The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-05-11

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May IL. lOOO-Jcsus at the
Phapisec's uOuse.
Prepared by III. 4. Lenington.l
-HE LESSON TEXT.

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down 10 meat.
n. And. behold. woman In tho city.
which was a sinner. wien she knew that
Jesus sat at meat In the Pharisee's house.
brought an alabaster box OF ointment.
So And stood at His feet behind Him
weeping and began to wash His feet with
tears and did wipe them with the hairo
OF her head. and kissed His feet aa,l an
nolntcd them with the ointment.
80 Now when the Pharisce which had
b.ddcn 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 IL that toucheth
Him. for she Ia a sinner
40 And Jesus answerin: said unto him.
Simon, have somewhat TO say unto thee
! And he saith: Master. say on.
| n. There was certain creditor which
| had two debtors: the one owed 5OO pence.
| and the other 60.
| q. And when they had nothing to pay.
| he frankly forgave them both. Tell me.
| therefore which OF them will love him
| most.
| a. simon answered and said: suppose
| that he to whom he for.avc most. Ana
| lie said unto him. Thou hast rightly
| Judged
a. And lie turned to the woman. and
| said unto Simon Scest thou this woman!
| entered int 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.
Is Thou gavest me no kiss; but this
woman since the time came In hath NOT
ceased to kiss my feet
AZ My bead with oil thou didst not an
| nolnt: but this woman hath Amounted my
feet with ointment.
| Il. Wherefore l say unto thee. Her SINS.
| which are many. are forgiven Tor she
loved much: but TO whom little Is forgiv-
en-. the same lovcth little.
as And lie said unto her: Thy sins are
forgiven.
a. Aad they that sat at meat with Him
began TO say within them selves: Who Is
this that forGiveth sins also?
50. And lilo said TO the woman: Thy
faith hath saved thee; so In peace.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Thy faith hath saved
thee.-Luko $50.
Jesus at pharisce's lIouse.-It was
against the pharisees that Jesus
hurled His pittercst denunciations- "A
q class they stood for strict and pune
tilious observance of the Mosaic law.
But this observance had become large
ly outward and formal. Christ called
them hypocritcs 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.
ing. We have no reason to believe the
phcr.sec of the lesson other than one
OF that type often denounced BY
Jesus lis attitude toward the WON
On with the alabaster box OF ointment
shows that his religion had but little
affected his heart and life. II was
- hot Ine =
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 tell
us considerable concerning her char.
acicr. What the pharisee said with
IN himself shows US that she was out.
wardly bad. an outcast and disrepu'
table sinner. But, evidently. the
pharisee did not see N the woman
what Jesus saw. The picture OF this
sinful woman attracted to Jesus, and
weeping as she breaks on His feet
box Of precious ointment indicates
sof; spot in her heart and something
! within her 20 Which the divine coulc
, appeal.
/. Parable OF the Debtors. Jesus per
/. ceivcd what was going on in the mint
). OF the pharisee. So lie SPOKE the par
able of the debtors. One of the debt
#. ors owed just ten times the amount
!. which the other owed. That the ont
; TO whom most was forgiven should
e love most is perhaps the general rule
: There are exceptions. lngrati'ude u
n burning sin. and il so happens some
(. times that one TO whon little Is for
i given should love more than the ont
: 10 whom much more has been for
e given. But the general rule is prob
n ably otherwise.
Application Of Parable. - IIoweve
all this may be. the application OF tn
!. parable is Gear and pointed. Tn
pharisee may have been as great
y sinner as the woman Outward ant
seeming righteousness avails man o
woman little. Sin is sin, and poiso'
IN small does will eventually kill a
we'll as one greater dose. The phari
see was a sinner as well as the won
an. The degree OF snfulness is OF liz
= lie consequence. The point Is tina
:. the pharisee did not view the matte
= In this light. The woman he knc'
: was great sinner and he could no
himself but admit that he was grave
y IL AT fault when Jesus pointed out III
discourtcousncs and lack OF respec
In failing to give his guest a fricnd'
:, kiss and 10 provide water fer tina
guests dusty feet.
The woman knew that she had niue
!, 20 be forgiven. nnl In the faith tina
,hc Master wculd forgive all her 81
she loved Him much. The pharise
In His seif-ri-hteou.ncss thought u
had little 10 BE- forgiven. consequent!
\ he could not be forgiven. and his Low
WIS corrcspondingly small.
In connection with the parable ~
Interesting TO note however discou'
. tcsv or lack Of respect for another r.
| 4, nf ones cn1l