The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-11-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
rcsON vul-NOV. 25-OPPOSl-
TON TO CHRIST.

Golden Text: lie Came Unto Ills WV"
.,d His Own Received Him Not
John l: I1.-Mark Ill: "2-'o'
Introductory. The narrative OF ~
Matthew includes some things at TINS
noint which st. Mark neSlects 10
mention. The charge, for example,
Of thc sc:ibes that Jesus cast out
devils by the prince of devils, was an
effort on their part to explain the
fact that he had healed man pos
sesscd with u devil blind and dumb
insomuch that the blind both
snake and saw" Being unable TO
denv the reality of the miracle ana
unwilling to admit that 1t was
wrought by the power OF Goa tneS
resorted to the base method OF charS-
ing that it was the work Of satan
with whom they alleged that Jesus
was in league. This conduct OF theirs
serves to show how far men Will go
in opposition to the truth when the'r
prejudlces are once fairly afo"Scu
against it. :.
, OF necessity his character, his work
: and his teachings were IN maFkeo
contrast with those Of the jewish
t leaders. His character drew away
g the people from them to him. ms
I treatment of all classes, and especial
!: ly the sinful and needy, his miracles
n OF love and mercy, attracted the null
. titudes to him. His wonderful teach'
ing, so loving, so righteous,so simple,
so devout, so comforting, was under
9 mining their teaching and seemed
likelv to leave them as leaders with
out followers.
e I. The Sin Against the Holy Ghost
IS vers. 2o-3O. 90 "Thc scribes which
ID came down from Jerusalem" These
as scribes, so st. Matthew tells us, were
of the sect of the Pharisees. 1t IS
likely that the only object OF their
visit TO Galilee was to work out an
's, evil plot against Jesus. Gle hath
Beelzebub" The scribes thought
y, that if Jesus had the friendship OF the
y. prince of devils he would be able to
n control all the inferior devils.
It. %. HE called them unto him." Be-
n cause he knew what they were say
or ing. "In parallels" The word par
IS, ables" is here used in the general
rs. sense of illustrations. ''How car
of Satan cast out Satan?" 1t is absurd
wv to suppose that Satan could. be his
GU own enemy. IF neither city MOI
ho kingdom nor house could stand whe1
~" ~. divided against itself, much less coul(
~. the empire of the evil one. "-MacIear
-. q. mo man can enter into strong
Iaa mans house except ne VII
~, first bind the strong man." The fac
~. that Jesus Christ has entered into tn
,.t, house of the devil, and spoiled it,
y. the proof that he has really boun'
-. the devil. If there had been a leagu
NV between the two, there would nav
o vi, been no effort upon the part OF tn
a.. a. one to spoil" the other.
vi. 20. "All sins shall be forgiven
sro All, that is to say, except the on
wv next to be mentioned. Forgiveness
49, is of course dependent on penitenc'
~ v 20. "But he that shall blasphem
nv against the Holy Ghost hath nevt
Wv forgiveness" 1t would seem at fir
,snt glance that the objectionable 81
MA consists IN attributing mantle
,uld work Of God to the devil, but whe
we compare this scripture with OF
ers it appears that it consists in tt
utter blindness and hardness OF hea
which makes such an 'action pos'
b,lity. This blindness and hardne
may show itself in more ways thu
one; the objectionable sin may tai
on number of outward manifest
tions. No man need fear that he h
been guilty Of it as long as he feels
cele sincere desire to serve God.
os'' II. The Mother and the Bre thren
wy Jesus, vers. 3l-35. 81. "His brethren
pn. James, Joses, Simon, Judas (Matth'
~, ~ kin, 55.l standing without. Th
"a COulO nOC Wako IuelI "hy w IL
1'' through the crowd Sent unto hin
''o'' Passed the word along.
;aod SO. "Who is my mother" II
-. question was not meant TO create
impression that he was Indifferent
49,. his mother, but simply to indies
.,... that he meant to create new orr
= WV of kinship in the world.
a No. "a. "He looked round about" /
r,sed ting his eyes rest on his assemb
m,na disciples. 'Behold my mother
tbon. my brethren!' Those who are
s;n,, dear to me as they were mother I
IN Il brethren.
.,d "Whosoever shall do the will
,vorld God, the same Is my brother"
No matter wheR5Sr where such
man lives, or what may be the a
dental circumsta nces OF his life, h