The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1912-07-05
LESSON FOR JULY Z
MALIGNANT UNRELlEF.


MALIGNANT uNeELlEF.
LESSON TEXT-Mark '3:20-S5.
GOLDEN TExT-"This IL the 5ud3.
! ment. that light is come into the worid
and men loved the darkness rather tnan
the light; for their works were evil
John 8:19.
There are two kinds Of unbelief de-
picted In this lesson, the malignant.
cruel. vindictive unbelief Of the Pharl-
sees; and the incredulity, the amaze
ment the 'unbeiief Of the family and
friends of Jesus. There are three nat
ural divisions Of this lesson; first
v 20. 2D the unbellef Of his friends
who. beholding his marve1onsly ousy
life. so busy as not to take time to
eat, concluded he must OF necessity
be insane on the subject OF religion.
as no other explanation would suffice
= Secondly ". 22-30) the malignant
malicious. blind unbelief OF the rep
resentatiyes of the rulers in Jerusa'
lem who had come down to "invest-
gate" the popular Galilee prophet.
that they might find wherewith to &C
! cuse him." Third ". 31-S5) the unDe-
lief of those his nearest Of kin who
also sought to restrain and to turn
him aside If possible from his ardu-
GUS labors. We have in this hrst
section another of those wonderful 'gos-
peI pictures, just touch. but SO graph
ic, of the eagerness of the multitudes
to see and hear Jesus. Simply TO
| hear him was enough to draw together
a crowd. Yet notice his response. ne
would not even pause to refresh MINI
self but the compassion OF great
mission compelled him to minister
| INTO them. What cared he for rest
or refreshment?
Miracles Explained.
The multitude had studied Jesus at
he performed his miracles and &C
counted him to be the Messiah Matt
1928, but the Pharisees were MOI
then willing to acknowledge him. fol
that would be to condemn themselves
However, here are these MIRACLES ina!
demand an explanation. and we must
remember that these men came with
a predetermined motive. viz. thai
they might find wherewith to accuse
him (see v. and g. Not accepting
the plain common sense EXPLANATION
and his avowed purpose in Performing
miracles (Mk. 2-16) they gave OUT thai
it was by the power Of the Prince q
Devils, Beeizehnh, that Jesus perform
ed Els mighty dss1s. Tho utter fAi
lacy Of snch.es sQensat,pn is shoEz
by Jesus. reply. He djd nst Yphrai1
them with aneg fepuEh THAR aecusa
ton was the ernest rqat Of naaHg
nifty. Jesus knew that 10 Anlsa nsedi
endure just s1uh CONCENTRATIONS o
sinners Qsa. al. a. nsxArfaslass ha
EXPOSED their hQay ". 2eao. Jssn'
here gfpes ~ q nne exaRIh 1t le1ic
whtcn h simpiy WanSvxuAle. M
more can a d1xhied kinszaDm stand, o.
a divided house sta2d than far Sata1
to fight against himself. No -Aers Gal
the thief capture hts booty anlaRa b.
first finds or deceayes ths guaTi, thai
for Jesus to hght Satan and at th4
same time be his vassaL Satan Is ,
'strong" man ". 22) and be. Jesrs
| came to break. to overcome. that pow
er, for he is inded the stronger one
The subjects Of Satan are bis slaves
In the revised version we INT
the correct translation for verse 29
whatsoever shall blasphems agains
/ the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness
, but is guilty Of an eternal sin" thu
effectually setting at rest any though
of future probation after our lH'
here upon this earth. If when mel
love their evil deeds to such an ez
tent that they refuse to walk In TIT
light and resolutely set their face,
against the true Light. they commit
the last and irremedtable sin.
Sons Of God by Faith.
Lastly we see the kinfOlk OF Jesus
including his mother, seeking to with
, draw him from his conflict with tn,
I Jerusalem lawyers, or. as has been sus
, gested. If they were among the friend.
mentioned at the outset seeking Il
protect him after this interruption b,
Idhll8 AAAA oWoy " q pASA>O "a GO
and quiet. Jesus was, however, no
understood by his nearest and dear
est hnfpdk: and such has ever beel
the bitter grief Of many Of his follow
ers, grfG that IL even harder to bea,
than the dsnunciatipn of his enemies
with al Of their MISREPRESENTATION
But he who was reviled and reviled no
again, who was led as a lamb to tn
slaughter. answers not this strang'
misunderstanding by any fash Of A
ger, but ia eent1eness rebukes theil
interference with his plans and points
out that his nearest and dearest ar,
4 those who do Els will Jesus az oul
Great High Priest Is here speaking no
as the Son OF Mary. but as the Son O
| Man