Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-03-06
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second of the two proposit!
author of the fourth Gospel, zoe
lieving We might have life ~ His
name" It is a part Of one q those
conversations recorded by jon hat
are SO rch in the doctrines of sNe.
1t occurred ON the day subsequently,
the events studied last week. ThreS'
of the Gospels record miracle that
occurred during the intervening night;
that of Jesus walking on the sea; and
one of them tells us how Peter made
one of his characteristic failures.
which makes US feel that he is our
near kinsman.
Those people who found Jesus in
the synagogue at Capernaum, had by
no means abandoned the idea of in
ducing Jesus to declare himself a
king. A leader who could feed an
army by a miracle would certainly
prove an invincible commander In a
war; and so they would have taken
him "by force and made him king"
the day before. After they had desis-
ted for thu day he spent most of the
night in prayer. We are sometimes
disposed to ask why need Jesus pray
at all. When we read the account
Of the temptation in the wilderness,
some of us think that Jesus was not
tempted after that. The record says
that Satan left him "for season.
end that season, we may be sure was
very brief one. So now when the
voice of the people would place him
at the head OF movement that would
necessarily be worldwide in its bene-
ficient sweep, II might easily have
teen a temptation that only com.
nunion with the Father could over.
come.
The conversation was designed to
winnow out his followers. The time
had come when the spirit nature of
his kingdom should be made more
prominent in His teaching. So in
stead of direct answer as to when
He came there, He tells them plainly
that their object in seeking Him was
hope of being temporarily benefited
They are admonished to work not for
the food that perishes, but for that
which will abide unto ternal life
which he was ready to give them. Al
the same time, he assured them that
the signs he performed were the
/ Fathers seal in attestation of his son
ship. Seeming to accept this, they
ask what they must do to work the
works of Cod" They were answered
by the statement that the work Coo
required at their hands, was to be
lieve on the Son whom He had sent
AS though acceding to this, they asl
for sign in order that they nigh
believe him; and then they woult
argue the matter. They said Got
gave the fathers mamma for years
bread out of heaven"-they Gale,
it. 1t was as though they wouI
challenge his ability to do any NOR
than that
In his reply Jesus stated that tn
bread that came through Moses wa
not the true bread out of heaven
but that the true bread of God wa
then offered them. and that 1t CAV
life to the world. Willing, as the,
thought, to accept it, they say. "EveI
more give us this bread"
To their great establishment, Jesu
says so plainly that there was n
|, mistaking his words, Il am the brea,
of life." He assures them that h
only came down out of heaven, tina
soul-hunger and soul-thirst could b
satisfied by him alone, and that etei
nal life could be found nowhere else
He goes further, and tells them tina
all that the Father had given hin
should come to him, and that no On
coming should be cast out. or reject
ed. He goes even further and say
that no one can come to him excep
the Father draw him. Four times |
the promise made that all his peopl
should be raised up by him at tn
last day.
Some of them murmured at his a.
sertion that he came down fror
heaven, claiming that they knew hi
parents. To meet this murmurins
the statement is repeated with create
emphasis. They are reminded tina
those who ate of the mama wer
dead. but that those who ate of hi
! flesh should never die. for his fle,s
and his blood. were the life of tn
world.