McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-05-24
LESSON FOR MAY rs
JESUS sILENcEs HIS ADvER-
SARlEs.

LESSON TExT-Mark ELLA.
GOLDEN TExT-Render to Caesar ths
things that are Caesars, and to God thu
things that are od's.--Mark 1871.
DEVOTIONAL READING--Mark l2-17
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Fob
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 21;2s-2e; 22:l-45.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Jesus and the Viii
ew's gift Mark 12;41-A
JUNIOR TOPIC-Ths two great com
mandments.--Mark 12:2s-34; Luke 1o:25-s.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC Religisu
and citizenship.
ADDITIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II;
~; Timothy 81. =
!. The Parable Of the husbandman
wv. 1-12).
Having put the scribes, chief priests
and elders to confusion by skillful
counter-question when they demanded
his authority, Jesus, by means Of lit
tie story, lays before them his claim
Of divine authority, and charges them
with betrayal Of trust and plotting to
murder the very Son Of God. His
teaching In this parable cut them to
the quick, and they sought to lay
hands upon him, but desisted for fear
Of the people. This parable is simple,
vet very comprehensive.
II. The Tribute Money wv. 1910.
They already would have gladly TAX
en- him by violence ana 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 Pharisees
and of the Herodians to catch him In
his words" ". 49,.
III. The Resurrection Of the Dead
wv. 1927.
The Pharisees and ,Herodians being
silenced, the Sadducees came with 3
question which involved not only the
Immortality but the resurrection Of the
body. The Sadducees were the ration
alists Of their day. They denied the
reality Of the resurrection, and be-
lieved not In angel nor spirit tActs
2S:8).
/. The case proposed wv. 1929.
The law Of Moses made 1t not only
legal but morally binding in the case
Of man dying without children for
his brother to take his wife (Deut.
22:5). They propose the case of a
woman married successfully to seven
brothers. They ask whose wife she
shall be in the resurrection. This
was doubtless a hypothetical case.
This is the way the successors Of the
Sadducees do today. They deal large
" In hypothesis.
2. Jesus' reply Wv. 24-26). NJ
BY quotation from the Mosaic law
(Ex. S:61 he proves the resurrection
Of the dead, and their continued ex-
.stence beyond the dead as human be
ngs. The immortal spirit clothed with
i deathless body Is his thought. He
shows that marriage Is only for this
present life docs not belong to the
resurrection life. Some Of the func-
lions Of the body win cease with this
life. Since there VIII be no death az
ter the resurrection. there will be no
necessity for births. III this respect
humankind will be as the angels In
the resurrection life. Re points out
to them that their great error was due
to two things:
/. Ignorance Of the Scriptures Y.
24). IN the very Scriptures which
they professed to believe wns positive
proof Of the resurrection (Ex. 8 49,.
Rationalism and infldelity today. AZ
then, are due to ignorance Of Gods
Word.
2. Ignorance OF the power OF God
". 24). God II able to provide 4 life
where there Il no death, no births Or
marriages, IN heaven. life will be
% i plane Infinitely higher than the
most blessed relationships Of this life.
Our chief concern ID to ind out what
II written. and then believe that God
n able to accomplish that which Ne
has promised &
~. The Great Commandment 81 the
Law Nv. 1884,
The code 81 morals among the Jews
was very complex. The question as to
which Of Gods commandments was
irst was frequently debated. Christ's
answer shows marvellous insight. he
s1rns up mans whole :uty III one word
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