Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-30
JESUS AND TRADITION
How to Spend Sunday

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Golden Text: The Son of man is lord
en- the Sabbath Mark 2;2S.
Lesson: Mark 2;13-3:6; verses
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Z, l9-And 1t came to pass, that He
as going on the Sabbath day through
ne graintields; and his disciples be-
an, as they went, to pluck the ears.
.-And the Pharisees said unto Him,
ehold, why do they on the Sabbath
ay that which is not lawful?
p,-And he said unto them, Did you
&eyer read what David did, when he
al need, and was hungry, he, and
#ney that We're with him? Below
#e entered into the house of God
Then Abiathar was high priest. and
&c the Showbred which is not lawful
9 eat save for the priests, and gave
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l.--And he said unto them, The Sab
ath was made for man, and not man
#or the Sabbath 3.--And he entered
gain into the synagogue; and there
Fas man there who had his hand
glthered 2,-And they watched him,
Rhether he would heal him on the
6abbath day; that they might accuse
kim. 3.-And he satin unto the man
Who had his hand withered, Stand
8orth. And he saith unto them,
rs 1t lawful on the Sabbath day to do
Food or to do HARM to save a life or
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4 .-And when he had looked round
lbout on them with anger, being
ArieVed at the hardening of their
glearts, he said unto the man. Stretch
forth thy hand And he stretched it
forth; and his hand was restored.
-(American Revised).
I'VE should get our testaments and read
sa whole of the lesson, instead of just
se part which is printed. If one does
bat 6o will Ind 7srha I'D 70 ext
sout not patching an old garment with a
sw piece of cloth, lest the rent be
hde greater by the drawing up of the
NV piece. Also his warning against put
pg new wine into old bottles lest the
l-menting new wine split the old wine>
Iins, and both wine and skins be lost.
hat Jesus means by these sayings was,
lat men were inclined to hold on to old
Estons and old traditions rong after they
id ceased to be of value.
That is the truth which this lesson IL
strates. The people first found fault
18th Jesus because they did not think He
as careful enough about the kind OF
sople he associated with. He called q
lblican, taxgatherer, to be his dis
pie, and when this man made q feast
= Jesus, the latter did not hesitate to
}, although there were a lot of people
ere whom "the best people" of that
me did not regard as nice" Jesus
lid no attention to social distinctions.
e would show kindness to q man of one
ass as readily as to one of another.
e judged of men by what they We're,
ther than by the elias which they were
The next thing for which they crit
ised him was, that He and His disciples
d not fast like other people. Jesus an
yer shows that there is nothing to be
tined from doing a thing just because
s0ple have always done It, There was
othing to be gained from fasting as a
rm. If people We're sad they might fast
an expression of their sorrow. He saw
} good IN a form unless it helped to
AXE the truth plain
They next found fault with Him be-
suSe His disciples, as they walked along
Le paths which led through the wheat
slds, plucked off some of the heads of
heat, rubbed the grains out in their
ands and ate them They said that was
violation of the Sabbath. Jesus check
their criticism of this by reminding
em of how David did a worse thing
an that to satisfy his hunger and no.
'dy criticised him for it. He then said
! the people, 1.-THE Sabbath was made
+ man, and not man for the Sabbath. a
hat he meant was, that the Sabbath
as made for mans good and that when
@ thing for which the Sabbath was
ven required it, the letter of the Law
Iould be violated in order that the spirit
1t might be kept.
After this Jesus went into synagogue.
here he found man with a withered
md. The Pharisees were watching him.
see whether he would heal the man on
e Sabbath Jesus therefore asked them
It were lawful to do good on the Sab
tth /? to save life or to kill? They would
It answer the question, because thew
lew if they did they would have to adj
it that 1t was right for Jesus to heal
e man on the Sabbath. There are
i'll people who will sidestep the truth to
We their theories. Jesus is always an
req when men behave that way. They
ould not answer, because they knew
at any sensible answer which they could
We would show that Jesus was right
I'd they were wrong When Jesus
.aled the man, they began planning to Kill
ing, but because He had violated one
their old traditions.
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