The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-08
LESSON FOR De EMBER Ia
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LESSON TExT-Luke 1o:25-3I IA
GOLDEN TExT-Thou shalt love thy
neghbort as .lisse!f.-s1 1ev. s1g:1s ss;
PRIMARY TOPIC Showing Kindness
to a Stranger. %z 2 ~
JUNIOR ToP5c--The story OF the Good
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Being Good Neigl1bor. 81 n sr:ss 4
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Who*1s Ny Neishbor! 4; e
f.>.How 10 Inherit Eternal Life tyv.
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1. The LAWYERS Question ". 2s)..
Lawyer here. means one yersed In
religious 1aw-the Scriptures. This
does; not mean lawyer in our modern
sense Of that term. IT would more
nearly correspond to- q theological
professor, The lawyers object was
to trap Jesus-to induce Him to take
such q stand as would weaken His in.
fluence as a teacher. He expected
Jesus to set forth some new cere-
monies which would conflict with or
disparage' the law. 49, Il ,4.. :.:4 !, :
2. Jesus Question. ". 26);. Though
Jesus knew the motive Of the lawyer
He did not evade his question. He
sent him to the law-the field which
was familiar to him. He thus was
robbed OF his own weapon. :. 49,
8. The Lawyers Reply ". 27). HI
made an Intelligent answer declaring
that the entire content Of the law
was embraced In love to God and man.
This expresses the whole Of human
duty. ,-., s::s.: :::.=:: MI i
4..Jesus Reply i (v. s28.) This
Straightforward answer went to- the:
heart Of the lawyer. Perfect love to /
God and man Is truly the way. Of life. /
No man has yet had or can have such
love. His sinful condition. precludes
its possibility. Mans failure, to meas
ure up TO this requirement Is his con
.demnation. The. lawyer keenly felt
this thrust He was defeated on his !
own grounds and Z convicted OF
guilt. = ~ { ~ s5 Y ssas
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L. The Lawyers Question (v. 29).
This question reveals the insincerity
Of. the s1eWyer l,hrist's answer had /
reached his Conscience. and nov he
seeks to escape the silif1iculty by Ask
ing q captious question. Lawyer.Iike
he sought to- Get on ~ raising iques-
tion sass to the meaning of word h
2.sJesus, Answer wv. 9371 ChrIst's |
reply more than answered = the law
'yer's question. In the parab1efo the;
Good Samaritan He makes clear who
is a neighbor, and also: what ftemeans
to be- q mel ghbor or what ovI1sg d II
neighbor means. Christ IS answe er haa5t|
a double meaning. Hesnot only made
clear who is my neighbor, but made
it clear that the lawyer; was mot play
Ing the neighbor. He thus was con |
victed Of not having been neigh.
bor. Z. .}.s.e :qs. =. II s a. sss:. - :
Q) Who is my neighbor? This des-
titute and wounded man left Eon the
highway by the robbers Is the man
who needs nelghbor. My neighbor,
therefore, is the one who needs my
help, whether he lives next door or
on the outside of the world. Those
who: have the Spirit Of Christ can see
their neighbors on every hand.
(2) What being. a neighbor means.
Our supreme. concern should not be
''Who is my neighborV but >'"'Whose |
neighbor amIy' TO be a neighbor is
(a) to see those about. us. who need
help ". 38). Love is keen to discern
need We should be on the lookout
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