The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-09-15
THREE TEMPTING QUESTIONS.

THREE TEARTlN0 VUESI1UNS.
Matthew 22:15-22; a44e-s.pt.mber Is.
"Resder int Caesar the things that are asors; and INTO God the things tss
- HE Pharsees and sadducees II our Lords day were the leaders Of
VI religion. They had formed a trust or federation, SO to speak. and
- arssuy " opposed "a '': Tss 1p1 ses1 a %@eev sassSe Cod ea' and s'% the prophets %ets
believed BELLE ss in a coming Messiah to e1altt their nation and through it t. bless the
z Es1,s; a,sfcs saa 4S y x ssH %ss,n eo ts ses ct Of III the s presents nf ss ssus ssne'. as;
future existence. The rharisees opposed Jesus because he aa mot t aekno~L
sS perfect and holy in the keeping Of the Law. and rsprovea them for their
lack Of sympathy with the pool and less pretentous.
The sadducees opposed Jesusb because, from their standpoint of unhenef. he
". was s, a fraud Md But even ,"stt {, 81. a fraud they t w9u d nos e sama net III %ot sssese xMn
the people-an influence which they feared might s0one Of %, later !. lead :. to o some
HnpM is' towards sssusas ST the e Jews AN So while the sadducsss and fharhees both opposed
tSss; " Il tse eb sS .es Son But ct IL Ds sss s.s sss e ms', st pio snsssn &c fee. sn'; that 'a the
common people should become % aroused !. TO involve their nation in. some
the people from the Great Teacher, and. t. this end, sought t. catch n in his
They reasoned that If Jesus wouha say 1t I, not unlawful. they would have
4as ' tn e%e him m to s,d aeath nm rs se,e reasoned as 4 tss sas 81 ta ssa III sssu n sno ~ s eo%Dsr
tn.t It "a, Lawful. to Civ. tribute to Caesar he would thereby si% ~ the sym
almost superstuously. the ,de. that they. as Gods Kingdom. must lot pay
a ass ens W. notice how artfuny. they endsavorsi to ss.nsrs the
that thou art truer" Not only 50. but they sought to impress upon him their
. .g sest A si s q eh ~ . -. Isa faTsoa ss, es ro9 tho t x1 Of tn ea esn IT. n s. h!.fl a a'
funher, they fortified their position by saying. "we know that thou resarde't
These tresehera. compliment. were intended to nsna5 him but be
your base designs under suise II speaking for the TRUTH SHOW me the
tribute RIB M y.nd ah s was 3 d Literally the s esnsa' s coin in Which he a n ' taa 70 c TO- . !.
spending IN value to about seventeen Of or cents; 5esus asked, Whose =.
Render Ghr. unto &c Caesar the things . that are Caesars and unto God The things that
arr JOBS" n wonder the willy Ph0r1SeeO Weret troubled to nov 10 TO Catch
him in his words! On the contrary. they were caught: for all Of their comprt
mentary remarks stood Ito his credit in the minds Of the commonp people.
Next the Sadducees. the agnostics, ted to entrap the Great Teacher BY
asking one Of their stock que questions. Seven y" different ms sat brother ss. in, in turn , married sa
wife in the resurrection? They did % ask. To which will she be wife In
heaven OF Purgatory Or eternal torture for neither Jesusn nor the Jewshed any
such teaching. The rharsees and Jesus taught the resurrection Of the dead.
and II was against this teaching thai the sadducees aimed their sarcastic ques-
ton.
Note the majesty Of the Masters answer: Eye do err. lot knowing the
Scriptures. neither the power of God" You do not understand. the Scripture
teaching respecting such questions. and you are ignoring in your question the
great Divine power which. at that resurrection time. will be exercised I'M will
snaiehten out all the dmcunies Of the situation. Then the Great Teacher pro
ton. such as would get a complete raising up ut Of in and death conditions.
would neither marry nor be given in marriage" but would be sexless. as are
the angels. Thus the supposed great and unanswerable question If the Sad
ducees fell fiat and their ignorance was exposed. ~
Next. ne of the Doctors Of the Law endeavored to entrap the Lord o. q
question of the relative importance Of b Divine commandments, asking which
Jesus considered the gra one Of all The Great Teacher promptly divided the
ten commandments into two. according o the Law Deut 6.O. and answered.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all they heart. and with all thy soul.
and with all thy mind" This is the first and great Ghen commandment.
And the second is like unto t-"Thou shalt love thy neighbor al thysef. On
these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets" What could
the Lawyer say to such q ummarhaion Of the Law? He had nothing left to
say. He was answered as never before. &
The Great Teacher asked the Phansees. "what think y Of the Messiah
Whose Son is hep" They answered, 1.-THE Son Of David" The Teacher then
quer1ed, Hoy then doth David In spirit prophetcaly) call him Lord, saying.
The Lord said union my Lord. Sit thou o my right hand till make thine
enemies thy footstool? If David then caneth him Lord. how is he his SOM.
OF course the question was too deep Tor the Pharisees. The Great Teacher
ufuly clear W e see to be that the Messiah. according to the flesh. vas horn
Of the lineage of David. but that Gods purposes were not fully accomplished in
Messiah of the fesh-that he lay down his flesh. SCIENTIFICALLY, and, was raised
from the dead to the plane Of glory. honor m Immortality, "ar above angels
2rtncipahtcs and powers" We perceive that in the days Of his d@h he was
the Son of David. but that in his ghorifcadon els Dav1ds Lord in that David
will receive through him, in due time, not only resurrection from the dead. but
Messiah in the flesh will thus become the son o the Messiah Of glory. whose
earthly life is to be the restitution price for the whole world, including David.
Thus it is written, Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children. whom thou
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ton Of $4,000 on account OF error in W. /. Wilson was granted refund
lthe assessment of $3.50 road poll for the year 1909
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