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MAY 22, 1921 T H E C H R IST IA N V IEW O F T H E FAM ILY ; O R , W H A T A C H R IST IA N H O M E SH O U LD BE Golden T ext: Children,, obey your p aren ts in all things: for this is well pleasing unto th e Lord. F ath ers, provoke not your children, to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. 3:20, 21. _LESSON TEXT Lu. 10:38-42; 2:51, 52; 2 Tim. 3:14, 15. (Read Col. 3:18-25; 2 Tim. 1:3-6; Ti. 2:1-8.)
(38) Now It cam e to pass, as th ey w ent, th a t he e n te red in to a c e rta in v illag e: and a c e rta in w om an nam ed M a rth a received him in to h e r house. (39) And she had a siste r called Mary, w hich also s a t a t Je su s’ feet, and h eard his word. (40) B ut M ar th a w as cum bered ab o u t m uch se rv ing, and cam e to him , and said, Lord, dost th o u no t c are th a t my siste r h a th le ft me to serve alone? bid h er th e re fo re th a t she help me. (41) And Je su s an sw ered and said un to her, M artha, M artha, thou a rt c are fu l and tro u b led ab o u t m any th in g s: (42) B ut one th in g is n eed ful: and M ary h a th chosen th a t good Outline (1 ) A Hallowed Home, Luke 10:38- 42. (2) A Holy Home— Christ’s Home, Luke 2:51-52. (3) A H ealthy Home ——T imothy’s Home. 2 Tim. 3:14, 15. Here are th ree passages which give to us th ree views of home life, all com mendable and all well worth consider ing,— a picture of a woman, a child and a babe. (1 ) A HALLOWED HOME, Luke 10: 38-42. We have here the first of th ree views of th e B ethany home, where M artha and Mary and Lazarus dwelt; and th ree significant views of Mary of Bethany, LESSON . EXPOSITION T. C. H orton per. M artha was evidently th e elder and th e housekeeper. The sisters are th e in each of which she finds h er way to His feet; once as a student, next as a supplicant and next as a worship-
p a rt, w hich sh all no t be ta k e n aw ay from her. (51) And he w e n t down w ith them , and cam e to N azareth, and he w as su b ject un to them : bu t his m o th er k e p t all th ese say in g s in h e r h e art. (52) And Je su s in creased in w isdom and sta tu re , and in favour w ith God and m an. (14) B u t continue thou in th e th in g s w hich th o u h a st learn ed and h a st been assu re d of, k n ow ing of whom th o u h a st lea rn ed th em ; (15) And th a t from a child th o u h a st know n th e holy sc rip tu re s, w hich a re able to m ake th ee w ise u n to salv atio n th ro u g h fa ith w hich is in C hrist Jesus. hostesses of our Lord. How we wish we knew how it all came about. Why was th is His favorite home? How did these women and Lazarus come so close to th e h ea rt of Christ? Were th ere o th er homes th a t would gladly have had Him who had i)ot where to lay His head? Are th e re homes now where He is al ways welcome; homes of His disciples where He would feel His welcome; or are th ere many homes where He would be received as a guest b u t no t cordially welcomed; where His presence would be a kind of a chill upon the home life? We have heard of homes where a plate and a chair were always designated for Him. We are nam ing th is “A Hallowed Home,”— hallowed by His presence, this princely Lord and Master; rejected, it is tru e b u t nevertheless, God m anifest in th e flesh, (Jno. 1:14.) M artha and Mary are types of be lievers. They both loved Jesus, both were glad to have Him. M artha was anxious to prepare a good rep ast for Him. She was doing a needed work; it
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