Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-14
JESUS CONDEMNED.
Lesson vi. FOURTH nlARTeR, IN-
TESsNATloNAL SERIES, NOV 16.

9ActtENbs
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly ~ per-
mission Of II. S. Hoffman, publisher, phiildsl
phia.l
IS. "And PLATE, when he had called to-
gether the chief priests and the rulers and
the people" plate has not escaped from
his dilemma Although he has made friends
with Herod through Jesus rejected, he
has not yet made friends with the Jews,
and Jesus Is again before him to be dis
posed Of. There is : greater question than
that Of friendship or enmity with people
either in high or low places en- this earth,
and that question, ssWhat shall do with
Jesus PLATE must now attend to and
settle forever. The same matter Is before
every one who has heard the Gospel, and
while it may be postponed ana God in
great mercy continue His long suffering,
yet the time viii come when il must be
settled in one way or the other.
IA. "Ye have brought this man unto me
as one that perverteth che people, and be-
hold, I, having examined Him before you,
have found no fault ia this man, touching
those things whereof We accuse Him.
This is Pilates second testimony to Ills
Innocence (see VS.. 81, and hard on Ills ac-
cusers, who have plainly failed in their case
against Jesus; for plate insists that their
accusations against this man are am
founded, and that He is innocent Of the
things laid to His charge. What record
this is in favor Of Jesus, and it stands in
the eternal word Of God.
49, mo, nor yet HeRod, for sent you to
him; and 10, nothing worthy Of death is
done unto Him. Here is the strong test-
mony Of two Roman governors against the
accusations of the Jews and in favor of
Jesus Even though it had been other
wise, and both had thought to have found
some cure Of death in Him, while that
would have made these governors to be on
the side Of the Jews, it would have proved
nothing against Jesus, for no man lSnoweth
the Son save the Father. No Roman gov
ernor, or even emperor, or Jewish council
was capable Of sitting in judgment on
Him. Earth never saw such sight be
fore; God standing at the bar Of man to be
judged. With what astonis hment and hor
ror must the holy angels have looked upon
these things.
TO- Il will therefore chastise Him and
release Him" Insisting that He was In
neeent and yet ready 10 ehastise Him. even
though he should the next moment re
lease him. How strange and ineXpl0inable
il all seems And yet they treated the
apostles thus little later when, being able
to prove nothing against them, and being
advised by Gamaliel to let them alone, be
fore they let them 60 they took them and
beat them Acts Y, 4O).
H. "Hor Of necessity he must release one
unto them at the feastN And gladly would
he improve this opportunity to set Jesus
free
49, "And they cried out all at once, say.
ing Away with this man. and release unto
us Barabbasn In Matt xvii, 90 it is said
that this was by the advice Of the CHIEF
priests and elders.
10. "Who for a certain sedition made in
the city and for murder was cast into
prison" And this is the nam of their
choice A robbcr John xviii, 400 and a
murderer If like attracts like, then we
see how Il was. They were all robbers iii
the highest degree, for they were guilty OF
robbing God (Nlal. iii, 3, o, and had even
made His temple n den of thieves or rob
bers Q1uke xix, 4G) And as to their being
murderers, che that hateth his brother isl
murderer" Il John iii 10, and they were
not only hating Jesus their brother, but
Jesus their king and their God.
20. "Pilato therefore, willing to release
Jesus spake again to them" II may have
been just here that they said, "We have a
law, bnu bY our ltW 4lt outSHb W NiSs Dt-
cause lie made Himself the Son of God.
For when plate heard Tint saying he was
the more afraid (Iohn xix, z, -. And aa
he talked with Jesus privately Jesus said;
"Thou couldst have no power against me,
except it were given thee from above; there
fore he thatdeliyered me unto thee hath the
greater sinp 1t is said that from thance
forth PLATE sought 20 release Him John
xix, II, 12),
81. "But they cried, saying, Cruelty Him,
Crucify Him. or they continued crying
Cruelty Him. They had but one desire
concerning Him, and to all else they were
deaf and blind. Die He must, and they
would not cease till it was accomplished. |
Oh, that the followers of Jesus had in His
cause the persistence and zeal which the
followers Of the devil have in his service
%. "And he said unto them the third
time, Why what evil hath He done2 1
have found no cause of death in Him. ]
will therefore chastise Him and let Him
GO" Well, PLATE, what does your three.
fold testimony to His innocence and your
twofold threat tochastise Him and let Him
go amount Go If you do not let Him go? In
the name OF all that is right, let Him go
without chastisomont, since you are spre
that He ia innocent, or else cease II Of |
forts, confess yourself acoward an graft
fly quickly there bloodthirsty dogs,
o. "And they were instant with loud
voices, requiring that He might be oruci-
fled. And the voices Of them and of the
chief priests prevailed" John gives some !
additional arguments which the Jews
used probably about this time. 1.-THE Jews
cried out, saying, II thou let this man go,
thou art not Caesars friend Nhos1oyer
maketh himself king speRkcth against
Cpsarn When PLATE heard that ne
brought Jesus forth And when they add.
ed, 1--WE have no king but Caesar that
settled it John xix, ~, 15).
"a. "And PLATE rlve sentence that it
should be as they required lie knew no
higher power than { asar, and him he win
honor (but only for The sake of his posi-
tom, let who may go TO the wall. This is
not strange when $50 consider that even
ministers of the gospel have been known
TO please some man or men (because OF
their salary rather than God. But PLATE
has not an easy conscience about it yet,
for she took water and washed his hands
before the multitude saying, | am limo
cent of the blood Of this just person; see
We TO it,
%. "And he released unto them him that
for sedition and murder was east into pris-
on, whom they had desired; but be deliy-
cred Jesus TO their win" Read Matt
xvii, 28-3l and see your Jesus, your Saw
Jour, who loves you us fpthor or mother
never did nor could; see Linn scourgei
(mark its meaning, G owned with thorns,
spit upon, smitter, rocked; and say do
you cereg "a II sHything Co youg And ifso,
huy 1ntfchF HOW much can YOU bear for