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Lesson material is based upon outlines of International Sunday School Lessons, copyrighted by the International Council of Re ligious Education; used by per mission.
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LESSONS
For the Children A llison H rrowood
Points and Problems H omer A . K ent
Outline and Exposition B. B. S utcliffe
place where the elders of the city sat and where business was transacted (see Ruth 4:1). 3. “Think not that I am come to destroy the law” (Matt. 5:17). Christ did not come to destroy anything that was good. Surely the law was good, for Paul speaks of it as “holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good” (Rom. 7:12).. It was only main who was bad. Christ came to fulfill the law for sinful man who was ut terly unable to keep it. While speak ing against the law as the means of salvation, we need to be careful lest we tend to dim its perfection. The law reveals the holy character of God and at the same time acts as a mirror to show man his own sinfulness and consequent need of a Saviour. For the Children S ome R ules J esus L earned D euteronomy 5:33; 6:49; L uke 2:52 MEMORY VERSE: “Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you” (Deut. 5:33). When the Lord Jesus Christ was a boy in His earthly home in Nazareth, He lived just like the other boys in His neighborhood. He worked, played, attended school, and Worshiped in the synagogue with them. But the fact that He was the Son of God, and that He did not sin, made a difference be tween Him and His playmates. As Jesus went to school and to the synagogue, He learned about His Father’s work in the past and about the things which God, His Father, had commanded His people to do. One of the most important Old Testament laws which He learned was: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them
ground, and on this basis he received the answer: (vs. 17-19). To “What shall I do?” there could be only one answer, that is, “Do the command ments.” As to the second table of the law, man’s relation to man, this man could say that he had kept them all. But the first table, man’s relation to God, proved him a failure; the one thing he lacked was real love for and obedience to God (vs. 20-22). Had he but known it, the eternal life he sought was his for the taking. But to receive eternal life as the gift of God would have changed his attitude toward his earthly possessions. This he was unwilling to do; his posses sions were his god and he would not give them up. Points and Problems 1. “These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart” (Deut. 6:6).. Words are expressions of thought. They are the vehicles by which ideas are conveyed. Every word has a ministry all its own and is not to be discounted no matter how in significant it may seem. The use of a single word at once produces an idea. If this is so with respect to ordinary language, how much more so in the usage of the words of Scripture. Every word is meaningful; every word is in spired. Therefore, one of the most fruitful studies in connection with the Bible is word study. God wants His words with all their rich meaning to live in believing hearts for they ex press His thoughts to men. 2. “And thou shalt teach them dili gently unto thy children” (Deut. 6:7)* In these words, and in those following in verses eight and nine, the several realms in which the “words” of God should operate are suggested, namely: (1) in the instruction of children, (2) in conversation, (3) in daily work, (4) in the realm of observation and in sight, (5) in the home, and (6) in the place of business and civil affairs. The “gate” of the ancient city was the
LESSON FOR JULY 7, 1946 Jesus' Attitude Toward the Law LESSON MATERIAL: Deut. 6:4-9; Matt. 5:17-19; Mark 10:17-22. GOLDEN TEXT: -‘Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill (Matt. 5:17). Outline and Exposition I. T he S ource of the L aw (D eut . 6:4-9) “The Lord our God is one Lord.” The law springs irom the unity and sovereignty of God. Hence it demands obedience from all .who claim that one Lord as their God. He demands love with all the being—the heart with its motives; the soul with its desires; the might with its physical powers (v. 5). Love will express itself in obedience to the commandments of God (vs. 6-9). Hidden in the heart, they control the motives of the life; taught to the chil dren, they control the family; made the subject of conversation, and bound upon the hand and forehead, they di rect the thoughts and actions; and written upon the posts and gates, they influence domestic and social' life. Only thus will God become supreme sov ereign. II. T he C haracter of the L aw (M att . 5:17-19) The law is most important because Jesus had to come to fulfill it. It is accurate in every “jot and tittle.” It is immutable; none of it shall be un fulfilled. It is perfect in all of its parts, and its least commandment as well as its greatest should be honored. Reverence for law produces a great domain. Jesus referred to the king dom upon earth, where the righteous law is an indication of the character of the citizens. III. T he A pplication of the L aw (M ark 10:17-22) The question here asked immedi ately placed the inquirer on legal
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