The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-11
LESSON ELEvEN-MARcH =.

various forms. the enOrts Of Jesus L
persuade the nation to accept cf nin
as their Messiah
II every case the great principle i
clearly seen that spiritual deiiverancs
mnst precede political deliver1nee
The kingdom Of God must first *
te1d IT'S sway over the hearts Of men
before It can transform the sccial and
po.ldcal world And the effort takes
every possible form Of object lesson
entreasy, warning. statement Of truth,
argument, discussion.
J. A Forcible Object Lesson Into
Wnich Jesus Skilfully Transforms an
Attempt to Ent.ap Him. US. Ill
After our last lesson Jesus went to
the Mount Of Olives, probably to the
home Of mis- Bethany friends. The
next morning Ne returns to the tem-
pie and renews his labors.
While he was teaching. the Phari-
sees brought before him woman
VINO had been taken in adultery, and
demanded Of him. as claiming to be
the Messiah, his judgment as 10 what
shouId be done with her.
The law Of Moses said, ~stone her
to death"
The Roman law did not punish her
with death nor allow the Jews to put
any one to death.
If Jesus, in his pity. taught that
she should not be stoned, could he,
as opposed to Moses, be the Messiah?
Ii he taught that she should be
stoned, he arrayed himself against the
Romans.
Instead Of replying, Jesus, with his
finger wrote on the ground. Prof
Caspar Rene Gregory Of leipzig, in a
recent article in the Biblical World,
mentions All Old manuscript which has
a curious change IN one Of the SEN
tenees, which gives the whole story
new colorfng. " 9 reads. @And they,
when they read it. went out one BY
one Prof. Gregory suggests that
Jesus wrote on the sand the sins and
crimes which these accusers had
themselves committed; and when
they read It. they went out one BY
one. each one as he read his own
criminal record.
Being pressed for an answer Jesus
lifted up himself. and said unto them,
'He that is without sin among you.
let him first cast a stone at her. and
they went out one BY one.
Note the teaching and its bearing
Jesus condemned sin. He was utterly
opposed to il as the ruin of men and
Of nations. He bade the woman GO,
end sin no more" He held UP a mir
ror 10 the rulers 50 that they could
see their own characters, They con
damned themselves Sin was running
the nation.
He felt tender sympathy for the sin.
ner. He showed the nation. by this
object lesson, that while God con-
eemned their sin, and showed them
that n they continued III 1t, ruin was
certain to follow, yet he wanted to
fDrgire; he was ready to say to them,
as 70 the woman, Neither do I com
denim thee, go and sin no more" He
said now. in acted parable, what later
he spoke In words, 20 Jerusalem,
Jerusalem. which lzilleth the prophets
aad stoneth them that are sent unto
her, how often would | have gath
cred thy children together, even as a
hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings ard ye would not"
Application. We must be careful to
ID as Christ did, hate the sin, but
love the sinner. II we sympathize
with the ain, delight in it. we strength
en- people in sin. and not save from it.
IT, Jesus Proclaims Himself to Be
the Light Of the World. Like the
Pillar Of Fire That Guided Israel
Through the Wilderness to the Prom
lsad Land. The Visible Sign Of Gods
ActraI Presence Among His People
for Their Guidance, Protection and
Comlcrt.-Vs. 1890. We should CON
meet -this event with the celebration
OF the feast, probably with the last
great day described in our last lesson.
again refers us back to John 1871
EXP. Greek Test. The gigantic can
delabra. fifty cubits (75 feet high
N2rar). in the court Of the women,
were lighting up the temple courts,
aad sending their rays over the whole
city. These lamps were probably in
commemoration Of the pillar OF fire
which guided the Israelites through
the wilderness 10 Canaan (Ex 13.21),
AID we must revert to the story in
Exodus in order to get at the full
meaning Of Chrlst's words. In the
midst Of these symbols Jesus pro
claims, IN the temple court, Il am the
Light Of the World, the expression
Of Gods presence among men. as ii
ne rad said. Follow ME as your fa-
Tiers followed the shekinah light. go
where / show you the way, and as
surely as they we're led TO their prom
iscd land, | win now lead you and
your nation to the fulflment of your
hopes, and the realization OF the
promises Of God and Of the visions Of
his prophets. Then follows a discus
sion Of his claims. With the result that
many believed on him.
Application. Jesus Is still the Light
of the World. the Pillar of Fire and