The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-05-08
"REMEMBER THE SABBATH"


= us III hNiNN' NNlnDdliNs anu lONp,
that they failed to properly interpret
the law as respects acts of mercy.
! Where financial loss or gain was not
/ involved. Our Lord. as Jew. was
bound under the Jewish covenant
! SO long aS he lived as a human be-
/ ing; because he did not i'm any sense
Oi the word make an end of the
/ law covenant until his dcaih-there
! he became the end of the law for
! righteousness Justification to every
/ one that bclieviih. When the
/ Scriptures inform us that Christ by
has death made an end of the law.
ii means that there was nothing
further to be gained by the keep
4 ms OF the law, and that what there
was to be gained by the keeping Of
that law was captured by our Lord
Jesus Christ when at death he said
/ upCr The cross ii is finished. The
oilcr to any Jew who would keep
the law perfectly was eternal life.
but all the Jews failed except Christ
hence there was no further need Of
/ holding out the offer since the prize
has been won. All who desire to
share any of the benefit of this prize
which was captured by our Lord
Jesus must of necessity 80 TO the
! ore who has it and receive from
him and all who come to Christ
are not under the law but under, the
grace or favor which is higher than
the law.
We are therefore 10 understand
una from our Lord discourse here
lEaDuNe mentioned to me Jews wa,
4" lhc eilect mat Whlle neglectlng
tnt WelBnucr matters and the real
interest Of the law covenant they.
had fallen into certain habits of
thoughts and certain customs which
were pcrverSiOnS of the law and
wholly inconsistent with the laws
READ sentiment. PhariSeeism had
become formiSh in many respects.
1t Is claimed that according TO their
definition of Sabbath breaking the
DicipleS had thraShed The wheat
when they rubbed it in their hands.
SO also it is claimed, and so arug-
ed with apparent seriousness, tn 1t
II any one walked upon the grass
with nailed shoes, upon the Sab
bath day, that would be a violation
of the law, because il would pro-
ducc kind of threshing, since one
might trample out some of the seeds.
With equal seriousness according to
Jewish history, il was claimed, that
| TO catch flea upon ones person
would be kind of hunting and thus
Il violation of the Sabbath II is
even said TO have been debated
whether or not fresh egg should
bc eaten on the first day of the week
since ii implied work on the part
of hen on the seventh day; and
we can safely say that quite prob
ably if clocks had been invented at
that time they would all have been
stepped over the Sabbath. Our Lord
shows by his criticism that this was
merely hypocricy and self-delusion
on the part Of the PhariseeS, who
found it easier to make a show of
righteousness in such triilinf things
than to consider and seek to obey
the weightier matters of the law
| justice and mercy. Our Lord show
ed them that God as he had fore
told had more pleasure in mercy
than in sacrifice and that if they
had his spirit in respect to the mat
! ter, they would not be hypocritical-
| ly condemning their fellow crea-
| lures who were really doing no
wrong. This was prelude to what
followed and prepared the way.
For coming to the synagogue the
same day, our Lord found a poor
| cripple who needed help and while
the Pharisces were looking and
waiting for a chance to condemn
him for violating the Sabbath ac-
cnrding TO their false assertions re-
speeding ii, he took the opportunity
to administer rebuke before per-
forming a cure, realizing no doubt,
thai the effect upon his hearers
would thereby be more favorable.
lie knew what to teach them-he
knew their tender spots of selfish
ness; and that however much they
might delude themselves and others
in theorizing respecting observance
OF the Sabbath when il would come
down to a matter of loss or gain
they would be well able TO rid
themselves of their superstition and
ac; accordingly, hence he put the
question whether or not they would
deliver sheep or an ass on the
Sabbath day if it should fall inlo
a lit. He and they well knew what
they would do, what was the Gus
tom, and hence, without waiting for
an answer, but taking it for granted
he proceeded to show that the poor
cripple before him was much better
than the sheep or ass, and that he .
had been trapped into sin, sickness
bV The Adversary and that if il