Okolona messenger., 1907-02-20
The Life of The Master.
A Study
Written for this paper by Edwin A. Wilson.

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man to earth to represent Him,
much less that this was he who
came out from God with all His
attributes and who could be tram.
melled by weakness or ignOrancei
NicOdemus found no occasions for
criticism, no child Of faith dare
hint at failure anywhere 10 Jesus.
He heard Jesus words, he believ-
ed them. The chow can these
things be" Of Nicodemus in keep.
ing with the woman Of John four
"irOm whence then hast thou this
living waterf" Both are scholars
in the same school with the same
teacher, at different time and place
drinking In their simplicity, at the
same fountain; one Pharisee, the
other an adultress; and "there is
no difference" for without Christ
one is no more lost than the other,
but one channel to himself, open.
ed by Himself, by which in His
own way both may have access
through faith.
Jesus "the provincial" pro-
pounded the mott profound truths
ever uttered; no such words ever
fell upon the ears OF this Ruler OF
the Jews before; but we know
nothing of his past, his attitude
toward empty rights, hackneyed
phrases, barren methods, etc.
Still we are told that "one honest
man recognizes another" Was
it only a man whom NicOdemus
NETT Do the facts given prove
according to John seven that this
ruler OF the Jews was bound to act
in concert with his colleagues3
The paper under consideration
is out of harmony with that which
is written; errors read in, truth
read out;the divine utterance MARI
ed by misstatement, the casual
reader mislead, the little one often
ded, God dishonored, man deifed,
as entertainment is furnished for
the thoughtlOss and ignorant; no
one edited, stumbling blocks of
satanic make and mould injected
ruthlessly into the pathway OF the
unwary pilgrim, through misrepre-
sentation to trip the feet Of Gods
little ones. Nicodemus became a
believer and learned when born
into Gods family; Jesus preached
the Word, the man OF the Phari'
sees believed the message, passed
from death unto life. Nathaniel
was q sinner, as was NicOdemus
and Zaccheus, no more, no less,
born the same way under cOndem.
nation, without Christ, without
hope; the same measure Of guilt
secured equal judgment through
penalty of q law given by the
hands OF a sin hating God; there
was no reaching out after God in
either apart from the Spirit. The
first Adam brought them nothing
to help them Godward. What is
your relation to the second man,
the Lord from hesvenf
The name of Zaccheus occurs
three times in Luke only, all that
is known Of him is told in ten'brief
verses of less than forty lines.
The last verse OF the ten is the key
that unlockS the mystery Of the
life Of our Lord In the earth. The
seeking saviour looks for and finds
Zaccheus; the latter does not find
Jesus. As usual the imagination
plays the most important part In
the sketch Of this interesting char
acter as given by our writer; as a
matter OF fact we cannot surely
know an antecedant Incident in the
life OF Zaccheus, whather practi-
cally he was worse or better than
his class, nor the attitude Of the
thrOnging multitude, then, or be
fore. We do know that be re.
Ceived Jesus; that be came down
out Of the sycamore tree in ODE.
dience to the command Of JesGs,
and further that be received Him