The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson MSecCnd OHarsee
For Zine "a, 1912
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This amounting Of Jesus bya peniAent
woman is recorded only by Luke.
There q anoSher, amounting later In His
ministry which Is recorded By Nat
thew. Marx and John, but not by
Luke That WAS at Bethany, ana
Mary, tho sAster- OF ATartha, anointed
Elm Tor his burial. This was probably
at Main, and the name of the woman ID
not given. Both anotntings were en-
the houses of men called simon. but
the n IL called Simon the Pharisee
and the other Simon the leper. In TO-
days lesson the woman washed His
feet with pe~nftential tears, wiped than
with her hair kissed them and anutnt-
Cd them. At Bethany Mary anoanted
His head aSwe1-as His feet, butthere
IL no record OF her washing them.
They are m~anifesey two wholly DIFF
ferent incidents atsdiGerene times ana
IN din0erent places, but Jesus Christ
Himself IL the center in each, as he is
In all the Bible, and eUerywhere and at
all times revealing God the Father. In
u lesson He as I'm the house OF one
who knew Him not nor treated Him
with common courtesy, as we learn
from the words OF Jesus in verses a.
IS, Thou gaEegt me no wateE Tor nv
feet; thou gavest me no hiss: myshead
with oil then didst not anosnts AT
BethanyeHewEasin the house OF those
who loved him. This Pharisee reuninds
Us OF the one in chapter xviii, II, II,
and in verse 30ofour lesson chapterawe
read that 'the Pharisees and lawyers
rejected the counsel OF God against
themselves" In chapter XVI, "a, % 40
said that the Pharisees deridedHimand
Hs teaching. He went whenever He
could do good and heal q sin s3ck4souI
or a diseased body. never4ttinking OF
Himself or ofsHis unkindskreatment by
others. He did not hesitate to touch
the world in any form for its good. buA
He was as separate from It as hgh6
from darkness He came to save sin.
ners. TO seek andto~save the dost, and,
inasmuch as He HtmseEfsaid, s-There Ii
JOY in the presence OF the angels OF
God owe one simmer that repenteth's
duke XIV, 2ol, Hswas no doubt full OF
Joy when He found any one like this
woman. or the woman Of Samaria. or
Nicodemus, Oh Zaccheus. or the pent-
tent thief, willing to be saved. Per-
haps she hade&heard His "Come unto
me" or His words 10 another, "Daugh-
ter, be Of good comfort; thy faith hath
made thee whole QEatt ri, Is; tx, 20.
somehow she ha6 heard and believed
and had washed her opportunity to
thank Him. Now Il had come within
fer reach. and she FASTENED to do all
that was In her heart 1t mattePed not
to her that the house was that OF
Simon the Pharisee; she was not think
ing Of either Simon or his house, but
Of just one person who had made her
blind to all but Himself. She knew
her sin better than Simon did, and 50
did he to whom she had now come.
How unusual such tears ana such de-
votion, and how refreshing all must
have been to Him. She washed His
feet with her tears, but He had washed
her soul by Els precious blood, soon
to be shed for her. See her humility, at
His feet behind Him; see her contrt-
Hon, weeping over His feet and think
ing how her own had wandered Some
has said that the essence OF her
heart vas distilled to battle His fees
and the glory OF her head unbound to
furnish Him with q towel Had she
kingdoms 10 give they would have
been laid at His feet but she did her
best. and He accepted. She did not
send by another. She rendered per-
sonaI gratitude She was 90 occupied
with Him that Simon's frowns were
nothing to her. There is no record OF a
word she uttered: but oh, how the
Eears, the disheveled hair, the precious
ointment, did tank forher! she had no
thought Of calling any ones attention
60 her; she cared for no ones opinion:
she was endeavortng to thank Him.
He accepted her gratitude, He looked
at her, H0 took her part, He spoke 30
her and said to her, ''Thy sins are for
given; they faith hath saved thee: goin
peace oversees IS, 609. Her name we
know not, but tt Is written in heaven
duke x. 20l. May the Joy OF sins for
given be q reality to us and a whole
souled devotion TO Him be seen In our
daily lives. Simon thought that he
knew her, but that Jesus did not know
her, whereas Jesus knew both Of them
as they did not know themselves. He
would have saved Simon as readily as
He lid the woman Il Simon had con
fessed himself a sinner. but there is
neither salvation nor q Saviour for
self righteous people He came not to
cali the righteous. those who think
they r righteous. but for all who
know themselves sinners and banhrupa
there is salvation. Many who are called
Christians seem never to have been
forgiven much. for there is no dsvo-
ton to Elm In their lives How very
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