The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-04-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson V.-SeCond Quarter, Fer
May |, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Matt. xii, IA.
Memory Verses, II, 12-Golden Text,
Matt. xii, documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.


Matt. xii, documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
'At that time" when these blind
hypocritical Pharisees were specially
diligent in rejecting Jesus as their
Messiah Notwithstanding all His
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 AT that time xxi.
%; xii, II, when these grace-dOubterS
(as missionary recently writing from
China called these seventh day pee
pleJ 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 q. Il. 42j. When the.
Kingdom comes the Lord alone shall
Foe exalted. and all the holiness and
haughtiness of men shall be bowed
down Qsa. ii. II, 10 Earth's mighty
ones 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 cOrntields on a Sabbath
day His disciples plucked ears of corn
and did eat. rubbing them in their
hands luke 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. rs 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: "Have We not read what David
did, Have We not read in the law"
VERSES 8, % Or. Scotield 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
jected 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 vi, 1G, 49,
Note that the Lord Jesus had full
confidence in the authority of Scrip
ture, the law. the prophets and the
Psalms luke xiv, -, Al. 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 y. 2GJ 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. -. If we are
wholly subject to God and to His
word Jesus will not only be our Say
Jour- 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 T.,
Even in the synagogue where the
law the prophets and the Psalms We're
read every Sabbath they sought to ac-
cuse 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 sheep. even on a
Sabbath day, and asking, How much
then is a man better than Il Sheep"
He asserted. 1T is lawful TO do we'll
on the Sabbath days" Commanding
the man 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 duke
Vi. 81. Il. Then were they filled with
madness and went out ana held q
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 a cause"
They that sit in the gate speak
against Me-" MANY bulls have com
passed Me-strong bulls of Bashan
have beset me round" (Ps. xxxv, II;
Xix. 1. II; xii, ~.
The time had not come for them to
carry out their murdesous 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 AMI
unclean spirits falling down before
Him and crying, Thou art the Son OF
God" Mark iii, 7,129 Our lesson chap
ter says that He healed them all, but
charged them that they should not
make Him known Is, 80. this also
that the Scripture might be fulfilled
as it is written in Isa xiii, 1, 4. That
we who are His witnesses may apply
many Scriptures concerning Him, al
least in some measure to ourselves
see in Acts xiii, Al, Paups use of lisa
xiii, G. That we are His chosen ones
see John XIV. 1G; Eph. l, 4; l Pet. H. O.
That we are in the world as lights