Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-07-12
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JULY 13
lesson Text: "The Great supper
Luke xiv, I5.24-Golden Tex:
uke W., I5-COmmcnfarJ
OF the Lesson.

In our last lesson we saw the religious leal.
ers OF tho people contendiny with Him be.
cause Hc healed n woman Oil the Sabbath
day; but Flo put them to shame and caused
His followers to rejoice So shalt it be again
when those who cast out others for His SAKE
say, Let the Lord be glorifled; but He shall
appear to the joy of His people and His
enemies shall be ashamed lisa Ixyi.,5), HI
then repeated the parallels Of tho mustard
seed and the lcaven, both of which had a fu.-
fillment in Israel at that timc, anil
arc having a fullllment in the
church to-day He added prophecy
concerning the coming desolation Of
Jerusalem because of her rejection Of Him,
indicating its continuance until lie should
come again. After this wo find Hint iu III,
house Of q Pharisec Oh tho Sabbath day,
where He had evidently been invited to dine.
He here heals man who had thu tlropsy, anil
speaks a parable to tho invited guests to
teach them humility, after. which He tells
His host thatif, when he makes feast, ho
would invite those who were unable to re-
turn the compliment, no would have n re-
compense at tho resurrection OF tho just;
and this leads one OF tho guests to give Ut
terance tothe first words o.! or lesson.
Is. BLESSED is lie that shall cat bread i'll
the kingdom of God" According to tho
first part of this verse, that which caused tho
guest to utter these words was the Saviour's
remark concerning the resurrection OF tho
just. Those who by the Spirit have eyes to
see may find the doctrine oil the resurrection
in tho story OF the cherubm i'll the Garden
of Eden The eleventh chapter Of Hebrews
makes it plain that Abel, Enoc,i, Noah,
Abraham, Moses and the others believed and
rejoiced in The resurrection. AMI whilo
Ps. xvi. speaks of the resurrection Of Christ.
Ps. j., speaks OF the very resurrection
which Jesus referred to- the resurrection Of
the blessed and holy OF Rev. Xxx, q, leaving
the bodies Of tho ungodly to remain il their
graves thousand years longer REV. XXX, 81.
1G "Thcn said lie unto him. A certain
man made great supper, anil babe many"
This parable is somewhat similar to that IL
Matt. xii, but that vas spoken during Pas.
sion week in Jerusalem, and this wbio OF
His way to Jerusalem luke xiii, p; Xviii,
81.
IL. "Comc for all things are nov ready"
This was tho message which the servants
was to carry to John tho Baptist, and tho
twelve were some OF tho servants rs they
went forth, saying: "Repent, for the King
dom of Heaven is at hand"
Is. sand they all with ono consent began
tomakc excuse" Nothing to do but to no
it; simply to accept the invitation anl b
there; yet they prefer not tn. How anxious
many are to get an invitrtion to anything
great i'll this world, AMI how disappointed ii
left our. Hero is tho Col OF Henycl INIT.
ing freely to the riches of Els grace and
glory, and It's not consi7ecel worth accept
ing.
must needs GO and sec it, pray tleo havo
me excused" His little pico, OF ground for
which he has paid few shelsols is Of moro
Importance than that which las cost 50
much. II pray thee" seems TO imply all adj
mission that he ought TO go; but he evidently
docs not want to. How Moses and oil tho
prophets entrcatcd Israel to walk i'll Gods
ways that they might. enjoy His favor, but
they preferred their own ways I'll Chron.
1x1vi.. Is, 1G, Jer. H., 13l.
TO- Il have bought five yoke OF oxen, end
60 to prove them; 1pray thee have lie ex.
cuscd." Lands must be seen to, and oxen must
be proved, but the great feast provided byin-
finite love may so begging. Its nothing
to them. The earth is the Lords and tho
funess thereof the cattle OIL thousand
hills are His FPS xiv, l; l, 10l: yet there
are fools laud plenty Of them today vino
prefer little which they can purchase to tho
great riches which the Lord OF all oilers 50
freely to whatsoever will.'
90. 81 have married wife, and therefore
/ cannot Gomez This is no better than tho
others, yet the refusal is even more decided
81 cannot come" II the invitation did not
include his wife, he might have had some OK
cuse: but Gods invitations include all who
are willing: and while tho others might
have to leave their lands and oxen, h. coul'l
bring his wife with him il he had minded to
come.
81, $50 that servant came, AMI showcl his
lord these things" A servant has only to de-
liver his masters message, and take the an
swer back, If there is any; he has no power
to excuse people. Our responsibility ceases
when we have lovingly and faithfully given
the invitation, proclaimed the glal tllnss
Then it becomes us, like the disciples, to to |
Jesus all we had done and taught mark vi,
30, leaving results with Him.
s'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes
of the city, and bring in thither tho poor
and tic manned, and the halt and tho
blind.a These have no earthly possessions
OF pleasures to entanglc them; they will b,
more likely to accept the invitation. II was
lust these four classes which Jesus advised
the Pharisce, i'll whose house He was, TO IT.
vite to his feast in order that he might be
recompeused at the resurrection OF the JUS !;
and Jesus does not advise another to TO wha5
He does not do Himself
90. "And the servant said, Lord, it is tlono
as Thou hast commanded, AMI yet there is
ROOM" The servant has only TO obey, lor-
ingly 10 deliver His message and report fol-
further orders. 1t not sail whether any
among these classes excnsel themselves Or
not, but it is said ''Yct tlsro is. EooAl. "
What abundant provision. Wlat.riches Of
His grace, What plenteous raiemptiopl
What Kingdom is here foresllodowel when
''rhe eyes Of tho blind shall be opened AMI
Ia, ears of the deaf shall be unstopped; the
I1me leap as hart, and tho tongue OF the
dumb sing" ([sa. xxxv., 5-G) Aud thank
God, yet there is room, AMI wno;oevcr Will
my come.
%. s'And the Lori sai unto tno sarvant,
Gro out into the highways an hedges. '
Again it is "Gom Tho<worl for til, out.
film that conncth onto NJ VI will inn) wis,
cast out" ''Cone unto BIO all ye that labor
an arc heavy la1en.n ssCom, now and let
us reason together, sal tho Lord. Though
your sins be as scarlet they shall b, as whits
IS snow, though they b, rel like Grim 'ol
they shall be as woop tJoaa VII. 81; tlass
xi., %, Isa. l., 49,.
s'Compel them to conn in, that my hous,
may be illed.n We ar, not simply to invita-
but to urge aud lovingly constrain then to
come. Our indifference to the salvation oil
others is strange sight. We believe that W.
are Joint heirs with Christ to an inheritanc,
WHICH ID l.lCOIl uptiuiO slu'l O'St 'A
that all who are not i'll Christ are OH the way
to everlasting punishment; yet we can meet
them, do business with them. have follow
ship with them, and never even inyit, then,
to Share our inheritance, much less compel
them to come to the feast.
2L "For 1 say unto you, That none OF
those men which wero bidica shall taste OF
my supper" Refusing to accept His Sra;on
IMITATION they doom themselves ID holr tn,
barful wor,ls, @D.pars fro n NJ " curse |
into everlasting fire, pr.2arcl for til, deTl'
and his angels" MAS ky. ~, as to th'
first invited who refus,l all tao ot.lerj
gathered from street; an LANES. hlgowiy
and hedges; we know that Isra.l llli loj5 ta :
privileges Of tn, Horeo coyan int llt. XIX,
SIS; Dsut. ", 2, 81, AMI thc3 are to b; give.
b the elect caurch gathered from all ia.
tions The Kingdom of TO shall be ta:oll
from you aud given to nation bringing
forth the fruits thereof Matt. XXI, 40
This does not, however, conflict wlea I'd
| fact that when the church has been gatnere0
the promises to Abraham shalt % maal
good to C believing remnant III lsrlel w sii.
Shall be converted at the appearing 0, ea'
Lord (AIic vii, 10, 81; Luke xxI, 2-2').-
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