The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-03-21


Hlled with people, and such crowd about
the door that no one can come near (Marls
H., j, y, and Jesus is preaching the Word
unto them. Just what He talked about we
may infer from His discourses, which are
more fully recorded let each one search and
see.
There were Pharsees and doctors of the
law sitting by, which were come out of every
town OF Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem"
so that here was gathered n contention of all
The leading aud influential religious people of
the land, and they were being addressed by
this humble carpenter of Nazareth upon
topics with which they ought to be very fa.
miliar, and of which the wonder i'm their eyes
was that lie should know anything.
And the power OF the Lord was present to
heal them But they had come for no such
purpose: physically they were not sick, and
spiritually wore they not perfect, aud did not
all people look To them for wisdom aud light?
Why should it be written that there was
healing for them, The answer is fully given
in the eight woes OF Matt. xiii, where the
Great Physician describes their case as He
Saw it. But they are deaf and blind, they
will not hear nor see, they come seeking no
favors from Him, and they go as they came
deriving no benefit from tho power of the
Lord.
Is And, behold, men brought in bed a
man which WAS taken with palsy" Mark
wa. per.lysis.s No was utterly helpless, ali un-
done, not thing could he do for himself.
And they sought to bring him in, and to
lay him before Him." They realized their
for him, they believed Jesus could heal him,
their sorrow for him took a very practical
turn and they determined to bring him to
Jesus.
10, They went upon the housctop, and
let him down through the tiling, with his
couch, into the midst before Jesus" The
discouragemcnts were many and great 1t
seemed simply impossible to get their friend
TO Jesus. and il would not be strange il some
of tho four urged a return, hoping for an
The four had the right spirit, the spirit which
laughs at impossibilitics and cries 1T shall
be done The way to the flat housetop was
not blocked, aud this grand soul says: IF
we can't get there i'll tho natural way,
through the door Wen get there in an un-
natural way, through the roof" When we
attempt to come to Jesus or bring any one
else to Him. how often we encounter what
seem to be insuperable hindrances, and how
seldom we see the perseverance Of these four;
but theirs is the right way.
90. And when He saw their faith, He said
unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee"
The great people present may have felt like
objecting very decidedly to this rude inter
ruption; OF some hateful ones may have
laughed in their hearts at the meeting being
thus disturbed; but the quiet calmness and
dignity OF Jesus would ovcrawe them, and as
all was still again, the helpless man lying OH
his couch in their midst, these most unexpect-
ed words fell from the preachers lips: ''Map,
Thy sins are forgiven thee AS the skillful
physician seeks carefully the source of the
more manifest symptoms, the seat of the dis
ease, and attends to that knowing that if the
cause is removed all will be well, SO Jesus
goes Mt once to the cause Of all sickness and
suffering and DEATH and in the case of this
forgiveness of his sins AT the same time He
indicates to the Pharisees their need
2l. who is this which speaketh blasphe-
mics: Who can forgive sins but God aloneT
Thus these sin-sick Scribes and Pharisees be-
gan to reason in their hearts, not knowing
that God Himself stood in their midst and
uttered these words
r.. Jesus perceived their thoughts (R W,
reasonings) said unto them: What reason We
in your hearts| They must have been
hearts thus told out before all, and one would
think that this would convince them that
Jesus was more than man.
%. "Whcther is easier, to say, Thy sins be
Each was equally easy to God manifest in the
flesh, but from their standpoint simply to
heal the man of his sickness would not imply
the same power of God MS 4o-gfant $orgivC-
ness of sins, and would not have led 4hnN 10
source or, tho iffGppy erss ceftai62 2AlsSre
difliculttban k5 reiiibve ;some Of he Yard
symptunis.t r. he. .Phaiisees thetf SIid &Ssare
well coDfentto let the inward rottenness con.
time if0nly the sepulchre is kept well whitaR
washed, but Gods, way is, give lifa 4iHherp
there has been death and cleanse the tomb OF
its foul contents.
"a. The Son of Man hathapoHei,s upon
earth to forgive sins And Hs Srifi;; tlve
them to know it. But who :isf Hb sS3pA;of
Man: Thisiis the first time we find -ths ftle
i'm @his Gospel, but we shall find it about
tweni five times as we GO on. 1t is at 4east'
thirty lines in Matthew, fourteen times in
Mark and ter times in john It seems to be
our Lords fatorite title OF Himself. and IS
found outside of the Gospels only in a cts y -
s;i;,i. 80; Heb; e H. 6 Rev T. ia; NV 4 of the
nc uses lit; in refere1ice To- HIS :resIr-'
rection and future glory about. thirty
times, and that reminds us " a Ps.
win: a:lxxx., -; Dan. vii, 10, where the son
OF Man is the one to whom dominion On
earth is given. lie has power TO PenrSve sin
and sickness, and does it even now in the case
ofindividuals-. He removes sin as to- its con-
sequences and power from every one who
truly seeks Him. He removes sickness and
suffering whenever it is for orr good and His
glory but not until the resurrection will He
give His people bodies forever frea fyom ELL
iniit1nity> The time will como when Ho sholl
have removed from the earth forever all
traces of sin and the curse; and He shall 90. il
as Son Of Man, DaviTs Son. Abrahsm's Son,
in association with redeemed Israel and fhe
glorijied church ~; :,
%. And Immediately he. rose up, before
them, and took up that whereon he hay,
and departed to his own house, glorifyinS
God The Word of the Son OF Man. Gqd
manifest in tile 8esb, did it. Hcforgaxe hts
si,is;. lie healed his body. We. would ss' h
rule, have healthier bodies IL we had .healthe
souls; 'pufer hearts, hearts lin which the
Word Of God dwelt richly ''.'' 80 'Ae'"'
!: 26 "Amazed-glorifled God--fllled with
y ne asyS e God ssph 81 fhgs hay pfoayy;.
tRev. xxii,, @, 1633 a,ldif .oui, hearts looking.
mp Him in chil,liike faith should say sAh,
Lord God! Behold, Thou hast made the
heaven aud the earth by Thy great power and
stretched out arm, and there is nothing too
haid for Thee" DER. xxi, III, VIC too would
he amaze : The "esults Of fait.., and should
be compelled TO glorify God every day because
OF the strange things we would see The
empty would be filed, but the rich and self
satisfied would still go empty away. The
Lord gives us TO see our paralysis, that wo
may in our helpfulncss come aud Gin. to the
Mighty One. Lesson Helper.