The Detroit times., 1910-05-07

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coming jealous for the Truth. Those
who are on the right side have also
test OF humility that they be not
pulled up by their victory, but humble
/ themselves under the mighty hand OF
I God. that He may exalt them In due
! time.
/ Satan, because created on a higher
plane. is styled the prince OF demons
in his relationship TO the fallen angels.
Judge OF the delusion in the hearts
OF the Pharisees which prompted them
J to charge the Master with being satan
! himself and. on this score, accounted
I for His power to cast out demons
The Master took the time TO philoso-
phize with them on this subject and
| to show that If the time had come
when Satan would work against mis-
own associates and servants II would
! imply the speedy fall Of his empire
He also pointed out that demons
! had been cast out by some whom they
acknowledged and honored. II lie
must be Beelzebub to cast out the
demons, what would their logic be
in respect TO their neighbors and
|
| this power? ON the other hand, If He
! by Gods power, cast out demons. II
was an evidence that Gods Kingdom
was nigh. just as He had proclaimed
! Having thus answered their objec-
ton. He showed that they were
against Him and opposing His
/ Word and that this meant that
IN He were Gods representative.
they were opposing God. Then
He called their attention 10 the
/ fact that their words were blasphem-
Gus I'm that they attributed God 5
! Spirit. Gods power in Him, to Satan
power. Since they did this without any
real provocation and in opposition TO
every evidence, 1t implied that they
were wicked at heart. Ordinary sins
resulting from the fall, ignorance.
superstition, etc, would ALL in God 5
! providence, be ultimately forgivable,
! but a wilful sin against light, against
/ knowled would be a sin against
! Gods Spirit And for that sin there
would be no forgiveness, either In this
Age. or in the coming Age-neither
during this Gospel Age nor in the Mil
Ilennial Age II the sin were commit
ted against full light, its merit or pun
Iishment would be destruction. Second
Death. But very evidently It would
! be such a sin 20 only few. With
the majority there would be mixture
of wilfulness with ignorance, and, 4,
SO. the proportion OF wrong represent
ed by the ignorance could be forgiven /;
but the proportion represented by the
wilfulness would need the extreme
penalty, because unforgivable.
The scribes and Phariseos. envious
OF His popularity. asked for sign. a
proof of His Messiahship-not recog-
nizing His teachings and His mira
cles s\proofs sufficient. He then told
them Of one sign which would como ~
them too late-His stay In the tomb
would correspond To Jonah's stay IN
the belly OF the great fish The people
OF heather Nineyeh in the Judgment
Age. in the Milennial Age he assured
them. would rank higher than they
for the Ninevites did repent at the
nreaching of Jonah. while these re
pented not at the preaching Of a
greater than Jonah The Queen OF
Sheba had journeyed afar 20 heal
|, Solomon's wisdom: vet these were IN
the presence OF greater than Solo
mon and realized II not and needed
not His message Let us not be thus
, blinded. but with our whole hearts
accept aud follow the Nazarene.