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full of LOVE. (P rin t love in ano th er heart. Make h ea rt 1, black; h e a rt 2, white; ask which h ea rt th e children wish? If you w ant th e white heart, then you must let Jesu s come into your h ea rt; (draw heavy red cross in the white h e a rt). Then enlarge upon th e need of watchfulness on our part, or th e devil will get in some of his mean
work, when we are careless, and black en our heart. We need to pray to Jesus every day to help us watch our selves, so th e devil has no chance at us. Memory verse: “P raise the Lord; for th e LORD is good: sing praises unto His nam e; for it is pleasant.” Ps. 135:3.
ë» gjÿ Mir MAY 20, 1923 MARY’S MEMORIAL—John 12:1-19
Bethany was th e home of Mary, Mar th a and Lazarus. Simon, th e leper, made a feast for our Lord in his house on th e eve of th e Sabbath. Simon may have been a relative of Lazarus, and th is was evidently the first oppor tu n ity to honor Jesus since the raising of Lazarus, and is a trib u te to Simon’s courage, in view of th e hostility of th e Jewish rulers. Jesus accepted th e invitation in spite of th e fact of the approaching shadows of th e cross. The picture is one of intense in terest and will afford an op-, po rtun ity to analyze th e different a t titudes of believers tow ard our Lord. (1) THE RELATION OF A SAVED MAN (Simon). Simon, leper, is a type of those who are healed of sin and have been saved from its to rm en t and suffering. How loathsome is sin! How foul it is! “Unclean! Unclean!” is all th a t can be said of the sinner. The first relation of th e believer to Jesus Christ is th a t of a saved sinner. How significant are the titles given to those whom Jesus had healed,— Simon, the leper; Mary Magdalene; blind Bar- tim aeus; th e Demoniac! God knows us, and He alone knows your old name. (2) THE RELATION OF A SERV ANT (M artha). M artha was th e housekeeper. She was cumbered w ith much serving (Luke 10 :41 ).
Golden Text: “She h ath done what she could.” (Mark 14 :8 ). Outline: (1) The Relation of a Saved Man (Simon). (2) The Relation of a Servant (M a rth a ). (3) The R elation of a Resurrected One (L azaru s). (4) The Relation of a Worshipper (M ary). (5) The Rebuke of Judas. (6) The Rejoicing of the Multi tude. In troduction: The events related in th is lesson oc curred six or eight weeks afte r the resu rrestion of Lazarus, which had created g reat excitement. The Jews had summoned a council to decide what measures should be taken in order to counteract th e influence exerted by Jesus. Jesus knew th a t th e tim e of His de p artu re had not yet come (Jo h n 8:20; 13 :1 ) and retu rn ed to Ephraim tw enty miles north of Jerusalem where He re mained un til ju st before th e Passover. Then He retu rn ed to Jerusalem , cleansed the ten lepers, blessed the children, healed the two blind men and spoke several parables, arriv ing a t Bethany six days before th e Passover. P arallel passages are found in Matt. 21:1-11; Luke 19:27-44; Mark. 1 1 : 1 - 11 .
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