The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-02-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
60 -'s' Tower 10 Forgive" - Inter
national s. S. lesson for Fsb.
25. 1908.
rv REV WILLIAM EVANS. - d.
O. rector Biblical Department Of tts
uly Bible Institute. Chicago. OH
tli Lecturer Of .ic Clok county
(ChicacO Sunday School Assoc
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Golden Text: "The Son Of Mar
hath power on earth to forgive sins.
Mark 2:10
Lesson: Mark 2:1-12.
And they came unto Him bringinf
one sick Of the palsy. which was borne
Of four. And when they could moi
come nigh unto Him for the press
they uncovered the roof where he
was; and when they had broken II
mp, they let down the bed wherein the
sick Of the palsy lay. When Jesus
saw their faith. He said unto the slcl.
Of the palsy: Son. thy sins be for
given thee. But there were certain
Of the scribes sitting there. and rea
soning in their hearts: Why doth
this man thus speak blasphemies
Who can forgive sins but God only
And Immediately when Jesus perceived
IN His spirit that they so reasoned
with themselves. He said unto them:
Why reason ye these things in your
hearts? Whether is II easier to say
10 the sick Of the palsy: Thy sins be
forgiven thee; or 20 say: Arise. and
take up thy bed and walk? But that
We may know that the Son Of Man
hath power on earth TO forgive sins
(IIo saith 10 the sick OF the palsy
Arise. and take mp thy bed, and go
thy way into thine house And I'm
medlately he arose. took up the bed.
and went forth before them all"
Sickness a Type of Sin.
Throughout the Scripture there IS
recognized a very intimate connection
between sickness and sin. Leprosy
is typical Of sin in its beginnings.
growth and contamination. Palsy,
like sin. paralyzes the faculties Of
man; natural blindness is symbolic OF
the spiritual blindness caused by sin.
In spiritual sense people may have
eyes and see not; ears and hear not"
The Palsied Man Is a Type Of the
Sinner.
The sinner has certain faculties
which cannot be used until he is cured
Of the disease Of sin. Sin blights the
spiritual eyesight. deafens spiritual
hearing; darkens the understanding
so that It cannot grasp nor under
stand divine things. Sin paralyzes
the faculties Of the soul. The sinner
is as helpless 10 walk in the way OF
Gods commandments as this palsied
man was to walk the streets Of Pales-
tine. Paul. that deep student Of hu.
man nature. said: Il know that in
me dwelleth no good things: for TO
will is present with me, but how to
perform that which is good | find not
The good that | would, DO not
What a confession OF human inability. |
Sin and Sickness Closely Connected. |
While It is not true that in every
case sickness is the direct result OF a
special sin committed by the one af-
ilicted, yet the Bible distinctly teaches |
that ofttimes such Is the case. Jesus
taught His disciples in the case Of the
man born blind John % that this
sore afiiction came not because OF any |
special sin ON the part OF the blind
nan. Nevertheless by addressing his
spiritual before his physical condition
by saving first THY sins be for
given thee" and afterward: Rise,
AXE up thy bed and walk" the Master
taught US that IN this case
It least las well as in John 81 the AT.
iiction was the result OF some par.
ocular sin. "Sin no more lest a worse
hing come upon thee,"-words like
hese emphatically set forth the close
citation between sin and disease.
How Gan Sin Be Forgivenp
How can punishment for sin be
.vertedY II has been said that there
re three ways First inasmuch as
offering and punishment is the result
4 sin. let us stop SHINING. and then
re shall cease suffering. That sounds
veil. But II is cold. comfortless logic.
Who can stop SHINING; where is the
nan in all the earth that doeth good
nd sinneth not. This is law without
)ve. Secondly, It is acknowledged
hat there Is sin and there is punish
lent for sin, but then God Is kind,
wing, and compassionate that He will
ay to us at last: "Well. Il is true,
on have been pretty bad, but will
'ok over It; come right into Heaven.
hat is love without law. II this we're
re real status Of the case Heaven
ould not be a place long secure from
le attacks Of sin. Unless holiness
nd righteousness be the center Of
DDS throne. safety and security can 81
ever be its circumference.
Forgiveness Through Christ.
There remains just one other way
forgiveness. and that is the true
ay. There is sin, and there is pun
hmen. and condemnation for sin
ut God has laid all our sins on Christ
no bore them in His own body on the
&c. Forgiveness then is by faith in
e redeeming sacrifice Of Christ. We
i've forgiveness through His shed
God. Here is law and love combined.
us allowing God TO be Just and the
sitter OF the sinner who believes in
sus
Sin Must Needs Be Forgiven.
Man must be forgiven or else he
II be lost. If there is such a thing
sin in the world, then there is such
thing as punishment and condemna
N for sin. II there be no sin. then =.
need have no worry with regard u
the thought of punishment. Jesus
rist taught very definitely that sin