The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-07-15
THE ADDRESS

It is my desire to deliver address today bringing
before you number of which led up to the Cruel
xon, and then, God willing, the first Lords Day next
month"; complete the address by calling attention to the
remaining events which cannot take time to mention to-
day. You will observe using the lesson that have read
basis that t to pass when Jesus had finished Cor
ended) all these saying."-Matthew 26:1
Christ had finished His public teaching and not again
the people to listen to Him they had listened to Him
before The teaching which follows given in the upper
to the twelve Apostles, and is recorded in the main
in that wonderful set of chapters to be found in the Gospel
according to Saint John.
"These sayings" here referred to the memorable Ser
which He gave the Mount of Olives recorded in the
chapter of Matthew to the parallels of udg
recorded in the Twentyffth Chapter of Matthew.
To make thorough study of Jesus Christ Teacher
would take months of labor His teaching simple
little child could understand the words that He used You
will remember that after they had listened to Him. the
made that He did not teach like the Scrbes and
Pharsees but that "He spake having authority.
On another occasion sad Never spake like this
man. So wonderful His teaching that many of the
chief rulers believed Him. though they did not openly
confess Him for fear of the Pharisees.
Then He told His Apostles for the second time, the
kind of death that He de- and the death that
reserved for the Christ the crue and most shameful
of all Deaths
He said unto them eye know that after days the
Feast of the Passover That meant great deal to
them than for they had been taught by Jesus
that PASSOVER FeaSC WOuld come Wnen lie, as the Lamp
that should be slain for the sins of the world should be Of
fered up as sacrce-an alsufcent Precipitation for the
sins of the whole world. When He sad "Yet two days
then cometh the Feast of the Passover that would
great deal them and whether they realized that
would be the Passover when the One Whom they had
dearly loved should be sacrificed they knew that the Pass
Feast unless the words of Jesus
would fail of fulment, when He should be nailed
to the Cross for the sins of the world.
he Son of Man betrayed into the hands of Sinners
Matthew 26 :45 Mark IA Al.
THE DECE1TFUL PLOT FOR THE MURDER OF CHRIST
While the Savior utterng these words the Scribes
and Pharsees and the rulers behind closed doors and
darkened windows plotting, through envy and eal
ousy how they might take Him and put Him to DEATH and
get Him out of the way.
AS we read in the third fourth and fifth of Mat
thew the Twentysxh Chapter they in the house of
Caaphas the High Priest who had been appointed that
year by the Roman Governor They afraid to come
out the open They feared the people, have not found
all the record syllable to indicate that the murderers
of the Christ had any fear of God That has been the
trouble in all the centuries and it the trouble today
Muttudes people fear men, but they have fear of God
the Almighty.
So it was with these cowards-the religious leaders of
the time They afraid take Him openly for fear of
people, the life and ministry of Christ had impressed
the people, those who had found forgiveness Of
their SINS healing of their eprosy and healing of all kinds
of diseases There like Ncodemus, and Joseph
of Armahea there multtudes of the people from
Galee Jerusalem to attend the Passover Feast and the
leaders afraid they undertook to put Him to DEATH
and take Him openly order to do it. that the people would
rise up and proclaim Him King, and acknowledge His Mes