Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-01-29
SOME LAWS OF
THE KINGDOM
Sunday School Lesson for Jan. 30. 1910
Specially A-s-ze5 tor This Paper


neefcn is perfect Matt 5.fS
TINE.-The summer of A. ID. %. near
The middle az Cnrisrs ministry
PLACE.-Tho traditional site ga the
Horns az Hattin. two or three miles west
OF The Sea OF Galuee.
Suggestion and Practical Thought
To-day we have vision into the in
nermost spirit of the commandments
illustrated by a few examples.
The Underlying Principle-Vs 1890.
"a hink not that I am come 90 destroy
the law. OF The prophets" their moral
teachings. their promises. an they
stood for in the nation. for these were
Gods teachings through them. All
the glory and the hopes OF the nation
and OF the world were built ora the law
and the prophets. The Pharisees had
already accused Jesus Of abrogating
the law OF Moses MARK 2:24; John
5:16. 1S). Jesus denies the accuse
ton in the strongest language
"Abrogate the law OF Moses? Never,
You Pharisees have abrogated it by
your false Interpretations and misap-
plications. have come TO fulfu f.
is. For verify 7 say unto you. till
heaven and earth pass away. one jot
or one title shall in no wise pass away
from the law. till all things be accom-
plished." Because the moral law Is as
eternal as natural law. There is no
repeating clause in the New Tesla
ment that sets aside The old Tesla
ment"
The Sixth Commandment. Thou
Shalt Not Kul-Vs 21-26 eye have
heard" In the syuagogues and from
the teaching OF the scribes said by.
better "to." Thou shalt not XIII
commit murder In danger OF the
judgment" Not Ina the commandment.
but In accord with the Jewish laws
The Judgment" was the properly con
sttuted authorities. In this case the
local court established by the san
hedrim In every town OF Palestine
(Deut l6.lSl for the trial and punish
ment OF capital crimes
%. But T. Tho "I' IS emphatic. saw
unto you. The court punished after
the crime; Jesus would prevent the
beginnings that led TO the crime.
The Principle Illustrated by the
Third Commandment - VS. 1887.
There are two ways OF breaking the
command. "Thou shalt not take the
name OF the Lord thy God in vain.
o. BY not keeping the promise made
In Gods name. Tor this dishonors the
God whom you pretend 90 serve C2l
BY a careless and trivial use of the
name of God and religious things.
which culuvatcs irroveronce dimin-
ishes their power over men. and
makes them trivial and unreal I'M the
minds of both speaker and nearer.
The Scribes' Interpretation of this
commandment was. Thou shalt not
forswcar myself. but shalt perform
unto the Lord thine oaths." with the
emphasis on "the Lord"
The Principle Illustrated by the
Law OF Retaliation-Vs $50 An
eye for an eye" a rule for punishment
OF onences coming before the civil
court. and founded in justice. much
more so than the modern system Of
lines. which favors the rich. This rule
Is found IN the lately discovered
Code OF Hammurahi CB c. 20OO)
tooth for tooth. eve for eye. limb for
limb. son for son." erc.
80. but / say Resist rot evil. {"
OF him that is evil" The Greek can
be read either way. Resist not evil
by evil. but overcome evil with good
% "Smite thee on thy right cheek.
turn to him the other also" not liter
ally. for that would be Ike the rab-
bis Interpretation. but act In that
spirit; exactly as Christ did TO the
man in the trial who struck him with
a rod
CD 40. ''If any man will" wills to-
proposes to sue thee at law. has some
quarrel with you or thinks you have
wrOnged him. and wants TO 20 TO law
about II, and would take away thy
coat let him have thy cloak also"
Love the Fountain and Source OF
All These Manifestations OF ne Chris
tan Life-Vs. 43-47. ''Ye have heard"
IL is the common teaching. Thou
shalt love thy neighbor" LEV. Ie:1s)
Good teaching as far as II went But
II was limited % by their definition
OF "neighbOr" as applying TO those OF
their own race and religion. and NOT
extending 10 all with whom they came
In contact; and (2) by their addition
OF and hate thine enemy"
The Ideal and the Goal-V. as. Be
ye therefore perfect. The A. Y "a
better here than the r. V. translation
Perfect" means complete In every
part, having every element Of the
heavenly character in the fullest de-
gree. The perfect are those who
have reached the goal. have attained
maturity" In Eph. Alb. Il. perfect"
describes full-grown men in contrast
with babes. 1T Is the goal OF human
excellence" the complete develop-
ment OF being. the embodiment OF all
the commands of TIE whole moral
law.
Illustration. In the Royal gallery AZ
Dresden may be often seen a group
Of connoisseurs. who sit for hours be-
fore a single painting They walk
around those halls whose walls are so
eloquent with the triBmphs OF art, and
they come back. and pause again be-
fore that one masterpiece. Weeks are