The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-19
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOE
IS APRIL II.
Lesson Text: "The Two Great Com.
mandnents," Mark xiii, 2S-84-
Golden Text: Rom. kill,
~ aO-Commcntary.

AO-Commentary.
Let us bear IN mind that we are in these
sss lessons s.t IN the last week of our saviours life
nls crueiaxion He is speaking His last
words 70 them, and every word is weightier
y snan they imagined, and Of more importance
s,,aas snan ever we have yet seem He continues to
aeltlief did y. dnderstand Matt. xiii.. 1SS I@
aver the tasa6le of tho Vineyard, the
1sss skea sa'a n'asrHndnen and the rejected Son. Of
them by the parable Of the marriage supper
ana the wedding garment (Matt. xxi, 1-f4):
n nster which the several despisers of the grace
T.I yt the iord-the worldly minded Herodian,
tho infidel Sadducee and the self righteous
naI1see--comc forward in succession oppos-
ing the Saviour, but are each and all of them
put to silence. This lesson tells of the Inst of
these opposers and the Saviour's answer to
2S: "And ono Of the scribes came. and hav-
ing heard them reasoning together, and per-
ceivlng thatHo had answered them well.
asked Him, Which is the first commandment
90 81 our From Matt. xii, "a, a5, wo learn
1hat TINS scribe was lawyer and Pharisee,
and tnat he came tempting Him. That any
man man OF company of mon should think that
tney could entangle Jesus in His talk, or
yaecn hlm In His words, and to that end
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mark XII 1s; Luke Xxx, 2O), seems to us very
Ioolsh indeed; but we must remember that
tney did not know Jesus and were blinded be-
cause Of their unbelief. What seems more
stlan&e is, that even now in our day there Is
ysist the sa1no spirit that was manifest in
IlrSe unbelieving questioners
~ Jesus answered him: The first of oil
1no commandments is, Hear, o Israel; the
Lord our God Is one Lord" In this and the
next verso Of o!r Lesson Jesus quotes from
Deut; VI, a, s.; the word III, in Him richly
3n1 lie had answer for every one from it,
when tempted by Satan He overcame him by
quoUlng from this book of tho law and how
often we find Him saying .'It is written" OF
Huve ye never read in tho ScripturesYb It
Is the sword of the Spirit with which we must
Docomo familiar il we would be soldiers of
ynsilst, ,s, and use it skillfully both for our own
ne Tetense and for the overthrow of the enemy.
1ho words Hear, o Israel" !" are found four
Ilmes in Deuteronomy " /; vi, 4: tx. Xxx.
twice In reference to obeying Gods laws
ana twice in reference to His presence with
them. The nations about them had gods
many and lords many, but Israel was chosen
and separated from oil other nations to be a
witness to the truth of the ono only Living
nnd True God, to whom they were to. render a
cheerful and whole hearted Obedience He on
His part promising to be their salvation and
10. aAnd thou shalt love the, Lord thy God
with MI thy heart, and with all thy soul and
MN MIN aii thy mind, and with all thy strength
1nis Is the first commandment" When God,
spoke from the smoking, quailng, uIouu T0S-
Mount si;;a out OF tS..is midst OF the
fire, the words of the ten commandments, Of
which the Saviour here gives the sum, He
Sprefaced them with these words: II am the
Lord thy God, which have brought thee out
OF tha land of Egypt ont OF the honse of
: honf'ageh Gex. XXX. ], q, md moro than eighty
times this fact Is mentioned In the law, the
prophets and the Psalms, either as an evidence
of His great lovc or Us q reason why they
should obey Him. 1t was not till after He re-
deemed them from Egypts bondage that He
gayc them HIS compartments nor did he
proved His great love to them; Flo comes
TO us with the great gilt or His Son Jesus
Christ, assuring us that He SO loved us as to
give His Only Begotten Son for us; Jesus
I'm himself assures M us OF his love by giving Him
SELF Tor us; and the Spirit through tho apostles
Is ever repeating the same great truth, and
not until we can say: I'VE have known and
neneye tho love wnlcn God hath toward us"
can we also say: we love Him." ana then
we Will be sure to odd: Because He first
loved us" John iy., 16-l91 God made
man ror H1mself that de might lavish His
love upon us ana that we might be Tor HIS
glory; not anythlng that lie mas created, put
only Himself can satisfy oar souls which dc
mas made, ana having gwen Hmseit Tor US
alid 70 us In the person OF bis Son, Ills surely
reasonable TINT we should give TO Him IN re.
Turn the love Oh our whoie heart, soul, mind
anu strengtn;
!
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;
Snere Is none otner commandment greater
tnan thesc AS love TO God comprehends
tho iirs1 -FOUR OF the ten commandments SO
ioyo TO man comPrehends the other SIX; and
as our golden text says Love Is the full fulfill
ing OF the law" These very words, "Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyseif are an,
other quotation from the law OF Moses and
are found In Ley. XIX, lS When we think
OF the 1uil significance OF this love as defined
an Cor, XIII, Al, long suffering, kind, free
from envy, not Wanting ITSELF not pulled up
nor behaving unseemly, seeking not her own,
: not provoked IT, W, thinking no evil, ETC.,
where can we look for any illustration or 1T
except In him who IN our lesson mas thus re-
pied to this scribe? lt LII as II he said to him,
IN Moses you find the law, but In Me you find
the law fuihlied. Tor that law Is In my heart.
and came to fulfill all righteousness; receive
me, poor, helpless sinner, and l will be to
you the end OF the law Tor righteousness;
yea, will be your Righteousness.
So w; And m the scribe said unto aim wen,
daster, tho u mast saiu the truth; Ior there is
nne TOD; ana there Is none other put ne
inc scribe believed IN one God ana Ihus iar
accepted tne Truth, put ne was pnna 70 the
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