Christ Teaching The Multitude. "Never man spake like this man." John 7:46.
1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
“Never man spake like this man.” John 7:46.
2. How did Christ teach the people?
“He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.” Matt. 7:29.
Note.—“The teaching of the scribes and elders was cold and formal, like a lesson learned by rote. To them the Word of God possessed no vital power. Their own ideas and traditions were substituted for its teaching. In the accustomed round of service they professed to explain the law, but no inspiration from God stirred their own hearts or the hearts of their hearers.”
3. Why was Christ's preaching so impressive?
“For His word was with power.” Luke 4:32.
4. With what was He filled?
“And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.” Verse 1.