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Lesson for March Is
JESUS AMONG FRIENDS AND
FOES


FOES
GOLDEN TEXT-Ye are my friends,
II We do whatsoever I command you.
LESSON TEXT-Luke 10:3S-42; IL:
14-54.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Jesus Among His
Friends.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Jesus' Test of
Friendship.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Friendship With Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP.
1C-Dealing With Friend and Foe.
I. Jesus In the Home Of Friends
duke 10:38-42).
There is no place where true char
acter is so clearly revealed as at home.
/. His reception ". 8S). Jesus was
received by Martha, as she was the
head of the home. Jesus must have
greatly appreciated the fact that there
was one home In which he was well
come.
2. Mary sitting at Jesus feet
". 39). She, with fine spiritual dis
cernment, knew that sitting at the
Lords feet and hearing his word was
that which would most please him.
He was more concerned with oppor-
tunity to reveal himself to human
hearts than with the eating Of well
prepared meals. Mary's way of en-
tertaining Jesus was more acceptable
than that of Martha.
8. Martha numbered about much
serving ". 40). Both 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.
Because she was trying to do so many
things, she was on the verge Of dis
traction. and found fault with Jesus
for permitting Mary to leave the kitch-
en- to listen to his teaching.
4. Jesus answer wv. Al, 42). (a) He
rebuked Martha ". Az. He did this
most tenderly for he knew that she
loved him sincerely. CD Defends Mary
". 42.) He declared that but one
thing was needful and that Mary had
chosen that good part which could
not be taken away from her. The one
thing needful for every member Of
the race is heart for the Lord which
brings the individual to Jesus to hear
his teaching.
II. Jesus Among Foes I'll 1850.
!. Charged with being in league
with the devil wv. 1929. Being I'M
willing to receive him as the Son Of
God and yet unable to account for
his mighty works, they declared that
he was casting out demons through
Beelzebub, the chief of the demons.
2. Refusal to believe his miracles
wv. 29-32). They asked for a sign to
which he replied that they would have
a sign from heaven in his death and
resurrection. He reminded them, how
ever, that their request showed I'M
belief surprising that of the heather
queen Of the South and the wicked
people of Nineveh.
8. Wickedness denounced wv. 1854.
He pronounced six woes upon those
who were opposing him and seeking
his destruction: three upon the Phari-
sees and three upon the lawyers.
a. The Pharisees wv. BAD. These
he denounced for:
~ Punctiliously observing minute
rites while at the same time breaking
the Ten Commandments. They care
fully tithed the small herbs of the gar
den while practicing injustice with
their fellow men and Withholding love
from God. He pointed out to them
their attending to these external acts
while their hearts were filled with
wickedness. 1t was as absurd as
merely washing the outside of an I'M
clean cup.
(2) Desire for public recognition
". 43). This is common sin today.
Love for titles Of respect and positions
Of prominence is very comNon sin.
80 Feigning humility ". AZ. He
compared their hypocrisy to graves
which are on the ground and may
be stepped upon unconsciously by some
one who would thus be defiled.
b. The lawyers wv. 1854. The
structures Of Jesus on the hypocritical
Pharisees aroused the lawyers, one of
WAOm ALOl6uuAbrJ u0SAoACus 4HOu EC-
proachest US also" In reply to this
Christ pronounced three woes upon
them:
~ For placing burdensome re-
quirements upon the people to which
they themselves would not submit
". 49,. Religious rites should not be
made irksome. (2) For the murder of
Gods prophets wv. 47-51). He showed
that their attitude toward him was the
same as was shown to the prophets
by their fathers. Jesus declared 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. 81 For keep
ing back the knowledge of God by
false interpretations of the Scripture
wv. 52-54).