The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-27

resentatiTe Of Cod who Is Love. 90
lead them To- victory over them
selves. over the sins or mistaken
beliefs which alone were destroying
them. lmpregnatod as they were
with selfrighteous beliefs. beliefs of
ambition. pride. arrogance. retaiia
ton. and The belief Ia the wisdom
and rightfulness OF these, ~ Is no
wonder hat they could not recog
uize the meek and loWly peasant
carpenter as their King OF master
the ideal OF their seers and proph
cts. The Prince OF Peace the
Light and The Legitimate ruler OF
the world
Jesus Mission,
What Jesus came TO do, what he
taught, did. and lived, may well be
taken as his mission as The ideal
Of the prophets.--the ideal Judaism,
an as absolute Christianity What
was this mission
An ancient custom, still followed
among the Jews. is mat OF honuring
ngui~hcd visitors by calling up
on them 90 read from the scriptures
a. services IN the synagogue This
honor vas conferred ON Jesus. when
an The beginning OF his ministry ne
visited his home ia Nazareth. In
responding no IL. he turned 20 tho
book of Esaias and read "rhe
spirit OF Tho Lord rs upon me. be.
cause De- hath anointed me 10
preach tar gospel GOOD news 90
the poor %" hath sent me 60 heal
tho Lrok, nhearted 90 preach deliv.
erance zoo he captives and recover.
ing 90 sight 10 the blind. 10 set az
liber,r 'hcm that are bruised. 20
preach fle acceptable year of the
Lord This day j. this scrip
ure fulfilled in your ears. AZ an
other time he announced that he
came 20 ulnll the lBW and The proph-
ets, and again tAai be came 20
hear witness unto the truth lie
also said. II have come that they
might have life. and that they might
hive 10 more abundanuy and de
nning life he said. And this is life
eternal. that they might know thee
the only true God This may be
said 20 be a summary OF Jesus mis-
sion. given In his own words. The
statement h again simple. direct.
and definite There Is not a word
in II that could in any way mislead,
be misunderstood or twisted 20
mean anything else
Jesus came TO preach the gospel
or good news 20 the poor Did this
mean thai they should remain poor2
re came 90 heal. 20 liberate. 20 des-
troy the operations OF evil OF every
kind in human experience, 60 confer
abundant lie az a result OF the
knowledge OK God which be taught.
and 20 usher In an era acceptable
90 God, in which God should be Ac.
corded all power and reign over all
absolutely and completely. Did he
fulhll this mission
Jesus preached very little. but did
great deal The gospels show
this From boyhood he was about
his Fathers business, bat he preach
cd only one sermon OF which a rec
ord has come down 20 as This bus
mess consisted OF teaching by ex-
ample as well az by precept what
Cod is what God does, and how God
does what He does IN providing
the wine AZ the marriage feast In
cana. the tax money In the draft
of nshes. apd in feeding the multi.
tudes. he showed that God provides
for the most simple and common
needs In healing few sick peo-
pie IN Nazareth. the nobleman's son
Of fever. and the case OF dropsy
recorded In Luke. he showed that
spiritual means should be sought
and applied not only IN extreme
cases but in minor ailments In
restoring sight 10 the blind speech
20 the dumb. hearing 20 tho deaf. In
healing leprosy. epilepsy The with
cred hand paralysis. and dementia
OF various kinds, he showed thar
God "healeth all thy diseases" and
that none are incurable 90 Him In
loosing the woman from The evil
which had bound her for many
years, and the mulutudes from sins
OF all kinds. he showed the enamel
pating power OF God In disappear.
ing In the midst OF multitudes en-
tering thru closed doors. sitting the
storm, and walking upon the water,
he showed the unreaity ~ matter
and Of material forces. in raising
the rulers daughter. the widows
son. and Lazarus from the grave. he
showed that God does give life, and
that lie gives it ahundantly
No Miracles
Here again the good Christian
may exclaim that Jesus indeed did
these things, but that they were the
IS Z and ~ lnnfr
for such things now would be sac
rilege; and the great multitude OF
the unchurched may again content
itself with saying, Legends,
myths" While the word miracle
originally had the meaning OF mar
vel or sign. in common usage it has
come 10 mean an act setting aside
or breaking a law OF nature With
thie view OF Jesus works. Il 10 not
to be wondered al that good Chris.
uans look with horror on any at
tempt 10 essay such works. and that
others. looking upon such acts as
never having been performed. con.
slider them impossible.
Jesus gave signs or evidences Of
his Messianic mission. and these
signs were and are marvellous 20
the human scnse OF things He
came, however. 20 fulfill law. and
He was not a lawbreaker His acts
were contrary 20 what WAS and still
Is looked upon as law but they
were veritable illustrations OF law.
the law OF natures God and far
from looking upon thd repetition OF
His works az sacrileFe. the com
nand lie gave to all HIS followers TO
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