Washington telegraph., 1921-03-04

! LESSON TENT-Matt 26l-l5 -.
GOLDEN TEXT-she hath done "nA'
she could.-Mark l4:S
! REFERENCE MATERIAL-Markl 1877
Luke 1860, John 12l-S.
PRIMARY TOPIC-showing our Love
/ for Jesus
JUNIOR ToPIC-Giving our Best.
| INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR ToPlS
Our Best for Christ.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOFlS
The Liberality Of Love.
!. The Jewish Authorities Plotting
the Death Of Jesus (vv. 1-5).
/. Christ's Fourth Prediction OF his
Death wv. l, p. He, with divine
insight, predicted not only the fact
of His death, but its time and man
per Death was no surprise to Him.
For this He pre-eminently came INTO
the world (Heb. PAD. He calmly
walked up to death.
2. The Authorities Plotting (vv. Sol
In secret conclave they were plotting
| how they might silence His voice by
| putting Him to death. II was the OIL
vine purpose that He should go TO
death. They in their wickedness were
! plotting to do that which the divine
| plan had ordained. They try by SUD-
tility to take and kill Him. Their
! plan was to do this after the Pass
! over feast. lest there be an uprising
among the people. Satan, through
his conspirators, was trying to him
der the offering of the sacrihcial Lamb
at the appointed time.
u. Jesus Anointed by Mary Of Beth
any wv. 6, y.
For the Identification Of Mary see
John 12:1-S and Mark IA :3.9. This
amounting occurred when Jesus was at
meat in Simon's house. Mary had
the keenest spiritual apprehension of
all the disciples By sitting at His
feet in loving fellowship she obtained
n grasp of truth which none of the
other disciples did. She saw that His
body was to be broken and that His
precious life was to go out She en-
tered into fellowship with His suffer-
ings and the joys of His resurrection.
This is shown in this wonderful sym
bolic act Of bringing her most precious
possession and lavishing 1t upon Him.
Knowing that no loving hand could
minister to Him in that dread hour,
she did this service inloslna-ssss- l-i-.-A 4
tion. II was the highest expression I
Of love. Genuine love takes no ac.
count OF COSTS not calculating.
~. The Indignation Of the Dlsel.
Piles (vv. 8, 81.
The utter baseness Of the disciples
is In strange contrast with Marys |
love. Judas lscariot is the leader, but |
the whole apostolic company are led |
over. The spirit of fault finding is
very contagious. The one whose heart
is filled with base purposes can offer
such plausible reasons for things that
whole company can be swept of
their feet. not perceiving the real pur-
pose underlying it all. The real thing
that hurt Judas was the losing of the
money which the ointment might have
been sold for, not that he cared for
the poor.
~. Mary Defended by Jesus wv. 10
13).
Jesus would not allow His most ap- |
preclatiye disciple to lie under the cen
sure, so He came to her rescue.
Though all the disciples censured her,
He had nothing but the highest praise.
II we can but have His praise, what
need we care for the censure Of menl
He bestowed upon her the very high.
est praise possible when He said, "She
hath done what she could (Mark |
14:S). In this defense Jesus teaches
according to Doctor Erdman:
l. That no gift to Him can be too
great II made in grateful love ". lO).
"She hath wrought a good work on
me-"
.. Care for the poor and other du'
ties which are of perpetual obligation
may give way before an opportunity
for service which cannot recur ". lO)
"The poor ye have with you always"
Sometimes even charity is not the
highest expression Of Christian devo-
tion.
3. Jesus appreciates the meaning
and motive Of our service ". l2). He
I NeAAhlhANo AhtAA AZ AAlNlA AANAANeA ~
BILE value and interprets them in the
light Of His own love and knowledge
He declared that the ointment poured
upon Him was a preparation of his
body for burial.
T. The influence Of an act Of Chris
tian service will never cease ". 1D.
The example of Mary is still filling the
earth with the fragrance of loving
service. Through this act of uncaleu'
lating love Mary's name has become
lmmortalized.
AS the result Of this defense Judas
Is so stingingly rebuked that he has
tens away to betray his Lord.
For the Rich Man.