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tBy REV. 2. Is. FlTZM AVER, d. D..
Teacher Of EnGiiah Bible In the Moody
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LESSON FOR NAY 20
CHRIST PICTURES A REAL
Nei0hDoR.

NGioh0oR.
LESSON TExT-Luke lo:2-s7: Acts 3:
W-<7
GOLDEN TExT-Iove worketh no III to
his neighbor: love therefore 10 the fulhll-
ment Of tho lAw.-Rom. 1910.
REFERENCE MATERlAI--Prov. 6:ls:
Matt 3:3l-<o: Rom. 1850; ISL. 2; Eph.
&:3-sc
PRIMARY ToPIc-rhs Story of Man
Who Helped.
JUNIOR ToPIc-The Good Samaritan.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Being . Good Neighbor.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Who Is Ny EciEhbor!
.. Christ Questioned duke 10 Do 10y.
/. 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 profess
sOrx.
2. The purpose Of ". 25). 1t was to
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
l 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 lie
used involve n contradiction. An In
heritunce is not obtained by doing. but
by being.
4. Jesus reply wv. 2G-29). lie 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 rs he
loves himself is the sum total Of hu'
man obligation. "'rhis do and thou
shalt live" But this is the very thing
lie could not do. Man Needs Gods ell
abling grace to love at all NO he stood
condemned by his own conscience en-
lightened by the law. He ret out to
trap Jesus, und now he In caught In
trap and In order to Justify himself
he said 10 Jesus, "WhO IL my neigh
borY' The question is answered In tile
story Of the Good Samaritan.
u. Playing the Nsiehber wv. 3O-37).
In this story Of the Good Samaritan
the question IL shifted NJ ax to make
clear that the supreme questiOn'is not.
who IL my neighbour but Whose
nelghbOr am lf'
To he 4 neighbOr is
!. To see those about us who need
help ". 83). We should be on the
lookout for those In need Of help; nnd
love In keen to discern need.
=. Have compassion on the needy ".
3S). Since Christ ID the compassionate
One, all who have His nature will be
likewise moved when they see need.
3. Go to uh0se In need ". 34). The
personal touch many times In more iIm
pOrtant than material aid. II II easier
to give money than personal aid. The
true neigiItOr gives both.
4. Bind up wounds ". 34).
s. Set the helpless ones On our beasts
while We walk ". 34). Willingness to
deny ourselves In order to help others
L. proof VI the yeuuineness Of love.
.. Bring to ihe inn and take care Of
the unfortunate ". ~. The true
neighbOr In not xpasmOtiic In his giving
help.
Z. Give money ". :S5). II costs much
10 be neighlbOr. Love In the most ex-
pensive thing In the world. II cost
God His only Son; II cost Jesus Christ
His life. May We 20 aud do likewise !!
, ~. The 0shavier Of ths Early
Church (Acts 2:44-47).
I. They were together ". ~. They
were together because they were bap-
tix@d into the 0ne body u which Christ
wss head by the Holy Spirit II Cor.
l2:lS). The Onesnexs of the body
WAS xymbOlIxesi by the breaking Of
bread. Such unky In only possible
to believers 10 Christ, that is. those
rrgenerated by the Holy Ghost. To
get unity. therefore. In the neighbor-
l'oOd We must get people 10 be saved
2. Had = community Of goods wv.
-. +5). They void their pOsxesxi0ns
and goods snd parted them 10 sll
men ~ every man had need. This
proved thst they were under tho y's,w-
er Of ,1e Holy Spirit. that In. that
the supernatural was being msnifest /:
br II 10 NOT natural 10 abandon ones
title Of pOnsession.
3. They were filIed with gladnexs
and singleness Of heart ". +6). These
who were really born again have NO
ulieriOr motive. What they Ssem to
he. they really are. Unssved men
and women are controlled by selfisi,
motives; they week their own. not an.
others good. This they do while feign.
ing love f0r others.
4. Praising God and having favor
with MI the people ". ~. Such un-
s4ltshii3ss gained the attention Of the
people and Induced them to yield
Themselves to God. who added daily
such ~ were being saved.