Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-16

and 20 save that which was lost MT
Sunday said:
Tho division Of the Bible into para
graphs and chapters IL sometimes EN-
oarrassing TO the student. Originally
the Bible was written ell In one unin-
terrupted sentence straight through,
without periods or chapters or verses.
These divisions are man-made things
for the purpose Of making the Bible d.
vided for convenience In memorizing
Sometimes a chapter starts in the mid
die Of an interesting story that has just
been half told in the preceding chapter.
This "a confusing. Thus Il Ia in tho
chapter In which have chosen my text.
The story is partly told IN the eighteenth
chapter OF Luke and u is finished IA the
nineteenth.
Jesus 10 on hts final trip 20 Jerusa-
lem He Is answering the scribes and
Pharisees in regard to the divine bless
ings. and about that time there rushed
20 meet him young ruler who said:
Good master. what shall do 10 inherit
eternal life7"
Turning TO him. Jesus said "why call
est thou me good7 None is good save
one. that "a God"
I have often wondered at this answer.
But / find there was some sarcasm in
IL. This young ruler was one who pro.
leased TO know the scriptures and who
had led IN the opposition 70 Jesus. Then
Jesus further said unto him Thou
knowest the commandments. DO not.
commit adlltry. DO not kill. DO not
bear false witness Honor thy father
and mother" and the ruled said Those
/ have kept from my youth up" And
Jesus loved this young ruler because he
sought out jesus to find out what he
must do 10 be saved. Proceeding, he
went 20 Jericho
You may. have all the wsaiti, and
learning IN the world bat II you have
not Jesus Christ you have made a mis-
cradle failure In life. All of YOU. the
rich and poor alike. need what Jesus
has TO give YOU
sought savior and Was Healed.
In Jericho there were two famous
characters. One was Bartimeus, the
blind man, who had heard OF Christ. A
friend had come from neighboring
town and told him OF the miracles that
Jesus had performed. Soon q crowd
yathered and some OF them asked what
ire they gathering fort"
What Is the reason OF it7 Why. look,
they are going down to hear that long
haired evangelist from NaEarethl'' And
when Jesus went by Bnrtimeua cried,
Jesus. thou son Of David. have mercy
on mel"
When Jesus wanted 10 know who II
waa that yelled they told him II was
Just an old blind man. VINO panhandied
everybody he could. Jesus sent for Par
timeus and said;
Receive thy sight. thy faith hath
saved thee" The blind man sought
Christ and was healed.
The other famous man was Zaceheus.
He wished 20 see Jesus, but he was low
Ia stature and could not see over the
crowd. He was q publican and he coll
iectod the taxes from the Jews for the
Roman government. II was the best
single tax system ever invented. because
when the Jews took his money 70 the
puhlicAns. they took n ali. The Roman
government. thinking Il took Jew to
catch Jew. sold the privilege OF col
lecting the taxes 20 the geng zacoheus
was chief Of You see. the poor Jews
woald hide their money 70 save Il.
zaeeheus was short OF stature. 20 he
Agured Il out that Jesus would pass a
certain way; 30 he ran ahead and climbed
up sycamore tree. He had hlndrancea
in his way. and no man ever did any
thing but he had to overcome hindrances.
II you cash IN. it's because YOU are not
man enough 20 overcome them.
Wen. the streets were filled with people;
some Of them discussing Jesus and some
Of them leaving the 'dis" Oft. The crowd
passed 20 the sycamore tree. Here was a
case Of tat, rich Jew up In tree 10 see
Jesus. When Jesus came TO the spot he
stopped. looked up IN the branches ana
said;
'zaccheus. make haste and come down,
for today ! must abide az thy house,
Here was n case OF the most popular
man honoring the most unpopular man.
The publicana were hatea by everyday.
They correspond with the sslaohseepera
Of today. Gosh II vent to the home
Of some brewer for dinner you'd have a
~. wouldn't your
znccheus climbed down quickly and
said Jesus. II l had known that you
wanted 70 come 70 my house for dinner.
would have had my limousine mere"
In those days It was not breach ~
silhouette 70 invite yourself TO mans
house. as Il Is now; but Jesus did no,
invite himself 70 eat. but for the pur-
pose Of converting zaccheus.
Beeomes Matter OF Arithmetie.
Jesus told zaeheus 70 make haste, and
be did. In these days. you make haste
90 get rich; you make haste 70 work N
the factory; you make haste TO declare
dividends. and you make haste 70 gel
public positions through politics; but IN,
Last thing you make haste with 10 e
get right With God. Seek ye first thu
Kingdom ct God. and these other thing
shall be added unto YOU" The Christian
life Il q matter Of arithmetic. sin 10 sub
traction; Il subtracts goodness, truth ant
virtue. while salvation Is a matter Of
addition
can imagine Jesus and zaccheus ans
ne disciples walking down the street.
Of Jericho. And As they came neere
" homo Of zaccheus can imagine hi
tio4 playing near the house. and a.