The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-15

God and that the whole world lieth in
wickedfaess John s. 10.
Christ himself appeals to us. as he
did TO the Jews OF old when he says:
Judge not according to the APP
pearance. but Judge the righteous
Judgment"
And we'll We need to heed the APP
peal. To Judge by appearance is.
most common weakness OF all his
! torical characters who have been sub
5ected to the misjudgment of his fell
low men does not Christ stand en-
phatically marked as the Misjudged
One2 Misjudged by his townsmen,
mlsjudged by the spiritual leaders of
his time. whose duty it was to have
watched the signs of their times pre-
dicted by the prophets and so clearly
fulfilled before their own eyes that
he that runneth might read. and yet
the majority failed to recognize the
Amounted One.
Misjudged by scribes, Pharisees.
the Sanhedrim with two notable ex-
ceptions. he did not even escape the
total misjudgment of his own dis
ciples and his own kin.
Not only did Christ's contempor.
aries fail to Judge the righteous judg-
ment. Others of other times. yea.
even of our own, have shown the
same lack of Judgment. With the
Jews as nation and within the
4 church, among the gentiles. though on
different lines, misjudgment OF Christ,
that somber specter of unbelief, has
tacitly adhered throughout the ages
as doleful heirloom.
Mary, in her lack Of appreciation
Of the divinity of her child fails to
Judge a righteous Judgment when she
found him in the temple questioning
and hearing, and receives as a re-
buke: "Wist We not that must be
about my fathers business?"
The scribes saw in him only the
carpenters son and, arrogant in their
classical pride. asked with super
cilious contempt, Whence hath he
then this learning?"
The Parisees, blinded by their self
righteousness which amounted Ito
self-worship and created around them
selves an air OF exclusive sanctity in
nothing second to the caste feeling OF
the Brahman, seeing Jesus receiving
sinners and eating with them" and
Judging by appearances. saw In him
only one OF the puebel aspiring to a
thing beyond his reach and ken and
said: Praise God. we know that this
man is sinner John 1924.
| The priesthood. who. with the
Parisees only added burden to burden
1 upon the people. without aiding them
with their smallest finger. as well as
the Sanhedrim as a whole, looked
upon this Jesus who did well. helping
all, as one playing to the galleries for
Interior purposes; usurper and an
interloper within.
The Jew OF today judges most
harshly Of him who has done most to
exaIt the nation whose only excuse
tor existence Is that he, the despised
one, should come through 1t, for the
, despising Of whom they are today
despised, but through whom they
shall see him whom they have pierced
and acknowledged him the Messiah.
The Mohammedan judges Of him as
the prophet whose term has expired
only to be supplanted by another.
The Unitarian, the Theosophist, the
Brahma Sumaj. Reformed Buddhist
and Others Of similar stamp, agree
In assigning to Christ a place in their
systems as a good man, the best man,
La teacher, model, prophet, yea,
even a God, lacking in Judgment and
falling to judge the righteous judg
ment.
And why? For, says Jesus. "Ye
Judge after the flesh, John 8:15
! Spiritual things must be spiritually
J discerned. God is a spirit and those
J that worship him must worship him
!, In spirit and truth. Only those who
: have been spiritually regenerated
, thus having received the spirit o.
! God, can Judge a righteous judgment
of the person and divinity Of Jesus
rChrist. No man can say that Jesus
is the Lord but by the Holy Spirit,
LII Cor. 1913. who Is a liar but he
that denieth that Jesus Is the
: Christ? He Is anti-Christ who denietf
the Father and the Son. II John
2:22.
! Is then Christ misjudged by all
No, blessed be God, he has yet
remnant preserved unto himself
! $1,000 knees who have not bowet
unto Baal.'
Then asked Jesus Of them, Whom
say We that ! ann" And Simon
I Peter answered and said. Thou arr
g the Messiah the Son of the Twins
I God" And Jesus answered and SAID
. unto him, Blessed are thou. Simon
!. Barjona, for flesh and blood hath no
q revealed 1t into thee but my fathe
: which is in Heaven"
J. The man who was born blind
y healed by Jesus. driven out Of thu
synagogue by the blinded priests ant
I Pharisees. judged 4 righteous judg
ment and acknowledged and wol
shipped jesus as the Son of Cod
John 8.
Jesus himself said fJohn 10). Il an
q the Son OF God, and furthermore tn
Father and ! are one, he who sect
;. me seeth the Father"