The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-03
No Good Can EUer
Result from EUil


Lesson for ocuber N, Matt, 2:i
TO 4.ll.
Following the baptism Of Jesus BY
John In Jordan, and his public en-
.dorsemcnt by the Father This is
my beloved Son, In whom l am well
pleased tho dcvil got busy TO head
off tho threatened dissolution OF his
authority on earth. Whenever re-
vival or big progressive movement
Is begun, the forces OF evil rcdOublc
their activity In order to counteract
the good influences. Then comes
TO man the crisis OF great decisions
Great decisions are the battle
grounds OF character. The individ-
ual by his choice strikes the decisive
blow. II the evil one can either
turn him from consideration OF his
souls welfare or prevent the good
influences from reaching him, there
is possibility that he will continue
on In sin.
Christs public submission to tho
rite Of baptism In pattern for our
declaration OF purpose. We do not
want to forget that there was
human side to Chriet's character
and that he was heset by the same
temptations and hlndered by the
same motives as ws have to endure.
Had he failed In one Instance, he
would have been unworthy to offer
the great sacrifice that should re-
decS, the world. Right on the heels
OF his public acclamation he was
lied Of the spirit" to a crucial test
1ie was TO meet his adversary, who
claimed TO own the world, and settle
at once and for all who was master
Had he been only human, he might
have failed in this and lost the bat
tic right at the start. Had he been
less human, the devil would not have
attempted to trip him up. But the
same temptations that Satan placed
in the path Of Jesus are, in one form
or another. the temptations that we
have to encounter Dot MS pray Tor
strength from on high that the darts
Of the evil one may bounce off harm
lcssly
Our CommOncst Weakness,
The first temptation IL the one
which most men find irrosistihle--
the business of bread and butsAr.
Many n man has felt called upon to
do great things for Christ but has
been restrained because he had n
family whose support left him no
time to do anything but dig at his
vocation and crush down the ambi-
t'ony OF his soul at The bchest of
physical needs. MANY . man has
planned TO live an honest and up
right life, hut has found Il to his
advantage to stifle his conscience
and do ttLSgs he could not approve
because he thought he must live"
ard he noticed that other people
made advancement In life by disre-
garding righteousness, Many n man
has been favorable to religion, but
tho demands upon his time and
thought required TO make n living
have left him no time to think about
the affairs Of his soul or the duty
cf rendering service to the Master.
Jesus must have bread. His physi-
cal being demanded II. He had been
fasting and the panRs OF hunger
backed up the suggestion. He had
the power to speak the word and
stones would be turned into foodd.
But to have spoken the word at tho
behest of Satan would have been
rneap display of his divine power
Instead he said that man should not
live by bread alone" There is
hunger of the SOL that Is more i'm
portant to appease than any physi-
cal hunger. and that can only be
fed by every word that proceedeth
out OF the mouth OF God. ." IL r.
we'll that he should he diligent In
lator and provident In a material
way. but poor indeed is no whose
stomach Is filled but whose heart IL
empty. There are other things IN
this life more important than FOOD
for the body.
Putting On n Show
Then he undertook to test Chrlst's
love OF display and applause by snG-
gestine n spectacular dem monstration
OF his divinity. He might cast him
self down from pinnacle OF the
temnle before all the multitude and
le. them ~! see that no harm could
come to him II was quite possible
for divinity TO defy tho rules %
nature and come out unhurt from
what would have been fatal to .
human being put Gods promised
care for his children does not mean
that no will deliver them from dam
gers OF their own invitation. There
is no nietv in sticking your fingc~
into n hot fire 10 show that the Lord
would keen you from getting burnt.
The laws Of nature are not to be vii
fully violated in order for the Lord
, to show hts care over us. IT smack
very much of tho devil that som"
honest but mistaken people put o.
m appearance OF sanctim oniOusnes~
TO make others b<lieve they are clos'
10 God. II IL not nietv 20 temp
God nor put him wilfully and ur-
necessarily to tho test, God onl"
proposes TO deliver us when we are
c1urht unawares in trouble, no.
when we purposely rush into diff
culties.
Hunger fer pow"-.
Then came the test of Christ's love
81 mower and dorninion. He hal
come TO bring the whole world unde~
, his KINGDOM, Here was the chanco
To obtain that mower with astonish-
: ing ease provided he should fall
down and worship Satan Just once