The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-14
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Prepared by II. G. Lcnington.j
THE LESSON TENT.

Prepared by III. G.. Lenington.j
THE LESSON TENT.
d.uke ~ 13-23)
IL And one OF the company said unto Him.
Master. speak 20 my brother. that he divide
the inheritance with me.
IA. And lie said unto him. Man. who mads
M "A judge or a divider over youg
Is. And lie said unto them, Take heed,
and beware of covetousness: for "A mans
life CONSISTENT not In the abundance OF the
things which he possesseth-
ID. And lie spake a parable unto them.
saying. The ground of "A certain rich man
brought forth plentifully:
II. And he thought within himself. say
ing. What shall | do, because | have no
room where TO bestow my fruits?
Is. And he said, This will l do, l Will pull
down my barns, and build greater. and
there viii l bestow all my fruits and my
goods.
10. And l will say TO my soul. Soul. thou
hast much goods laid up for many years,
take thine ease, eat. drink, and be merry.
70. But God said unto him.. Thou fool. this
night thy soul shall be required OF thee:
then whose shall those things be. which
thou hast provided?
q. So is he that layeth up treasure for
himself. and is not rich toward God.
-. And He said unto His disciples. There
fore l say unto you. Take no thought for
your life. what We shall eat. neither for the
body, what ye shall put on.
%. The life is more than meat, and the
body Is more than raiment.
GOLDEN TENT.
what shall Ii proht IA man, IL he
shall gain the whole world, and lose
his own ~Oulf-Mark s,36.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The verses Immediately following
last lesson, including Luke l0:3S-42,
evidently do not belong to this period
in the life of Christ, but to the later
days just preceding the cruciiixion.
Omitting this one occasion Luke gives,
in the chapters that Immediately fol-
low, the Gospel events in their chrome
logical order. We are still in the Pc
rean ministry. The parable of the
rich fool is one of a series of discourses
on great moral truths. Intervening in
the record. according to Luke, we
have the following events and teach
ings:
Discourse on IL. lila
Jesus Answers Attacks OF Pharisees IL :l4-4
Warns to Beware OF hypocrisy .....-. l2:l-l2
These passages should be read and
studied TO get into the spirit of Jesus
great teachings at this time. Following
the discourse on the Heaven OF the
Pharisees, which is hypocrisy" Jesus
warns Of the danger of -coyetousness.
and in illustration utters the parable
Of the rich fool, and points out several
truths growing therefrom. Thus the
lesson includes not only the text as
given above, but verses 24-34 of chapter
II also. The following lesson plan is
suggested:
Jesus and the Defrauded Heir......vs. 10. IA
1 The DANGER n InNafnISnlNA In
Truth Illustrated by Parable........vs 1871
The Root OF the Evil. ..............vs 22-30
The Cure of the Evil 3l-34
Jesus and the Defrauded Heir.-We
may assume that the young man who
came to Jesus and said: Speak 10
my brother. that he divide the inherit
ance with me-" was a BONA fide heir
and Lad been defrauded out OF his
share OF the patrimonial estate. Jesus
did not deny that the young man had
rights in the case, but He did refuse
to become the arbiter of those rights.
1t has been remarked in connection
with this passage that Jesus did not.
come to maintain individual but 10 es-
tablish right, that is righteousness.
The Danger of Covetousness.-With-
out discussing at all the rights" of this
cose. Jesus took the occasion to strike
at a great evil-covetousness. In q few
words. He points out the danger OF it.
saying: "A mans life consistent not
in the abundance of things which he
possesseth.' The danger of covetous-
ness is that it starves the life. The ac-
cumu.ation of wealth. while it NAV be
all right in itself. contributes absolute
ly nothing to the well-being of man
and satisfies no real desire Of the soul.
We may note also in the words of Jesus,
just quoted. that we have given a vir-
tual definition Of covetousness. Evil
IDENTIFY Jesus looked upon that man as
covetous who makes the chief object
OF his life the abundance OF material
things.
Truth Illustrated by a Parab.e.-The
teaching regarding the danger Of GOV.
etousDess Jesus illustrates Dy the para
BILE of the rich fool. The man was not
a fool according TO the notions Of the
world. He must have had great abil-
ity TO accumulate great wealth. But
when death came he knew he was a
fool. lie had that which was no profit
to him and lacked that which he sorely
needed.
The Root Of the Evil.=The root OF
the evil is a false view of life. The
life" says Jesus, lis more than meat,
and the body is more than raiment."
yood and clothing are important, even
necessary. but If God so clothed the
grass. winch is to-day in the field, and
Tomorrow is east into the oven. how
much more will lie clothe you, o We
OF little faith" There is a kindly
Providence that looks after the affairs
of man; no evil comes to him but that
which he brings on himself.
The Cure of the Evil.-If the root OF
the evil is a false view Of life. then the
cure must be in changing that view.
The important thing with ne is not