The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-09-06
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THE LESSON TENT.

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THE LESSON TENT.
duke l0:25-31.)
Is. And, behold. "A certain lawyer stood
up, and tempted him. saying. Master. what
hall do to inherit eternal life?
| IS. He said unto him, What is written In
lhe law? how readest thou?
z. And he answering said, Thou shalt
owe the Lord thy God with all thy heart.
md with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind; and thy
ieighbor as thyself.
rs. And He said unto him. Thou hast an
Iwered right: this do. and thou shalt live.
~ But he. willing to justify himself. said
Lnto Jesus. And who is my neighbor?
| 80 And Jesus answering said. A certain
nan went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.
and fell among thieves. which stripped
him Of his raiment, and wounded him, and
departed. leaving him half dead.
| 81. And by chance there came down a
| certain priest that way: and when he saw
him he passed by on the other side.
| S2. And likewise IA Levita. when he was
at the place, came and looked on him, and
passed by on the othsr side.
! 30. But a certain Samaritan, as he jour-
neyed. came where he was: and when he
saw him. he haG compassion on him,
! "a. And went to him. and bound up his
wounds, pouring In oil and wine, and set
aim on hi, own beast and brought him TO
an inn and took care of him.
| 35. And on the morrow when he departed
| he took out two pence, and gave them TO
the host, and said unto him, Take care of
him; and whatsoever thou spendest more,
when come again. will repay thee.
36. Which now of these three, thinkest
| thou, was neighbor unto him that fell
among the thieves?
81. And he said. he that showed mercy on
him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do
thou likewise.
GOLDEN TENT.
Love thy neighbOr as thyself.-lev.
IO,Is.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
We have already entered that pc
riod in the history of Jesus career
known as the Perean ministry. Je-
sus and His disciples on leaving Cali
lee had gone along the borders be-
tween Samaria and Galilee. eastward
to the Jordan. and crossed over into
Perea. This brings us to November,
A. ID. 30. The incident and parable
of the lesson are recorded in none
Of the Gospels except Luke's. The
known, but it was somewhere In
Perea. The lesson analysis follows:
rhe Lawyers Question. 25
"Neighbor" Defined ..................vs. 1896
Go. and DO Thou Likewise. e...............v.5 81
The Lawyers Question.-A lawyer
comes to Jesus with this ques-
ton: What shall do to inherit eter-
nal life. The attitude of the lawyer
was not one of honest questioning
In the words of the text he tempt
ID" or tested Jesus with some con-
troverted question of the day. He set
trap Of words for Jesus. In the
question Of the lawyer the emphasis
Is to be placed on the word do
What shall do" The leading teach
srs OF the Jews of Jesus day were
ceremonialists. To the scribes and
Pharisees eternal life hinged not upon
the realities of life, but upon some
ceremony of human institution.
Jesus Repiy.-But Jesus did not see
things of this sort in the same way
hat the rabbis did. He went straight
20 the heart of the matter. How
ever, he went at it in a diplomatic
way, and answered the question by
another questions: what is written
the law?" In this connection we
nay notice two things. G) Jesus
lid not ask what the Talmud said,
)r what any of the great Hebrew
writer's or even the prophets said.
He goes back to the law of Moses on
which all the tenchng of the Jews,
vas supposed to have been based. What
said the law? (2) Another thing we
may notice is that this brings Jesus
and the lawyer to common ground
They both accepted the decalogue
hence when the lawyer gave his an
swer to the question of Jesus they
'ound themselves in perfect agree
nent. On the two commandments
quoted Jesus had already declared
hang all the law and the prophets.
So He said now to the lawyer: This
10, and thou shalt live"
"Neighbor" Defined.-The lawyer
nad sought to entrap Jesus, instead
ne himself had been trapped. So
now he sought to justify himself in
he eyes of those about him. More
ihan this, we may imagine he still
thought he might drag Jesus in some
If the current discussions when he
asked: "Who is my neighbour" This
IS one Of the questions people love to
bubble over in the abstract, but let
l concrete case come up anyone would
know in his heart what was meant
by "neighbor" in the commandment!
We see this when we read that Je-
sus gives concrete case, the lawyer
needed no help in telling who was
the "neighbor."
Go, and Do Thou Likewise.
sus knew the purpose that was in
he lawyers mind, but that He may
halp him no yypll nc otbarS ,rbo NAV