The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-02-03


some OF which have changed Its whole
course In them deeds Of great bravery
and heroism have been wrought. Mara
lhon. Thermopylae, Waterloo. Gettys-
burg. will never lose their interest.
Il Greater than all these are the moral
battles against wrong, the contest fof
truth and religion and righteousness
which have been fought by prophets
and martyrs and unselfsh leaders
throughout the worlds history. No
where have there been greater deeds
OF herolsm. Of self-sacrifice, OF courage,
OF nobility Of soul
Equally great and decisive battles
have been fought on the battlefields Of
the heart. in the individual soul. For
to all time 'he that ruleth his spirit is
greater than he that taketh a city"
Our lesson to-day is the story of
The Greatest Battle and the Most De
eishe Victory in the Worlds His
tory.
/ The Battleheld.---y. /. Then was
Jesus led up Of the spirit THE d.
vine Spirit has to do with our darker
experiences as well as our bright, joy
GUS ones He is with the sons Of God
in their conflicts with doubt. not less
than in their moments of noble i'm
pulse and heroic resolve. /.
Gods Spirit is never more with a man
than in his spiritual struggles. Exp.
Sreek Test. Into the wilderness. .
The wild, barren, mountainous regions
northeast Of Jerusalem 80 be tempt
ed Not the motive for Jesus for go
ing. but the purpose for which the
Spirit urged him into the wilderness.
He probably went to fight out by him
self the great battle with conflicting
questions and doubts. and settle once
for all what he ought 10 do and wheth-
er he would do it.
The Issues at Stake were world
wide and eternal On his choice de-
pended the salvation OF the world To
choose the first way would be to lose
the battle. to give up the real saliva
ton of men and the new heavens and
the new earth
In order to be the Savior of tempted
mankind. it was necessary that he
himself should be tempted in all
points like as we are. yet without sin
Heb. 4:15). He must fight the battle
to show us how to gain the victory.
we having the same helps that he had.
The Assailant.-~To be tempted OF
the DEVIL "diabolos." Devil means
calumniator. sIanderer, accuser. one
who seeks by vile, false means to in
jure others by slandering God miasep-
resenting the truth, and so leading
men astray.
The Methods of Assault-In what
form the Tempter came 10 Jesus We do
not know. but we do know that he was
tempted Ike as We are" AS in our
temptations. the tempter must have
come to Jesus in plausible, deceptive
forms Temptations to sin are daz-
zliag with light and beauty Tempta,
tiocs to intoxicating drink comes with
sparkling wine, social joys and exal-
tation OF spirit.
A Campaign. Not Single Battle. 2
And when he had tasted forty days.
The real spirit of fasting lies in being
so intensely absorbed that one does
not feel the sensation Of hunger. Je-
sus was so intent on settling the great
questions that confronted him-wheth-
er he was the Son of God. in what way
he should accomplish his mission. in
prayer for guidance. in seeking light,
in deciding on duty-that he was un-
Of hunger; and in his lonely
place there was no food to be OBJ
tanned.
/. The First Battle with Temrta-
tion.-ys. 8. 4. The Insidious Attack.
The attack was made when <he reac- I
ton from his long fast had begun. Sa-
tan still watches his time. and attacks
US when weary. sick. troubled, dis
nervous and weak.
The Weapon OF Attack. 3. III thou
be the Son of Cod II you really are
he Messiah, sent to redeem the world
Settle the question now BY exercising
he miraculous power which must be-
ong to the Son Of God, and command
hat these stones be made" become"
1e changed into bread The tempta-
ion to do this was through intense
hunger
But why was 1t wrong to do this?
FOR unless it was wrong there was no
however desirable the act.
Hunger IS innocent The desire to be
ure that he was the Son Of God was
Jesus accepted food. later.
rom the angels ". ID and he could
lot fulfil his mission without it, The
rrong would have been in doing It at
he expense Of higher things. The
ielding wcIId have destroyed his
ower and mission as Savior OF men.
Ie could not then be tempted like as
re are. II he used his supernatural
over to save himself from hunger.
Or We have no such power It would I
hus have been the giving up Of his
iission as the Redeemer for the sake
Z something to eat, selling his soul, I
nd all souls. for mess OF pottage
The Armor OF Defense 4. 1T is (
in DSSt SO. quoted from the I
reek translation. Man shall not live {