The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the International Series for
January ~. fe01-Cbrist Sic
Iences the Pharisees.
THE LESSON TEXT.


they were gathered together.
90. Then one of them, which was law
yer, asked Him a question, tempting Him,
saying,
&c. Master, which is the great command
ment in the law?
81. Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
So. This is the first and great command
ment.
SO. And the second is like unto 1t, Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40. On these two commandments hang all
the law and the prophets.
Al. While the Pharisees were gathered to-
gether, Jesus asked them,
AZ. Saying, What think We of Christ?
whose son is He? They say unto Him, The
son of David.
A. He saith unto them, How then doth
David in spirit call Him Lord, saying,
"A. The Lord saith unto my Lord, Sit thou
on my right hand, till make thine enemies
thy footstool?
49, If David then call Him Lord how is He
his son?
49, And no man was able to answer Him
word, neither burst any man from that
day forth ask Him any more questions.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Whnt think ye of
Christt-Matt. 22:42.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The events studied in this lesson oc-
Cured on Tuesday, April 4, A. d. 30.
This was the last day of Jesus pubic
teaching, and the lesson proprely in
cludes that teaching which was occa-
stoned by the opposition of the rulers.
Jesus relates three parallels: UD
of the two sons; (2) of the wicked
husbandman, and (3) of the marriage
of the kings son. The pharisees
question Jesus about tribute. the sad
ducees bring up the question of the
resurrection. and the lawyers chime in
with questions about the great COM
mandment. The analysis OF the IS
son text takes up two points:
1. Question Concerning the Great It
Commandment.-Ver. $40
2. The Pharisees Ashsd QuestiDH.-N.r.
4l-46
When Jesus came to the tCra e
| Tuesday morning He met tAe O. ei
priests and elders. N"ho Ntre ,t,y,
angry at what had been Gots d, :
| the last two days. ihey ;llHtiE g
sired to put Him to d,:,A. uai q
not dare do so. They -. e IRE 'is
with different sets CT pco K vic Ne.t
generally enemies of ere rHfr n
were agreed in dctsruiH,l tlat Je-
sus should not be !;i ana =
they planned to tango Jesus Il, |, :
talk if possible. TGey GpI unto j.
ferent persons to try Him with '", d
questions, hoping ri:at His a&Sa,rs
would give them some chance /. 's.y
that He had broken their laws
But He saw through all their cun-
ming questions and mean plots te
make Him say or do something they
could use against him. The first set
of messengers asked Him by what
right He had dared to cleanse the tenn
pie, and who gave Him authority to
teach there. He answered them by
asking question they could not an
swer; then by speaking the parable
of the Two Sons. the Wicked Husband
men, and the Marriage of the King.
Son. in each of which He condemned
| the Jews most severely for theil
wicked rejection of Him. You will fint
these in Matt. 21:2s-42; 22:1-14 TIL,
next set tried to entrap Him in re
gard to the tax paid to the Roman
emperor Matt. 2:16-22j. Then cam,
|
about relationships after death Matt
22:22-23).
Finally another group put the gues
tion in verses 35. SO of our lesson
The books of Jesus time were al
written by hand. The men who dit
the writing were called scribes; ais,
lawyers. because besides writing tn,
law they explained it. They though
if Jesus singled out one command
ment as the chief they could charg,
Him with disrespect to all the Others
Jesus Himself had no need of an,
other law than that of love. If in
stead of rule for each sin we accep
one rule to Love the Lord our Go,
with all our heart" that leaves n,
room to love wrong things. So W
n shall not need to be told not to d
them.
What the Jews were cooking for wa
a son of David. who should sit upo
the throne of his father and restor
the glory of that earthly kingdom
which was now only fast-fadin
memory. In the prophecies respectin
; the Messiah there were clear fiashe
of divinity, but they persistently shu
their eyes to them. What they want
el was not God invested with all tn
awful beauty of holiness. but sor
of Jewish Caesar surrounded with a
the pomp and circumstance of ten
poral power. They had seen but on
side of the Scriptures, and so whe
Jesus turned up the other they wer
utterly confounded.
Jesus Christ is not only the Son c
David and the Son of Man, but tn
Words of Scripture and the wonderfl
works in history Enthusiastically pr,
claim Him to be the only begotte
and well-beloved Son of God.