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JESUS AMONG HIS FRlENpA
LESSON TExT-Matt. N:i.la
GOLDEN TExT-shs hath done what
she could.-Mark l4:s.
REFERENCE MATERIAL~-Mark 1875;
Luke 1850: John Ills.
PRIMARY ToPIc-showing Our Love
for Jesus.
JUNIOR ToPIc-Giving Our Best.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Our Best for Christ
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Liberality Of Love.
|. The Jewish Authorities Plotting
the Death Of Jesus wv. 1.5).
!. Christ's Fourth Prediction of His
Death wv. !, 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. 2:14). He calmly
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2. The Authorities Plotting wv. 3.5).
In secret conclave they were plotting
how they might silence His voice by
putting Him to death. II was the dl.
vine purpose that He should 90 10
death. They In their wickedness were
plotting to do that which the divine
plan had ordained. They try by sub.
lility 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 hin.
der the offering Of the sacrifcial Lamb
at the appointed time.
u. Jesus Amounted by Mary Of Beth.
any wv. 6. y.
For the identification Of Mary see
John 1918 and Mark 1899. This
amounting occurred when Jesus was at
meat In Slmons house. Mary had
the keenest spiritual apprehension Of
all the disciples. BY sitting at His
feet In loving fellowship she obtained
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
b0llc act Of bringing her most precious
possession and lavlshing It upon Him.
Knowing that no loving hand could
minister to Him In that dread hour.
she did this service In loving anticipa.
ton. 1t was the highest expression
Of love. Genuine love takes no &c.
count of COSTS not calculating.
III. The Indignation Of the Disei.
pies wv. 8, 81.
The utter baseness Of the disciples
Is In strange contrast with Mary's
love. Judas Iscariot 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.
1877.
Jesus would not allow His most ap.
preclative 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 men
He bestowed upon her the very high.
est praise possible when He said. "She
hath done what she could" mark
l4:8). In this defense Jesus teaches.
according to Doctor Erdman:
/. That no gift to Him can be too
great II made In grateful love ". 10Y,
"She hath wrought a good work on
me-"
2. Care for the poor and other du.
ties which are Of perpetual obligation
may give way before an opportunity
for service which cannot recur ". 10Y
THE poor ye have with you always"
Sometimes even charity Is not the
highest expression Of Christian devo'
tion.
8. Jesus appreciates the meaning
and motive Of our service ". 12). He
estimates them at their highest posi-.
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.
4. The influence Of an act Of Chris.
tian service will never cease ". 1877.
The example Of Mary is still filling the
earth with the fragrance Of loving
service. Through this Get Of uncalcu.
lating love Mary's name has become
immortalized.
As the result Of this defense Judas
IN 40 stinpingly rebuked that he has.