The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-04-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
Jesus the Sinners Friend"-Inter-
national Sunday School Les
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LESSON TEXT.-LuNe 1860. Memory
verse, AZ.
GOLDEN TEXT.-~Thy faith hath
TIME During the same period of Jesus
saved thee go in peace.'-Luke 1850.
ministry as that OF last lesson. IN middle
81 second year
PLACE.-In some town in Gallee per-
laps In Capernaum.
script RAJ REFERENC Jesus
relations TO sinners Matt 1:21; 1924; lS:ll-
2, Luke $751; 80, 1856; 1910, John 3l6, II;
ll4 50. go Jesus relations TO Pharisees.
Matt $50; s:ll-l4. "a; l2:l-7 IA, Ss. 80. ISL
%. l6I-l2; 1873. 2l:i3-i6; 22:l5-22 23l-33;
luke il:S7-ii; l4l, John 81.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
V. So And one of the Pharisees:"
Simon by name w. 400. THE Phar.-
see was not convert TO Christ's doc
trine
V. 81 Behold" The opening words
imply that her presence created sur
prise. Int Crit Com. "A woman ia
the city" Probably Capernaum; per-
haps Main or Magdala. Which was
sinner" A notorious character, rs
the Greek implies. When she knew
that Jesus sat at meat: Her presence
there is explained by the oriental Gus
tom OF strangers passing in and out
of a house during a meal 10 see and
converse with the guests.
V. 81. Brought an alabaster box"
Flask Literally, an alabaster, just
as we call a drinking vessel made OF
glass a glass. Pliny compares these
vessels to a closed rosebud"
V. 3S. And stood twas standing) ar
His feet" Thanks 10 thee most
blessed sinner: thou hast shown this
world a safe enough place for sinners
the feet of Jesus, which spurn none,
reject none, repel none, and receive
and admit all "-Bernard
And did wipe them with the hairs
Of her head" With a touch, she
looses the hair which 1t was shame
full to let down in public, and, with
the ingenuity and abasement of love.
makes it a towel "-Alexander Mac
laren. And kissed His feet" The
verb is a compound one, expressing
tenderness of regard" And anoint-
ed them with the ointment: This
was the one act she had come OF
set purpose to do
V. 44 II entered into thine house,"
AS an invited guest, to whom the host
should have shown at least the COM
mon courtesies.
V. As. Thou gavest me no kiss"
ITO receive a guest at the present day
without kissing him on either CHEEK
as he enters, is a marked sign of con-
tempt or at least a claim TO a much
higher social position. "-Tristram.
" as. MY head with oil thou didst
not anoint:" This also was an ordi
nary token OF respect.
V. 80. THE Pharisee .. spake with
in himself" Not daring to utter his
thought aloud, but very likely pro-
claiming it in his sneering coun-
tenance. This man, II he were d
prophet" Not the worst thing he
could have thought. Expos. Greek
Test.
V. 40 Jesus answering" the I'M
spoken thought, and so proving His
prophetic insight I'VE almost see the
half-sad smile Pickering on the Teach
er's lips"-Pulpit Commentary.
V. Al. There was a certain creditor:
Rather, money-lender. See r. V.
which had two debtors: The cred
itor is Christ, the two debtors are
Simon and the woman. w. NJ. Tay-
lor, ID. ID.
V. AZ And when they had nothing
to pay" And told the creditor so, is
implied That is the plight of every
sinner: Nothing in my hand bring"
HE frankly" Freely; omitted in the
r. V. "Forgave them both" AS read
lily the large debt as the small; thus
the ocean of Gods love covers a
mountain as easily as a molehill.
(Which of them will love Him most?"
Not of necessity, but probably
" AZ II suppose" THE air of Ian
guild indifference with which Simon
gave his judgment, as If the case sup
posed were too insignificant to awak-
en- any interest in his mind, shows
that he had no thought of its having
a reference to himself"
V. AZ Wherefore" Because her
actions prove her true repentance.
Her sins, which are many, are for
given" as you may see from the evil
dent fact that "she loved much" and
has been proving this love by the
deeds you have witnessed; while you.
Simon, ito whom little is forgiven"
Gin your own self-satisfied thought.
show this by loving and honoring Me
little. This passage does not teach that
love is the ground of forgiveness, but
its result.
V. 4S. Thy sins are forgiven"
Christ has been talking with Simon,
and in large, philosophic terms which
the woman might not understand. He
would send her away with the comfort
of this plain, direct assurance.
" 40. who is this that (even) for
giveth sins?" Notice that Christ, so
quick to answer Simons evil thought
of the woman. pays no attention to