The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-05-19
LESSON FOR MAY 20
CHRIST PICTURES A REAL
NElGHeoR.

LESSON TENT-Luke 10 s-s1: Acts .;
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GOLDEN TENT-t.ove worketh no III to
his neghbor. love therefore Ia the fulfill
ment Of the law-iom. 1910
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Prov. s,:ls.
Matt SSi-p, Rom. S.s-lo. ISL. 2. Eph-
ta-32
PRIMARY ToPIC-The story OF Man
who Helped
JUNIOR TOPtC-The Good Samaritan.
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOPIC
Being Good Neighbor.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Who Is My Neighbour
I. Christ Questioned U.uke 10 :25-29).
I. By whom ". ~. A certain law
yer. lie was not lawyer In the mod
ern sense of that term; most nearly
corresponds to our theological profess
SOrs.
2 The purpose Of ". 30. II was to
tempt Jesus as To whether lie 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 lifeT Though
a lawyer. his theology was defective.
lie thought eternal life was to be OBJ
tanned by doing. The very words he
used involve a contradiction. An In
heritance Is not obtained by doing. but
by being
4. Jesus reply wv. 262g). He cited
him 10 the law This Is the proper
place to send one who Is expecting to
4 -. la a
answered well. for supreme love TO
God and love to ones neighbor as he
loves himself Is the sum total of hu-
man obligation. This do and thou
shalt live" But this Is the very thing
he could not do. Man needs Gods en-
abling grace TO love at all so he stood
condemned by his own conscience en-
lightened by the law. He set out to
trap Jesus. and now he In caught In
trap and In order to justify himself
he said TO Jesus, Who Is my neigh
borT" The question In answered In the
story OF the Good Samaritan.
u. Playing the Neighbor wv. 3o-37).
In this story Of the Good Samaritan
the question is shifted so as to make
clear that the supreme question Is not,
"who IL my neighbour but Whose
neighbor am IT,
To he n neighbor is
/. To see those about us who need
help ". 33). We should be on the
lookout for those in need OF help; and
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 ". 80. The
personal touch many times Is more I'M
portant than material aid. II Is easier
to give money than personal aid. The
true neighbor gives both.
4. Bind up wounds ". D.
8. Set the helpless ONES on our beasts
while We walk ". 3D. Willingness to
deny ourselves In order TO help others
Is a proof OF the genulneness OF love.
q. Bring To the inn and take care Of
the unfortunate ". HD. The true
nelghbor Is not spasmodlc in his giving
help.
Z. Give money ". 35). II costs much
to be a nelghbor. Love Is the most eI-
pensive thing In the world. II cost
God Hts only Son; II cost Jesus Christ
His life. May we 20 aud do likewise
~. The Behavior OF the Early
Church (Acts 2;44-4O.
/. They were together ". AZ. They
were together because they were bap-
g.s Q h.. Of .hlgh Christ
was head by the Holy Spirit Il Cor.
II :l3). The onesness OF the body
was symboized by the breaking OF
bread. Such unity IL only possible
to believers In Christ, that Is, those
regenerated by the Holy Ghost. To
get unity. therefore. In the nelghbor-
hood we must get people to be saved.
2. Had a 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 pow
er OF the Holy Spirit. that is, that
the supernatural was being manifest;
for II is not natural to abandon ones
title OF possession.
3. They were filled with gladness
and singleness OF heart ". 40). Those
who were really born again have no
Interior motive. What they seem to
be, they feally are. Unsaved men
and women are controlled by selfish
motives; they seek their own. not an
others good. This they do while felgn-
ing love Tor otners.
L. Praising God and having favor.
with all the people ". Az. Such I'M
selnshness gained the attention Of the
people and induced them to yield
themselves to God. who added daily
such as were being saved.
Deal Not Treaeherously.