The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-09-13
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
.sson in the International Series fos
September 16, 10OO-The
Rich Fool.
Prepared by H. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TENT.


M inheritance with me.
|la And He said unto him. Man. who made
M a Judge or a diyider over you?
|I5 And He said unto them, Take heed,
nd beware OF covetousness: for mans
|fe consisteth not In the abundance OF the
hings which he possesseth.
Tls. And He spake a parable unto them.
aying. The ground of certain rich man
rought forth plentifully:
H. And he thought within himself. say
NO What shall / do. because l have no
nom where to bestow my fruits?
IN And he said, This will do: l will pull
Lnwn my barns, and build greater; and
here will l bestow all my fruits and my
bods.
|is And I will say to my soul. Soul. thou
kst much goods laid up for many years
Ike thine ease, eat, drink. and be merry.
|N, But God said unto him, Thou fool. this
ght thy soul shall be required Of thee:
ken whose shall those things be. which
kou hast provided?
n So is he that layeth UP treasure for
mself, and Is not rich toward God.
a And He said unto His disciples. There
re say unto you, Take no thought for
bur life, what ys shall eat; neither for the
bdy, what ye shall put on.
q. The life is more than meat, and the
kdy is more than raiment.
GOLDEN TEXT.
what shall II profit II man, II he
hall gain the whole world, and lose
s own sOulf-Mark S,36.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE verses Immediately following
st lesson, including Luke lO:3s-i2
identity do not belong to this period
| the life of Christ, but to the later
&ys just preceding the crucifixion.
hitting this one occasion Luke gives,
the chapters that Immediately fol-
h, the Gospel events in their chrono-
tical order. We are still in the Pc
ln ministry. The parable of the
(h fool is one of a series of discourses 5
great moral truths. Intervening in
record, according to Luke, We
ve the following events and teach
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course on Prayer. er....................u .u:l-l3
us Answers Attacks OF Pharisees IL :l4-5i
rms to Beware of Hypocrisy l2:l-l2
These passages should be read and
died TO get into the spirit Of Jesus
Dat teachings at this time. Following
discourse on the Heaven of the
Rrisees, which is hypocrisy" Jesus
rms of the danger of covetousness,
in Illustration utters the parable
he rich fool, and points out several
tbs growing therefrom. Thus the
on Includes not only the text as
en- above, but verses 24-34 of chapter
also. The following lesson plan is
gested:
Us and the Defrauded Heir......vs. 13, IA
Danger of Covetousness. s.............v. 10
IN Illustrated by Parable. .......vs. 1921
Root OF the Evll l..................Vs 22-3O
Cure OF the EVIL. il..................vs 3l-3l
tsus and the Defrauded Heir.-We
assume that the young man who
e TO Jesus and said: Speak to
brother, that he divide the inherit
with me-" was bona fide heir
had been defrauded out of his
re Of the patrimonial estate. Jesus
not deny that thAs oung man ~ !
Is in the case, but He did refuse
|ecome the arbiter of those rights.
las been remarked in connection
this passage that Jesus did not
to maintain individual but to es-
sh right, that is righteousness.
be Danger of Covetousness.-With-
discussing at all the rights" of this
Jesus took the occasion to strike
great e;il-covetousness. In few
ls' lie points out the danger Of it.
pg: "A mans life consisteth not
le abundance of things which he
eseth.' The danger of covetous-
is that it starves the life. The ac-
l'atlon of wealth, while il may be
,eht in itself. contributes absolute
'hIng to the wellbeing of man
sauSheS no real desire OF the soul.
nay note also in the words of Jesus,
quoted, that we have given a vir-
uennltlon of covetousness. Evil
Jesus looked upon that man as
ous who makes the chief object
HE the abundance of materia.
ia Illustrated by Para b,e.-The
ing regarding the danger of COW
aess Jesus illustrates by the para
'he rich fool. The man was not
according to the notions of the
lie must have had great abil-
accumulate great wealth. But
uedth came he knew he was
ne mad that which was no profit
ana lacked that which he sorely
loot of the Evil.-The root of
IS false view of life. '"rhel
'Fys Jesus, "is more than meat.
"e oody is more than raiment."
anu clothing are important, even
ai!' out If God so clothed the
which Is to-day in the held, and
ITO" Is cast into the oven. how
!, more will He clothe you, o We
iaith.' There is kindly
,eHee that looks after the affairs
no evil comes to him but that
ne brings on himself.
ure OF the Evil.-If the root of
I. = IS a false view of life, then the
@ ust De in changing that view.
aPor'ant thing with us is not
s sra fa'ment, but the Kingdom of
oeii that ye have, and give
provide yourselves with bags
wax not old, a treasure in the
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