The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-09-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson X.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. 6, 1914
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Mark xii, 1884, Al
44-Memory Verses, 29-31-Goldsn
Text. Luke x, 27-Commentary Pre-
pared by Rev. .. M. Stearns.

Ills leSSOu FOuSlSIS vi
| the question of the scribe whom Mat
thew calls lawyer. Christ's great
| question and the record Of the widows
two mites The first is recorded by
| Matthew and Mark. the second by
/ Matthew, Mark and Luke and the
| third by Matthew and Luke. Having
answered and put to silence the Phari-
| sees. Herodians and Sadducees, He is
! now approached by one Of the Phari-
sees, who was Il scribe well acquaint-
ed with the law His question is.
(which is the great commandment in
the law" or (which is the first COM
mandment OF all?"
Here was another tempter, and yet
the Lord graciously cOndescended to
| answer HIM. II one came to us in the
same spirit and we knew it, would
We be gracious enough to make reply?
! Our Lord left us an example to follow
! Him in all things. He meekly replied
to this critic. quoting from Deut. vi, 4.
/ ): Lev xix. IS, the summary of the
Ten Commandments. which His own
hand had written twice on the tables
of stone. that the righteousness which
is required of us is to love the Lord
our God with all our heart, soul, mind
and strength and our neighbOr as our
selves, adding, according TO Matt. xxi,
40. ION these two commandments
hang all the law and the prophets"
The scribe confessed that He had an
swered well and said that to do this
. was more than all whole burnt offer
ings and sacrifices, to which Jesus re-
piled. Thou art not far from the
kingdom of God"
The scribe saw more clearly than
most of his fellows that God looked
for a right heart rather than any
thing merely outward. He understood
the words of lisa. i. 1915, and all SINH
lar words concerning the abominatiOn
that IsraePs sacrifices were to the
Lord because it was all mere form. all
outward. without Il thought of the for
giveneSs of their sins or their need of
it In the first sacrifice ever seen on
earth man gave God nothing, had no
hand in it at all. The Lord Himself
did all and provided freely the re-
demptiOn clothing that man needed
Gen. iii. 2D.
The law of God, which is so holy and
just and good that man cannot keep
it and which has been kept perfectly
only by Jesus Christ. who is the true
ark of the covenant and the mercy
seat, is always intended to lead us TO
Christ, who is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believ-
eth (Rom. X, 3, a; xiii. 10). The great
and all important question is not what
we should do or should not do, what
we know or do not know. but what is
Jesus Christ to us. what think We Of
Christ Matt. xxi, 42). To these Jews
who expected il Messiah. a son of
David. but who did not understand
the prophecies concerning Him and
that He was to be truly man and
yet truly God in one person. the ques-
ton as to how the Messiah could be
David's son and also David's Lord was
what might be called poser for them
According to Matt. xxi. AZ, Ie ask
ed them. "What think We of Christ? 2"
, Tor the Messiah). Whose son is He?"
They replied, The son of David &"
Then came the difficult question for
them, How doth David in the Spirit,
in the book of Psalms. call Him Lord,
saying. The Lord said unto my Lord.
Sit thou on my right hand till | make
! thine enemies thy fOotstoolT Ps. c..
, L. Jesus Himself answers the qucS-
ton. In John xvi. %. He said. Il
came forth from the Father and am
come into the world As Mimpriss
says in his harmony. the question can
only be answered Alright as recogniz-
ing the fact that Christ pro- pedpd
! forth and came from His Father in
2 heaven. and thus is Davids Lord.
, while. as being man, He was of the
CoGse and Lineage of David and sd
was David's son. In Him were unit
ed the divine and human natures
John i, l-li; John i. !. ~ One of
the very last titles that He gives Him,
self in the New Testament is THE roo.
and the OffSprin" of David" (Eev. xxi
16). David came from Him as His
Lord. and as man He came from Da.
yid He is the son Of Man. inheritinc
all things. and He i: - sit on David.
throne duke i. 3l-:13i. Personally
am cOmfOrted by the fact that as per
feet man He knows me thoroughly
and rs Cod He is able TO save to keel
and 10 present me faultleSs because
have accepted Hin As my Saviour.
He had taught them to beware OF
PhariSees. Sadducees and Herodians
and now He says. Beware of the
scribes," mentioning their desire fol
praise of men. their seeming religious
ness and ut the same time their on
preston of poor widows whose offer
ing of as little as two mites sometime:
counted more in His sight than tn,
abundance of many rich people. Tn,
= poor widow of our lesson cast in al
| that she had. even all her living. Thi
drew her very near to Him. When an,
one says This is the widows mite
/ as they give some trif1e to the Lord
r say as kindly as possible. Make /
8 two. or do not mention it, and do no
| compare it with the Bible story unless
| n