The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-03-05
TIE SUNDAY SUH00s.

TIE SUNDAY sUnoUL
aforementioned Lsssoa fee lGassh ., 1885,
rrus Love 70 Ons's NsisAbsr-Issks
aossS-SS.
IArranged from Peloubet's Notes.l
GOLDEN Tnxf.-Thou shalt love the Lor4
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy strength. and With
all thy mind; and thy neishbor ~ thyself
TIMr.-November, A. d. 20.
PLAcn.-Somewhere IN Peree, beyond
Jordan. though possibly near Jerusalem.
Rourn.-When Jesus left 0alileo tho
indications are that He went along the bor-
der between Galilee and Samaria TO the
Jordan. crossed the river into Perea, thence
southeriy to the fords Of Jericho. to
Jericho, and thence to Bethany. See Luke
e:51. 81: 10:3S.
TIE SECTION includes ID the final de-
parture, Luke 9:51 ;(O the plan Of campaign,
In sending the Seventy before him, as he had
previously sent the Twelve in Galilee. o.
this journey. Parallels: The departure
O:51) is recorded in Matt. 1871; and Mark
1871; Luke 1o:12-22 is partially parallel to
Matt. II :2O-N.
had been in Galilee and Vicinity since the
last Of December, A. D. q, near the close
G his public psad tsn snd manths as ooEs
fore His final departure, He made 3 yi,lt
to Jerusalem to attend the Feast Of Tab
% Du1R Hsn s Ks i ssonys ysa Tie
eight, and probably nine and ten to verse
theuga the of saene IL
the December following. From the time
}1sus left ys Gse In in tSs 1ey IL d 3, q 9eru
5. 50. a period Of iye months. is called The
spent In Perea that s the region
other side'J, though there were frequent
excursions elsewhere.
LESSON NOTES.
Jesus had now completed His work
in two of the three Jewish provinces,
Judea (nearly q year) and Galilee "a
year and nine months); there remained
but Perea (about five months), where
lie had work to do on His way to
Jerusalem. On His way along the
southern borders of Galilee toward the
Jordan Jesus uttered His farewell
warnings to the people where He had
| preached 80 long. These words Ito
Chorazin and Bethsaida) were not
prayers for a curse upon them, not
angry imprecations, but simple state
ments of facts: warnings big with tears
and love. "Flee from the wrath to
come. There is still time for repent
ance." In preparation for this mission
in Perea Jesus commissioned 70 disci-
Piles Tin addition to the 12) to go "two
and two before His face into every
city and place, whittier He Himself
would come"
1t was somewhere on this journey
that certain lawyer" a student and
teacher of the Jewish law, "stood up
aud tempted Him" He wanted to test
Jesus with some controverted question
of the day, saying: Master, what
shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 1t
is fair to assume that this man wanted
to get after the truth, that he was no
mere quibbler. At any rate Jesus
meets him with every mark of respect
and asks: "What is written in the
law?" Jesus acknowledges that the
low is the fountain of authority. The
lawyers business was to study the law.
So he answered Deut. 6:5, Lev. 10: 1S):
"Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God,
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy strength, and
with all thy mind, and thy neighbor
as thyself." Jesus rejoinder comes:
"This do and thou shalt llve," for the
doing of this is life, the life Of Heaven.
This looked too simple to the lawyer.
This he had been taught all his life, and
to justify himself for asking question
for which he himself had supplied the
answer, he asks another question:
"Who is my neighbour" The degree
in which he had kept the law of love
would depend on the answer.
Jesus replies with parable. A man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho
and fell among thieves, was stripped
and wounded and left half dead. And
there CHANGED to come by a priest, one
most of all who should lend helping
hand. "He passed by on the other side. -
There was danger from the same or
other robbers, and the delay might
mean being found in those lonesome
parts after nightfall; for the road was
a very dangerous one, lying much of
the way in deep ravine through soft
rocks in which caves abounded, afford
ing shelter to miscrants, who from
them sailed forth to prey upon travel
ers. Then came Levite. He did a
little more than the priest, for he "came
and looked on him." but resisted the
first impulse. to help. But Samaritan
coming that way had compassion on
him. 1t required great moral courage
to thus exalt Samaritan before Jews
(which of these three, thinkest thou
was neighbor unto him that fell among
the thieves?" And the lawyer frankly
confessed: "He that showed mercy on
him"
"Then, said Jesus unto him, go, and
do thou likewise"