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SO. "And He came to Capernaum" He
had shown them His power and glory on the
mount of TRANSPORTATION, thus assuring tho
three who were with Him that, though now
despsed and rejected, He was not merely tho
lowly man He appeared to be, but also the
truelSon of God as well as Son of Man. Israels
Messiah; and if they would be content to
bear the cross with Him now, they would in
due time share His glory. When they de-
scended from the mount, they found the man
with the demon possessed son whom the other
disciples had tried in vain to heal, and as
Jesus cast out the demon He told the dsci-
pies that their failure was due to unbe-
lief, but at the same time added that this
kind goeth not out but by prayer and fast
ing" Matt. xvii, 2D He then passed
through Gailee teaching the disciples
by the way and for tho second time
plainly foretod His sufTerings, death
and resurrection OVERSEES 30-32), but they I'M
derstood not, for they had other thoughts in
their minds and looked for a different re-
suit How many Christians are even now in
the dark concerning things that are coming,
because they have other thoughts than Gods
in their minds, and are not simply and be-
lovingly subject to His word. One result of
their unbelef was that instead of being in
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iourneyed to the cross, they were thinking
and talking of their own individual inter
ests and reasoning among themselves as to
who should be the greatest in the kingdom
which they thought was then close at hand.
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81 "Bv the way they had disputed among
themselves who should be the greatest
They had not talked so He could hear but He
had perceived the thought of their hearts
Luke tx, AZ las we journey on in our church
and Sunday school work. and ordinary daily
life He is always perceiving tho thoughts of
our hearts, and it is not true that instead Of
seeing there whole hearted sympathy with
Him in His great aim to have the Gospel
preached to every creature, He often sees our
aim to be that we may have the finest church
building, or largest congregation, most sue
cessful Sunday school, or in some way the
praise of men rather than His approval
Why cannot our aim be that of Paul that
Christ may be magnifed in our bodies,
whether by life or by death :" making our
selves all things to all men that we may by
all means save some" FhilG, 20; Cor. *
22) To this end let us seek Him with the
whole heart, remembering that He searcheth
all hearts and UNDERSTANDABLE all the ina gina
tons of the thoughts. q Chron. xviii, o.
IS. If any man desire to be first. the
same shall be last OF all and servant of
all" So again in Chap x, 43-45 where
He repeats the same teaching, adding
that He Himself as Son of Man came
not to be minstered unto but to minister,
and to give His life a ransom for many. The
word of the Lord to Baruch through Jere-
miah was "Seekest thou great things for thy
self! Seek them not.n der. xiv, 81 And
the word of the Lord to us today does not
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not His own glory while here in his humila-
ton, surely no true follower of His should
seek honor or glory for its own sake in a
world that is at eumity with God One
reason why the disciples were disputing as to
who should be the greatest, was their not I'M
derstanding the object of Christ's first coming
to suffer, the just for the unjust, to be cut of
and have nothing lisa. lii. 8; Dan, ix, 26); and
one reason why there is so much emula-
ton and strife among churches and Chris
tians now is because they do not see clearly
their position in this world and their relation
10 it and to Christ, and have not enough of
His spirit who was meek and lowly III heart
and BUNDLED Himself even unto death
SO. "Ho took n child and set him in the
midst Of them" In our last lesson, which
was much later than this in point of time,
He took infants in His arms and taught that
child, for otherwise it could not be entered ,
and that to come to Him we must come in
entire helplessness and dependence, simply
believing His word; bringing nothing of our
own, but receiving all from Him as an un-
merited gift
81. 'Whosoever shall receive one of such
children in My name, receiveth Me, and
whosoever shall receive Ne, receiveth not
Me but Him that sent Me- Not many
workers for Christ think it SO great or impor-
taut to work among the child en- and gather
them in as to reach the older ones; and not
many think it as great work to reach the
poor OF this world who cannot do much to
support the church and have apparently
nothing but souls to be saved, as to reach the
more well to do people who can be Of some
service to the church and help in so many
ways; nice families q with whom we can
associate, you know, and who arc really in
luential % people
IS. I'VE forbade him, because he followeth
not u.s." What a wretched, God dishonoring
firm this 1--WE, Us 81 CO.. certainly is,
and because this one wEo cast out devils in
Jesus name was not of the company Of the
apostles, he must therefore stop his good
work if John knows anything about 1T and
he thinks he does
50. Jesus said, Forbid him not" Blessed
Master, Great Head Of the church, we thank
Thee that in reference to the little children
Thou didst say, FORBID them not;n and in
reference to this worker outside the apostolic
company Thou didst say, FORBID him not"
40 "He that is not against us is on our
part" This word looked at in the light of
that previous word, He that is not with Ne
is against Me, and he that gathereth not with
Me scattereth abrond" Matt. xii, 3O), GER
5aInly cannot be held to teach that if a man
is not openly against Christ therefore lac is
for Him. The case in question was that Of a
man actually working and doing good in the
Namo of Christ, and Jesus SAYS Of him. he is
not against US, even If be is not in our com
pany, therefore, forbid him not
Al. "Whosoever shall give you "A Gun Of
water to drink in My name, because We be-
long to Christ, verify ! say unto you, he
shall not lose his reward Eternal life is the
gift of God and must be received as a help
less child receives what issgiven to 1t; saliva
ton Is in every case "to him that worketh
not but believeth' Rom. iv, y; then being
saved, we are patiently, meekly and lovingly
to work out in our daily life tho salvation