The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-01
THE WORD OF GOD.
''They That Seek the Lord Under
stand All Things"
"FIS HERS OF ME NJ
What Should Make Up the Sum OF
Mans Existence.
FIFTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
JESUS SUFFERED BEING rEMPTED-sERMoN BIZ

JESUS SUFFERED BEING TEMPTED-sERxoN BIZ
REV. DIR. ARMIrAGE
The Rev. Dr. Armitage preached yesterday morning
on the subject Of sJesus Suffered Being Tempted"
taking his text from Hebrews xt, IL is, In the Ian
cuage following: -"It became him 10 be made ike TO
his brethren, that he might become mercifui and
faithful high priest In things pertaining to God, 10
make Precipitation TOR tho OF his people For In
that he himself has suffered being tempted. ne IL able
10 help those who tempted" However mysteri-
Gus this or tina. phase Of Lords temptation may
be in ITSELF In its practical bearings Is one Of
tho most significant events In history. So
far as we can sec this the only
way to demonstrate His perfect holiness
We never could have known that His Holiness was
vpotless that His obedience law poriect, IT, -
. man. He had been put under the severcst stress
oftral other In temptation, as IN all
other respects, He like TO His brethren In tho
next chapter the Apostle Paul says that He wns I'm
all points tempted, In like manner" as we are, 'wih-
put eln." In order 10 be our brother He must DO
like 10 His brethren not only In the innermost and
oucrmost soil HIS nature, but In tho things that
Is essential Tor them 10 know and 10 inc burdens That
they to bear IN tho character which they are 10
ieresting point IN our Lords temptation, 10 which
invite your close attention, namely
CHRIST SUFFERING IN TExPrArIoS.
.sHc himself has suffered being tempted" These
words imply not only mis- most hrm ana manly re-
sisance. Dut resistance which secured victory ~
the price great palntulnesA Whence did this pain
spring? some very acute Minus and among them
Frederick Robertson, take the ground that 'He SUI
tered from the ioIce OF desire" BY this 10 meant
that jesus desired worry strongly, but IDnocenty 10
comply with moro OF tho temptations; Tor that
there couia be no real temptation, and therefore,
nosuins 10 resist II there was no inclina,on TO CON-
ply. II seems next 10 impossible to understand how
Ii. SON OF cod could desire which His Falner had
prohibited, and which wrong IN itself. with an
intensity That gave him spain" and even "torturc'
IN tho DENIAL without All ACT OF sin. When natural
nntN hA rtnAtn
but resistance which reflects it amounts 10 tor
turo, the will must have actually or taciy paricysd
with the temptation, SO that u has become involved
with the desire 10 yield In some measure. Al the
very least the Will must have been OIL It's guard IN 50
far allowed tho ucsirc 10 become csptivacd by
Inc NATION that Il cost .selidenia" pam, and
to cxtrcaie II from It's dangerous ex.
posure. surely there must be a simpler and more
comprshensible way than this OF understanding what
the apostle means ny saying that Jesus suffered IN
aud natural way. DID not the suncrngs Of Christ
IN The temptation spring from The very TACT that no
was sinessf
is Il IN the nature OF things that perfectly holy
being be tempted to sin against tho absolutely
holy Goa without enduring intense iorturey And Ia
Tue case OF our Lora Jesus pres ninently such
vivid sense injustice OF Gin against HIS Father
on HIS part, VINO mad como out Of His very bosom,
must nave MADE His soul quivcr with resentment NJ
The first blush OF Tho thought SO that instead OF SUIT
ierng from resistance TO the force OF desire"
10 comp, he suhercu Intensely at the outrageous IN
science oil the very suggestion, ana under HIS lofty
but quivsrlng Indignation desire 10 honor God and
Will TO obey HIM arose IN STRIFE which should quick
loot. When temptation appeals 10 sinful natures,
especially low, brutal, IL inicts but little
pam.
HOLINESS EVIL CoNrRAsrKD.
Its terrible dcsdly anguish Is oit upon pure and
noble souls. hut inl,cted upon spotless virtue,
immaculate holiness on the seriously mAdc PROPOSE
ton TO deDauch poiiute and prostitute ITSELF must DO
beyond human conception. The moro hoy oven
SIN becomes tho moro odious becomes every
successive ten bsatIon To san. Each step IN holiness
shnrpens the acasncss OF hts sight a. 70 the natelu
ness and enormty OF STU, and naKes hts dctcstation
IL the kecncr. Therefore, the moro
holy man ~ the more must no suffer az The tempta-
ton become unhoy. We not only judge the pain
OF temptation oy tho danger oil yieding 10 it. or the
stress Of resisting It, bat BY the on
bodied insult TO God and 10 mans highest
nature IN the solicitation 10 It's communal THINK
then Of the keen suncrings which the spotess Lamb
OF God must have endured in being tempted to SIN.
He had tho world on purpose TO put an end
10 sin, 10 Sinners TO vindicato Gods law against
SIM and yet the very first proposal that meets Him
alter entering publicly on this MISSION 10 that He
Himself shall become The chief OF sinners-that hc
Insult God man IN human flesh had lnsuited
him. The very temptation must have broken upon
He whole nature, which 'without spot wrinkle
oil sin any such thing" with the shock Of thun-
crash. Tue sensisivencss OF Jesus was measured
by His suessncss His suffering by His holiness. s'he
Himself suffered being tempted"