Morgan County republican., 1914-02-12
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY IS.
ChRisr's HATRED OF sHAMs.

LESSON TExT-Luke ll:s7-4.
Ii not mocked"-Gal. 6:7.
This is q strange breakfast episode
Ito "dine" means literally, to break
fast). Jesus accepted three such
Invitations from the Pharisees and
was accused OF being a glutton and q
wine bibber, Matt. 11.19; Luke 1885.
80, A. In this instance we are told
plainly ". 54) why he had been asked
to this feast. At later time. Q. g.
during the Passion week, Jesus Geliv.
cred q special discourse against the
Pharisees Matt. 23) in which he re-
peated many of the things we study
today.
Must Be Clean.
I. False vs.. True cleansing wv. ~.
~. The orthodox Jew is very pune.
tilious to avoid ceremonial uncleanli.
ness. In Christ's time this ceremoni.
alism was at its highest development.
To be defiled was far worse than to be
morally unclean. This Pharisee mar
veled" that Jesus was not likewise
concerned with his outward acts ".
80, Sc also Matt. 1925, 26). To have
q clean cup and platter was more i'm
portant than to have a clean heart.
In fragment Of Gospel found at
Oxyrhyncus. Jesus is reputed to have
said to q Pharisee: Thou hast
washed in waters wherein dogs and
swine have been cast, and wiped the
1 At -1,t, ht4lS 81 I,n inf
anoint and beautify, but within they
are full of scorpions and all wicked
ness. But l have been dipped In the
waters Of eternal life which come
from the throne Of God" Pious plat
ters. presented in pride. must be in.
wardly purified.
Jesus pronounces three woes"
griefs that like an avenging nemesis
hang over men of such character.
u) A woe against those who make
a show of tithing the common garden
mint and herbs and at the same time
avoid the weightier matters of just re-
lations to their fellow men and love
to God ". 42). We are not to neg
lect our churchly duties at all, but
these cannot be substituted for
righteousness (see Micha $50. (2)
A "woe" against those who love the
places of pre-eminence ". 43, CT. Matt.
1856, y. This spirit has not departed
from the church after lapse Of CEN
turtles. 1t Is unchristian, unchristlike.
The great one must be the servant OF
all (Matt. 23:11, 20:2S. John 1914, Is.
Phil. 1853. (3) ". 43), The third
woe" is directed against hypocrisy.
To touch a grave was to become un.
clean, and hence they were white
washed to give men warning. Many
Christians are without beautiful to be-
hold, yet within full of dead mems
bones and all manner Of uncleanllness.
The Three Woes.
II. Real vs.. Sham Lives wv. A.
64). The lawyers were the theologians.
the expounders Of the Mosaic law. Ev-
identity the words Of Jesus produced
great conviction. The word "reproach.
est" ". 45) means Ito entreat spite
fully" and the probabilities are that
he spoke to Jesus as II to rebuke him.
Jesus at once pronounces three woes
upon him and his class. U A woe
because they laid burdens upon others
which they themselves would not even
touch with one of their fingers Matt.
23:H. That is, they added to the law
minute and troublesome details.
which they declared to be more i'm
portant than the law itself. CD
". AZ A woe" is pronounced upon
them for honoring the dead prophets
and at the same time rejecting and
prosecuting those that were living
To honor dead teachers. to praise the
prophets Of the past, those whom we
cannot endure while living. is form
of hypocrisy which costs but little. II
implies that had they lived in the days
, Of their fathers their conduct would
! have been Indifferent, yet they are will
: the living prophets, following the ex
| ample of their fathers. God foresav
. this ". 49) and the faithful minister
, of his word must expect like treat
> ment INK. 1929. 30). (9 ". 12) The
/. third "woe" was pronounced agains
D these religious teachers because. pos
r sessing the key to knowledge. the!
) neither entered themselves nor woult
1 they allow others to enter; we entel
] not in yourselves. neither suffer "
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