Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-09-28

ivered TO the Jews, out HO" 10 my
Iingdom not from hence" In otner
words. the man who was offered Da-
lids throne deliberately turns his
pack upon 1t, and yet he claims d.
vine kingship. From human stand
point. could you imagine anything
more inexplicablef
While thinking along this line my
mind naturally ran back to the scene
Df Christ's great temptation. You
know the story. After Jesus had
tasted forty days the devil came TO
him and said, "If thou be the Son Oh
God. command that these stones be
made bread" But Christ said, 1T Is
written, Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that pro.
ceedeth out Of the mouth OF Cod"
Then the devil took Jesus upon one
of the temples pinnacles and said,
Throw thyself down, and God VIII
send his angels to keep thee from De-
ing destroyed" But Christ said, ut
is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy Cod" Then the
devil took Jesus up on a high noun
tain and showed him all the Kingdoms
of the world and said, Fall down,
worship me, and all these will l give
thee" But Jesus said, Get thee
hence, Satan; for it is written Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and
him only shalt thou serve" In plain
English, Satan wanted Jesus to demand
a visible manifestation Of Gods pow
er. He would have Christ do some
thing practical. He knew men, and
he knew that they would follow a man
who could turn stones into bread; VINO
could fling himself from dizzy height
and alight unhurt; who could achieve
worldwide rule by compromising with
evil. But not by such means would
Jesus win the worlds faith and love.
Satan could not understand the spirit
ual, could not conceive OF that inena-
BILE power by which IL Christ was
lifted up he would draw all men unto
him.
Was IL an Alleeory3
Now. 1 always used to look upon
this story as an allegory. l never be-
lieyed that in truth this happened. But
the older I grow the more | believe II
is literally true. Satan always was
and always will be of carnal mind.
He can never understand anything
which does not appeal to the carnal
mind. He is a great deal like that
brutal man who one day asked BenJa'
min Disraeli why he had married Sc
unattractve a wife. Disraeli was In
conspicuous until he married a wido"
who was some years older than he
| but she lavished her wealth upon hin
and gave him his first step In polidca
life. The prime minister answered
"My friend. l cannot tell you because
I do not think you could understand
nv motive. You do not know VIVA
gratitude means" So Satan was ant
always will be Of carnal mind. L
Christ could not sit upon an eartni.
throne and manacle Satan with chains
he does not believe Christ has an
power Thus with the Hebrews. The
i could not understand why Christ IN
spiritual king would not becom
, Christ the temporal king. They coul
not understand why Christ, who CLAIM
ed to be a spiritual ruler, would nc
; re-esta blish the Davidic throne In u
rusalem.
oil And yet IS 1t not always the me
:, who have willingly turned their back
$ upon thrones of earthly power wn
0 have established kingdoms Of spiritu'
!. powerp Take the life of John Wesle.
g with his marvellous organizing abilit.
his wonderful literary gifts, his silvt
l. tongue and his power Of polemics
IA could he not have been the greate'
}. statesman or lawyer or ecclesiastic
n his time had he wished? Was not II
n palace or the archbishop's chair Wit
d in his grasp had he sought itf Ar
!" vet today do we not honor ana 10Y
'. the founder Of Methodism more tha
i; III ne ndu Dteu III oiNhDNP'
Y. land has produced many great me
b. but seldom a greater than David Ii
n. ingstone. But do we not honor nl
Sc today because he gave up all
ID CHRISTI
do not care where you go In b.
ID tory, the men we honor most tod'
is and whom God honors most have be-
and are the men who have turn
their backs upon thrones OF temper
n power in order to spread the high
a, kingdom of truth and purity and sp
IN ituality. The carnal mind cannot gra
o. this sacrifice, but the spiritual NIL
20 can. In order to truly appreciate I
~ divine sacrifice we must first ma
20 the divine love In our own hearts.
~ Lastly. the Hebrews Of old could I
he understand this new Teacher becau
Ia he was going to establish his spirltl
~ kingdom out Of the vilest Of the VI
He was not like the architect W
AZ poes 70 the purest and whltest qu
a ries TO get the stones for the walls
no his marble palace. But he goes TO
=, dirt anG mire of sin. He collects
I most debased. And out OF the VII
he humanities he expects to build his 2
en- est palaces. II there was SIN
or. about he always hunted him out II
could do that sinner any good
his even went and lodged In his house
lch he did with Zaccheus. And
ng strange as it may seem, 1t Is ain
RS impossible to do Gods work ar
zen unless we are willing to associate '
md those who are despised by their
on. low men. Now comes the pract
md ouestions Are we, for Christs s.
rk. willing to become socially ostrac
led by those who think it is not proper
~ rs to 20 with those who nave
=; I'D astray? Are we willing to do this
ros reS Christ, as Christ did this for usf
so copyright 1907, by Louis Klopscn
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