The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lemon in the Intcrnat tiOnal Series f0r
May II, 19OO-Jesus mt the
Pharisee's HOuse.
Prepared by II. C. Lenington.l.
THE LESSON TEXT.

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| went into the Pharisee's house. and sat
| down to meat.
| 81. And. behold, a woman In the city,
| which was d sinner. when she knew that
Jesus sat at meat in the Phar.see's house.
brought an alabaster box Of ointment,
49, And stood at His feet behind Him
weeping and began to wash His feet with
tears and did wiyc them with the hairs
Of her head. and kissed His feet. and an
| nointed them with the ointment
49, Now when the Pharisee which had
bidden Him saw It, he spake within him
self, saying: This Man. II He were
prophet. would have known who and what
| manner of woman this Is that touchetn
| Him: for she is sinner.
40. And Jesus answering said unto him:
| Simon, ] have somewhat to say unto thee'
| And he saith: Master, say on
| A. There was Il certain creditor which
| had two debtors. the one owed ooo pence
| and the other 90.
A. And when they had nothing to pay,
| he frankly forgave them both. Tell me.
| therefore which of them will love him
most?
-. Simon answered and said: suppose
that he to whom he forgave most And
| He said unto him: Thou hast rightly
| judged.
| A. And He turned to the woman, ana
|
! | entered into thine house, thou gavest me
no water for my feet. but she hath
washed my feet with tears, and wiped
them with the hairs of her head.
A. Thou gavest me no kiss; but this
| woman since the time | came in hath not
| ceased to kiss my feet
Al. NV head with oil thou didst not an
| ndint: but this woman hath annointed my
| feet with ointment.
a. Wherefore say unto thee. Her sins.
which are many, are forgiven; Tor she
| loved much but to whom little Is iorSi'-
| en- the same loveth little
! as And lie said unto her: Thy sins are
| forgiven.
49, And they that sat at meat with HIM
| beran to say within themselves: who Is
this that forgiveth sins also?
so And He said to the woman: my
faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Thy faith hath saved
thee.-Luke 1850.
Jesus at Pharisee's House.-lt was
against the pharisees that Jesus
hurled His btterest denunciatlons. As
a class they stood for strict and pune
tilio,ls observance of the Mosaic law
But this observance had become large
ly outward and formal. Christ called
them hypocrites But the love OF the
Master was for the whole world just
as He found it. and however bitter HIS
public d,nunciations seemed, lie was
always kindly and courteous in bear
inr. We have no reason to believe th'
pharisee of the lesson other than on'
of that type often denounced D!
Jesus. His attitude toward the WON
an with the alabaster box OF ointmen
shows that his religion had but littl'
affected his heart and life. 1t wa
with this kind of n man that Jesu
went to dinner Surely He is no re
specter of persons!
Woman with Box Of Ointment
The name of this woman is not given
but we have in the text enough to tel
us considerable concerning her char
acter. What the pharisee said with
in himself shows us that she was out
wardly bad, an outcast and disrepu
table sinner. But, evidently, tn
pharisee did not see M the woma
what Jesus saw. The picture OF thl
sinful woman attracted to Jesus, an
weeping as she breaks on His feet
box of precious ointment indicates
= soft SPOT in her heart and somethln
within her to which the divine coul
appeal.
, Parable of the Debtors.-Jesus pei
! ceived what was going on in the min
of the pharisee. So He spoke the pal
able of the debtors. One OF the deD'
ors owed just ten times the amour
which the other owed. That the on
to whom most was forgiven shoul
love most is perhaps the general RUE
There are exceptions. Ingratitude
A burning sin, and it so happens some
: times that one to whom little is fol
given should love more than the on
TO whom much more has been fo'
ciycu, But the general rule is prof.
! ably otherwise.
. Application of Parable. - Howeve
all this may be, the application OF I'm
poroblc is clear and pointed. IN
pharisre may have been as great
sinner as the woman. Outward an
seeming righteousness avails man
woman little Sin is sin, and poiso
in small does will eventually Kill .
| well as one greater dose. The phar
! sep WAS n sinner as well as the won
| an. The degree of sinfulocss is oi II
/ te consequence. The point is Tn;
!, the pharisee did not view the matte
in this light. The woman he kne
was great sinner, and he could M
himself but admit that he was grav
ly ot fault when Jesus pointed out
discourteousnes and lack OF respe'
in failing to give his guest 1riehu
kiss and to provide water Tor III
guests dusty feet.
: The woman knew that she had mu'
I TO he forgiven. and in the taith th
r the Master would forgive all ber
:, she loved Him much. The pharis
- in his self-righteousness thought
had little to be forgiven, consequent
he could not be forgiven. and MS 10
a was correspondingly small. ..
# In connection with the parable IL