Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-29

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The disciples are sin
Mad been disputing as to "
greatest; and they were ash%
i\the presence of Jesus).
Jesus knew, but it was wiseN
themto express their thoughts. ca
The disciples, or some of them, "
ask JESUS: "Who, then, is greatest
the kingdom Of Heaven" Not, Whal
elements N character make true
greatness? But who shall have the
highest placesG (see Matt. 2O:21.)
Jesus-You have utterly mistaken
the nature of the kingdom of Heaven
and what is greatness there. l will IL
lustrate.
v. 2. Jesus, then, called a little
! child (who may have been playing
near, or attracted to the wonderful,
loving Jesus), and set him in the midst
of them" 'set him by his side" Or. v.
Luke; and then took him in his arms
Mark in loving embrace.
v. 3. "And said" THE task OF
Jesus is not merely to communicate
instruction, but to rebuke and exor-
else an evil spirit, therefore he does
not trust to words alone."-Exp. Greek
Test. Except We be converted, better,
- - ID W gFft,rn - nd ha0nmQ as
little children" Not ~sinless, for no
children are sinless. They all need to
be saved from being lost, as we see
a little further on Tvs. II, 14).
v. 4. whatsoever therefore shall
humble himself ESQ as to bel as this
little child" is in this company, his
natural. ~unassuming self. "The same
is greatest in the kingdom of Heaven
for he has most of the heavenly spirit.
v. s. Whose shall receive one such
little child the representative OF
childhood, shall recognize and welcome
him, shall see in him the beauty of
his character, and take it to heart,
model his conduct after this IDEAL
representing all that the spirit of am
bition in its struggle for place and
power is apt to trample under foot. =
v. 6. Whose shall offend" Better
r. ", "cause to stumble" block theii
way to the kindom of Heaven. The
Greek verb is derived from %skandalon,
allied to scandal" which mean orig
inally 1.-The stick in a trap on which
the bait is placed, and which springs
up and shuts the trap at the touch OF
any animal.
V. z. "Woe unto the world" Not a
wish, but a ~lamentation, a warning, a
statement of fact. Because of of
fences" Occasions of stumbling in
the way of becoming good, and espe-
cially in the way of children.
V. 8. 8. If thy hand or thy foot Of
fend thee dead thee into SIM, cut
them off" The meaning is, If objects
dear as the right eye, and useful as
the right hand-honors, possessions.
enjoyments-stand between us and the
righteous heavenly spirit, not merely
tempt us, but cause us to fall into sin,
If we are unable to battle with and
overcome the temptation, we must give
them up rather than the heavenly life
v. 10. Still the subject is the child as
the ideal representative of the insig-
nifcant; apt to be despised by the am
bitious."-Expos Greek Test.
VS.. 11-14. Compare Luke 1851; 10:
10. The point of the parable lies in
The great care for those who are insig-
niicant and of little value in the eyes
of men.
v. IA. even So" AS the good shep-
herd did so much for the lost and
helpless sheep. 1T is not the will o.
your Father which is in Heaven" He
desires that all shall repent and be
saved.
Practical Application.
The lessons which Christ teaches us
by mean of the children are the les
sons we most need to learn, and are
too often apt to be ignored. He is
ever setting the child in the midst, and
all Christians must learn the lessons.
The child symbolizes all men in their
relation to the Heavenly Father. The
child symbolizes all that are poor,
weak, neglected, lowly, in relation to
the church. The church will succeed
in its work for the kingdom of Heaven
only so far as it regards the child and
all whom the child s%ymbolizes, as
Christ himself regards them.