The Detroit times., 1910-05-07


road. ". 30.
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
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 yeIusion in the hearts
OF the Pharisees which prompted them
to charge the Master with being Satan
himself and, on this score. accounted
for His power to cast ont 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 his
own associates and servants 1t 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
friends who at times had exercised
this power? On the other hand, IL 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
! il He we're Gods representative,
they we're opposing God. Then
He called their attention TO the
fact that their words we're blasphem-
Gus in that they attributed Gods
Spirit. Gods power in Him. 10 Satan's
1power Since they did this without any
real provocatlon and in opposition TO
every evidence. II implied that they
we're wicked at heart. Ordinary sins
resulting from the fall, ignorance.
supersttion etc. would ALL In God :
providence, be ultimately forgivable.
but a wilful sin against light against
| know ledge. would be a sin against
Gods Spirit And for that sin there
would be no forgiveness, either In tlils
Age. or i'm the coming Age-neither
during this Gospel Age nor in the Nil
lennial Age. II the sin were commit
ted against full light. its merit or pun
ishment would be destruction, Second
| Death But very evidently II would
be such a sin TO only few With
the majority there would be mixture
OF wllfuness with ignorance, and. J.
so. the proportion of wSong represent
ed bv the ignorance could be forgiven
| but the proportion represented by the
wilfulness would need the extreme
penalty. because unforgivable.
II The scribes and Pharisees. enyious
I of Ills popularity. asked for a sign. q
/ proof of His Messiahship-not recoe-
Inlzing His teachings and His mira
cles as proofs sufficient. He then told
! them of one sign which would como To
them too late-His stay in the tomb
would correspond 10 Jonah's stay IN
the belly Of the great fish. The people
4 of heather Nineveh in the Judgment
Age. I'm the Millennial Age. he assured
them. would rank higher than they.
/ for tho Ninevites did repent at the
preaching OF Jonah. while these re-
rented not at the preaching of a
greater than Jonah. The Queen OF
Sheba had iourneyed afar 10 hear
Solomon's wisdom. yet these were In
the presence of a greater than Solo
mon and realized II not and needed
not His message. Let us not he thus
blinded, but. with our whole hearts,
accept aud follow the Nazarene.