The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-10-12

Lessou In the International srrtrs -
October ~. f0Oo-rarsbie u the
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Prepared by III. {. Lenington-1
THE LESSON TENT

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kingdom OF God.
lG. Then said He unto him. a certain man
made a great supper, and babe many,
II. And sent his servant at supper time
TO say to them that were hidden. Come. for
all things are now ready.
IS. And they all with one consent began
to make excuse. The first said unto him.
! have bought a piece OF ground. ana l must
needs go and see II: l pray thee have me
excused.
10. And another said. ! have bought five
yoke OF oxen. and | go to prove them: I
pray thee have me excused.
70. And another said. l have married q
wife. and therefore l cannot come.
q. So that servant came. and showed his
lord these things. Then the master OF the
house being angry said 10 his servants. 10
out quickly into the streets and lanes OF the
city. and bring in hither the poor, and the
MANNED. and the halt, and the blind.
%. And the servant said. Lord. II is done
as thou hast commanded. and yet there Is
room.
-. And the lord said unto the servant. Go
out into the highways and hedges. and COM
pei them TO come in, that my house may be
nlled.
"A. For | say unto you. That none OF those
men which were hidden shall taste of my
supper.
GOLDEN TExT.-Come,for all things
are now ready.-Luke 1t;i7.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Jesus had been invited TO dine at the
home Of a chief pharisee. Three of the
teachings of Jesus brought out on that
occasion we have already studied. 1t
was at this same dinner that Jesus gave
utterance to the parable of the great
supper contained in this lesson. The
verses TO be studied suggest the fol-
lowing outline:
invitation to the Great Supper......ys. 10. II
Excuses Of Those Invited. ...........vs $50
The Wider Invitation. si--s
Piety and Cant.-Jesus' parable OF
the great supper was brought out by
he remarks of one OF those who sat
at the table with Him. The man who
made this remark was probably o
pharisee. The pharisees as we know
them made a great ostentation OF their
prayers on the street and their
hearts. They were known by their
prayers on the street corner and their
pious phrases. Their religion was one
of cant. not of piety. We have an ex-
ample before US. A pharisee to whom
the practical teachings of Jesus were
becoming distasteful sought 10 change
the subject, and we have the remark
while absolutely true, yet, under the
circumstances and coming from the
source it did, teemed with pious cant
He said: blessed is he thai shall eat
bread in the kingdom of God" TIC
"eat bread in the kingdom Of God
meant being a member of that king
dom. To the pharisees keeping ths
ceremonials Of the law and tradition
meant entrance into the kingdom. l
is to this thought hat Jesus replies.
Invitations TO the Great SUPPER
certain man made a great supper an
sent invitations to those in the clos
circle of his friends. The application
is plain when we remember that tn,
Jews were the chosen people Of Gcd
Oriental suppers were not served wit
the regularity to which we are used il
this day in the western world. Whei
the supper was ready a servant woul'
be sent around with a second sum
mons. When the second summons cam
the invited guests began to make eS
cuses.
Excuses OF Those Invited.-The VI
rious excuses made are expressed j
oriental terms. which. translated to Fl
in with our modern life and though
cover all the field of excuses we en-
make for not accepting the invitatio
Of Jesus. The first was care of pr~I
ertv: the second. interference W.T.
business; the third. pleasures and hon
ties. How accurately all this fits J
with our course of life. The in~vitatio
TO the better life comes to us. We ca
live il here and now. but in a full,
sense hereafter. The day and hour
the second (Which we ca
DEATH we cannot know. In the meal
time we let property. business al
pleasure occupy our time to the excl
, sion OF all else. When the second sur
: mons comes we could not go If v
(, would; these other things stand in Il
z wav.
: The Wider Tnvitation.-The banqu
: awaited the guests. and few II any hi
: come. A wider invitation was tn
: time issued. go out quickly into II
: streets and lanes Of the city and bril-
9 in Either the poor. and the maine
4 and the halt. and the blind" But ST
i there was room. go put into the hig
i ways and hedges and compel them
4 come in, that my house may be filled
l. OF course we know that parallels a
o not to be stretched and strained to p
h a meaning into every phrase and wor
Y So here we may say that this paraf
i does not teach that any will gain a
mission 20 the Heavenly mansion wit
4 out due preparation. Jesus has taug'
otherwise in that parable OF a supp
II where there came In one without
= proper garment and who was fort
2 with elected. Jesus was talking TO I
= pharisees. elite among the chosen
God. SC they themselves thought. Jes
s. here teaches plainly that the chos
Is ones may be rejected. and those III
i looked upon as dogs, Samaritans a
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