The Red Cloud chief., 1905-03-10

49,, 1855 - "
But before men who cannot read the
continuance are the evidence that there
has really been the new birth. by the
precious blood of Christ every true be.
lever is washed, sanctifed, justified.
perfected forever q Cor. vi, II; Heb.
Z, 10, ~, but by the word of God and
the Spirit of God there Is a work Of
sanctificatiOn and perfection ever be-
ing carried on John xvii, II; Phil. III.
18, ~.
not knowing the righteousness of God
and therefore going about to establish
their own righteousness Uom. X, -,
assert that they have no need to be
made free, rs they were never i'm bond.
age to any man. 1t Is often convenient
to some people to forget or profess to
forget some things. They must have
left the cvii and some other psalms out
Of their psalier. They prided them
selves on being Abraham's children,
but they did not act like Abraham.
What they were and who they were are
fully shown forth in the opening Incl
dent of this chapter. where we see
them bringing a poor sinful woman
to Christ that He may condemn her,
but He. not seeming to hear them,
stopped down and wrote with His fin
ger on the ground. thus saying, as loud
as such an act could say, that their
names were not written in heaven, but
In the earth, because they had forsaken
the Lord. the fountain of living waters
Ger. xvii, 49,.
When He gave opportunity for any
man without sin to cast the first stone
ut her ana again stopped down and
wrote on the ground, they all went out
one by one, each man convicted by his
own conscience. Thus was made man
fest what they were and where their
names were written. The woman be-
ing left alone. He said, "Neither do |
condemn thee; go and sin no more
Verse III, thus illustrating John iii. II,
where ii Is written that He came not
to condemn. but save. He came as
the Light of the World (verse ~. but
those who love the darkness could not
abide Him. His comfort was that the
Father sent Him; that the Father new
er left Him alone; that He said only
what the Fatl.er told Hin and taught
Him, and that He did always those
things that pleased the Father oversees
10, Is. PC, %. 29,. When accused by
His enemies Of saying what was not
true and of having II devil Oversees 13.
49, He could be calm and unmoved. be-
cause the Father was with Him and
approved.
AS His disciples 1t Is u privilege to
be made free from sin and as servants
Of Righteousness, servants Of God, have
fruit unto holiness (Rom. vi. Is, 22),
and find our comfort where He found
His. We must be content to receive
the treatment which He received and
not be surprised to find. as He found,
that many very religious people are
children Of the devil and not children
Of God Verse Al.
There is Il suggestion in verse 80 Of
our lesson of lshmael and Isaac. the
latter prefguring the true Isaac, who
was not spared Uom. viii, 80, but
who, having offered Himself j sacrifice
for our sins. obedient unto death, will
live in us His life Owe again of pleas
Ing the Father. not seeking His own
will nor His Owl glory Verse 50), but,
freeing us from all self and all error
and all darkness, will make it mani
fest 10 those who know us best that we
are His disciples indeed. Coming back
to the first thought of our lesson, that
Of continuing or abiding in His word,
my mind runs to John xiv, %, IF Il
man love Me he will keep My words,
end My Father will love him, and we
will come unto him and make our
abode ImansiOnl with him"
Think OF these bodies being mansions
In which Father, Son and Holy Spirit
dwell and desiring that we yield the
property fully, as the lad did the five
~loaves. and we often refuse. Are we
anything like these Pharisees? Is 1t
possible that any Of us think we are all
Right and yet may be all wrong and not
yet children Of God? See also our abid-
ing John XIV. Z, IF We abide In Me and
/. My words abide In you We shall ask
what We will and 1t shall be done unto
you" What complete victory over
every bcsetting sin Is here within our
reach! Then see l John II, %, as a
still further inspiration.
MRS. CHADWICK SCORES POINT.