The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-06-23


by the Rev. d. M. Stearns.
copyright, 1899, by D. M. Stearns.1
g. "Then led they Jesus from Caiap-
has unto the hall of Judgment" In
Math xvii, 2. it is written that they led
Him away and delivered Him to Pontius
PLATE, the governor. Some of these self
righteous people, with murder in their
hearts, would not enter Pilates house lest
they should be def1led, for they desired to
eat the Passover. They did not know
that the true Passover Lamb was being
put to death by them and that their Pass
over, like their Sabbaths and all their
feasts, was mere form-a husk without
a kernel, chaff to be burned up. What is
your religionp In what do you trustS Is
1T in some church or creed or ceremony, or
is it in Jesus only and His precious blood?
20, 30 eff He were not a malefactor,
we would not have delivered Him up unto
thee P" This from them in reply to
Pilates question, "What accusation
bring We against this mann" 1t is easy to
call Him An eyildoer, but impossible to
prove it. They must, however, say some
thing, and having yielded themselves to
the devil he will suggest many lie to
them. In all His life He never said or
did wrong thing except in the eyes of
those who hated Him. He knew no sin.
81. seTake We Him and iudoe Him ac
cording to your law. J" Thus said plate.
to which they replied. "It is not lawful
for us to put any man to death" So
they confess that they have determined
that He must die, and they only desire
that PLATE will attend to it for them 1t
would not do for them to say how long
ago they had made up their minds to kill
Him as soon as possible. 1t might show
their hearts toward Him too plainly. If
it was unlawful for them to put any one
to death, how was it that only a little
later they found no difficulty in stoninp
StephenP
80 s.Tbat the saving of Jesns might no
fulAlled which He snake signifving What
death He should die 5, Tbo IoxTisb node
occorainc, ~ their la1y ,,,as s+onino M
Iesrs bo5 soid +bo+ ua sho,,15 he "a
INatb w 10Y This Voc +vnifie5 h1, +be
Sor,,ey,t Of brass ,iftod nv, ~, ,,olo IT,,,,
wi o. Jobn iii IA and was nlainIv de-
.scrihed in Pc vii 1e uTbev nierced Nv
hands and NV feet J, The law said
ssCnrsed is every one that banpetb on a
tree y and Christ hath redeemed ne from,
tba crrsa a. the law heinz made a cnrse
for ms (Deut. wi "a. Cal iii 1al
"a - rt Tbo,, the zinc Of tbe Tavs9n
fpt fO xxyhn a on
tered the indgment hall again The Wise
men from the east came with the ino,,irv
.sWbera Is He that IL borr Kinr ~ tba
Jews9,, The nronbet. had foretold Mas
siah who would sit on David,s throne az
KING of Israel fNT.tb n o. leo ~ q p.
Tor wit < a. Ezol vvyx,ii ool brt
what did plate know of tbesa tbings and
~ Ala he osI, +h;s c,,,os+;ov,o yvoro 80
tbo lowe s,,biacts If Csosa,9
AZ .tJesue ansuored bin, Sarast tbor
this thing of tbvsolf sor l;d othors toll ~
thee of NiaS,, az course Jasus tnary xpbv
no ael,od n for He Lnoyv what a. in man
1e Lno1ys tho tbings +ba+ COVE into o,,r
Winds eyerv ono of them 1Tobn II Ok.
REL =; X He had a reason for asling
plate for He does nothing without n
cause lEzek Wv 93l
"a. HPilate answered. Am. a .Iewp
Thine own nation and the chief priests
have delivered Thee INTO me- What hast
~rTbou done9,, n is unusnal To have n
,,risoner and have NO CHARGE AGAINST him
and unusual alec m coo tbe i,,dges nc in
tbe case of Caianbas and plate ASKING the
prisoner to tell what he has done Was
ever seen on. eartb snch a travestv on
instice as in this casep
AZ es.Jesns answered NV KINGDOM Ia NOT
of this world ), How often this word of
Christ Is nsed IN trv to nrova that our
Lord shall never have KINGDOM on this
earth excent that which He is now said to
have in the hearts of men--a very moor
samnle of a KINGDOM firmly indoinS from
the lack of subsection to Hin EVERYWHERE
manifest But one might as well saw that
the believer has no business on earth he
.cause he is NOT of this world That is the
very reason that he is herein the world.
INIT NOT Of If. that he NAV olorifv Cod in
IT. His origin is not earthly for he is NOT
a child of God until born from above. and
Christ is here sneakino of the origin of
His kingdom. as He Himself EXPLAINS in
-4be last clause of this verse Nov Is NV
lyingdom NOT from hence . II will ha &c
truly a KINGDOM on this Garth as was
Rahylon Medo. Persia Greece or Rome
but il win NOT he set m Inv force of arms
INT nv the MIGHTY poyyer of God the
same that brouoht Israel ont of Egvnt al.
xidel the Red sea and tho Toraan and snh-
.dned Canaan hofora them
AZ ssTo This end was horn and for
+bis canse came 7 into the world that
sbonld hear witness INTO the truth
Every one that is Of the truth bearatb NV
yo;ce u Thns .Tosns ronlied tn pilates
question cart Thou a king tben9I He
was tbe trutb cent nv tho God of trntb