The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-02-12

cd Jesus To dine at his house. Jesus
passed In aud snt down without the
Journalism of washing. customary to
the pharisces. The host thought OF
Jesus as holy man. aud remarked
that IL was strange that lie had not
washed Jesus then pointed out that
much of what even the hollcst Jews
practised was merely ceremony. not
true religion Outwardly they were
clean but inwnrdly their hearts were
unclcan- given to extortion-spirituni
wlckedncss In Gods sight the heart
ls the important matter. The inside or
the cup should first he cleanscd
From our Lords expressions. nppnr.
entity one Of the pharisccs great full
ings was coyctUusncsS. According 10
tho Greek. Jesus called them money
lovers" once lie told them that this
covptousncss lcd them dishonesty TO
disregard others rights. lie said. "Ye
drvour widows houses" meaning that
they took advantage of widows 10 ac-
cumuatc property for themselves Ap'
pnrcntly many rharlsecs were rich.
Jesus pointed out that with such
wrong heart conditions God could not
be- pleased. even though they ever 40
carefully observed the outward rcgu'
lntions of the Jewish Law. While they
were particular to 1.-THE even the small
seed of which they grew but n trltlinR
quantity. yet they neglected the weight.
icr matters Of the I.aw-to deal Justly
aud tn love mercy.
A Pharisee Invites Jesus TO Dine.
Their coyriousncss took the form OF
pride. IN we'll rs dishonesty They
wanted tn br very prominent In thlngs
religious. aud ~ he hailed ns "i,nbbf'
-mnstcr. learned one Jesus declared
that they were like scpulchreS. ont
wardly Glenn nud whitrwnshrd, INT
inwmdy nll nf corruption They
were holiness people merely In the
outward form or crrrmonnl
Some of the rhnrisr',, especially "d
ucntcd. we'll vri~pi In the Srrip,utrs.
were stylrd lawyers Doctors "i the
Law. equivalent ur what today are
termed Doctors NJ Divinity Jesus
uphIgldpd them SAYING thW they
placed rrir,nus burdens ulun IN" COM
mon ptoplr. which they themselves
would not bear lie meant that they
gave such hard interpretations OF
Gods LAW ~ discouraged the people
sctllue before them standards ~ per
fcction which they themselves did not
try a. live up 10 Apparently they
wished to Impress the people with the
Snnctity of the clergy They built sep
ulchrcs for the Prophets. forgrtful that
their fathers. whose spirit they had,
were the ones who killed those Prophets.
Woel Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe!
We are not to think of Jesus as con-
drmning the Iharlsecs 10 eternal tor
mrut. ar ns intimaling that this would
be- the woe coming upon them. The
woe WAS that the Pharisees were
about Ia miss the great blessing which
Cod had promised lSracl-chiet uSso
citation In Mcssiuh's Kingdom, teen
rsis 92.lSI Had there hrru enough rs
meliIrS indeed" tn complete Gods fore
Elect. the Kingdom Offer
would not have gone Ia the Gentlles,
The nhnrlsrrs Nrl" In the most Ia
yorrd place FOR attaining joint heir
ship with Messiah; but they recognized
not what they were losing. Jesus eN'
preston. "Wor uuto you," Is therefore
to he regarded sympathetically, This
thought is borne out by the context.
which foretellS the great time OF trou.
bile which came
I - upon Israel at Je-
,S,FaS.>Sk .--- sus' cruciixion
w ~ and reached com.