The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-08-29
ENTERING THE KINGDOM.



Ar=nst -. 1894
Especially arranged tor : > orsrtcriy.I
Y Ir~Sn> TfxT-Luke n ,iAD
toiusx Trxr-Xhu~ocxcr shall rct rccrfvo
ne Kingdom II Cod a. little child shall IN -
wise enter therclh-Inkc i>ifs.
cr~In.i Turin Eternal life q gained ~
nth IN Jesus ~hich gives ar Al things 20 Him
TINE March. a % Soon after the lAst
lesson.
rl.cr rrobabl, ~ rercA east q she Jos'
dan.
rAsAlsri. Acuorsrs Matt i9:is@. Mara
cirerxsrA>cxs- Tnc narrative here again
falls IN with Matfhe~ AMI Mars after diver
scncc 81 ninc chapters Jesus i sim On ~
last journey 10 Jerusalem
lIrfrs OyfK liam rLscEs-lh They
brought unto him. in house Marx iosieisi-
WIS disciples rrbnked thenf' becausc
bringing inc chillr,n interrupted an Important
dlsco.rsc They thought Jesus would not wish
IL bother with babies when lie had men % In
a,racf II. Fur ~ such ~ children OF those
Who arc ;earhahlc. tr3s;inr humble towards
Coi a. eooI chilIran are towards thrirrarcnf>
n shAl. ~ no Misc eater thcrein," pecausc
they viii noi 10 n tAc war that leafs there. or
cherish 'ht character ehlrh halorg. there fs
~Anl 4 certain ruler n ~ 4 >s1asosre: &c was
yonnr Hen moral attractive. earnest NJ
came runnin,. AMI knrcltd down 20 Jesus. rho
ha1 lust ieft TIE horse HIS seeking pub
lie before The crowd 10 WY Gales, thou tie
rooO not rculsc Tor calling Him good. out
AZ inquiry whether Ne locked uron Him - .
comrnon teacher Usually called -oci master
Or a. Disarc teacher. fooA Ia The sersc thai
Cod is good a kn0nesf the command
rent~-' III Ia Heavcn who natc eternal NE.
naturally keep the commandments. which are
summed up 10 one worl love. y "All these
have kept" cutwlrdly. In . worldly view.
and yet he Was conscluus 81 . iar~. lie fcit
th1f he ell not possess eternal life :. Yet
lackcfh enc thing he lackcd one fhinr.
but II was tho main thing that loving trust
,.hich cunsecratcl an 10 God. hirh j. The soul
ef All rool woriSs Ssli an that thou hast
use your property or God: give u AL 10 Iilsa.
What does this mean for uss In principle. the
same - 20 Him We are 20 commit an into
His Keeping 10 10 with Il according 20 His Will
81 .'Tllay that have riches they that trust In
riches mark III; those that have them are
apt 10 trls, Ia them 20 Manifold more;~
every thing viii ~ - far greater value with
Christ Than without Him They vii yield
larger revenues % good o. ~. q usefulness
KEErfxs TIE COMMANDMENTS. ASD ErER
SAL LIfE-f, There Is no complete etcrnas
life without the keeping cffhc commandments
and NJ beginnings ~ eternal life without the
spirit which Scess longs. and ende1yors %
keep them For f-l the commandments are
Tie expression o. true principles % holy living
t3lJeSus Christ has come - save rs hy i'm
planting tta' new TN. that Loving ani ohcdi
ent spirit. which viii lead 20 the keeping OF The
commandments Jesus SAVES not 10 sin. bu;
frpm sin
CoMMESr-The l-s: part OF this les
son tells 81 how the Master received
and blessed the little ones. Teachers
of young classes will Of course spend
much lime on this incident Bu; for
rho majority Of our scholars ! think
that the balance 81 the lesson should DO I
dwclt upon in much sullncss- After tho .
story 81 the re ptlon 81 the little ones.
we are told that rich Young man asked I
Jesus what be should DO 20 inherit tho (
Kingdom " God Jesus told him to
keep the commandments. and men
tioncd some ~ them To this the Young |
man replied that ne had kept all these
from his youth mp. Jesus then told ,
bin that he yet lacked one thing. and 4
that was that he must sell his property. |
md give il 70 the poor. and then come
and follow Him. At this tho young 1
man was filed With sorrow. for he was
not willing to do IS the Master told him
% do Then it was that Jesus said for l
-ich mon 70 get 70 Heaven was most
'itlicult thing. This 50 amazed the dis
'iples- who probably thought that rich
men had better chance than the poor.
hat they exclaimed: Who then can be
ayedg" Then Peter called the atfcn-
ion 81 the Lord - the sacrifices that
hey had made in Ills cause. and ilc rc-
'licd that no one who made any sacrid-
cs for him but would receive more than
lc sacrificed
Look now ~ the first point A rich
I0nng man ,ranfs Hsar<n That he Was
incerc in his desire we have no reason
Q doubt lie wanted 10 be an heir OF
'tsrnai life This was what brought
lin 70 the Master. lie had no idea of
What the conditions were on which he
ould have his desire. but be wanted in
ormation on that point In this one
lcsirc Of his this young man was like
thousands that are living to-day.
Did this young man get to Heaven?
rom the narrative I think wc must
onclude that he did not Certainly.
lnless he changed his course OF life. be
allied 70 reach that land Look now At
he reason for this failure. When the
ord told him what the condition VAS
= which he could inherit eternal life.
g declined the condition This Vas
'ecause he wanted money more than
ieaven- When he bad to make his
hoice between the one and the other.
'e found that he was not willing 70 give
p his wealth for eternal life.
There are many ike that man still
wing They want 70 60 TO Heaven
rhen they die. but they are not willing
Q live In this world in the way in hich
hey must live in order to reach that
blessed land. ! once stood In 4 room
nth young man who was : victim Of
trong drink. and Vas trying to pc--
uadc him not 70 60 out 70 satisfy his
ppctite- lie turned 10 me and said IN
most piteous voice. ~ do not want "a
p 70 bell; but II had % die sor i'll
aust have some drink now What
2 wished for vas 70 20 % Heaven.
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