The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-07-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY is.

Subject; The Good Samaritan, Luke *
@6-37-Golden Text, Matt. v. 7--aregu@
ory Verses, sS, 3A--ropic: Love to Our
Fellow documentary.
/. How to gain eternal life Tvs. Is.
2Sl. %. "A certain lawyer" A
scribe; professional interpreter Of the
law Of Moses. Usually a noted scribe
was teacher and had company OF
disciples about him. "Stood up" Jesus
must nave been in some building, dis
coursing on some subject that sug,
gested the question asked by the law.
yer. Tempted Him" Or tested Him.
Inc question was not asked from any
desire to know his own duty, but for
the purpose of testing the knowledge
of Jesus. Master" Or teacher. tho
same as rabbi. ITO inherit eternal
life" Eternal life is the true spiritual
life Of the soul--that which is natura.
to it in it's highest state, and of ali
things in this world is most worthy the
seeking. His question was. How can
I become child of God and possess0r
of that true spiritual life that will en-
dure forever
20. What is written" AS d teacher
Of the law he should be able to tell.
and he was able, as his answer shows.
How readest thou? What we gain
from the Bible depends upon how we
read it.
~. He answering said" He replied
by quoting the great summary Of mans
duty toward God in Deut SIS. and
statement of the law of love from
Lev. 1918 The lawyer proceeds 10
give correct answer, one which Jesus
eJ,a ! L.,
ligion of the Bible does not consist
in good external acts, in prayers, in
our zeal for Christ, in performing the
deeds of the law, or in being made
happy but in love to God and man.
"All thy heart" This is supreme affec-
ton to God. The heart is the seat OF
the affections, desires, motives and
will. with all thy soul" He loves
God with all his soul. or rather. with
all his life, who is ready to give up life
for His sake. All thy strength To
the extent of giving all of our physical
powers in His service "All thy mindl'
The intellect belongs to God This en-
braces the whole man. "Thy neighbour
as myself" This love is the principle
in the heart from which flows the
golden rule" Matt 7:12) in practice,
and the perfect keeping of all the
commandments which refer to our
duties to our fellowmen.
%. This do, and thou shalt live.n
Shalt have already eternal life, the life
of Heaven; for this heart of love is
eternal life
IL Our duty to mankind illustrated
Tvs. 1927. 30. Desiring to justify
himself" r. " The conscience OF
this learned lawyer was touched and
he saw that he was destitute of the
love he had just declared to be neces-
sary in order to inherit eternal life.
Who Is my neighbour The degree
in which he had kept the law of love
would depend on the answer to this
question. How wide a circle does
"neighbor" embrace? Unwind that
word neighbor and it measures off the
whole of our earthly life, it covers all
our practical, everyday duties. 80.
Jesus answering said" Here it was
that Christ could, in a parable. show
how far Judaism was from even true
understanding, much more from such
perfect observance of the law. as
would gain Heaven. From Jerusalem
to Jericho" It was a very dangerous
road, lying much of the way in deep
rayine through soft rocks in which,
caves abounded, affording shelter to
miscreants who sailed forth to prey
upon travellers. 1t is still necessary to
have an escort in passing over that
road. 81 Certain priest" Jericho
was one of the residences of the
priests who came up to the temple of
Jerusalem in turn to offer the daily
sacrifices, burn incense, and perform
the temple cerem0nials. "He saw
him" And knew that fellow man
was suffering and in need. "On the
other side" He no doubt could frame
many excuses for not stopping. 30.
Likewise a Levite" A Levite was
one of the tribe of Levi; a priest was
of the family of Aaron in that tribe.
The Levites performed the humble ser
vices of the temple, as cleaning, carry
ing fuel, and acting as choristers. Tho
scribes and lawyers were frequently
of this tribe, which. in fact, was set
apart by Moses as the intellectual
body in the nation. Passed by" His
conduct was the same as the priests
had been. These two men would mats
urally be expected to befriend the man.
33. "a certain Samaritan" The
Samaritans were a half-heathen people,
greatly despised and hated by the
Jews. Had compassion" Although
they had no right to expect any help
from a Samaritan, yet he FASTENED to
assist the suffering man.
"a. Bound up his wounds He
did the very best he could for the man
with the remedies he had at hand. ION
his own BEAST This all took time and
effort, but he did not hesitate nor
make excuses. ITO an inn" This
was public house where all corners
were received. 35. "On the morrow,
He evidently remained with him that
night. Two pence, A penny or
Roman denarius is worth about sixteen
cents, but it would be equivalent to
eight or ten times as much IN our day.
SO. "Which--thinkest thou:o This
question almost compelled the lawyer
to speak highly of the Samaritan.
WAS neighbor unto him. The para
Bile implies not mere enlargement Of
Jewish ideas, but a complete change of
them. It is truly a Gospel-parahle for
the whole old relationship Of mere
duty is changed into one Of love- 81
DO thou likewise" He to whom you
ought thus to show mercy in order tol
become his neighbor is your neighbor.
We should be ready to help every per-
son who needs our assistance
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