Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-05-23

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ~!
MISUNDERSTANDING 2l:23-26; 22l-i5.
PRIMARY ToPIC--Jesus and the 10
| ow's gift-Marli 12;4i-44
JUNIOR ToPIC--The two great on
mandments.- i2:2S-A. Luke 1921.
SENIOR AND ADULT ToPIc-Reiion
| and citizenship.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-RomaniS:
III; Timothy 81. ..
!. The Parable Of the Husbandnn
wv. 1-12).
Having out the scribes. chief prids
and elders to confusion by skilhi
sounter-question when they demantd
his authority, Jesus, by means of all
tie story. lays before them his elm
Of divine authority, and charges tim
with betrayal of trust and plottingto
murder the very Son of God. Is
teaching in this parable cut themto
the quick. and they sought to ~
hands upon him, but deslsted for far
of the people. This parable is simle,
yet very comprehensive.
u. The Tribute Money wv. 13-D.
They already would have gladly tlS-
en- him by violence and killed I'm,
but they feared the people. In Orcr
to destroy him, they seek to discreet
him among the people. To this ed
they send the representatives of bth
factions-"certain of the Pharlses
and of the Herodlans to catch him n
his words" ". 49,.
III. The Resurrection OF the Ded
(vv. 1927.
The Pharisees and Herodiars beig
sllenced, the Sadducees came witha
question which involved not only tie
immortality but the resurrection of tie
body. The Sadducees were the ratio
alists of their day. They denied tie
reality of the resurrection, and h.
lieyed not in angel nor spirit GAGS
1881.
!. The case proposed tvv. 1929.
The law of Moses made 1t not onF
legal but morally binding in the cas-
Of man dying without children fG
his brother to take his wife (Deu.
d. ~. They propose the case of !
woman married successfully to seHea
brothers. They ask whose wife she
shall be In the resurrection. This
was doubtless hypothetical case.
This is the way the successors Of the
Sadducees do today. They deal large
ly in hypothesis.
.. Jesus reply wv. 24-26).
BY quotation from the Mosaic law
Eek. 800 he proves the resurrection
Of the dead. and their continued ex-
iStence beyond the dead as human be-
ings. The immortal spirit clothed with
n deathless body is his thought. He
shows that marriage is only for this
present life--doeS not belong to the
resurrection life. Some of the func-
tons of the body will cease with this
life. Since there will be no death af-
ter the resurrection, there will be no
necessity for births. In this respect
humankind will be as the angels in
the resurrection life. He points out
20 them that their great error was due
90 two things:
l. Ignorance OF the Scriptures "
2D. In the very Scriptures which
they protested to believe was positive
proof of the resurrection lex. 3 :G)
Rationalism and infidelity today, as
then, are due to ignorance of Gods
Word.
.. ignorance Of the power of God
". pa. God is able to provide life
where there is no death. no births OF
marriages. in heaven, life will be
on a plane infinitely higher than the
most blessed relationships of this life
Our chief concern is TO find out what
is written, and then believe that God
Is able to accomplish that which he
has promised.
w. The Great Commandment Of the
Law wv. 2S-34).
The code Of morals among the Jews
was very complex. The question as to
which of Gods commandments was
first was frequently debated. Christ's
answer shows marvellous insight. He
shms up mans whole duty in one word
love, love to God and love to man
The first and great commandment is
supreme and undivided love to God
The second is like unto it In that love
is its center, but love is for our neigh.
Dor in the measure that we love our.
selves. Love for God is to be supreme
He Is worthy Of all our affections
Love is the actuating power behind al
our service Having put his question
ers TO silence, Jesus now puts TO then
Il question which involves the central
doctrine of the Christian faith--tht
person of Christ wv. 81 :40).
Is he human or divine. or both
Whose Son is he? is the supreme tes
of a mans orthodoxy.
v. The Widows Mite wv, 41-44l
This is picture in striking contras
with that of the PhariseeS and Saddn
Gees. This poor woman was doin.
that which in the sight of the w0rlC
was insignificant, but in the sight o
the Lord was of great moment. Til,
words of the Lord discover unto u.
the fact that in Gods sight gift i,
measured by the heart motive. and no
by its amount. The widows mite wa
all she had. Our gifts are not mite
unless they are orr entire nosseSs; ons