The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-08-02
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTs FOR AUGUST Z
Subject: Jesus on the Way to Jerusa.
lem, Matt. 1874, 2, 1926
Commit Verses 1915.

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PLACE.--Perea
| EXPOSITION. Jesus and tho
Little Children, lis. Jesus still
maintained His popularity with the
multitude (v. %. mothers longed
to have their children share in the
blessing. The disciples. like many
modern disciples, thought the chill
i, dren were; beneath the notice of Jesus
and rebuked the mothers as they
brought them But while the disci-
! pies were displeased with the mothers
Jesus was displeased with the disci-
pies mark 10:14). None are dearer
to Him than the children, and He
wishes even the little children
t"babes, g Luke 1875, R. w brought
to Him. A child in its teachableness
and humility is just fit to 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 1910. Can we doubt that a.
real blessing came even to their in
FAINT hearts in response to the topch
4 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.
III. Possessing Many Things, Yet
Not Satisfied, 1920. The young man
who came to Jesus had great possess
| sions ". 22), position duke 1919.
lsulture, exemplary morality (vA2O)
> noteworthy amiability mark 10:I
! I'D, intense earnestness mark 10:t
I17), undoubted sincerity fMgrk 10:t
/ 17-21), great moral courage mark
i I0.17), recognized piety (Luke 1Sl
| 18), noble aspiration w. 16). benev-
Dlence. 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 teal. 2:16). 1t must be re-
! 5eived as gift Gro. 6:G3). Jesus
! by His reply, Why callest t1lou Me
good (see Marx 1918, p. ", did
cot mean to imply that He was not
good (Jne. 8:46; 1890; 8:29), butt
| tIe saw that tne young man had MOI
ieep sense of the full aorce of his own
words. To say He was good was to
say He was Coo, Cor no man is good
! mark 1919, but slat He was Cod
the young man did not see. He wasl
superficial, and Jesus sought to bring,
aim to recognition of his superb
! cialty. Jesus sent the young man to-,
he law because he sought life by do
! ing. The law is the thing to do" If.
man is to get life by doing. but no.
man has ever done it, so the law.
serves to shut mans mouth (Ro.t
8:19, 20). What this young man
needed was to have hismouth 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.
l:15).
| III. Lacking One Thing, and
Therefore Lost, 20, %. Jesus look;
ing upon him loved him" mark 10:l
IL, r. VI, but Jesus was not pleased
with him (cf. Ro. S:S). There was,
however, a winsomeness in his SINGER
ity, eagerness, earnestness and hon.
est, though futile, attempt to keep
| the law. But Jesus love for him did
lot keep Him back from dealing very
plainly with him, though that plain
dealing caused the young man to turn
his back upon Him. 1t does not SEEM
to the average mind very serious,
thing to lack only one thing (Mk. 10:a
21). But this lesson teaches us that
to lack one thing may be fatal. The
one thing he lacked was supreme
love for Jesus Christ. He was willing
20 do much at Jesus bidding ". ICY
hut not anything and everytbing..
There was one thing that he loved
more than Jesus. and that he was NOT,
willing to give nm at Jesus' Kidding
Iesus' nnrnose in Kidding him 10 seiil
what he had ana ~ rive to the moor
vac tn brine. him to see This MONEY!
was his idn1 co Jesus inf His anger
mon that Rnt The Shirt of ,Tesws.
command holds for ali His discinles
G.nIa lag Jasus. usually calla
mon those who would come after
Him ~ Give mn somethine T,ove n,
Him maRas II easv fo rive m anv-
thing for Him ~ Cor. 5:14. 15lI#
Jesus told the young man that If he
Obeyed he would have Treasure inl
heaven. That is Infinitely the best
Mace to have treasure (Matt. 6,19y
20). He was not merely to sell all
hut further come and follow Me'i
The selling all was simply nrenara-
| tory to this n Cor ,13.35 "He went
away sorrowfpl" II wasn't So mucbi
he that mad great nossessions. . thei
great noseessions,, had him B1
tnrning away from, Tes,,s rather thaDj
give mn his earthly treasures he lost
Eternal treasures and lost his sonl
~ T,,a narSers Of wealth. % "a.
Jesns tooL occasion from this incident
IN NJ riches