The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-10

Christ Before Plate was the
theme of Che fourth of series of Len.
ten sermons at the Lutheran church
Yesterday Basing his discourse on
the account In tile eighteenth chapter
Of ST. John Rev A. l.. KreyIing the
pastor unfolded, step By step, the trial
Of the Savior by the Roman governor.
After reviewing in the Introduction a
previous lesson, the pastor approached
his theme with the following words.
Today in our meditation, we ap.
proach The saddest, yet the most bless
ed day in the annals Of the Christian
church the day Of atonement Of AMI
humanity. the day Of sacrifice Of the
Lamb Of God on Calvary. And for
whom? Truly, for The Jews, but the
lord had come to be the savior Of all.
the world. Thus. He must be brought
before the church counsel Of the Jews,
to show that He had come to atone
ftf the chosen Of the Lord, whether
they be jew or Gentle. But He must
also be brought before the Roman civil
court to show that He had come to
perfect atonement also for the unbe-
lieyerand wording, that all men might
find In Him their Savior Bearing
these truths in mind, then, we follow
Christ into the court Of the Romans "
Having set out the causes Of Christ's
appearance before PLATE, the pastor,
then, explained the immediate causes
which led up to the trial in a Roman
court. 'lt is a well known fact said
he, that the Jews at this time were
not politically free. Though they adj
hered to the theocratlc form Of gov
ernment, they were dependent ma.
tlon under the rule OF the Roman en-
peror IN order to better conserve his
interests in Palestine, the emperor had
put the rule Of the Jews extensive
provinces into the hands Of governors.
we understand then why the Jews
now bear their prisoner to the place Of
the Roman governor. To him was
given full power and authority In all
things, Of which. the power Of final
decision in all important judicial af-
fairs was one. To the Jews was given,
as in this special instance, all author
icy in affairs Of their religion, in mat
ters Of the synagogue and the temple,
Yet the Jews must pay tribute to
Rome. And the most pertinent fact
in this instance was that the Jews dare
not up0n their own authority put a
man to death Rome reserved that
power to herself. Therefore. if the
jews desired The death Of Christ, they
must at all hazards first refer the case
of the Roman governor
A character sketch Of Pontius PLATE
then led up to the trial itself. The
first accusation brought against Christ
was exposed BY the pastor as being a
deliberate lie, the substance Of which
was that Christ was a revolutionist
against the Roman yoke, who forbade
the Jews to pay taxes to Caesar and
who claimed to be himself a king.
Then was shown Christs remarkable
defense in which He completely
baffled plate, declaring that though
He was q king. he was not a king in
the ordinary sense, and that his king
dom was not of this world Continu-
Ing, the speaker said:
"Thus, we have seen the accusation
that was brought against Christ, and
how easily by His heavenly wisdom He
defended himself and even overthrew
the false charge Even as a prisoner.
He declared himself to be king.
Christ a King? This man who was on
trial for His life on that very charge?