe that Jesus
has been tempted in all points like as we are. What is our Kidron this
morning? Is it a faithless friend, a sad bereavement, a slanderous
reproach, a dark foreboding? The King has passed over all these. Is it
bodily pain, poverty, persecution, or contempt? Over each of these
Kidrons the King has gone before us. "In all our afflictions he was
afflicted." The idea of strangeness in our trials must be banished at
once and for ever, for he who is the Head of all saints, knows by
experience the grief which we think so peculiar. All the citizens of
Zion must be free of the Honourable Company of Mourners, of which the
Prince Immanuel is Head and Captain.

Notwithstanding the abasement of David, he yet returned in triumph to
his city, and David's Lord arose victorious from the grave; let us then
be of good courage, for we also shall win the day. We shall yet with
joy draw water out of the wells of salvation, though now for a season
we have to pass by the noxious streams of sin and sorrow. Courage,
soldiers of the Cross, the King himself triumphed after going over
Kidron, and so shall you.

EVENING:

"Who healeth all thy diseases."
-- Psalms 103:3

Humbling as is the statement, yet the fact is certain, that we are all
more or less suffering under the disease of sin. What a comfort to know
that we have a great Physician who is both able and willing to heal us!
Let us think of him awhile to-night. His cures are very speedy-there is
life in a look at him; his cures are radical-he strikes at the centre
of the disease; and hence, his cures are sure and certain. He never
fails, and the disease never returns. There is no relapse where Christ
heals; no fear that his patients should be merely patched up for a
season, he makes new men of them: a new heart also does he give them,
and a right spirit does he put with them. He is well skilled in all
diseases. Physicians generally have some speciality. Although they may
know a little about almost all our pains and ills, there is usually one
disease which they have studied above all others; but Jesus Christ is
thoroughly acquainted with the whole of human nature. He is as much at
home with one sinner as with another, and never yet did he meet with an
out-of-the-way case that was difficult to him. He has had extraordinary
complications of strange diseases to deal with, but he has known
exactly with one glance of his eye how to treat the patient. He is the
only universal doctor; and the medicine he gives is the only true
catholicon, healing in every instance. Whatever our spiritual malady
may be, we should apply at once to this Divine Physician. There is no
brokenness of heart which Jesus cannot bind up. "His blood cleanseth
from all sin." We have but to think of the myriads who have been
delivered from all sorts of diseases through the power and virtue of
his touch, and we shall joyfully put ourselves in his hands. We trust
him, and sin dies; we love him, and grace lives; we wait for him and
grace is strengthened; we see him as he is, and grace is perfected for
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GOD FIRST

Put God First in Trust. "Jesus did not commit Himself
unto them ... for He knew what was in man."

John 2:24-25
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Our Lord trusted no man; yet He was never suspicious, never bitter,
never in despair about any man, because He put God first in trust; He
trusted absolutely in what God's grace could do for any man. If I put
my trust in human beings first, I will end in despairing of everyone;
I will become bitter, because I have insisted on man being what no
man ever can be - absolutely right. Never trust anything but the
grace of God in yourself or in anyone else.

Put God's Needs First. "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God." Hebrews
10:9

A man's obedience is to what he sees to be a need; Our Lord's
obedience was to the will of His Father. The cry to-day is - "We must
get some work to do; the heathen are dying without God; we must go
and tell them of Him." We have to see first of all that God's needs
in us personally are being met. "Tarry ye until. . . ." The purpose
of this College is to get us rightly related to the needs of God.
When God's needs in us have been met, then He will open the way for
us to realize His needs elsewhere.

Put God's Trust First. "And whoso receiveth one such little child in
my name receiveth Me." Matthew 18:5

God's trust is that He gives me Himself as a babe. God expects my
personal life to be a "Bethlehem." Am I allowing my natural life to
be slowly transfigured by the indwelling life of the Son of God?
God's ultimate purpose is that His Son might be manifested in my
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COMPELLED BY LOVE

2 Corinthians 4:16-5:21
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Dear Father, invisible but absolutely real,

May I be compelled by the love of Christ, convinced that he died
that I might no longer live for myself but for him, the one who
died for me.

So let me not regard Christ from a worldly point of view. I am in
Christ. I am a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come!

I am reconciled to you, my Father, through your Son Jesus. Thank
you for what you did for me - through him!

In the name of Jesus I praise and thank you for all your great
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Looking Beyond the Letter


Jesus said to them, "You have read what David did when he and
the people with him were hungry. David went into God's house.
David and the people with him ate the bread that was offered
to God. It was against the law for David or the people with
him to eat that bread. Only the priests were allowed to eat
it. And you have read in the law {of Moses} that on every
Sabbath day the priests at the temple break the law about the
Sabbath day. But the priests are not wrong for doing that. I
tell you that there is something here that is greater than
the temple."

-- Matthew 12:3-6 (ERV)


KEY THOUGHT:
Jesus emphasizes that we must look beyond the letter of the Law. While
technically violating the Sabbath by eating the holy bread, David and
his companions are not condemned because of God's plan to use David.
While technically violating the Sabbath prohibition against work, the
priests serving in the Temple are not violating the Law because they
are doing what they are called to do to bless God's Temple. We must
look beyond the letter of the Law and listen for the heart of God in
the Law. Jesus is greater than David and greater than the Temple. For
him, the work of God must continue every day, especially on Sabbath
days, because that is the will of God beyond the Law of God.


TODAY'S PRAYER:
Lord God Almighty, thank you for giving me Scripture to read about your
work and relationship with your people of Israel. Please help me to
find your will in Scripture and not just a set of rules. But Father,
more than just knowing what you desire of me, please help me to do it.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Today's Verse : Isaiah 40:30-31

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May 31, 2009


VERSE:
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and
fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, they will walk and not be faint.

-- Isaiah 40:30-31
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THOUGHT:
What is your strength? Is it your youth? ... your conditioning?
.. your wisdom? ... your friends? ... your experience? None of us
can depend upon our human ability. Health, wisdom, and wealth are
all vulnerable to the fragility of life and circumstance. Only the
LORD can ensure that we can survive the unthinkable, thrive in the
mundane, and soar in good times. Let's call upon, let's wait upon,
let's depend upon the LORD!

PRAYER:
O LORD, thank you for sustaining me through the hard times in my
life. Thank you for helping me soar, doing things for you that I
never dreamed I could accomplish. Father, thank you for blessing me
during the everyday comings and goings of life. I depend upon you
for help and strength. For every good thing in my life I praise you
and thank you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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Today's KJV Verse : Isaiah 40:30-31

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May 31, 2009

VERSE:
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men
shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
-- Isaiah 40:30-31
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=Isaiah+40:30-31&translation=kjv

THOUGHT:
What is your strength? Is it your youth? ... your conditioning?
.. your wisdom? ... your friends? ... your experience? None of us
can depend upon our human ability. Health, wisdom, and wealth are
all vulnerable to the fragility of life and circumstance. Only the
LORD can ensure that we can survive the unthinkable, thrive in the
mundane, and soar in good times. Let's call upon, let's wait upon,
let's depend upon the LORD!

PRAYER:
O LORD, thank you for sustaining me through the hard times in my
life. Thank you for helping me soar, doing things for you that I
never dreamed I could accomplish. Father, thank you for blessing me
during the everyday comings and goings of life. I depend upon you
for help and strength. For every good thing in my life I praise you
and thank you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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