The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-04-19
Lesson for April %
JESUS AND THE HOME



LESSON TEXT-Mark 1O:1-16.
GOLDEN TEXT-Honor thy father
and mother, which is the first COM
mandment with promise
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus Loves Lit
tie Children.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus Wants Chill
dren to Come to Him.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Being a Christian at Home.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-The Christian Family.
In this scripture We see Christ as
a teacher.
]. Concerning Marriage wv. 1-12)..
The question touching divorce, which i
the Pharisees temptingy put to
Christ. brought forth teaching which
exhibits marriage in its true light. .
/. Marriage should not be degraded
by divorce wv. 1-5). Divorce was
not instituted by God. God ordained
the marriage relation and intended
it to be indissoluble. Moses did not
originate it or authorize it, but suf-
fered, limited and regulated it. The
reason Moses even suffered it was be-
cause of the hardness of the hearts
of the people. The existence there
fore and practice of divorce indicates
the coarseness and peryerseness of
man. The real cause is sin. There
is no more real evidence of the
blighting effects of sin in the world
than the increasing number of d.
yorces.
2. Marriage Gods primal law wv.
6-S).
The ideal law of life for the sub
jects of Christ's kingdom is mar
riage. This is proven by the funda-
mental fact of sex. God made them
male and female" ". g.. The union
of the male and female natures is
physical, mental and spiritual. In
marriage the male and female ma
lures are mutually complemented.
"They twain shall be one flesh, so
that they are no more twain, but one
flesh" Gods plan is that man should
not be without the woman or the
woman without the man Il Cor. IL :1O.
8. Marriage has Gods sanction ".
81.
When God created Eve and
brought her to Adam He performed
the first marriage ceremony and de-
clared that man should leave father
and mother and cleave unto his wife.
"What therefore God hath Joined to-
gether, let no man put asunder."
a. Marriage of the divorced forbid
den ". 10-12).
The marriage relation should only
be broken by death and sin. In re-
Spouse to the request of the disci-
pies for further information He de-
clared:
(1) "Whosoever shall put away his
wife and marry another committeth
adultery against her"
(2) "If a woman shall put away
her husband and marry another she
committeth adultery"
II. Concerning Children wv. 1916.
The union of the male and female
natures, according to Gods primal
law of marriage, lays the foundation
Of family life. The normal issue of
such a union is children. In connec-
ton with the divine law of marriage,
1t is fitting that Jesus should set
forth His estimate of children and
show His interest in them. Christian
men and women will regard children
as the property of the Lord and will
esteem it high and holy privilege to
train them for Him. Observe:
l. Children brought for the touch
of Jesus ". 1877.
It is incumbent upon all parents to
seek for their children personal con-
tact with Jesus.
2. The parents rebuked by the dis
cipIes for bringing their children
". 13).
They seemed to think that atten-
Hon to children was beneath the dig
nifty Of Christ.
3. Jesus reply wv. IA, 15). He
was ENTHUSIASTICALLY indignant at
their words. He is displeased today
over those who are hindering their
children from coming to Him.
~ "Suffer the little children to
come unto Me and forbid them not,
for of such is the kingdom of God"
". 14). The kingdom belongs to
the children.
(2) "Whosoever shall not receive
the kingdom of God as a little child
shall not enter therein" ". 15).
Those who count themselves morally
helpless, and cast themselves upon
Jesus Christ, the King, really enter
the kingdom.
4. Jesus action ". 16).
He took the children up in His
arms, put His hands upon them and
blessed them. Christ is the Savior
of children. Where Christ's spirit
rules, childhood is sacred and chill
dren have great care.
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