The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-10
DIR. BROOKS GIVES
SERMON ON THE
MIND OF CHRISTI

he Ne OF doubtful MlnQ, saying III
part;
THE word mind is employed in the
scriptures as elsewhere in a variety
of senses. | use il today TO mean a
disposition; n east of thought or feel
ing. sentiments. As Shakespeare uses
il when he says 20 that YOU bore the
mind that | do. As Jesus uses it
when He says in the text Neither
be We of doubtful mind In this
sense it includes the idea of inclination
or disposition, as Nehemiah, when he
says the people had mind to
work" 10 analy2e any mans mind is
net always an easy task. Many times
il is NOT even possible As a basis Of
our judgement, our analysis We have
only the phenomena of that mind or
the acts OF that mind. Into the depths
of that mind we are not permitted 10
look Indeed | doubt ii there lives n
man anywhere who understands his
own mind or can give decent reasons
for his own mental acts But in our
attempted analysis Of anothcr's mind
We are further circumscrlbed by the
fact that we can become acquainted
with only a few of the mental pheno.
mena of the man. We can, Therefore
only form toV opinions tased, on
few phenomena of the mind we AT
tempt TO analyze.
The Mind OF Christ
If this be task Sc difficult what
must it he II attempt 10 sound ana
explore and tathom the mind Of the
Son of God. For reasons that arc
lur ly natural this is impossible. And
then the finite can not comprehend
the infinite The length and breadth
and height ard GeptL and scope Of
that matchless mind are too great
sor human understanding. At mess We
can only observe the iew Of tn" phe-
nomena Of tn mind Of Chris, as we
Sc. his life revealed in par; onlJ n
the four gospels, rememberin. that
the most of his life is not described
to is and that he wrote absplu.ol"
nothing. We fini N thus studying he
lite that he had a hopeful mini. tie
was no pessimist. Nor was he an op-
tinlist. He saw thirgs as they wore
TO him there W2.e no wolves n
sleeps clothing. no hypocrites wearing
the robes Of righteousness. He faced
the facts. He saw the world in ignoF'
ance and sin. He saw the wrongs
heaped upon the poor. He saw human
slavery. He saw men whose bodies
were enslaved and others whose
minds were not their own and others
still whose souls Were chained by the
powers of evil. He saw the whole
world and knew that it was lost No
wonder the record says of him, "tIe
was a man of SORROWS and acquaint'
ed with grief" And yet he was hope
full In the parable OF the sowcr some
of the seed fell on good ground and
brought forth an abundant harvest
The parable of the mustard seed is
the picture of the growth Of his
kingdom. lie vas hopeful because he
saw TO the end and knew che final
victory Of the truth.
\ COnsiderale Mind
He had a consideraie mind The
truly great are always consideratc and
Jesus. TO the fallen woman he said,
Neither do | condemn thee. 90 and
sin no more" After Peters denial le-
sus sent him a special message Con
cerning the sick the record says he
healed them ALL His visits from heav
en- 10 earth, his death on the cross
are proofs of his considerate minds.
Profound Reverence for Scriptures
He had a disposition to lean on the
wisdom OF God He had profound
reverence for the scriptures. In the
temptation three times he qu ted from
the scripture and defended himself
with the sword OF the spirit. lie said
MY meat is to do the will OF Him
that sent me" again he prayed "Nol
my will but Thine be done
He had submissive mind. Luke
says that he was subject unto Mary
and Joseph In asking for baptism he
said, suffer it to he SO now, for thus
it becometh US to fulhn all right
eousness.
His was comprehensive mind
Where is there such a document as
the lords prayer on what In literature
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His was convicted mind. he was
u man OF convict ms. Jesus wns o.,
agnostic He knew things and Wa
certain OF his knowledge. job said
II know that my redcemer livctl
and that he shall stand al the lat
ter day upon the earth" Isaiah says
Thou, O Lord art our father, ON
redeemer" Christ said, Before Abp
ham was. am Alan may question