Newark post., 1910-03-16
Sunday School Lesson
By K. S. Holmes

Golden Text: The Son OF Man
hath power ON earth to forgive sins"
Matt. 9: Z.
Blessed be God for the Golden Text |
Minons know it is true. Are you one |
OF tlat vast company? |
The sweetest thing in the world is
the sense OF forgiven SIN.
THE LESSON.
VS.. /. Back to Capernaum. Reject
ed by the hergesenes. he was never
there aga:n. They sufter double
loss. Loss of the swine. Transgres-
sion OF national law caused that. Loss
ol lne Saviour. Covetousness caused
that Back to his own city. He was
beg .nn1g 10 be tamllar WIN rejection.
No wonder his heart broke after
While.
vs.. 2. Always ready to have some
thing done for them. Men brought
slck friend, a paIslcd man, carrying
him on rug. 1t is plain that they be-
lieved Jesus could cure him, for it is
said he saw the faith. Could these
have been disciples of Jesus? Do you
suppose this man became one?.
Wnat they desired was his bodily
cure. Jesus, because OF their faith
went much turthcr than his body. tic
heaied his s.n-stained sou,. Think oi
ii. inis first exhibition OF his forgiv
ing power was duc to the faith OF
few frienus that a man could be cured
of paralysis. Has your faith ever
been sufficient to bring forgiveness to
a trlend'
Notice how tender Jesus was. Son
be OF good cheer -lerin ol entlear~-
ment was that word SON. No one
knows how mich good kind words do.
Many think the paralysis had been
caused by sin. U) Jesus cured the
cause. (a) lie restored the wrecked
body. lie was q great Saviour. Was?
lie IS. Is now.
vs.. g. Critics. Did you ever know
pace where there were no critics?
Such men crlticise God Remember III
Iennyson Northern Farmer, how
the old man said:
Does God .Amoghty knaw He's doo-
in
\ takin' O mea ?"
I ne Scribes the law copyists, men
who ought 10 have known what the
Messiah would be and what he would
do tney criticised among themselves;
= taking perhaps in Whispers; shaking
their heads and grumbling; thinking
lt not speaking.
vs.. 4. Jesus saw these scribes. Saw
then, shaking their heads. Saw their
SEQ Is, knew they were crlt,clSlng.
Perhaps he asked them what was the
cause Uf their dissatisfaction. What
u ever his means of obtaining his knowl
edge, he knew what they were think
ing. And here is the startling fact; he
knows yet what mer, what we, are
thinking.
VS.. 5. Why criticise: Which is cas-
ier to say That was a poser. One
sentence is as easy to speak as an
other. Balance one gainst the other.
THY sins be forgiven" THY body is
healed Which is easier to do- Can
| heal his body? If | can / have di-
vine power. Ii | have power To RID d
body OF disease, have | not also power
to rid soul OF disease:
Nss. o.. Look now. | will prove
that ! have one power by showing the
other. \ on cannot see man sins
LOOK nov. walk. He spoke to the
,nau The man walked. tie lett his
sins behind HIM. tie took his rug
away. ou cannot see man SINS
leave him. But you can See a man
leave his sins, he proof OF forgive
ness is plain. y man VINO was sin
uer becomes saint. That Is proof
ot the double power Of Chr st.
Us. 8. he mlutItuue saw feared,
giorliled God. Notice they recognized
that the power came from God. By
and by the Pharisecs SAID. the power
comes from the prince ot uevilS. Hate
ha1 not yet gone SO far.
but the ptoplc uiu not call Jesus,
Son OF God. God had only given the
pow er to a man. But where was ever
such a man! Once more We think OF
GlluerS verse:
If Jesus Christ were q man,
md only man | say.
would cleave to him Oh all mankind
Ind c4eave to INN alWay.
Friend OF sinners. Friend OF suf-
fcrcrs. his was he. is he yours
Is the Saviour who loves you, yours?'
Us. g. Matthew, VINO wrote this
Gospel, could not have been very far
away. lie may have heard the whole
stony before Jesus passed his outdoor
on~e. Matthew Was tax collector
anI ne was sitting in the toll booth
lilies IKE tn:s ny last. Even while
he Was thinking about 1t Jesus passed
Matthew may have seen the mer
carrying their friend on hrs pallet. He
may have seen the man gong away
WITH it OH his shoulder. Whatever the
truth is he was N his place OF business
Ills whole future was changed in q
moment,
goIiow me There was no argu.
ment; no debate; no questions Fol
low. He obcycd. That was all. Mat.
thew was no fool. He knew all about
Jesus. Capernaum was not large
crlough ior Jesus TO do the wonder:
he had, and for Matthew to remain
ignorant. Tic had concluded who ane
what Jesus must be. Follow Ht
hphowed. Have you:
vs. 10. 1he dinner in Matthew
house in honor OF Jesus was a great
affair. Matthew seems to have cele
prated his passage from publican te