Arizona republican., 1911-08-21

unner ordinary circumstances, to
 have been associated with one whom
 his own race nay his own sect large
 ly had condemned to a felon's death
 and had brought it about that he
 should be crucified between two l thieVeS-a man whom his own na-
 tion had cast off for Barabbas a
 robber As a nobleman, high born
 Jew, he should naturally have been ashamed of being known as a fol-
 lower of one who was known as poor. penniless peasant of Galilee, an | ignorant, untutored man; one who l associated contrary to all the accept ed Jewish standards of decency with | publicans and sinners and said unto the out-cast harlOts. Thy sins are | forgiven" He should have scorned
 naturally. one who in his teaching
 cried out, Woe to you Scribes, Pha- 1 risees hypocrites;" who taught that
 the long expected Kingdom of God I was come as a present reality in
 mems lives by the acceptance of His l Spirit of love and His revelation of
 the Father; who scored severely the | elect race, for their love of show. l their seeking chief places in the syn | agOgue. for their emphasis on out
 ward religious pirty to the neglect
 of the kindlier virtues. All was con | trary to the accepted standard of the | Pharisees, who were looking for the establishment of the Jewish nation with a second David-a king royal
 f" whom the hated Roman would bow the knee in homage and in humble
 ness and humility pay tribute True 1t was a worldly standard that the Jew had for centuries builded upon
 the basis of the Mosaic Laws and the undying promises made to Abra- ham their father. They looked on the fallen condition of their country as due to the temporary displeasure
 or discipline of God. They were awaiting the Messiah-the coming temporal king. the restorer of Israers lost prestige and gloryi Who would Tot feel ashamed if the deep religious convictions of ones nature were so
 set at naught, Cfor these were noth-
 ing less than religious convictions to the Jew) who would not feel asham- cd if ones ideals were so Overwhelm- irCly set at Yarience with what Christ taught and proclaimed and for which he apparently died? The law fulfill cd by such a gospel. the prophets succeeded and superseded in the per sonage of a crucified mar. the age long eXclusiveness of the Jew to spe- cial privilege. with God overthrown by the breaking down of the inner wal of partition and the universal call tO the Gentiles, Come unto me all ye that labor ard are heavy laden. and I will give you rest"-"Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel. To I am with you alway even to the end of the world" And the Spirit and the bride say come. and he that heareth let him say come. and he that is athirst, let him come. and whosoever will let him take the water of life freely" Privilege gone. religious conviction set at naught. tra- dition over ridden, the priesthood and tempe ritual done away. All that Jew held sacred. secure and holy. broken down by the Gospel of Christ! What Jew would not feel shame. aye disrace, at being numbered among the followers. to say nothing of the leaders. of this new movement Yet. says Paul, T am not ashamed,"- why? Because it is the Power of God unto Salvation to everyone that believeth. And when you and I feel the Power of God in our lives. there will be a breaking down of our Pha- riseeism. which is lip service, there wlli be a doing away with the lam as- good as thou or better spirit which is a hardness and killer of good fellowship:; there will be a cessation of that horrible habit of knocking anything and everybody. the sure sign of little nature. and in place there will spring up as there did in P-urs life, a consuming hearts desire to be of service to men and women. that their lives may be charged-that they may be saved. 1 And Salvation. with all due respect | to the worthy theologians. who have | bled and died for the view, salvation | does not mean as is sometimes rep resented."-The process of getting | ones soul to a place of safety after | death, but it means a present deiiv | erance from false ideals and from | sin and selfishness. which so mars | and wrecks human life and human | nature and human character in the | world Salvation means the recovery | of life. "I am not ashamed of the | Gospel of Christ. for it is the Power | of God unto Salvation"
 Then why should Paurs Greek ed | ucation have made him ashamed of | the Gospel? Paul is the college man | of the New Testament It was his | privilege, most probably. to have had | a university training Tarsus. his | birthplace in Cilicia, was the location
 of one of the great universities of | that period, and being a Jew of the