Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-09-02
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-Goiden
Text. Luke y, 27-commentary Pre-
pared by Rev. .. NJ. Stearns.

Text, Luke y 27-Commentary Pro-
pared by Rev. o. M. Stearns.
This lesson consists of three parts
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 a scribe well acquaint-
ed with the law. His question is,
(which is the great commandment in
the lawT or (which is the first COM
mandment Of allT"
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 1t. 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,
s; 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 we'll 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. /. 1o-15, and all SINH
lar words concerning the abomination
that Israel's sacrifices were to the
Lord because it was all mere form, all
outward, without a 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 1t at ALL The Lord Himself
did all and provided freely the re-
demption clothing that man needed
Gen. iii, 21.
TIKI. a VIZ Of TNnI rr-H4 oh S. As,f -
Just and good that man cannot keep
1t 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. <, 8, 4: xiii. 1o). 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
Christ Matt xii, AZ. To these Jews
who expected Messiah, a son Of
David, but who did not understand
the prophecies concerning Him and
that He was to be truly a man and
yet truly God in one person. the CUES
tion 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 xii. AZ. He ask
ed them. What think ye of Christr
Tor the Messiahl. Whose son is Heg"
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 TIL / make
thine enemies thy footstooly" ops. cx.
IL Jesus Himself answers the CUES
ton. In John xvi, Is. He said. II
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 proceeded
forth and came from His Father In
heaven. and thus is David's Lord,
while. as being man, He was "of the
house and lineage of David" and so
was David's son. In Him were unit
ed the divine and human natures
John i. Liza; John /, 1, p. One Of
the very last titles that He gives Him.
self In the New Testament is ''the root
and the offspring of David" Grew. xxi,
16). David came from Him as His
Lord, and as man He came from d.
vid. He is the Son of Man, inheriting
all things, and He Is to sit on Davtd's
throne luke /. 1888. Personally I
am comforted by the fact that as per-
feet man He knows me thoroughly,
and as God He is able to save, to keep
and to present me faultless because
have accepted Him 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 for
praise of men, their seeming religious.
ness and at the same time their op-
preston Of poor widows whose offer.