The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Second Quarter, For
May |, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

"At that time" when these blind
: hypocritical Pharisees were specially
diligent in rejecting Jesus as theI
Messiah, Notwithstanding all Hi:
mighty works and gracious words
binding upon people heavy burdens
grievous to be borne, Jesus taught the
weary burdened ones that in Him they
would find rest. Eat that time" xxi
%; xii, u, when these grace-doubters
! tas missionary recently writing from
China called these seventh day PEG,
ple) were making an idol Of their Sab.
bath, while rejecting the Lord of the
Sabbath who was In their midst, Je,
sus wrought these good works Of our
lesson today to teach them that in
their midst was one greater than the
temple, greater than Solomon, greater
| than Jonah oversees 6, Al, 42). When the
| kingdom comes the Lord alone shall
be exalted, and all the loftiness and
haughtiness Of men shall be bowed
down lisa. ii, IL, ~. Earth's mighty
zones shall then have learned that ''those
who walk in pride He is able to abase"
Dan. iv, 80.
AS Jesus and His disciples walked
through the cornfields on a Sabbath
! day His disciples plucked ears Of corn
| and did eat, rubbing them in their
hands duke vi, u. Then the Pharisees
accuse Him and His disciples as law
breakers, evil doors, transgressors. 1t
seems horrible that men should accuse
their Maker, but they did not know
Him, because they were blinded by the
| god Of this world, as are all today
who talk against God and His word
and there are many. They pretended
to be very jealous for the law, so He
said:s Have We not read what David
did?' Have We not read i'm the law?"
VERSES 3, 81 DR.. Scofield says Jesus
action is highly significant" what
David did" refers to the time Of His
rejection and persecution by Saul q
Sam. XXI, 81. Jesus here is not so
much the rejected Saviour as the re-
iected King-hence the reference to
David Jesus continually referred
them to their own Scriptures: Have
We never read?" Did We never read
in the Scriptures?" Matt. ri, 16, 42.)
Note that the Lord Jesus had full
confidence in the authority of Scrip
ture, the law. the prophets and the
Psalms duke xiv, 81, AZ. These
Pharisees professed to believe the
Scriptures also, yet they fulfilled them
In condemning Him. On one occasion
Jesus asked not only What is written
in the law" but How readest thou?"
duke x, 26) We do well to consider
whether we receive the Scriptures as
they are in truth the word Of God
which effectually worketh in them
that believe q Thess. ii, 81. If we are
wholly subject to God and to His
word Jesus will not only be our Saw
ioCr, but our Lord. whom we will de-
light to obey, not in order that He
may have mercy upon us, but because
He has had mercy on us and we have
learned something Of the meaning of
verse z.
Even in the synagogue where the
law, the prophets and the Psalms were
read every Sabbath they sought to ac-
euse Him who had given them these
Scriptures and who had given to each
Of them life and breath and all things.
yet He patiently bore with them and
reasoned with them. He reminded
them that they would not hesitate TO
save the life Of a sheep. even on a
Sabbath day, and asking, slow much
then is a man better than a Sheep"
He asserted, "It is lawful to do well
on the Sabbath days." Commanding
the maa with the withered hand to
''rise up and stand forth in the midst"
He also commanded him to stretch |
forth his hand, which he did, and It |
was restored whole as the other luke |
vi, 81, u. Then were they filed with
madness and went out and held a
council against Him, how they might |
destroy Him. Thus they prepare to |
seal His doom, as they think, but they |
are In reality sealing their own and |
fulfilling the Scriptures, which said.
They rewarded Me evil for good"
They hated Me without cause"
They that sit in the gate speak |
against Me-" Many bulls have com |
passed Me-strong bulls Of Bashan
have beset me round' FPS. xxxv, IL:
Xix, 4, II; xxi, 12).
The time had not come for them to |
carry out their murderous thoughts, SO |
Jesus simply withdrew from them and
continued to heal the multitudes who |
followed Him-many who had plaques |
pressing upon Him to- touch Him and |
unclean spirits falling down before |
Him and crying, "Thou art the Son of |
God" Mark lii, 7,12.) Our lesson chap
ter says that He healed them all, but
charged them that they should not /
make Him known rs, 16), this also
that the Scripture might be fulfilled
as 1t is written In lisa. xiii, 1, 4. That
we who are His witnesses may apply
many Scriptures concerning Him. at
least in some measure to ourselves.
see In Acts xiii, At, Paul's use of lisa.
xiii, 6. That we are His chosen ones
see John XIV, IS; Eph. 1, 4; I Pet. ii. g.
That we are in the world as lights
for Him see Matt. v, IA; Phil. ii. 15.
That we may manifest His life let us
ever behold Him as the perfect SER
want in whom the Father is well pleas
ed and trust Him to fill us with His
Spirit that we too may be well pleas
ing to Him, possessing the ornament
Of meek and quiet spirit, which is In
the sight OF God Of great price.
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