New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-05-20
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SundaySchool
' Lesson
tBy REV. p. b. FlTZWATER, d. ID.
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
t0. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR MAY 22
THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF THE
FAMILY.

0Ol-DEN lea l-CnllQren, ODey your
parents in ali things: for this is we'll
woke not your children to anger. lest they
be discouraged.-Col. 800, q.
REFERENCE MATERIAL~Col. 3:lS-
25 II Tim. 1856; Tit. 2;l-s.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Helping to Make
Home Happy.
JUNIOR T~oPIC-Making Home Happy.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Being a Christian at Home.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
TIN Christian Ideal of Family Life.
The Lesson Committee has made an
infelicitous choice of title for this les
son. The teacher would better ignore
1t and give himself to the explanation
of the passages Of Scripture selected,
as they are of immense importance.
I. The Behavior of Martha and Mary
10 :3S-42).
The attitude of Martha and Mary
toward Jesus vas the same they both
loved Him sincerely.
/. Jesus welcomed into Martha's
home ". 800. Though Jesus had no
home of His own, into this home He
could come at any time and throw of
the restraints incident to a public min.
istry. How pleasant 1t is to enter a
home where one can feel Eat home! In
Martha's home Jesus was welcomed
for what He was, not for what He
might appear to be. This home was
His special retreat In the last days
of His life on earth.
2. Mary sitting at Jesus feet ".
39). Though this was Martha's home,
her sister Mary lived with her. Mary
had a peculiar spiritual insight which
prompted her to sit at Jesus feet and
listen TO His words. The real place
to hear Jesus word Is at His feet.
Let no one imagine that Mary did
not render any service. The little
word "also" implies that she had taken
her turn ut service.
3. Martha's complaint ". 4O). She
was DESTROYS Of preparing the very
best possible meal for Jesus because
she loved Him. She was mistaken as
to what pleased Jesus. He much
prefers the love which concerns itself
with Him than for His. Because Of
her failure to perceive this she was
numbered about much serving" Her
serving got On her nerves; she became
distracted. In her distraction she not
only found fault with Mary, but even
censured Jesus for allowing Mary to
sit at His feet while the dinner was
not finished. In order to serve Jesus
without distraction n must first sit
at His feet and listen to His words.
This gives personal pOise.
a.. Jesus reply wv. Al, 42). "a He
rebuked Martha, telling her that she
was careful and troubled about many
things. Those who are concerned with
the Master are anxious for nothing
(Phil. 4 :6). The one thing needful for
every life is to sit at Jesus feet. The
time TO choose this place is in the
day of sunshine. (2) He commends
Mary. "Mary hath chosen that good
part which shall not be taken away"
Those who choose this good part can
not be robbed Of it by circumstances.
friends. or foes.
u. Jesus, the obedient Son duke
2:51, 52).
Although Jesus was conscious of His
deity and divine mission, lie rendered
due obedience as a faithful son. Since
He was known as the carpenters son
Matt. 1850, and the carpenter
MARK 6:3), 1t Is reasonable to sup
pose that He assisted Joseph in his
work as a carpenter, and after Jo-
seph's death He, as the eldest son Of
the family, continued with the trade
to support the family. Indeed. tradl-
tion has II that oon after they found
Him In the temple at the age of
twelve, Joseph died leaving the care
of the family upon Him. The obedient
child Is really about his fathers bus
mess when running errands for moth
er In loving obedience to her request.
Asking questions in the temple, Of the
doctors, was no more His dirinely ap-
pointed work than rendering obedience
and being subject to His parents. The
obedience which He rendered was a
glad and free obedience. He did not
chafe under the ~drudgery Of the COM
mon place. In this free obedience He
grew up. Right development a only
be had in useful service.
~. Timothy's Home Training Gil
Tim. 3:14, 15).
This is a picture of q real Christian
home. From a child, that is, a babe,
Timothy was taught the Holy Scrip
lures ". 49,. This teaching was not
done In the Sunday school, but In the
home Of his mother (1 Tim. 1:5). The
Sunday school can never take the
place of home teaching. Timothy had
a godly ancestry. His mother had
the good sense TO fill his mind with
the word Of God before it became pre-
occupied with other things. The rea-
son this is so important is because
the Scriptures are G~od-breathed, and
able to make one wise. The wisdom
which is obtained from the Scriptures
leads to Christ, the only Savior, in
whom alone is salvation (Acfs 4:12).
He is the central theme of the Scrip
lures. Those who know the Scri,
lures come to know Christ. The Scrip
lures not only lead to Christ the Saw
for, but they sanctify the life, for they
are holy.