The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON ~, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 27.

Text of the Lesson, Math, xii, 34-46.
Memory Verses. 37-40-GoIden Text,
1Iath. xii. AZ - Commentary Pre-
pared by the Rev. ID. NJ. stearns.
copyright, 1900, by American Press Assoc
ciation.l
81. "But when the Pharisees had heard
chat He had put the Sadducees to silence
!hey were gathered together" The gath.
erings together against Him from the
Babel days of Gen. xi to the last one of
Rev xix, 10, are very many, but they are
al the work of satan and shall be over.
thrown. After His parable of the mar
riage feast the Pharisees took counsel
iow they might entangle Him in His
ak, so they sent unto Him their disci-
Jles with the Herodians verses 10, 16)
with a question concerning tribute, the
Sadducees follow with their resurrection
question, and now the Pharisees alone
with the law question. So the world
rationalism and Journalism, all unbeliev-
ing, are ever questioning and arguing in
their rebellion against God.
3d. SO. Master which is the great
commandment in the law?" This is the
question of the lawyer who represents on
this occasion the unbelieving Pharisees,
who, going about to establish their own
righteousness, will not submit to the
righteousness of God. They think not Of
honor from God, but do all things to be
seen of men (xxiii, 81. They know moth
ing of humility and conviction of sin;
they think only of praise of men and high
places on earth. As we read or hear the
Ten Commandments which were spoken
by God Himself out of the midst of the
fire (Deut. iv, 33) do we consider His
greatness and holiness and the holiness
which He requires as revealed in this
law?
81, 3S. Our Lord Jesus puts the first
four commandments into one and calls it
the first and great commandment, for it
covers our relation to God, and that is the
first great thing to be considered. What
men think of US is of no account unless
we are right with God, and we are not
right with Him if anything has the place
in our heart which He alone should have.
We must have no other god, no one or
nothing else bowed down to, His name
alone exalted, no works but His wrought
in us. AS it will be in the kingdom, ''all
lofty looks and haughtiness of men bowed
down and the Lord alone exalted" lisa.
ii, II, 10, so it should be now and will
be, by His grace. in every redeemed one.
"That God may be all" is the highest
point in Scripture Il Cor. XIV, 2S).
80 40. He sums up the last six COM
mandments in Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as myself" which very same
words are found in Lev. xix. Is, just as
His summary of the first four is found in
Deut. vi, 5. for He is only bringing to
their minds things which they knew or
should have known, being written in
their law. Mark says Chapter xii, 33)
that when Jesus had given this summary,
scribe said unto Him, "Well, Master,
thou hast said the truth, for there is one
God, and there is none other but He, and
to love Him with all the heart and with
all the understanding and with all the
soul and with all the strength and to love
his neighbor as himself is more than all
whole burnt offerings and sacrifices" Upon
which Jesus said to him, '"Thou art not
far from the kingdom of God" Had he
known that in Christ alone this righteous
ness was ever seen, that He is the end of
the law for righteousness to every one
that believeth (Rom. x, ~, and received
Him as the Christ, he would have become
a child of God John i, 12). Love is the
fulfilling of the law (Rom. xiii, 10Y. God
is love, and Christ was God manifest in
the flesh"
Al, ~. while the Pharisees were gath
cred together Jesus asked them, saying,
He" He now turns questioner, and His
question is of far more Importance than
all they had asked Him. If we put with
this the question in chapter xvii, p,
which was asked by Plate, "What shall
do with Jesus who is called Christ y
we have, it seems to me, the most i'm
pOrtant question that any one can be
asked or that any one can ask himself.
On March II, at Rangun, Burma, Rev.
d. l.. Brayton, in his ninety second year,
having been 62 years a missionary, began
his last message to the Karens thus:
"There is one thing | wish to impress
upon the minds of all my brethren, Ka-
rens and others, as my last message
What think We of Christ? You cannot
be right in the rest unless you think
rightly of Him." He gave a clear state
mcnt of the gospel of salvation by the
blood of Christ alone and said, among
other things, "If we are not using all
the abilities God has given us to make
known this gospel truth that Christ il
the only Saviour, we are without excuse.
43, A. "He saith unto them, How
then, doth David in spirit call Him Lord
saying, The Lord said unto my Lord. y
In answer to His question, Whose Son is
He? they replied, ''The Son of David,
and then He asked this question, quoting
Ps. OK, l, and summarizes it in the next
verse in these words, "If David, then
call Him Lord, how is He his SOM" In
Mimpriss' harmony of the gospels there
is this note: This question can only be
answered Alright as recognizing the fact
that Christ proceeded forth and came
from His Father in heaven, and thus is
David's Lord, while as being man He
was of the house and lineage of David
and so was David's son" In Rev. xxi
16, He says of Himself, II am the root
and the offspring of David" He wa
truly God and truly man. equal will
man, equal with God. This the Phar
isees would not allow, but on one occa
sion took up stones to stone Him. b.
cause, rs they said, He being a man
made Himself God John X. 33). Apar
from some or Ills miracles, when Wee
never duplicated through any Of ths
apostles. as far as we know. one of the
strongest words concerning His divinity
is that in the beginning of His prayer
"And now, o Father, glorify Thou Nc
with the glory which had with Thee be
fore the world was (John xvii, 81
46. 'And no man was able to answe,
Him word. neither burst any mar
from that day forth ask Him any more
questions Truly God gave Him I