The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
GOING TO JERUSALEM.

UUINU ~ JElUDALEM.
LESSON x, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES. MARCH 4.
Text of the Lesson, Matt. Xxx, 1920.
Memorize Verses 2O-e2-Golden Text,
Matt. xx, ss-Comment by Rev. william
Newton, ID. d.
from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by permission
of H. s. Hoffman, Philadelphia, publisherl
Notes.-Apart, by themselves; in the way,
as t'.- walked, for the road would be
thro with people going up to the
Passover. Betrayed, put as by a friend into
the power of. Deliver, give un into the.
hands Of Gentnes, ID this case, Plate as
representing the Roman power. Ecource,
chastise with whips. Cruelty, put to death
on the cross Worshiping, or kneeling.
showing outward marks Of respect. Drink
of my cup, or share my lot, or sufferings.
The ten, i. e., the other disciples. All of
them except James and John, the sons of
Zebedee. Moved with indignaticn, were
very angry. Princes, men high in Office.
Minister, or servant Minitered unto. or to
be served. Ransom, or prioe toset free from
captivity or death.
v. IT. Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem
from Galilee to celebrate the ssassoverx He
was going. 1t was his own voluntary act
His enemies would not have reached him
had he chosen to hide himself from them.
But he was going, and going with the full
knowledge of all that awaited him there
But why were they amazed9 Was there not
something especially striking in his manner
and appearancea Some almost transforming
influence about him. Was it not the per-
vading consciousness of what was before him,
and the shining forth of an inward resolu-
ton not to be turned aside from the path ON
which he had entereds Was it not just the
81 have set my face like a flint" of which
Isaiah speaksi
V. IS. Having called his disciples round
him, be began to tell them of the real pur-
pose and meaning Of his going up to Jerusa-
lem. Twice before had he told Them Tn.
first occasion was that of Peters glorious
confession, the second was that of his trans
iguration, and this was the third as it was
also the fullest. And how. exact it was "The
Son of Man shall be betrayed" and here was
the work of Judas "And shall condemn
him to DEATH and here was the work at the
house of Annas and Caiphas. And here was
the limit of their work; they had no power to
put to death.
V. 10. This follows, of course Their
bloody purpose must be carried out In
themselves they had no power, for tho
Roman had deprived them of that in view of
their well known turbulency Therefore
they mus. 'deliyer him to. the Gentiles. who.
iy, thic ,fol I,,
Roman governor. And what will they do?
They shall "mock, and scourge and cruelty
him." And then comes in the glorious words,
''The third day he shall rise again" How
wonderful the contrast the two sides of thi.
statements Between mans estimate of Jesus
CT Nazareth On the one side and the Lords on
the other The mociing and the scourging,
the purple robe, the reed scepter, the crown
of thorns and the cross here and the rising
from the 'dcad there" On the one side, the
place, between two thieves-as one with them
| in guilt and punishment seat on the
Fathers throne on the other. 1t is the ever
lasting contrast concerning him who is set
for "a sign that shall be spoken against"
But as clearly as the light we see in these
words:
l. The voluntariness of his sacrifice.
g. His perfect foreknowledge of all that
was before him.
V. 20, 81. How harsh is this discords How
! utterly without sympathy with him these two
| disciples and Saloine, their mother, seem to
| have Geen2 Right in the midst OF our Lords
| discourse about his approaching sufferings
and death they thrust their ambitious cray
| ings for the high places in his earthly King
dom. Salonae,usaeir mother, seems to have
| been the speaker here. But the two brethren
were beyond doubt in full accord with her
| 1t was to them the open way to earthly dis
tinction and power All through his ministry
and after his resurrection they had no other
| idea about it than OF a kingdom that should
break the Roman yoke and restore the ancient
| glories of David's throne The last question
they asked of their Lord just before his as
cension was: "Wilt thou at this time re-
store tho kingdom to Israeli And it was
only under the enlightening influence of the
spirit that they saw the truth about it. :. His
kingdom was mot of this world.n It was
not formed or carried on as earthly king
doms are Greatness in it was not the result
of wealth and power and state They were
| then utterly il the dark about it.
V. %. How profound the pity that moved
the 'Saviours breast as he looked on his mis-
guided disciples and said: 'Ye know not
j
dom, obi did they think of this as they re-
ceived the distinction that afterward
awaited them! Did James think of it as
second in "thc noble army of martyrs he fell
beneath the sword of Herod? Did John think
of it in the loneliness of his banishnent to
to the ''isle that is called Patmos =
for the testimony of Jesusg' Did it come as
CLEAN of saddening remembrance over him
! le yVrOfa. - NOT the world neither
the things that are in the worldp "The cup
that l shall drink Off is, of course, his suffer
ings and death.
V. G3. Two points of interest are set before
us in this verso, l. O..
l. Their fellowship in his sufferings and
2. The correction of their mistake
As to ~. There future lives lay as en- opeI
book before him. He saw the turbulent
times of Herods persecution and the stroke
of his descending sword as the head of james
fell before it. He saw John in his lonely
exile, and we may well imagine the deep ten
derness Of tone with which he said; "Y @ shall
indeed drink of my cup" Then follows
Gl. Theitalicized words, 'tt shall be girer
to those" were supplied by the translators
and, of course, there are no corresponding
words in the original. Our Lord did moi
speak them, and they entirely change the
meaning OF his utterance to the two disci
pies. What he said was: "To sit on my
right hand and on my left, is not mine tt
give, but for whom it is prepared of my
father. He dispenses the gift of eternal life
AID every one that receives it receives it a
his hand.
V. 2+2S. Theindignation of the ten agains
their two fellow disciples seems to have beei
natural enough. 1t seemed to them that tn
two brethren were set on gaining the bes
places In tho kingdom for themselves Ant
they were angry, just as we would have beel
in their position. 1t was too favorable al
opportunity to pass unimproved And s.
Jesus cal1ul them to him and administers,
a rebuke, full of tenderness and power, re
vealing, too, the entire scope and spirit o
his kingdom, The princes of the Gentle
ruled with absolute power. But it could no
be SO in his kingdom. In it, service was tn
badge of royalty. Service for his sake
, Service to the least and the lowliest. Fo
if he-Lord of the universe-came mot t
be ministered unto, but to minister and t
give his life O ransom for many surely hi
} followers must win pre-eminence in the sam
self-forgetful way.