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

satisfy them from making a thorough
reformation of life, and seeking to
brIrg All IFS affairs into harmony
with the Divine law, Love to God
and for our fellows.
The Jews of our Lords day laid
great stress upon the Sabbath, keep
ing, which fact, according to some
people Of our day, should have seen
ample evidence of their holiness,
ful! of harmony with the entire law
but such was not the estimation
OF cur Lord. They even undertook
to Chide our Lord and his dicipleS
respecting their neglect of the Sab
bath, although they generally admit
ted that Christ and his Apostles
characters were blameleSS. On one
of these occasions in which reprool
was administered by the Pharisees
our Lord took up the subject and
explained it, showing that they had
wholly miSapprehended the Divine
intention respecting the Sabbath. II
was not intended to be a burden, but
a blessing. The Sabbath was moi
given for Gods sake, but for man,
sake. slle, the Lord Jesus, called
them 10 witness that his diciple,
were doing no harm, that they were
merely Satisfying their hunger law.
fully. He then proved the correct
ness of his position from authorities
a.,
They recognized David as a Holy
man, approved of God, and he point
ed out to them how that David IN.
der stress of hunger had eaten bread
that otherwise would have been uR,
lawful to eat. Then he laid Gown
the general principle that altEouEIl
labor was prohibited under the law
1t was for the purpose of bringing
to man rest, comfort, refreShmcnt
and blessing, and not to bring hun
ger, Inconvenience and distress up
on either man or beast. He cited
them to the fact thai certain work
was done on the Sabbath by the
priest, and under Divine direction,
and that this proved that labor done
scientifically for the assistance of
others, as well as for their own nee
csSilieS, could be no violation of the
fourth commandment. After declar-
ing himself fully qualified to decide
The Sabbath question, he tells them
That, watching out for the letter of
the law they neglected its spirit,
and should learn that the Lord de
SireS mercy, sympathy, pity, love,
more than he desires sacrifice and
that any deeds of mercy, sympathy,
PLY, love. done on the Sabbath day,
are more pleasing in Gods sight,
than were those sacrifices which
were performed on the Sabbath as
well as other days, in the typical
Temple, With this proper view be-
fore their minds they would not
have condemned his decipleS whom
he, the Master of The Sabbath did
not condemn.
The blindness Of HE Pharisees re
speeding the proper Interpretation
of the law of the Sabbath, is shown
by the fact that even after our Lord
had given them this explanation,
thev evidently still supposed that
while it would be right for a Priest
I'M the Temple to labor in the offer
ing of a sacrifice il would be con
irlry to the same law for some one
20 heal The sick and relieve dis
ircsS Our Lord, however, soon dis
covered to them The error if not
the Hypocrisy of their own hearts.
lie we'll knew that in their love of
gain they would help "a sheep or
an ass out of a pit on the Sabbath
Day, because il represented value,
and it's remaining in the pit over
tie Sabbath might mean it's death,
and hence a financial loss. Thus,
he showed them that they well knew
how TO interpret the law correctly
libcrallv, when it touched their
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