Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-05-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
May 90, leo4-Jesus Teaches
Humanity.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Mark lO.aS-SsN

Zebedee. come unto Him. saying. Master.
We would that Thou shouldest do for Us
whatsoever we shall desire.
81. And lie said unto them. What would
ye that should do for yuN?
81. They said unto Him. Grant unto ua
that we may sit. one on Thy right hand. and
the other on Thy left hand. in Thy glory.
N But Jesus said unto them. We know
not what ye ask; can ye drink of the cup
that drink OF? and be baptized with the
baptism that am baptized withr
81 And they said unto Him. We can.
Ana Jesus said unto them, We shall indeed
drink OF the cup that drink OF; and with
the baptism that am baptized withaI
shall We be baptized
40 But to sit on MY right hand and on
My left hand Is not Mine TO give: but IL
snail be given to them for whom II is pre-
pared
Al. And when the ten heard 1t. they be-
gan To be much displeased with James and
John.
% But Jesus called them TO Him. ana
saith unto them. We know that they which
are accounted to rule over the Gentiles eN-
etcEe lordship over them: and their great
ones exercise authority upon them
~ Hut so shall 1t not be among you but
whosoever will be great among you. shall
be your minister
~ And whatsoever OF you will be tho
chiefest. shall be servant OF all.
30 For even the Son OF Man came not to
De ministered unto. but to minister and to
give His life a ransom for many.
GOLDEN TEXT-For even the Son OF
Man came not to DO ministered unto, but
TO minlster.-Mark lo:45
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
rprsNihs and Having Faith. Luke l7:l-f0
Cleansing Ten Luke Hills
noming OF the Kingdom. ..... Luke II :2O-37
fnraoles. Unjust Judge. Pharisee and
- "piicah' ,..'............ Luke 1S:1-1s
reaching concerning Divorce. Matt. l9:s-l2
reaching Concerning Divorce. Mark l0:2-I2
Biessing Little Children. Mark iO:i3-is
btesslnH Little Children. Luke ls:l5-l7
me flch Young INTERCHANGEABLE l9:l6-3o
ny nVh nouhs Ruler. Mark 10:17-2I
me hlch Young Ruler. Luke is 1880
iaraple. Laborers I'm Vineyard Matt 20I-l6
again Foretelling His Death. Matt 20:l7-I9
Again Foretelling His Death Mark 10 40 al
again. Foretelling His Death. Luke ls:si-st
Ampltlon OF James and John Matt 20: 20 2S
ambition OF James and John. Mark IO:35-45
. TlME.-March A. ID. 80 The cruclnxion
was In April
PLACE-Peraea: same as last lesson.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Inc paragraph which precedes our
lesson Is the best introduction Tn n
Inc passover was near, and the roads
were full OF devout Jews on their wav
10 Jerusalem to observe It, 1t was Jesus.
wish to walk alone. After walking ner-
maps Tor hours, in this way, the Master
called the Twelve to him again and told
them for the third time of the end which
was so near.
And there come near unto Him
James and John" We learn from Mat
thew that their mother was with them
and that II was she who spoke for them.
Their presumption is hard to under
stand. but 1t probably seemed less TO
them because OF the relationship be-
tween the family OF Jesus and their own.
HIS mother and theirs were probably
sisters.
Ye know not what ye ask" Jesus
meets this bold petition as He met the
scribe's offer OF discipleshIp Matt
S:19), aiming at disenchantment by
pointing out what II involved. Bruce.
Are ye able to drink the cup that
drink The cup was an emblem OF
mans lot; what God poured out for
him. We are able" They probably
had only the faintest conception OF
what their words meant. but they did
mean to stand by the Master. The
cup. we shall drink" They
were good men and they did stand by
Him. James was the first OF the dis
-
ored them in speaking as He did. and
His words could hardly be called a re-
Duke. But to sit on My right hand
is not Mine TO give" Jesus does
not try to correct their material concep-
ton OF the kingdom, He had tried to do
that before-but devotes Himself to the
more serious moral error. sefishness.
rs for them for whom Il hath been pre-
pared" Chrysostom used as an illustra-
ton the case OF two athletes who re-
quested the judge to assign to them the
laurel wreaths OF victory. He replied:
1T Is not mine to give, but they belong
to those for whom they are prepared"
that Is. those who win them In the pre-
scribed way.
THE ten moved with indig-
nation" We do not wonder that they
were angry. but II was partly because
they had the same ambitions with James
and John. "They who rule
over the Gentiles lord It over them.
But 1t is not so among you" 10
is not TO be go among you. Selfshness
controlled in the non-Chrlstlan world;
II was to be different in the kingdom OF
Christ. whatsoever would become
great among you. shall be your minis
ter" Better, your servant as in r. ".
margin. Greatness. then, is not counted
by God as most Of us count IL even to-
day He is really greatest who serves
most. ITO give His life" Not simply
TO lay down His life, but to devote II to
the cause. This involved-and He knew
that It would-Hls death. "a ransom
for many" That through the giving OF
which many were to be delivered from
the bondage Of sin. It. most important
TO observe that in all this Jesus Is set
ting forth Himself and His conduct as
the pattern OF life for His disciples.
This whole verse is introduced for this
very purpose. Burton and Matthews.