The times-news., 1938-11-17
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
The Sacredness OF The Home
By HIGHT c. MOORE

Sunday school lesson for No
yember 20.
Scripture: Exodus 20:14; Mat
thew 5:27, %; Mark 10:2-16.
The sacredness of the home is
embedded in the Seventh Com
mandment wherein chastity IS
commanded and impurity forbid
den. In the Sermon on the Mount
Jesus. quoting this Commandment
extended it's meaning and appllca-
ton from act to motive, thought,
and desire. Jesus also magnified
marriage as human bond which
should be sacredly kept as God
planned from creation. The bless
ing of the little children gives a
beautiful glimpse of happy family
life where children are dedicated
to God and receive the blessing of
Jesus.
CHASTITY COMMANDED
EXODUS 20:l4-Thou shalt not
commit adultery.)
BE CHASTE IN LIFE; for
chastity is commanded and con-
jugal fidelity bases the home. In
the Seventh Commandment the
right to chastity is recognized and
the righteousness of chastity is
ineuleated. Adultery is expressly
forbidden. The lewd life is utter
ly cOrrupting to the individual,
the family, society, the nation,
and the world. ChaSte conduct Is
the divine bulwark against the
desecratiOn and overthrow of that
divine institution, the home. Moth
ing is so ruinous to peace and
happiness around the tireside as
marital infidelity. And nothing so
subverts the higher interests Of
society as the corruption of youth
by obscenity, lewdness, and SEN
suality.
PURITY REQUIRED
(Matthew 5:27-2S)
BE PURE IN THOUGHT; for
purity is required and the lustful
look blights the home. 1t is not
enough, then, to be outwardly
correct and chaste merely in con-
duct. Jesus quotes the law against
adultery for the purpose of COM
pleting its meaning. To cherish
the look of lust is to have the
spirit and motive and stain Of
the awful sin. Therefore the first
and the tiniest uprising of wrong
desire must be checked, crushed,
and cast out as a fleshly lust that
wars against the soul.
MARRIAGE MAGNIFIED
MARK l0:2-12)
BE TRUE TO NJ A r | t A /.
VOWS; for marriage is magnified
by the Master and faithfulneSs
builds the home. Listen to the
Lords answer to the question
about divorce. G) The question
was live one at the time as 1t
is today. 1t came from Phar1salc
sources, 1t was this: Is 1t lawful
for man to put away his wife !!
There were two great schools OF
thought divided on the answer.
The followers of Shammal were
very strict in their views and they
allowed divorce only on the one
ground of infidelity. The follow
ers of Hillel were more lax in
their opinion and so considered
divorce lawful on the grounds of
incompatibility, dislike, disobe-
dience, and so on. They were di-
vided in their Interpretation of
Deuteronomy %: l, 2, Shamnlal
having held that the words "Some
unseemly thing in her. referred
to lewdness, while Hillel declared
that it meant nothing more than
something disagreeable. Hence,
the wide divergence of view. (2)
The purpose of the question was
to entrap Jesus if possible. If he
should declare divorce unlawful,
ne would array against him the
richer and more prominent classes
in society. If he should declare
divorce lawful, he would antago-
nize the teaching of Shammai,
generally regarded as the highest
moral code, and discredit himself
as teacher of the loftiest moral
ity. CD The counter question of
Jesus, however, threw the inouir-
ers back upon their own resourc-
es. What did Moses command?
They replied that he permitted a
bill of enforcement. Jesus assent
ed to their answer but declared
that the permiSsive mandate of
Moses was due to their hardness
OF heart which kept them from
conforming fully to the law of
God. Even so, it exercised a re-
suainlng influence in favor of
the wife of a cruel husband and
was a great advance over the
polygamous paganism overspread-
ing the world. The Mosaic statute
was the best that could be en-
acted under the conditions. (4)
The Interpretation by Jesus car
RED the question back to it's his
torIc basis in creation when the
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