The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-14

We have today the option OF the
regular lesson or a special lesson op
the Holy Spirit. but rs the lesson for
the day gives opportunity for a study
Of the Holy Spirit we will continue
regularly. First we see Him healing
demon possessed man who was both
blind and dumb. and the man both
spake and saw. The people were
amazed and said, us not this the son
Of David?" perhaps recalling the
words Of lisa. xxxv. 5, q, "Then the
eyes of the blind shall be opened and
the ears of the deaf shall be unstop-
ped: then shall the lame man leap as
an hart and the tongue of the dumb
sing" Recently we saw Him heal a
demon possessed dumb man Dix, 80.
33). but i'll this case the afflicted man
was blind as well as dumb. But moth
ing is too hard for the Lord. Can We
imagine kingdom without sickness
or intrmity or suffering Of any kind?
Yet that is what we expect and shall
surely see in His time lisa. xxxiii, "a /;
Rev. xxi, Id.
The blind Pharisees madly accuse
Him of casting out demons by the
power of the devil himself. as If Satan
would cast out Satan and work
against himself. How foolishly the
devil does cause people to talk! They
talk much more foolishly today when
they say and teach that there is no
devil ut all and no hell. 1t would seem
from verse 81 that unbelievers were
permitted by their ruler to do some
wonderful things, even as the magi-
clans Of Egypt counterfeited the mir
acles Of Moses up to Il certain point.
We know from II Thess. ii, 8: Rev.
xiii. Ills. that at the end of this age
the devil will specially deceive many
by his miracles and signs and lying
wonders. Our Lord Jesus said that
If it were possible they would deceive
the very elect Matt. xiv. 24. so we
must not be deceived by the wonders
wrought by the adversary In the name
Of sptritualism, Christian Science and
other false teaching of our times.
These things will continue and in
crease until the devil. the strong man
Of verse %. shall have been bound
aAiN SioS ny al tdC ooleohiCSo PIT 1O2
1000 years (Rev. Xxx. 1-3). The truth
of God. just as it stands in His word
is the only power that will set us free
from all decisions (John viii. 80. So.
We are either with Christ or against
Him. either taught by the spirit of
God or the devil verses %. 3O. If
people resist the Holy Spirit and listen
to the teaching of demons it Is. as
Jesus said. impossible to escape the
damnation Of hell Matt. xiii, 33). As
l understand it the objectionable sin
the persistent turning from the Holy
Spirit to the devil and attributing to
the latter the works Of the Spirit. Let
it comfort and encourage any who
fear they have committed the unpar
donable sin to remember that the very
fact that they have IA fear of such
guilt is evidence that the Holy Spirit
has not left them. and. however far
they may have wandered. if they will
only turn 70 the Lord the word stands.
Him that cometh unto me viii In
nowise cast out" John vi. 81
That worG,s are an evidence of the
III the ltSaEt (NGTSt SDGlGU
make us covet to have the word of
God dwelling in US richly In order
that our words may SAVIOR Of Christ.
1t would he we'll to be like Elihu in
Job xxi. 1920. and that would be
the case If our experience was that Of
Job xiii. u: .Jsr. XIV. 10 If we kept
verse SO of our lesson in mind ii
would make US more careful in view
Of Rom. xiv. 10. L.
In verse IS soc these blind and fool
ish Pharisees asking for sign after
He had already wrought In their pres
enee all the signs which the prophets
had said would he done by the Mes
siah- No wonder that He called them
an evil ard adu!te-ous idol worship
ing. world confornaeGt generation
verse .:oa. a generation OF v.pers verse
"a: xiii. 81. Of their father the devil
John viii. Al. for He knew them well
and knew what wis il them.
See in verses ID. IL. His Endorsement
of the story of Jonah and the great
fish and Sineveh ana her repentance.