The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-07

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septenbes y, 1Doo-Ihe Good
Samaritan.
prepared by ~. G. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TENT.

~ and tempted him. saying. Master. what
shail do 20 inherit eternal liie'
~ He said unto him, What IL written 10
~. law how readcst thoul
~ And he wering said, Thou smart
80 The Lord thy God with all thy heart. |
md with all thy soul. and with az my
s,y,ngth. and with all thy mind, and my
,,sirhbor as myself.
Ana He said unto him. Thou hast an
sxered right: this do. and thou shalt 1--we.
~ But he willing to Justify himself. said
unto Jesus. And who Is my neighpor!
20 And Jesus answering said. a certain
man went down from Jerusalem TO Jericho,
ma fell among thieves which stripped
MN Of his raiment and wounded him. ana |
d.uarted. leaving him half dead,
II And by chance there came down a |
certain priest that way. and when ne sa"
rim he passed by on the other side.
~ And likewise a Levite, when ne was
the Mace came and looked on him. and
passed by on the other SIDE
"a Rut a certain Samaritan as he jour-
neysd. came where he was and when ne
saw him. he had compassion On MN 40.
n And went to him. and bound up MS
wounds. pouring In Oil and wine, and set
him on his own beast. and brought him 10
an inn and took care OF him.
s And on the morrow when he departed.
NJ. took out two pence. and gave them 10
-. host and said unto him. Take care OF
rim. and whatsoever thou spendest more.
when come again. will repay thee.
as Which now OF these three. thinkest
thou. was neighbor unto MIN that zen
among the thieves!
q. And he said. he that showed mercy on
him. Then said Jesus unto him. Co. ana &c
'H'1 80" GOLDEN TEXT.
Love thy neighbor as thyseIf-Lev'
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
We have already entered that Pc
Rod in the history of Jesus career
known as the Perean ministry. de-
sus and His disciples on leaving Cali
lee had gone along the borders be-
tween Samaria and Galilee. eastward
"a the Jordan, and crossed over into
Perea. This brings us to November
4 ID. %. The incident and parable
Of the lesson are recorded IN none
Of the Gospels except Luke's. Inc
exact place OF the occurrence is not
lnown. hut il was somewhere IN
perea. The lesson analysis follows:
The Lawyers ~ y; K
..Neighbor'' Defined ..................vs. 49,
CO and DO Thou Likewise...-..........-' f"
Tee Lawyers Question: lawye
comes to Jesus with this ques
lion: "What shall do to inherit eter
nal life. The attitude OF the lawyel
Was not one of honest questioning
In the words OF the text he tempt
ed or tested Jesus with some con
reverted question of the day. lie Sc
A trap of words for Jesus. In IN
question of the lawyer the emphasi
+ 10 be placed on the word DO.
What shall / do" The leading teach
ers of the Jews OF Jesus day wer
r.remonia,isfs. To the scrihes an
pharisees eternal life hinged not upo
,he realitie. of life, but upon som
ceremony Of human institution.
Jesus Reply.-But Jesus did not Sc
.hinrs of this sort in the same wa
that the rabbits did. He went straigi
10 the heart of the matter HOY
ever. he went at il in diplomat
way, and answered the question
another question: What is write
IN the law:- In this connection '
may notice two things ~ Jes
did not ask what the Talmud san
ar what any Of the great Hebre
writer's or even the prophets sal
He goes back TO the law of Moses
which all the teaching OF the Je'
supposed to have been based. Wh
said the law? (2) Another thing
NAV notice is that this brings Jes
and the lawyer TO common grour
They both accepted the decalog'
hence when the lawyer gave ms
swer to the question OF Jesus 10
found themselves in perfect ayr
ment. On the two commandme'
quoted Jesus had already decla'
hang all the law and the prophe
50 Tie said now to the lawyer: II
do. and thou shalt live"
.Neighbor" Defined.-The law.
had sought TO entrap Jesus. inst'
he himself had been trapped.
now he sought to justify himself
The eyes of those about him. NJ
than this. we may imagine he $
thought he might drag Jesus IN SC
OF the current discussions wnen
asked: "who Is my neighbor?
is one Of the questions people iov'
bubble over in the abstract, but
n concrete case come up anyone VIC
know in his heart what was me
bv "neighbor" in the commandm
we see this when we read that
sus gives concrete case, the ia"
needed no help in telling who
the "neighbor."
Go. and DO Thou Likewise
sus knew the purpose that wal
the lawyers mind, but that lie
help him as well as others who
have heard His words. lie has
sumed certain sincerity. N the
ton asked:. "what shall do e
herit eternal, life?" Now, ha
cleared his mind OF the fog OF
siastical discussion, Jesus lays
him his plain. duty: Go, anc
,hou likewise" BE n neighbor I
you meet. love your God ana
neighbor as yourself. and so IN
eternal life, and all the happ