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THE SABBATH SCHOOL
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Subject: Jesus Dining With Pharisea
Luke xiv, 1.14-Golden Text: Luke
XIV, 11-Memory Verses, 12-14-Coin.
mentary on the DAYS Lesson.

Subject: Jesus Dining With q Pharisea
Luke XIV, 1.14-Golden Text: Lux
XIV, 11-Memory versef, 12-14-Coin
mentary on the Days Lesson.
Recapitulation.-The following are tn.
principal events in the Life Of Christ dur
ing the last quarter, continued from Les
son l. of the third quarter: 46. Discourse
on the bread of life. 47. At the borders
Of Tyre and Sidon He restored the demo
niac daughter of a Syrophoenician woman
48. Journey through Decapolis. 40. Heal
ing deaf atammerer. SO. Feeding the
four thousand. 81. Sailed to Dalmanu
tina. 81. Sailed to Bethsaida, where He
healed blind man. Marx 8;2.8. 53
Journeys to Caesarea Philippi. 81. Pc,
ter's confession. IS. The TRANSPORTATION
So. Healing the demoniac boy. 81. Jour.
ney to Capernaum. So. Tribute money
taken from the mouth of a fish. 30. a
lesson in humility from "the child in the
midst" 80. Discourse on the forgivine
spirit. 81. Rejected by the Samaritans,
Luke 9:52-58. 81. At the feast Of Taber.
nacles. SO. The blind man healedsat the
pool of Sloan. g.. Discourse ON the good
shepherd. es. Goes into Perea; 90. The
Seventy sent forth. 81. Parable on the
hieu toVl auu oloSo4 eC on WIG ou'J Va
the Sabbath. 70. At the feast of Dedica.
ton. H.. Retires to Bethabara. 72.
/. "Chief of Pharisees." It has been
suggested that this man may have been a
member of the Sanhedrin, with country
home in Perea. "To eat bread" Our
Lord had no home and, when He was in.
vited to dine it was as proper for Him to
60 on the Sabbath as on any other day.
Although there seems to have been sew
eral persons invited to this dinner, yet
this affords no justification to visiting or
making dinner parties on the Sabbath.
"They were watching Him" fR. W
Were maliciously watching Him. The
Pharisee, while he professed friendship,
had invited Jesus to his table for the
purpose of finding an opportunity to &C.
cuse Him and take away His life.
2. "a certain man before Him." The
man had probably been brought there and
placeG in the company by the Pharisee in
order to test Christ.
8. "And! Jesus answering spake:" he
knew they were deceptive, and He was
ready for them. "The lawyers" The
teachers of the law who were present.
't1s it lawful" etc. They are in a dilem-
ma; as lawyers, they ought to know, but
If they answered in the affirmative they
would endorse Christ and His work, while
to answer in the negative would he to
show their Lack of love and lay themselves
liable to 9 change similar to that given in
chapter 1875. =. -.
A." ."They held their peace" The Phari-
sees taxed the conscience of the people
with puerile questions, such as whether it
was lawful to eat an egg on the Sabbath,
Or Of what material the wick of the Sab
bath lamp should be made, but they did
not forbid this miracle, which they should
have done had it been wrong; they were,
therefore, forced to silence. 'Took him."
Laid His hands on him. "Let him CO."
He sent him away. .-..'"'~
S. "Falleni into pit" Jesus silences
them completely BY calling attention to
the fact that theyN on the Sabbath day
would have mercy on beast in distress,
and shall not He ON the Sabbath day de-
liver this suffering man. Read Matt. II:
I0-l3; Luke l3: l4-l7. e. r. e.
6. Gould not answer Him." Silent, but
not convinced; obstinacy and spiritual
pride sealed their minds against the force
II. "a parable" Showing the impor.
;ance of humility. when He marked"
SssS ses seip ehoss oa To take stf he bis hs1
.st place when it is not our due is public
,apity; to obstinately refuse it when Of
erred, is another instance of the same
nee, though private and concealed. Hu.
nifty takes as muah care to avoid the os-
Of an affected refusal as the open
,eeking Of a superior place. ''The chief
ooms. The chief seats. (R. W
4 8. MBidden-to a wedding" He speaks
II marriage feast. (R. W because the
rules of procedure would be more care.
ully insisted upon" FSit not down."
rhe pride that apes humility violates The
pirit of this teaching. There should be
genuine self-abasement. 1t ought to check
'ur high thoughts Of ourselves to think
low many there are that are more honor
Ible than we., ~ IT, !. .l.-...t
O.. "He that ,bade." The host who has
to decide the matter. With
hame." Sooner or later pride will have
! fall. The man who humbles himself
merely because be is forced to do 80 loses
he respect of both God and man.
10. ain, the lowest room" "The lowest
,lace." (R. W "Go up higher" The
way to rise high is to begin low. No
hame attaches to the one who take low
,lace. What Christ commanded others
He. Himself did. He humbled Himself in
His birth, lin His life and in His death.
Then shalt thou have worship" Have
,lory. (R. W This person will receive
lonor an the presence of the company.
II. "For every one that exalteth him
Ielf shall be humbled" (R. W The one
Who is proud and seeks to be honored
lboye others, shall be abased, or humbled,
both by God and man. "Ie that hum
oleth himself" 1t is better to humble
ourselves, for if we do not God will hum.
Die US. "Shall be exalted" God will
,onor and give glory to the truly humble
n heart. .
: u. "Call not thy friends" The second
parable is to the host. 1t is a sharp re-
ouke on account of fault which is al
most always committed in the choice of
,uests. Our Lord certainly does not mean
hat man shall not entertain his friends,
put what He inculcates here is charity to
he poor, and what He condemns is those
which are given to the
'ich, either to fatter them or to procure
similar return. "Nor thy rich neigh.
oors." "He that giveth to the rich shall
urely come to want" Prov. 22:l6. Give
% thy friends, but let it be to. thy poor
riends, not to those who need thee not.
l3. Call the poor" Feasts to the poor
ire not forbidden. He that giveth to the
,oor lendeth to the Lord. What the
saviour here commends to others He has
Himself fulfilled in the most illustrious
manner. To the feast in the kingdom OF
sod He las invited the poor, the blind,
,tc., in the spiritual sense OF the words"
Id. "Thoa shalt be blessed" The poor
Who have been fed will bless thee, and so
viii the Lord. You will be conscious of
,aving acted unselfshly. "They cannot
'ecompense thee" Therefore God will
consider Himself your debtor.5-Clarke.
"The resurrection Of the just" There Is
% be a future state; we are all fastening
IN toward the resurrection. At that time
God will reward those. who have done
yood, for His sake, without the hope Of
my earthly recompense.