Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-12-28


Inventory time has come and 4,
seems that our lesson for today,
though it does come in the middl II
Of our study of the Gospel 81 MAJ
thew, comes too to sort Of pausN
to consider what has been The n
suit Of that which Jesus had sa
and done thus far in our study X
The answer we find is thatIHe hi
both friends and foes, both /. ally a
hatred His foes apparent OF III
numbered His friends, and he
tired was evidently fierce nd II
love none too warm. So Je1As VIZ
defeated? No, far from it. Vas vNTN
know, He won the victory ever HI1k,
enemies. I'll
The situation is not different II N,
day. Those who follow JesB ar IN
love Him truly are quite ey entJS. Is,
in the minority and all too ten ~
seems that hatred for the c lse vLta
Christ has the upper hand Re VIHa|u
defeated? No, Jesus win ul hatel
win the victory again. We re j
the winning side.
I. DishonOred Because Of u hlOus IA
(13:54-58). n
One would have supposed at thlnfn
people of the little, almost know
town of Nazareth would han bee hs
thrilled at the return Of it'd nativR Is
son whose fame had also spread Il e
name abroad and whose name wa
on the lips of thousands bee use H "
went about doing good.
They were astonished, bit then S
were not ready to accept Him The b
could not deny the fact eithef Of Hi
person or His power, but theF coul
and did permit their persona prid
and jealousy to lead them p den It
Him. This story teaches uslt the I'm h
utterable folly Of refusing to- accep
fact because it is astonishing, ye
there are thousands of people stand
ing in that position today coneernn IS
Jesus Christ. 1t is utterly unscier h
tific, not to say irreligious. Here b
an astonishing thing. They sa J.
we cannot understand how this ma b
hath this wisdom. Has He the wis "
dom? Why, yes, we canpot escapk :
it. Then in the name of God and
common honesty obey the injuncb
ton and postpone the investigation
&C. Campbell Morgan).
ii. Hated Because of Sin Q4:l-4l.
The pride of heart which causes
many to hold themselves too good,
to follow the lowly Nazarene is sim
There is also that which even IT,
world recognizes as sin which Sc
arates men from Christ. D.
Moody is said to have written 4
the fly leaf Of his Bible, This boz
will keep you from sin, or sin W.
keep you from this book" That
true, and 1t is also true that s.
will keep a man from Christ.
Herod, living in sin, had been re
buked by John and had silenced hi
accuser by the simple expedient o.
imprisonment and ultimately by be
heading him. But one does not thu
put away sin, and when this mar
heard Of Jesus. he at once assumed
that John had risen from the dead
to plague him still. So Herod also
took his place with the enemies OF
our Lord.
If man shows his opposition toa
Christ, whether it be by indiffer.
ence, or by jealousy. or In outrighf
hatred, be sure there is sin In that.
mans life. Those who love right
eousness love the righteous Lord.
III. Accepted Because Of Serv--
ice (15:29-3D.
'The Son of man came not to be
ministered unto but to minister"
even to the giving Of his life a
ransom for many" (Matt 2O:28).
We have so overemphasized and
misused the word service that one
almost hesitates to speak it in con-
nection with the name Of the Lord
Jesus. Yet it does summarize His
earthly life and ministry. He served
the needy with His teaching and
preaching, with His provision for
their daily needs, with His healing
touch, and we read that they won
dered and glorified God ". 80. v
We said above that the majority
Of men appear to reject Christ, but
that does not mean that He has no
friends. "The communion of saints
is made up of great and almost
numberless host, including in its
ranks the finest and most distin-
guished men and women of all ages
who gladly stand side by side with
the humblest of believers to be
counted for the Lord Jesus.
AS means Of encouraging men
and women everywhere to follow
Christ as they find Him in His Word,
the writer Of these notes will send
without charge folder, "The Why
and How Of Bible Reading" includ-
ing a Bible-reading calendar for
the entire year. Use the name and
address at the head of this column
and II possible enclose stamped
addressed envelope or a three-cent
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