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AUGUST 11, 1918 HELPING OTHERS Golden Text.-4j-“ Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” Gal. 6:2. THE LESSON TEXT Lu. 10:30-37; Gal. 6:1, 2, 9, 10. (Additional material, Lev. 19:18, 34: Deut. 22:1-4; Prov. 12:25; Mat. 10:42; Rom.
15:1-3). care o f him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I w ill repay thee.’ ” (36) Which o f these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? (37) And he said, “He that showed mercy on him.” Then said Jesus unto him, "Go, and' do thou likew ise.” (Gal. 6:1.) Breth ren, if a man be overtaken in a fault,, ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit o f meekness, consider ing thyself, lest thou also be tempted. (2) Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law o f .Christ. (9) And let us not be w eary in well do ing, fo r in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (10) As we have, therefore, opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are o f the household of the faith. 2. How to Obtain It. The lawyer was seeking to entangle Jesus in a theological controversy. To his mind eternal life was something that could be won by doing,— that is by works; he would earn eternal life, pro vide it by his own efforts, by his own observance of the law. This is still the first thought of a man, that he can earn eternal life. II. The' Law Applied. 1. The Fittjhg Answer. Jesus referred the lawer to the law with which he was perfectly familiar. And the lawyer correctly quoted the law. There could be no discussion as to what it said. By keeping this,— not partly keeping it, not doing the best we can, not keeping it a part of our lives, but keeping it from the moment of birth to the moment of death; loving God supremely, with every faculty o f our being, and loving our neighbor as our selves,— by doing this might eternal life be inherited. This is how to be saved by the works of the law.
(30) And Jesus answering, said, “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him o f his raiment and wounded him and de parted, leaving him half dead. (31) And by chance there came down a certain priest that way, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side (32) and likew ise a Levite; when he was at the place, came and looked on him and passed by on the other side. (33) But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had com passion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. (35) And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence and gave them to the host and said unto him, ‘Take
I. The Ever Recurring Question. 1. About eternal life. The ques tioner was a lawyer,-^that is, one who was skilled in the subtleties of the Hebrew religious laws, LESSON not civil laws, except in EXPOSITION so far as the religious was also ciVil. He was not a lawyer in the sense we use it today. It is refreshing to find many able lawyers today interested, as was this man, in eternal life. “ Eternal life” is sooner or later the greatest subject of every man’s thought and inquiry. It may be put aside for a time by business or pleasure, but it will keep coming up in the quiet, serious moments of life. Nothing less than eternal life satisfies the deepest instincts of the human heart. Augustine was right when he said, “ Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless ’til they rest in Thee” . Eternal life is not merely never-end ing existence, but it is never ending right existence; it is to know God and His Son, Jesus Christ. See John 17:3.
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