The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-08
THE suNpAY SCHOOL,.
Lesson y, Firs; Quarter International
Series, March S.

IS And, behold, certain lawyer
stood up and tempted Him, saying, Mas
ter, what shall do to inherit eternal life''
Throushoui the whole Bible we see on the
one hand the love and grace Of God. and
on the other the perverseness and sinful
ness Of man. In the intervening verses be-
| tween this lesson and the last one we sec
| Jesus, God manifest In the flesh, stead
! lastly setting His face toward Jerusalem
70 die, sending messengers before Him to
| preach the Kingdom and 10 heal tho sick,
rejoicing In spirit that babes see what wise
men cannot, and ever bearing with the self
lie that remains even In His disciples. We
see, on the other hand, the unsAyed resist
| Ing Him and the saved following Him SO
impe-fectly. And n6w we have in the
lawyer n sample OF the wise and prudent,
and In Mary a sample Of the babes OF verse
81
20. "Hc said unto him, What Is written
In the lawi how readest thouf" One of
( the earliest recorded uttorances Of Christ
is that threc!old 1T is written" of Math,
! IT, a. :, 10, each time from the fifth book
OF the law. There Is no light on things
spiritual heavenly and eternal apart
| from Him who is the Word of God, and
the written word whioh speaks of Him
| lisa will. 90 r. V. Luke \, 22).
e7. And Ho answering said, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
| heart" etc. Jesus did not ask What
thinkest thou?" or " How do you explnin?"
but simply asked for quotation from
Scripture, and the lawyer gave Him
! promptly correct quotation from Deut.
VI s. and Low. xix, Is, and In these words
| correct and concise summary Of the law,
! for love Is the fulfilling of the law rom.
Kilt, 10Y. This must mean u whole hearted
| love TO God and to man such as was never
/ fully seen on earth except in the Lord
Jesus Christ himself He is the end of the
law for righteousness to every believer.
| 2S. And He said unto him, Thou hast
! answered right; this do, and thou shalt
| I've He wanted TO do something to in
herit eternal life, and here is his task, this
and nothing short OF 1t, perfect love to
| God and to his nelghbor There must be-
no failure in any point or at any time, for
whatsoever shall keep the whole law and
| yet offend In one point, he is guilty of oil"
| (Jas II, 10Y. 1t must DO God first and
whole heartedly IN every detail of life, and
your neighbor as yourself all the time, or
else all is failure.
go. But he, willing TO Justify himself
/ oohb ahbO Suc0S' anu VIM 10 my IltlRu-
! bort" We are either justifying self and
condemning God, or justifying God and
| condemning self all the time Most people
are willing to do tho former, because to
do the latter is very humiliating to self,
and self is apt to be very proud. See chap
ter xvi 10.
30. And Jesus answering said, A Ger
tain man wont down from Jerusalem to
Jericho" From the CITY OF peace to the
city Of palm trees Heb VII, Q; Deut xxxiv,
81, from the city OF cruoiflxion (Rev.
Il, s. to the city Of earthly comfort and
rebellion against God, is surely spiritual
down grade and will bring ones soul into
the hands of thieves, who, II they do not
actually take ones life, will surely take
away much that ought to be given to our
rightful King and Redcemer.
81. And by chance there came down a
certain priest that way, and when he saw
him he passed by on the other side" APP
ply John Ill, 16, II, to this priest ard
then to yourself II necessary and answer
to God the question. Sec also Nal. Il, 7,
and consider what strange messenger OF
the Lord Of Hosts this priest was. Arc
you better ono? More after the Lord 5
own hearth 1t Is easier to the flesh not to
see trouble, or If seen to pass by on the
other side, but II is not loving your neigh
Dor as yourself.
SO. And likewise q Levite passed by
on the other siden The Levtes were sop.
arnted to stand before tho Lord, minister
unto Him and bless ia His namc (Deut.
K, 81 Consider this Levite In the light OF
that fact. In Nal, II, 0, the Lord says OF
Levi, "He walked with me- If this
Levite had been walking with God that
day he would have had compassion upon
tho poor man In trouble.
| 83. But certain Samaritan, as he
journeyed, came where no was, and when
he saw him he had compassion" TIL,
priest and Levite were on the downward
road, like tho ono who fell among the
| thieves He was half dead as to his body
but they appear to be wholly dead rs to
any heart of compassion. This Samaritan
may have been on his way up to .Jerusa
lem, for his conduct certainly indicates al
upward tendency, How like Christ in hi,
coming to the ono in trouble and havinl
compassion upon him.
"a. Brought him to an Inn and tool
caro- Of him." See how he gave his time
skill, oil and winc beast, care, money ant
his promise. We'll has ono said, what
seven hued rainbow OF mercy" Jesus Is
surely showing to this lawyer tho love o.
God as manifested In His own life, that
the lawyer may see what real love is ant
how and to whom it is To no manifested
Blessed despisod One! oh, to know Thee
better and DO moro like Thee,
80. Take care of him, and whatsoeyel
thou spendest more, when | como again
will repay thee II He would have PEG
pie take care of people, how much more
will Ho take caro- of His own. O fearful
heart, do believe that He caroth for you
II Pet. " y. II He by you would care fol
others, cheerfully let Him use you, ant
your time and your skill, II He has giyeI
you any, and your money md be conten
to wait till He comes again for your null re
ward, OF which all present joy Is but 1
foretastc U.uko xiv, IA, Rev. xii, 10y.
So (Which now 4 these three, thinkos
thou, was neghbor unto him that fol
among the thievesS" The lawyer asked
where he might find his neighbors, bu
Jesus who read his heart and would holt
him to his first question, taught him how
to DC ncighbor as we'll rs where to fine
his ncighbors. Notice how Jesus Away
v 4. a Ia hu