Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1911-06-15


Judge not according to the ap-
pearance. but Judge the righteous
Judgment
And well we need to heed the ap
peal To Judge by appearance Is q
most common weakness OF all his
torical characters who have been sub
iected 10 the misjudgnent OF his fel
low men does not Christ stand en-
phatically marked as the Misiudged
one7 Misiudged By his townsmen.
misiudged by the spiritual leaders Of
his time. whose duty It vas 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 ret
the majority failed 10 recognize the
Amounted One.
Misiudged by scribes. Pharisees,
the Sanhetrim With two notable ex-
cep;ions. be did not even escape the
total misiudgment OF his own dis
ciple- and bis own kin.
Not only did Chrts,'s contenpor>
aries fail to Judge the righteous juds-
ment Others OF other times. yea.
even Of our own. have shown the
sane lack Of Judgment With the
Jews as 4 nation and within the
church. among the gentiles. though on
different lines. misiudgnent Of Christ.
that somber specter OF unbelief. has
taoitly adhered throughout the ages
as a doleful heirloom
Mary. in her lack OF appreciation
OF the divinity OF her child. fails to
Judge righteous judgment when she
found him In the temple questioning
and hearing. and receives as a re-
buke: -wIst We not that I 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 learninE.-
The Parisees. blinded By their SELF
Righteousness which amounted 70
self-~orship 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 I'm
only one o, the puebel aspiring TO .
thing beyond his reach and ken and
said; Praise God. ne know that this
man IS = sinner,--John 1924
The priesthood. who. With the
Parisees only added burden TO burden
upon the people without aiding them
with their smallest finger. as vel a.
the Sanhedrin as a whole. LOOKED
upon this Jesus who did vel. helping
all. as one playing 20 the galleries for
Interior purposes; a usurper and an
interioper within
The Jew OF today Judges NEST
harshly OF him who has done mos; to
exalt the nation whose only excuse
for existence is that he. the despised
one. should come through II. for the
despising OF whom they are today
cespised. but through whom they
shall see him whom they have pierced
and Acknowledged him the Messiah
The Mohsmmedan Judges Of him as
the prophet whose term has expired
only TO be supplanted BY another.
me Unitarian. the rneosopuisr, TIE
Brahna sumaj. Reformed Buddhist
and others OF a similar stamp. agree
In assigning TO Christ a place in their
systems as a good man. the best man.
a teacher. a model. a prophet. yea.
even a God. lacking in Judgment and
failing to Judge the righteous juds-
ment-
And why? For. says Jesus. -Ye
Judge after the fesh.--John Sis.
Spiritual things must be spiritually
discerned- God is a spirit and those
that worship him must worship him
in spirit and truth. Only those Who
have been spiritually regenerated.
thus having received the spirit OF
God. can Judge a righteous Judgment
of the person and divinity of Jesus
Christ No man can say that Jesus
is the Lord but by the Holy Spirit
1 Cor. 1913. Who is a liar but he
that denieth that Jesus is the
Christ? He is anti-Christ who denieth
the Father and the SOM John.
2:se-
Is then Christ misiudged by all.
No. blessed be God. he has yet q
remnant preserved unto himself,
- 900 knees who have not bowed
unto Baai"
Then asked Jesus Of them. Whom
say ye that / ann" And Simon
Peter answered and said. Thou are
the Messiah. the Son Of the living
God" And Jesus answered and said
unto him. Blessed are thou, simon
Bariona. for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it into thee but my father
which is in Heaven"
The man who was born blind.
healed by Jesus. driven out of the
synagogue by the blinded priests and
Pharisees. judged a righteous judg.
ment and acknowledged and wor.
shipped Jesus as the Son Of God
John 9.
Jesus himself said John 1O). Il am
the Son OF God. and furthermore the
Father and I are one. he who seeth
me seeth the Father
AT his baptism and At the frans-
fguration God himself by a voice out
OF Heaven bore him witness. This Il
q sure saying worthy of all accent.
snee- Let Us ask of him and he win
give you the spirit who will lead Us
tnto all the truth as IL is in Christ