Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02

priest which cannot be touched with the
feeling OF our inirmities. Hebrews AIS.
A sense of guilt for sin seems to
be in every human heart. Some
deny it, or seek to suppress it, but
it has a way Of revealing itself,
especially when trouble or sorrow
comes. How often one hears even
persons who are spiritually indiffer-
ent and careless say that some
catastrophe is punishment for sin.
The assumption is that the one who
suffers much is a great sinner. but
our study Of Job taught us that such
is not necessarily the case. In our
lesson for today we learn from
Jesus Himself regarding human af-
Fiction. His attitude toward, 1t
should guide us in our attitude.
First Of all He makes clear that we i
are all
1. Perishing Sinners wv. 1-5).
Someone, apparently a Judean,
told Jesus, possibly with a sense of
real pious satisfaction, that certain
Galileans (whom the Judeans did
not ike) had been slain while they
were at worship. Evidently the i'm
plication was. What terrible sin
ners they must have been!" How
like that are the expressions Of peo-
pie today!
Jesus met the question by giving
another similar incident right in
Judea, thus rebuking false racial
pride; then went on to point out that
what they (and WEI need to remem-
Der is that all men are sinners and
will perish eternally unless they re-
pent. "A man can perish though
PLATE never slay him. He can per-
ish though no tower crush him.
He may die in his bed, with his
friends all about him; and even
have music when he dies, but he
will be damned unless he repent"
&C. Campbell Morgan).
The important thing is not the
relative sinfulness of men, but the .
fact that God Commands all men
everywhere to repent" (Acts 1880.
We are all sinners, either saved by
grace or eternally lost. Sinner,
turn to the
III. Powerful Saviour CIV. 1913.
Here was woman. spiritually
alert, but physically afflicted. She
was in the synagogue (vv. 10, III,
and she was daughter Of Abra-
ham, indicating that she was wom-
an of faith. But for some reason,
which is not revealed, an evil spirit
Of Satan ". 16) had brought about
in her body an illness which bent
her double. We cannot explain
this. There may be many other
such cases in the world. There are
things we have not fathomed yet
concerning the mystery Of suffering
and the power of evir' (Morgan).
We see the facts, but, thank God,
we see more, for we find her meet
ing the all-powerful Saviour, who
is able and willing to deliver. Jesus
saw her. He called her to Him.
He spoke to her. He touched her,
and He healed her. What blessed
experience. Have you been to Jesus
with your need? If not, why not
come right now?
Observe that He had power and
authority to set the woman free
from Satan who had held her bound
for 18 long years. /.
One would suppose that all would
have rejoiced at this glorious deliv-
erance, but we find that the ruler
Of the synagogue was angry. He
viewed what he regarded as the
breaking Of the Sabbath day with I
alarm and
III. Perverted Solicitude wv. IA
I'D.
1t is splendid thing to be con-
cerned about good order, proper
procedure and decorum, especially
in the house of God. But when
there is human need and the Son
of God meets that need by the work
ing Of His power, it is both folly
and hypocrisy to obstruct or become
angry because ones own interpreta-
ton Of the proper order Of things
has been set aside.
This man, who as q religious
leader should have realized that tn
need Of humanity came above hi
consideration for the beast Of Thu
field wv. IS, 16), and who should
have rejoiced that the Son Of God
had done this miracle in the syna-
gogue, rightly deserved the swift
and singing rebuke Of Jesus. His
objection was not really to the v:o-
lation Of the Sabbath, but to the
working Of God. Such men need
rebuke.
One marvels that the church can,
read this passage again and again
and never learn the lesson. One Of
the blights on the church today is
the unwillingness Of many Of its, J
leaders to permit the power Of G.
to work. They don't want
upsets their plans and prograI
such man Cor woman) reaQ
lines, it is suggested that
the eighth and ninth words
Is, then verse 8.
May God help US to "a