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UNIFORM Sunday School Lesson DR. C. W. BATES Pastor. Swannanoa Methodist Church Swannanoa, N. C. Lesson for Sunday, Jan. 29: ‘God’s Concern for Sinners.” Lesson Text: Luke 15:1-32. Two groups stand out in thi: lesson, and in between an individ ual. On one side are the Phari sees and the scribes—“the godly' as they liked to call themselves On the other side were the publi cans—tax gatherers and sinners both called the “ungodly" by tin “godly.” In between stands Jesus The attitude of both groups to I ward Jesus needs a word of com ment. The Pharisees and scribes are down on Jesus. “This man reeeiveth sinners and eateth with them.” Jesus claimed to be a re ligious teacher. He did not pro test when men called him “Rabbi.” But for a Rabbi to “receive sinners and eat with them” was unthink able. And for a devout Jew to have any social contact with a tax gatherer—that simply wasn’t done in polite society. The Jews had no dealing's with the Samaritans, neither did they with the tax gath erers and sinners. Let’s look at them and their attitude toward Jesus. “Then drew near unto him I Blackmountain (&tfU2CUU£ INCORPORATED 1908 rf. & J&OajfluAXy, £&C. omoL Jsuaa. LUMBER. <W BUILDERS' SUPPLIES BLACK MOUNTAIN,H.C. all the publicans and the sinners for to hear him.” What was he saying ? Was he talking to the whole group—Pharisees, scribes, publicans and sinners—or were his remarks addressed only to the lat ter? We don’t know. Nothing is told us about what Jesus said up to the point where he began talk ing- to them in parables. But we may be sure of this: the message of Jesus had in it both censure and comfort. Censure for the “godly”; for their ungodly attitude toward the other group; comfort for the “sinners” because the “godly” dis trusted and despised them. “I am come to preach the gospel to the poor.” “I am come to release the prisoners.” “I am come to seek and to save the lost.” His friend ly attitude toward them drew them to him. These parables are a de fense of his attitude, a statement of his purpose. Let’s look at the parables from that standpoint, in many respects they are very much alike; only the details are different. Both are dramas in three acts. The first act is the tragedy of loss, the sec ond act is the grief-stricken search, the third act is joy. Let’s think of them that way. 1. The tragedy of loss. Did you ever lose anything? A dime, a knife, a wedding ring, a billfold? If you did, you soon discovered that most things have two values. One we might call its market val ue; the other its sentimental value. Your father gave you that knife. He paid a dollar for it. But be cause he gave it to you, you would n’t sell it for any price. He cannot give you another; it cannot be re placed. Your father is no longer with you, and you loved him dear ly. And that wedding ring! Your husband is still with you. He has the money to buy a dozen wedding rings. But the one you lost he put on your finger and said, “With this ring I thee wed.” I have a watch. I have never lost it. I have had it for 40 years. It is a good watch, one of the best made. But I put a tax value of ten dol lars on it. It wouldn’t be worth more than that to anyone who might try to buy it. But to me it is invaluable. I wouldn’t part with it for a hundred times ten dollars. But the thing that makes it valu able to me makes it of less worth to anybody else. It has my ini tials in the form of a monogram on the back lid, and an inscription Business --- Professional --- Service DIRECTORY • WHERE TO EAT ANN’S CAFE Cherry St. — Black Mountain HOME COOKING We Fix Dinners To Go. 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That makes the difference, t is a sentimental dif ere ce. “Lost.'’ A lost sheep and a lost ■oin. Not valued certainly by the narket price. The com and the ;heep had a value far beyond that. \nd, remember, Jesus is only m •identallv talking about sheep and •oin He is really talking about dnners—the despised tax gathers. ,vho make their living off their 'ellow Jews; those sinners who •ail to keep the law. “Of how nuch more value is a man than a theep?” “The godly” looked on •the ungodly,” and thought of hem only in terms of their labor ■alue, and they might not use them >ven for the menial service they night render. “A man is worth 52.00 an hour from his head down; here is no limit to what he is vorth from his shoulders up." IVhat part of his body are you ooking at when you try7 to ap praise his value? The scribes and ’harisees “looked on the outward ippearance” and they didn t see mything worth looking at. Jesus •looked on the heart” and what he saw had infinite worth. These who pad no value in the market had ■-alue in heaven, far beyond the linety and nine. Those who were iespised on earth were rejoiced pver in heaven. Because they were more than lost sheep. They were lost men. They were more than lost men. They were lost sinners. And that is tragedy. 2. The second act is the grief stricken search. I read a story in the daily paper some time back about a mother out West whose son had disappeared—just walked out and didn’t come back. She waited some months, hoping he would return. But when he didn't she sold her home, bought a trail ed, and started out in search of him. She went from state to state from city to city, making inquiry, running down clues; but all in vain. She came to the end of her journey here on the East coast, her money all gone, her car and trailer worn out, and still no success—her son still lost. The lost sheep ami the lost coin were found; but only after long and arduous search. See the wo man, looking with her candle in the dark corners of her house, her cheeks wet with tears, her mind distraught with anxiety; too tired to go on with her search, too eagei to recover the coin to quit search ing for it. Isn’t that what hap pened to you when you lost that knife or that ring? Did you find it? I hope so. “What man of you—having lost me sheep—doth not go after the me that was lost until he find it ? ‘Until,” what a wonderful word in the vocabulary of Christ. That’s what he did, and is still doing. ‘But none of the ransomed evei knew How deep were the water? crossed; Nor how dark was the night thai the Lord passed thru’ Ere he found Ilis sheep that was lost.” Yes, all the way to Gethsemam and the bloody sweat; all the waj to Calvary and the agony. H< could not find his sheep until h< bung on the cross. “This is e faithful saying and worthy of ah icceptation that Jesus Christ came nto the world to (find and) save tinners.” “Christ took our sins and bore them in his own body on the tree.” 3. The third act in the drama is rejoicing. “There is joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth,” over every sinner that is saved. Every once in a while a child is reported lost in the mountains or the desert. It may be lost for days, rhe papers are full of the search bundreds out looking for the child. Sometimes they are too late. The child’s body is found—that is all. But if it is still alive, what relief tnd rejoicing, nation-wide, as the tapers carry the story of rescue. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we vere as much concerned with sav ng a child’s soul as we are its >ody? And if we were half as oyful here on earth as the angels ire in heaven! The trouble is, of ourse, that we do not know the vorth of a soul, Jesus and the ingels do. But there is an interesting word lere: the word “repenteth.” “One iinner that repenteth.” Both par ibles have that sentence and that vord. They start out as if the voman and the shepherd had it all o do. One searching for the coin, he other for the sheep. But it ap lears both the sheep and the coin lave something to do with being ound. “Repentance” you remem ler means “sorry for sin.” A man A Note to Good Health . . . Prescribed by your physician . . . filled by us . . . promptly, accurately. Key City Pharmacy Next Door to Bank — Oppo.it, Depot — Phone 5231 PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS Black Mountain. N. c. becomes sorry not only sins, but sorry that he is a sinner. He can’t be saved until he is. 'i ou might bring home a lost coin or a lost sheep by main force, even against its will. Men can’t be saved that way. He has something to do with "working out" his own salvation. He must start with re pentance. Christ can not do that him. There was no hope for th(, prodigal until “he came to himself" and arose and came to the Father. There is much in the process of salvation that man cannot do. Hut there is something that he alone ran do: turn back to Cod; help Cod find him. That leads to a couple of ques ts we ought to ask before we ■lose this discussion. ‘‘Can men ,e saved?” Yes, any man all pen "The publicans and sinners. Christ came to seek and to save hat which 'vas lost. He puts no imits on who the lost are. It m ■lndes all who have sinned—and all ,ave sinned—no matter what that ,in is. But another questio" must asked. “What must I do to be -aved?” Paul’s answer to that question was, "Believe on the Lord lesus Christ and thou shalt be .aved” Is that enough, or ought we to go a little farther? "Re pent and believe the gospel. That as what Christ said as he began his ministry. It includes the other. But it makes the lost want to found—through repentance and faith. —Tar Heel peanut farmers can plant only 168,813 acres of peanuts next year if they use the full state allotment r VALENTINE PAKJT . McFee American Le Waycaster-McFee nipht. rrion Auxiliary mei . hn. 1«. *' t T li. Hullock, who also P iurimr the "Tt,n*u / Glenn's roted to give Mrs. JU Girl Scout troop a \h;. tv The Auxiliary spon or. «irq Clarence Joyner, »• ;roop. • • ■ gtinchcomh. sisted by Mrs. **• r n «»> » 1,°TaJU »o«M the club house on Mare , nc Several letter' 01 i vere read by the president At the close of the meeting a lessert course was sened. * Stephen Duryea was a visitor an issPated Mrs. Bullock in serving rhose present were Mrs. * Martin, Mrs. Joyner Mrs. -ook Sr., Mrs. A. R. Rudisill, Mrs. 0 P Dinwiddie, Mrs. Stinchconib, ,nd Mrs. Clara Snyder folh R Mr? ben N'. * Mr= Que Mr? Mr; Wo RS. JUSTUS HOSTESS o tabernacle wscs The Woman’s Society of Chris n Sendee of the Tabernacle >thodist church met on Tuesday, n 16, with Mrs. Percy Justus, •s. H. D. Smith, president, pre led. Mrs. Justus gave the wor ip sendee and Miss Ruth Woot Bible teacher in the Black mntain schools, taught the study een from the Book of Corin ians. A fellowship meeting to held Tuesday night, Jan. 31, 7:30 was announced. Also a ndwich supper to be held Sun FOR EXPERT EFFICIENT SERVICE DIAL 9421. WE WILL PICK UP YOUR CAR, SERVICE IT AND RETURN IT. OSTEEN’S Crown Service Burton Osteen, Mgr. ,vv . . were served by i itZttt . J'1'"," Mr CrUnJ R<*d. sinborrj. • \r.. Smith, W H. Tropst, Mr9’. T«i„ ■ E \v. Jackf»on, and Mi.. hunger, John Philli,, THE WASH'N SHOp' SELF-SERV.CE UunJ Now On Highway 7o Swannanoa, N q You can bet— he's bought it before! You can tell il •▼•nr One* you have experienced that wonderful premium flavor o! jra SpeciaL you, too, will wear a smile of anticipation for its refresh ing goodness every time you buy it. ( { WHAT 100 NEW INDUSTRIAL WORKERS MEAN TO YOUR COMMUNITY I A recent U. S. Chamber of Commerce study reveals that If your community acquired 100 new industrial workere you would have: 296 more people. 112 more households, 51 more schoolchildren. $590,000 more personal Income per year, S270.000 more bank deposits, 107 more passen ger cars, 174 more workers employed In other businesses, 4 more retail establishments, and $360,000 more retail sales per year. Community effort can help tn bringing new industry to your town. Last year over 35 Finer Carolina commun ities participated In 50 projects aimed to attract new in dustry and expand existing industry Some of these Finer Carolina projects already have borne fruit and many oth ers show bright promise. I I I In addition to usual Finer Carolina Grand Prize. In 1958 | your own group or club may win a cash award lor an outstanding project. Your community needs you to help acquire these 100 new workers. Why not offer your serv ices to your community's 1956 Finer Carolina Committed | When you help your town you help yourself. TO auiLO Ccarolina powTr a 4 OEPOSITS more school fitk'W children $590,000 more personal Income per year $270,000 more hank deposits 107 k more passenger cars registered
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