New Mexico state record., 1921-05-27
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' Lesson '
by RE-. +. b. tiILN E-n. ID. D..
Teacher Of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute OF ChicagoD
t9. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR MAY 29
CHRIST PICTURES A REAL
NEIGHROR.


LESSON TEXT-Luke lo:25-37. Acts 2:
A-i7
GOLDEN TEXT-Love worketh no i'll to
MS neighbor: love therefore is the fulfill
ment of the law.-Rom. 1910.
REFERENCE MATERIAL~Prov. 2:ls;
Matt Is :3l-40: Rom. l3:s-l0 ISL. 2, Eph.
i;25-32
PRIMARY ToPIC-The Story of Man
Who Helped
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Good Samaritan.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Being a Good Neighbor,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Who Is My Neighbor?
!. Christ Questioned Luke lO:25-2O.
l. BY whom ". 25). A certain law
yer. He was not lawyer in the mod
ern sense of that term; most nearly
corresponds to our theological profes-
sors.
?. The purpose of ". 25). 1t was 10
tempt Jesus as to whether he was
really learned in the law; and also to
entrap Him to show Him to be hetero-
doX.
3. The question ". 25). "What shall
! do to inherit eternal life!' Though
lawyer, his theology was defective.
He thought eternal life was to be OBJ
tained by doing. The very words he
used involve contradiction. An IN
hertance is not obtained by doing, but
by being.
4. Jesus reply wv. 26-29). He cited
him to the law. This is the proper
place to send one who is expecting to
get eternal life by doing. The lawyer
answered well. for supreme love TO
God and love to ones neighbor as he
loves himself Is the sum total OF hui
man obligation. This do and thou
shalt live" But this is the very thing
he could not do. Man needs Gods en-
abing grnce to love at all so he stood
condemned by his own conscience ell
lightened by the law. He set out to
trap Jesus, and now he is caught In
trap, and in order to justify himself
he said TO Jesus, "Who is my neigh
bor?" The question is answered In the
story of the Good Samaritan.
u. Playing the Neiohbor wv. 3O-3O.
In this story of the Good Samaritah
the question is shifted SO as to make
clear that the supreme question Is not,
"Who is my neighbour but Whose
neighbor am ~
TO be neighbor is
/. To see those about us who need
help ". 33). We should be ON the
Inaln nnt Cor thnSa I'm naal nf halp md
love is keen to'discern need.
=. Have compassion on the needy ".
33). Since Christ is the compassionate
one, all who have His nature will be
likewise moved when they see need.
3. Go TO those in need ". 34). The
personal touch many times Is more i'm
portant than material aid. Ii Is easier
to give money thnn personal aid. The
true neighbor gives both.
4. Bind up wounds ". 3i).
g. Set the helpless ones on our beasts
while we walk ". 3i). Willingness to
deny ourselves In order to help others
is proof OF the genuineness of love.
g. Bring to the inn and take care OF
the unfortunate ". 34). The true
neighbor is not spasmodic In his giving
help.
Z. Give money ". 35). II costs much
to be nelghbor. Love is the most ex-
pensive thing In the world. Ii cost
God His only Son ii cost Jesus Christ
His life. May we 90 and do likewise
~. The Behavior OF the Early
Church tActs 2:4i-47).
]. They were together ". iI). They
were together because they were bup-
tized into the one body Of which Christ |
was head by the Holy Spirit Il Cor. |
12:l3). The onesness Of the body
was symbolized by the breaking of
bread. Such unity is only possible |
to believers In Christ, that Is. those
resenerated by the Holy Ghost. TO
get unity, therefore, In the neighbor-
hood we must get people TO be saved. |
2. Had community Of goods wv. /.
A, 45). They sold their possessions /
and goods and parted them TO all |
men as every man had need. This ,
proved that they were under the paw
er OF the Holy Spirit. that is. that
the supernatural was being manifest /
for II is not natural to abandon ones /
title to possession. A neighborhood /
cannot be made Christian by getting I
people TO practice these things: rath-
er when II is made Christian these
things will follow as evidence that
divine transformation has taken place.
The Holy Spirit can thus unite around
Jesus Christ members Of all nations
and constitute a true brotherhood.
3. They were filled with gladness
and singleness Of heart ". 46). Those
who were really born again have no
Interior motive. What they seem to
be. they really are. Unsaved men
and women are controlled by selfish
motives; they seek their own. not an
others good. This they do while feign-
Ing love for others.
4. Praising God and having favor
with all the people ". Az. Such un-
selfishness gained the attention Of the
people and induced them to yield
themselves TO God, who added daily
such as were being saved.