Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-03-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON xr FIRST QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH q.

iNfN f@fNr-A DENIED NAhlFT 6.
Text of the Lesson, Luxe !, 25-3T-Mem-
ory Verses. s5-e7-Goiden Text, Luke
<, 27--connentary b7 the Rev. ID. VI.
stezrns.
25 "And. behold, certain lawyer
stood mp and tempted Him, saying, Mas
ter, what shall doto inherit eternal life?''
Throughout the whole Bible we see on the
one hand the love ana grace of God. and
on the other the perrersenass and sinful
ness of man. IN The intervening verses BE-
tween thts lesson and the last one We see
Jesus God manifest III the flesh, stead
fastly setting His faee toward Jerusalem
70 die, sending messengers before Him ID
preach the kingdom and to heal the sick,
rejoicing in spirit that babes see what wise
meO cannot, and ever bearing with the self
life that remains even in His disciples We
see, on the other hand, the unsaved resist
ing Him and the saved following Him so
imperfectly. And now we have in the
lawyer q sample Of the wise and prudent
and in Mary o sample of the babes Of verse
2I
26- He said unto him, What H. written
IN the lawf how readest thouf'' One III
the earliest recorded utterances Of Christ
u that threofold lit II written" of Math.
II, 4, z, TO- each time from the fifth book
Of the law. There il no light on things
spiritual heavenly and eternal apart
from Him who is the Word Of God, and
the written word which speaks of Him
Qsa. viii. 20 R. v; Luke K, 22).
27. "And He answering said, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, !" etc. Jesus did not ask what
thinkest thOuf' or How do You explainf"
but simply asked for a quotation from
Scripture and the lawyer gave Him
promptly q correct quotation from Deut
vi, 8, and Lev. xix, is, and in these words
a correct and concise summary Of the law,
for love is the fulfilling of the law from
xiii, l0). This must mean a 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
live" He wanted to do something ID in-
herit eternal life, and here IL Iii task, this
and nothing short OK 1T, perfect love to
God and To hi neighbor. 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 il guilty OF ALL
(Jas ii, 10) 1t must be God first and
whole heartedly in every detail Of life, and
your neighbor as yourself all the time, OF
else all is failure.
%. "But he willing to justify himself,
said unto Jesus, And who is my neigh
bort" We are either justifying self and
condemning God, or justifying God and
condemning self all the time. Most people
arps svr~ffl trfF Fln hn ta
do the latter i very humiliating To self,
and self j. apt to be very proud Zee chap
ter xvi, 15.
30. And Jesus answering said, "a GER
tain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho" From the city Of peace to the
city Of palm trees Heb. vii, 2; Deut. xiv,
81, from the city of crucihxion (Rey.
II. 81 to the city Of earthly comfort and
rebellion against God, is surely a spiritual
down grade and will bring ones soul into
the hands Of thieves, who, if they do not
actually take ones life, will surely take
away much that ought to Dc given to our
rightful King and Redeemer.
81. "And by chance there came down
certain priest that way, and when liz saw
him be passed by on the other side II Ap-
ply John iii, 16, IL, to this priest and
then to yourself if necessary and answer
to God the question. See also Nal. ii, Z,
and consider what strange messenger Of
the Lord of Hosts this priest was Are
you a better onef More after the Lords
own heart? 1t is easier to the flesh not to
see trouble. or if seen to pass by on the
other side, but it is not loving your neigh
Dor a. yourself
81. "And likewise a Levite passed BY
On THE other side" " The Levites were sep
arated t0 stand before the Lord, minister
unto Him ana bless i'll His name (Deut-
x, Sd. Consider this Ievite In the light of
that fact In Nal. ii, g the Lord says Of
Levi, He walked with me" If this
Ieyite had been walking with God tha5
day he would have had compassion upon
the poor man in trouble.
33 'But a certain Samaritan, as he
I iourneyed, came where be was, and when
I he saw him ho had compassion" The
\ priest and Levite were on the downward
road, like tho one who fell among the
thieves. He Wa half dead a. To Iii body,
but they appear To be wholly dead A. 10
anv heart Of compassion. This Samaritan
may have been On Iii way UP To Jerusa-
lem, for his conduct certainly indicates an
upward tendency. How like Christ in his
coming to the one in trouble and having
compassion upon him.
81 Brought him to AZ ian and took
i care of him." See how he gave his time,
skill oil and wine beast, care, money and
his promise. Well has one said, What
seven hued rainbow Of mercy. Jesus Is
surely showing to this lawyer the love of
God as manifested in His own life that
the lawyer may e. what real love H. and
how ana to whom 1t l. to TIKI manifested
Blessed despised Onel oh, 10 know Thee
better and be more like Thee.
50. "Take care Of him, and whatsoever
thou spendest more, when 1 come again
will repay thee. If He would have peo-
pie take care of people, how much more
will He take care Of His own. o fearful
heart, do believe that He careth for you"
IL Pet. v, ~. If He by you would care for
Others. cheerfully Let Him use YOU, and
your time and your skill, II He has given
YOU any, and your money ana be content
to wait till FIN comes again for your full re-
ward, of which all present ioy H. but q
foretaste luke xiv. l4; Rev xii, I'D
80. (which now Of these three, Thinkest
thou, was neighbor unto him that fell
among the thievesg" The lawyer asked
where he might find his neighburs, but
Jesus who read his heart and would hold
him to his first question, taught him how
to be a neighbor, a. well as where to find
his neighbors. Notice how Jesus always
makes him answer his own question. What
a skillful teacher
s7 And he said, He that showed mercy
On him Then said Jesus unto him, GO,
and d0 th0u likewise. THE only way to
obtain eternal life IL to receive Him who A.
The life (John /, 12; Rom. Vi. 2S; I John
Y, l2l All commands to do, or 10 keep
the law, are intended to humble us 70
shut our mouths, to make Us see that all
our righteousness are only as filthy rags
from iii, l9; Isa Xiv, 6) that 50 we
may cease our vain doings TO obtain life,
accept Him who waits TO becolne our life
and our Righteousness, and then Dot Him
live out His life through us to the glory or
God Iii Cor. IN, 10, ll; Phil. LII 13i Gal
II. a0l.
Where He Would Live
Sir Arthur sullivan was himself in
Psrlin ~ assist at the first perf0rmance