The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-12-14


REFERENCE MATERIAL-Luke 2:a.
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PRIMARY roPIc-Jesus In the Home
Of Friends.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Jesus Among Friends
INTERMEDIATES AND sHNIoR TOPIC
Friends and Enemica of :esus
YOUNG PEOPLE AND QUILT TOPIC
-Christ's Methods of Dealing With Peo-
pie.
:. Jesus In tho Home Of Friend,
uuke 10 :3S-42).
There is no place whera true charac
ter Is SO clearly revealed as at home.
l.. His Reception N. 3S). Martha
was the head of the home. therefore
she received him. 1t wtuld be fine
thing If all homes were open to re-
ceive Jesus.
2. Mary Sitting at Jesus Feet ".
3o). She, Of fine spiritual discern.
ment, knew that sitting at the Lords
feet and hearing His Word was that
which would please HilL most. Mcry's
way Of entertaining Jeus was more
acceptable TO Him than that OF Martha.
8. Martha Cumbered About Much
Serving ". 4O). Boil, sisters loved
the Lord. 1t would be impossible to
say which loved the more; but Martha
was bent on providing a fine meal for
Him. She was trying to do SO II any
things that she was OH the verge of
distraction. This had so completely
got on her nerves that Rhe found fault
with Jesus for permitting Mary to
leave the kitchen t. listen to His
teaching. Not onl. dill she criticize
her sister and Jesus, but she assumed
che authority to command Him to send
Mary back to the Kitchen to help.
l. Jesus Answer (vv. Al. ~. C)
Rebpked Msrtha ". 4l). He did this
tenderly, for He knew that she loved
Him sincerely. (a) Defends Mary
". 42). He declared that but one
thing was ncedful, and that Mary had
chosen that good part which could not
be taken away from her. The one
thing needf~ Is heart for the Lord.
Those WHO have chosen this good Fart
can never be robbed Of it.
u. Jesus Among Foes I'll :14-23; 20
80; 1859.
1. Charged With Being in League
With the Devil wv. 1929. Being un-
willing to receive Him as the Son OF
God, and YET unable TO account for
His mighty works, the:' declared He
was casting out demons through Beei-
zebub, the chief OF demons. Jesus
exposed the fallacy of their reasoning
by showing that in that ease Satan
would be arrnyed against himself, ar.]
therefore would destroy his own king.
dom.
2. Refused 20 Believe HiS Miracles
(vv. 20-32). They asked for sign,
to which He replied that they would
have a sign from heaven In His death
and resurrection. He reminded them,
however, that their request showed
unbelief surprising that Of the heath
en- queen Of the South, and the wicked
people Of Nineveh.
8. Wickedness Denounced wv. 81.
5D. He pronounced six woes upon
those who were OPPOSING Hin and
seeking His destruction; three upon
the Pharisees and thereupon the law.
yers. Religion with these people had
degenerated into matters Of form md
ritual.
Cd The Pharisees (rv. 37-4D. These
He denounced for (a) punctil
i"usly observing some minute rites rnd
at the same time breaking the Ien
commandments. They carefully tithed
the small herbs of the garden while
prncticing injustice to their fellow.
men and Withholding love from God.
He pointed out to them the folly of
attending to these external acts while
the heart was filed with wickedness.
b) Desiring public recognition ".
43). This is C, .nmon SIN TODAY.
Love for titles of respect and position
OF prominence Is very common sin.
(c) For feigning humility ". 44). He
compares their hypocrisy to graves
which are on level with the ground
and may be stepped upon Unconscious
ly by someone. and thus detiled We
can avoid those who make their van.
ity known by boasting. but some are
filed with this same wickedness who
do not thus make 1t known.
(2) The Lawyers wv. 45-54). Jesus
structures on the hypocritical Phari.
sees aroused the lawyers, one of whom
Indignantly declured: "You are insult
Ing US also" In replying to this
Christ pronounced three woes upon
them: (a) for placing burdeLsome re-
quirements upon the people to which
they themselves would not sumbit
". 48. (b) For the murder of Gods
prophets (yv. 47-51). He showed
that their attitude toward Him was
the same that was shown to tho
prophets by their fathers. Their dia.
bolical numbering was done In the
name Of religion. Jesus declares that
their guilt was the same as that of
their fathers and that their generation
would be held responsible for all that
the fathers had done. (c) For keep
ing back the knowledge OF God by
foise Interpretation of the Scriptures
wv. 52-54. There Is no wickedness
perhaps So great as that of supposed
teachers Of Gods Word who keep its
precious truths from the people by