The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-08-04
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR AUGUST 2.

INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR AUGUST 2.
lem, Matt. 1871, 9, 1926
Commit Verses 1915.
GOLDEN TEXT.-"Jesus said, Suf-
fer little children and forbid them
not, to come unto Me; for of such Is
the kingdom OF heaven" Matt. 19:
II.
TIME--March, A. D. 80.
PLACE.-Perea.
EXPOSTTION.-L Jesus and the
Little Children, 1-15. Jesus still
maintained His popularity with the
multitude ". 2). The mothers ionsed
TO have their children share In the
blessing. The disciples, like many
modern disciples, Thought the chill
dren were beneath the notice Of Jesus
and rebukad the mothers a. they
brought them But while tho dfsci-
pies were displeased with the mothers
Jesus was displeased with the disci-
ples mark 1910. None are dearer
to Him than the children. and He
wishes even the little children
("babes," Luke IS: Is, r.. w brought
to Him. A child in its taachableness
and humility is just at 20 hear and re-
ceive the truth Of the Kingdom. and
We must become In this respect as lit
tie children If we are to enter the
kingdom of heaven (ch. 1879. Jesus
took the children UP in His arms
mark 10: 0:16). Can we doubt that n
real blessing came eveu to their in
fant hearts in response to the touch
of Jesus? How God can work in the
heart OF a child we do not know, but
that He does thus work this passage
proves.
II. Possessing Many Things, Yet
Not Satisfied, 1920. The young man
who came to Jesus had great possess
sions ". 22), position (Luke 1S:1S),
culture, exemplary morality ". 20),
q noteworthy amiahility MARK 10:
2D, intense earnestness (Mark 20:
1D, undoubted sincerity mark 10:
17-21l. great moral courage mark
| 10:1O, recognized piety (Luke is:
18), noble aspiration ". 16). benev-
olence. Yet all these things together
| did not save him. They will not save
| any one. His question implied that
eternal life is obtained by something
| we do" No man ever obtained life
by doing (Gal. 2:16). 1t must be re-
ceiyed as gift Gro. .6:23). Jesus.
by His reply, why callest thou Me
good" (see Mark 1918, R. W, did
| not mean to imply that He was not
good tJno. S:46; 14:30; S:29), but
| He saw that the young man had no
deep sense Of the full force Of his own
words. To say He was good was to
saw He was God. for no man Is good
mark 10:1S), but that He was God
the young man did not see. He was
superficial, and Jesus sought to bring
| him to n recognition Of his superb
| cialty. Jesus sent the young man to
the law because he sought life by do
| ing. The law is the thing to "do" IL
4 man is to get life by doing. but no
| ran has ever done it, so the law
! serves to shut mans mouth Gro.
| 3:19. 20). What this young man
needed was to have his mouth stopped
and his pride laid in the dust. Jesus
always sends the self-confident to the
| law. Those who know that they are
! sinners He sends to the gospel q I'll.
1:15).
III. Lacking One Thing, and
Therefore Lost, 20. %. Jesus look
ing upon him loved him. mark 10:
21, R. W., but Jesus was not pleased
with him (cf. Ro. S:8). There was.
however. a winsomeness Ia his SINGER
| ity, eagerness, earnestness and hon
est. though futile. attempt to keep
the law. But Jesus love for him did
not keep Him back from dealing very
! plainly with him, though that plain
dealing caused the young man to tarn
his back upon Him.. 1t does not seem
| to the average mind a very serious
thing to lack only one thing (Mk. 10:
21). But this lesson teaches Us that
to lack one thing may be fatal. The
one thing he lacked was a supreme
| love for Jesus Christ. He was willing
! to do much at Jesus bidding ". 16)
but not anything and everything.
There was one thing that he loved
| more than Jesus, and that he was not
| willing to give up at Jesus bidding.
Jesus purpose in bidding him to sell
what he had and to give to the poor
was to bring him to see this. Money
was his Idol, so Jesus put His finger
upon that. But the spirit of Jesus
command holds for all His disciples
duke 14:33). Jesus usually calls
upen those who would come after
Him to give up something. Love to
Him makes 1t easy to give up any
| thing for Him e Cor. 5:14, 1b).
jesus told the young man that II he
obeyed he would have treasure in
heaven" That Is infinitely the best
place to have treasure (Matt. 6:l9,
zO). He was not merely to sell all.
but further. come and follow Ne. &"
The selling all was simply prepara-
tory to this Il Cor. 1879. He went
away sofrowful," it wasn't SO much
he that had great possessions" the
great possessions" had him. By
turning away from Jesus rather than
give up his earthly treasures, he lost
eternal treasures and los! his soul.
w. The Dangers Of Wealth, %. 20.
Jesus took occasion from this incident
to point out the perils of riches (cf.
Prov. 3O:8, 9; Matt. 1922; / TT. SO,
! 10). TT Is hard" He said, for a
rich mea to enter into the kingdom OF