New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-24
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LESSON -.
(By REV. =. b. FITZWATER, d. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1918. western Newspaper unior
LESSON FOR MAY 26
JESUS SllENCES HIS AOvER
sARlES.

tniUBe mat are Caesar y, anu ~ " -
things that are God's.-Mark 1911.
DEVOTIONAL READING-Mark l2-l7.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Fol
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 2l:23-26; 2:l-b.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus and the wild
W gift.-Mark l2:4l-44.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The two great com
Misunderstanding 12:2S-3+; Luke lO:@3-31.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPlC-Religio'
and citizenship.
ADDITIONAL observation-disclosures Is
II; Timothy 81, 2.
l.. The Parable Of the Husbandma'
wv. 1-12).
Having put the scribes, chief priests
and elders to confusion by "A skilifu
counter-QueStion when they demanded
his authority, Jesus, by means or a Ill
tie story, lays before them his cialh
Of divine authority. and charges then
with betrayal of trust and plotting u
murder the very Son OF God. HE
teaching in this parable cut them tt
the quick, and they sought to Ia!
hands upon him, but desisted for Tea
of the people. This parable is simple
yet very comprehensive.
!. The vineyard ". y represented
Israel (see Psalms 80 and Isaiah 81.
2. The h%usbandman ". ~ repre-
scented the rulers who were charged
with responsibility of the spiritual In
terests of the people.
3. The messengers wv. 2-5) repre-
scented the prophets whom God sem
to Israel, even including John the
Baptist.
4. The Son wv. 6-S) represented
Jesus himself.
3. The judgment OF the lord of the
vineyard ". ~. This represented
the time when the Jews shall be
brought to account for their treatment
of the servants of God and Jesus him
self.
u. The Tribute Money wv. 1910,
They already would have gladly TAX
en- him by violence and killed him.
but they feared the people. In order
to destroy him, they seek to discredit
him among the people. To this END
they send the representatives OF both
factiOnS-"certain Of the Pharlsees
and Of the Herodians to catch him In
his Words ". 1877.
III. The Resurrection Of the Dead
wv. 1920.
The Pharisees and Herodians being
silenced, the Sadducees came with a
question which involved not only the
Immortality but the resurrection Of the
AnJ,, 0,t,n c,JJ,,on, u.nr thu rntinn-
alists of their day. They denied the
reality Of the resurrection, and be-
lieved not in angel nor spirit acts
% :S).
/. The case proposed wv. 1929.
The law of Moses made 1t not only
legal but morally binding in the case
of a man dying without children for
his brother to take his wife (Deut.
D. 80. They propose the case Of II
woman married successfully to seven
brothers. They ask whose wife she
shall be in the resurrection. This
was doubtless n hypothetical case.
This Is the way the SUCCESSORS of the
Sadducees do today. They deal large
ly in hypothesis.
2. Jesus reply wv. 1920.
BY n quotation from the Mosaic law
(Ex. 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
shows that marriage is only for this
present life-dOes not belong to the
resurrection life. Some of the func-
lions 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 he as the angels In
the resurrection life. He points out
to them that their great error was due
to two things:
I. Ignorance Of the Scriptures ".
24). In the very Scriptures which
they prOfessed to believe was positive
proof Of the resurrection (Ex. 800.
Rationalism and infdelity today. as
then. are due to ignorance of Gods
Word.
- lEh'l VI III IpNtI vi NrOu
". 24). God is able to provide a life
where there Is no death, no births or
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.
~. The Great Commandment Of the
Law wv. 2S-34).
The code of morals among the Jews
was very complex. The question as to
of Gods commandments was
was frequently debated. Christ's
shows marvellous insight. He
sums up mans whole duty In one word
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
its center. but love Is for u 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 all
,ur service. Having put his question
srs to silence. Jesus now puts to them
/ question which involves the central
doctrine Of the Christian faith-the
person Of Christ wv. IS :4O).
Is he human or divine, or bothf
Whose Son is her is the supreme test
# a mans orthodoxy.
v. The Widows Mite wv. 41-44).
This is a picture in striking contrast
With that of n phariSeeS and Coddr-