The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28
LEST AFTER PREACHING ! MY.
SELF SHOULD BE CAST AWAY.

SSHA
The Stone that became the head
of the corner is not the only stone
mentioned in the Bible. There is
the Stony Ground which prevented
the seed from fruiting; the stone
bread which the Devil tempted the
Lord to make, and which He refused
to do, for the reason that man should
live, not by bread alone, but by ev-
cry word that ~proceedeth out of the
mouth of the Father; there is the
stone which the Devil very subtlely
attempted to misinterpret to the Saw
ior: that He should dash His foot
against a stone of the ground, when
of a truth it was the very stone of
materialism that the Psalmist re-
ferred to; which stone of materialism
the Devil was so subtlely trying to
cause the Saviour to dash His foot
against, in all three of the incidents
| recorded about the Lords tempta-
ton in the wilderness.
The climax of His temptation was
reached when, on that high mountain
He viewed the territories of the
world, ard their glory, and knew
that, should He viii it, He would be
the ruler of all these. Did He jump
at the chance? Did He steal from
God the glory of His authority? Did
He go at it the quick way? Or did
He refuse to despise the shame of
a shameful death, and sit upon His
Fathers right hand till He made His
enemies His footstool? Nay, verify,
but He saith "Get thee hence, Satan;
for it is written, Thou shalt worship
the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt
thou serve" The way up was down;
He became subject and obedient to
death, and death Of the most shame
full kind conceivable to the mind of
man at that time: He is now Lord
of life, and life of the most glorious
kind-so glorious that it is conceiv-
able to the mind of man at this time,
only by the spirit and understanding
of His word as expressed in the Bible.
That word is brightly exemplified in
the incident just alluded to, when
Jesus refused to gain the kingdoms
of this world, and the glory of them,
by the Devils short method; the chief
characteristic of which method was
that it would gain the desires of the
individual concerned, and at the same
time would vaingloriously neglect
and refuse to glorify Him who was
and is the Author of all things. The
only way to shorten a method is to
leave out something. In this case
Jesus would have left out His Faith
er's glory. And, the kingdoms, con-
ouered then, would have for their
king a being not subject, but against
the authority of God, the Father, and
thus the Devils purpose Of establish
ing another than the / AM, Jehovah
Elohim, would have been accomplish
ed. He could have said then that
"Somebody else besides You is rul-
ing, and ruling against you But
not so, for Jesus was His Fathers
Son and to His Father He was true.
And all the glory of His name is Civ
en- glory, and not a glory grabbed at,
and snatched out of the hands of
chance. Nothing vas left to chance.
Yet the Saviour must trust Himself
to something, while God forsook Him
on the cross. Yes, God forsook Him,
but not for always. He forsook Him
till He should bear the
sin of the world: Now He sits by Him
till He makes His enemies His foot
stool. Reader, did you yield that
time? That time when the Devil
tempted you to concede? He may
have told you skilfully and subtlely,
but when you stop to analyze it,
you'll find just one thing, whatever
else you find: You'll find that Satan
always says that God is a liar, and
he wants men to support his state
ment by the way they live. Are you
tired Of the DEVILS lies? He's been
foeling a lot of people a lot of the
time, but now is the time accepted
for adoption into the family of Him
who guides into all truth; in Whose
power it is to give of wisdom, that
success might crown the efforts of
them who honor Him. And all
work together for good to
them who love God, to them who are
the called according to His purpose.
And, "Whosoever will, lit him take
of the Saviour, of life freely" These
words are the last invitation of the
Saviour, sent to us by John the reve-
|ator. Dear reader who r tired of
the Devils lies, this invitation is to
you. the only qualification being that
you will trust Him with your all, like