Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-24

are also to be endowed with power to
bear burdens and do service; for we are
to show to legalistic religionists the
glorious liberty of the children of God.
freedom to do anything that does no
harm, but does give help. on the Sab
bath day.
And Immediately the man was made
whoie,-Such thing as that was new
err accomplished by any earthly spring
of healing. The most that any per-
sons ever hope for is gradual allevia-
ton and possibly final cure. after long
treatment and took up his bed,-At
once, in obedience to the Lord who
healed. he took a burden upon himself.
So power for service Is given at the
very time we are made whole from the
malady OF sin---and walksd:-Power Of
locomotion; no longer was he depend
ent upon some one to life and carry
him. Gods salvation makes us inde-
pendent of our fellows. Here Is the
order: on feet, bearing burden. moving
with load. In the holy life 1t is thus.
We stand at the word Of God, and our
stand is for God; we lift In the service
of God; we move. advancing ourselves.
the same day was the sabbath. This is
very significant statement, as we
shall see.
The Jews therefore said unto him
that was cured,-It was Of little use for
them to criticise anything in connec
ton with the great work and good
which the man SO well know had been
done for him by Jesus. But the Jews
always showed themselves to be quite
ready to seize upon something to say
against Jesus and what He did; espe-
cially we're they extreme sabbatarians.
II 10 the sabbath day: it is not lawful
for thee to carry thy bed. The extrem-
lists Of the Jewish religion went to
great lengths in adding to the Sabbath
law as given by Jehovah, as men do to-
day. II would be impossible to give
room for printing here the many petty
rules regarding the observance of the
sacredness of the day.
He answered them.-And indeed 1t
was an answer. not simply to their
question, but to their criticism, and
their indirect accusation against Jesus
-He that made me whole,-Clear.
strong testimony to what Jesus had
done for him. And If the Lord COM
mands, BE holy" and promises to
make holy--"who also will do it,
should 1t be regarded az strange
thing, and contrary to fact II one pro-
fesscd to have been sanctified? And
is it not 20 be regarded as q discount
ing of Gods power and faithfulness for
any one to doubt that He has done it
for some?-the Same said unto me,
Take up thy bed, and walk. And if
there could be no doubt of the healing
evidence of alliance with God-could
there be any doubt of the authority?
Then they asked Of him, What man
is that which said unto thee, Take up
thy bed, and walk. Note that they did
not ask the man who it was that heal
ed him; they seem to have completely
ignored the argument of the miracle,
and did not exhibit any appreciation of
the fact that such a great and good
work had been done for the man. All
they appeared to see and be concerned
about was that III their esteem the
Sabbath had been violated. They prob
ably had some idea who the Healer
was, but they were not very ready to
Jesus as a miracle work
er.
And he that was healed wist not who
it Was:-IIe had received healing with
out real acauaintanceship with the
Healer. At least he did not know the
name and nativity of the man-for
Jesus had conveyed himself away
And therefore ia. man could not point
Him out. The Master evidently would
escape. the scrutiny of the ecclesiasti-
a.
were against Him. and that they would
do what was in their power 10 hinder
Him in the work. so He slipped out of
vicw--a multitude being in that place.
And, while Jesus went where the people
thronged, yet 1t was His habit to quick
~ withdraw from crowd He had no
identification of the One who had done
so much for him. And here we have
evidence that acceptable faith is more
Of obedience to the word of Christ than
OF His person and office.
Obedient trust is better than theologi-
cal conception.
Afterwards Jesus findeth him in the
probably the man went
as special act of worship, in graft
tude for what had been done for him,
which he was sure was somehow by
the divine interposition-and said unto
him, Behold thou art made whole:--
The Lord testified to His own work,
and in the very language which He US
ed when He proposed to heal the man.
And so God testifies concerning His
own spiritual work. He provides for
and proffers healing from sin: and |
then. after the work is done. lie says
30 sin no more, lest a worse thing come |,
unto thee.
The man departsd-From the temple
and told the Jews-Those leading |
ones WHO had asked him-that it was
Jesus, which had made him whole. He
'elt that he owed 1t to them. and also
% the Lord, to answer their question
Ind bear witness to that One who had |
lone so much for him. And 1t is Jesus
llone who can make any man whole, In |
body or soul; but He can and He will |