The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-05-18
SUNDNSNOOL
LESSON
(By REV. p. b. FITzwATER, d. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR MAY 19
JESUS THE DIVINE SERVANT Ex.
ERCISlNG kINGLY AUTHORITY.
LESSON TExT-Mark 11:1-sa.

% Me In heaven and in earth.-Matthew
1918.
DEVOTIONAL READINGS Revela-
ton 1914: 1912.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 21:12-27; Luke 10:
Is; 9o;S; ompare John 2:1S-17; John 12:12-
Is.
PRIMARY ToP1c-Jesus riding into
The city.
LESSON MATERIAL-Mark Hello.
MEMORY VERSE-Hosanna; blessed 10
He that cometR in the name of the Lord.
Mark 11:9.
JUNIOR T~OPIC-The King entering the
capital city.
LESSON MATERIAL-Mark 11:1-1O.
INTERMEDIATE T~OPIC-Jesus and
the temple.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 11:15-1s; compare
Luke 2:22-3S; John 2:13-17.
For wHGTsur<oAY LESSON: LES
SON TEXT-JohlN 16:7-14.
GOLDEN TEXT-He shall guide you
Into all the truth.-John 1913.
I. Jesus Officially Presented to the
Jewish Nation as King wv. LID. This
should not be designated the 'tri-
umphal entry" for 1t was only in out
ward appearances. The shouts were
empty and meaningless. It was the
promised King publicly offering him.
self to the nation.
/. The preparation wv. 1-6).
G) Two disciples sent for the ass
wv. 1-3).
He told them just where to go to
find It, and how to answer the own
er's inquiry. This shows how perfect
ly the Lord knows our ways. His
matchless gaze hehOlds all hat we
think or do, by day or night. 1t also
shows that God uses unlikely and In
significant things in the accomplish
ment of his purposes. The providing
Of this animal was the working out Of
the Divine plan according to Christ's
foreknowledge.
(2) Obedience of the disciples wv.
4-6).
Without asking why, they go at his
bidding. The command may have
seemed strange and unreasonable, but
they rendered explicit obedience. The
true disciple will render full and glad
obedience, no matter how strange or
unreasonable the command may seem.
2. The entry into the city of Jerusa.
lem wv. 7-10).
Q) The disciples put their garments
upon the ass and set the Lord upon 1t
". y.
This act showed their recognition
of him as their king e Kings 9:13).
(2) The multitude.
Some spread their garments in the
way; others who had no garments to
spare, cut down branches and strewed
them In the way, which a just as
acceptable unto him. To give what we
have and do what we can, is all that
the Lord demands Of us. This entry
was in fulfllment of a prophecy Mt
tered some five hundred years before
Czech. 9:9).
(3) The Lords action ". 10Y.
Upon entering the Temple, he looked
around upon all things; but as It was
eventide he withdrew to Bethany with
the twelve.
II. Jesus Exercising His Royal Au-
thority wv. 12-19). L. The barren fig
tree cursed wv. 12-14). The fig tree
Is typical of the Jewish nation. The
fruit normally appears on the fig tree
ahead of the leaves. The presence OF
leaves is the assurance of fruit. This
was an acted parable of the Lords
Judgment on Israel for pretension of
being the chosen people without the
fruits thereof. It indicated the spirit
ual state OF the Jews.
2. The Temple cleansed wv. 1910.
For the various sacrifices in the
Temple, many OXen, sheep and doves
were needed. Many persons came
from the distant parts of the land
therefore 1t was impracticable for
them to bring their sacrifices with
them, 50 they brought money and
bought the animals needed. This priv
ilege the law had granted to them
(Deut. IA :24-26), for the exchange was
necessary. When evil men used It as
an opportunity for gain, 1t became an
offense before God. II defled his
house. He made himself a scourge of
cords, and drove out the money chang,
ers. ov~erthrowing their tables and
pouring out their money, BY this act
ne declared himself to he the Lord of
the Temple and one with God. That
which God intended to be a house of
prayer for all nations was being made
a "den of thieves"
III. Jesus Authority Challenged wv
27-33). They challenged him to show
by what authority he accepted the hon.
ors of the Messiah, and who gave him
the authority to cast out the money
changers. This placed Jesus in a d.
lemma. He responded by a question
which placed them In a counter-dilem-
ma.
Since John was his forerunner,
the divinity of his commission rested
upon that of John. They were power
less to discredit John, because the peo-
pie accepted John as such. II they
had accepted Johns message, they
would have been prepared to accent