HOOD RIVER GLACIER, frHTBSPAY, OCTOBER 1?. gu
PS
TO THE JEW FIRST.
Mark vii, 24-30; Matthaw viii, 6-13.
Oct. 20.
-Uim 1M cemrth unto He I vill no
catt .(."-Vo r(, V.
CI1EKE IS gem-rnl confusion
araont God's people resist
ing tha relationship betwovn
tlie GII of Christ and the
Jewtbh nation and betwppn the Jewish
nation and all otiier nations. Tha W
fc'e t-lU that until the cumin of
Christ yea, iritU three and a baif
years after Jeaiw died, arose and ss-cer.dcd-tne
Divine dealings were cou
flaed to the Hebr.-w race.
The whole world is involved in the
penalty that came upon Futlit-r Adam
because of !i!h dlsobedifrroe-uuder 1U
ine st'iitenre as belnjf unworthy of
everlasting life or relationship wltli
God. The Jews were no better than
the remainder of the race, so far as tho
Fcriptnres tell, but God, Imlm? from
the first deterndu
ed to provide a Re
deemer for innn
klnd, through
whose Kingdom n'l
the world should
nltiinately be bless
ed and have the
privilege of return
to Divine favor,
made a selection of
Abraham's posteri
ty hwniino Abra
ham was U noble CarntVut, a rrrtrtn-
character whose
fuith In God was thus rewarded.
Ai soon as the limit of time eipired
God manifested Ills favor toward the
Gentiles by semlins the Gospel to Cor
nelius, a reverential, holy and gener
ous Gentile. Since then God's favors
are as open to the Gentile as to the
Jew-"the middle wall of partition"
lias been "broken down."
It Is from this standpoint that we
should read the Apostle's statement
that the Gospel of Christ "Is preached
to every creature under heaveu." lie
did not mean nor would It have been
true that the Gospel had been pro
claimed to all What the Apostle
meant Is that the Gospel is now unre
stricted, free to be preached to every
creature under heaven, no matter wnat
his nationality-It Is no longer confined
to Jews as nt first Now, whoever has
"an ear to hear, let him hear" the good
Message of the Kingdom. Whoever
hears and has a heart to accept God's
gracious Message, let him present his
body a living sacrifice, holy and accep
table through Christ. (Romans ill, 1.)
The Syro Thenlclan woman of our
study was a Greek-not a Jewess. Her
daughter was possessed of an evil
spirit. She heard that Jesus was near
the border of .f mica, and she sought
Him out, Iriiplorlnir that He would cast
out the demon.
Hut Jesus Midd to the woman, "Let
Mm ,-hlWi'ori I1rit Iill; J,tr It Is not
proper to take the children's bread and ,
cast it to dogs." She understood the j
force of this statement The Jews;
claimed to be God's people, h ,
Gentiles were styled "Gentile dogs, j
because they had never bteu In cove- .
nant relationship with God. Yet the j
poor woman's faith In Jesus and her j
desire for the relief of her daughter ,
moved ber to press her case and she ,
answered, "Yea. Lord, but th- dop j
eat of the children's crumbs." Jesus ,
replied. "For this saying go thy way; J
the devil Is gone out of thy daughter.
She got the crumb; her faith prevailed.
Todav the Israel of God. to whom be
long all the blessings and promises me.
. .i . ..n .ni.'-rnihin. nu
IM'f-e, llin:u !" "
thj imputation of the merit of Jesus
i,mn,.n of the Holy Sp.rlt.
,ivn sons of God. Inheritors of
Hie rmi",-w
hA Divine nature and Kingdom.
Th Car.turlon'i Servant Haafad.
Palestine was subject to the Honian
Empire, and little garrli-ons or i.omsm
soldiers were etationen neie
-i ,i there, usually ua-
AiU?:-.rrT der a Onturim.
m one or mese kw
'.') llxCIK' llltl'llt V
,F it W ' " "
WR'rW ffurts' ",Kl w,H'n'i
fcUvi His MHl'fl servant j,
yyrtyl' m s,l'k 1:0 w,,,lt I
Jesus asking for
healing. This was
another Gentile dog
desiring a crumb
from the ehlidien's 1
" lay to nne no, table. j p
and Ht eotih." , The Centurion's g
faith, our Lord declared, was superior 1 1
to anything that He had found amongst
the Israelite. He got his request.
Jesus tool; the occasion to say that
the Israelites, who were counting so
much on their relationship to God as
the children of Abraham, would Hn3
tlmmselves trreatlv mistaken. Reins
the children of Abraham did mean that
thev would have siieclal privileges, but
these they were enjoying and not ap
predating.
God took out cf their nation the "Is
raelltes Indeed": meantime the rest
were blinded, and for the past eighteen
centuries He has heeu completing the
Elect Kingdom Church out of all na-
Hims. Rut H( Is selecting none escept
such as have the faith and obedience
of Abraham and the spirit of Jesus.
Nevertheless the Scriptures most
clearly declare that the Jews are still
helra of a certain promise, which In
due time will come to them. To them
will come the great privilege of being
the foremost nation amongst men dur
ing Messiah s glorious reign, when t"e
Church, glorified, spiritualized, will be
with Him In Ills Throne.
Took tha Hint.
"This seems like a sweet dream," he
rapturously remarked as be lingered
with her at the door step.
'It doesn t seem like a dream to me,"
she replied, "for a dream soon van
ishes, you know."
He vanished.
Tha Explanation,
"now was It the thieves got away
with that roll of carpet!"
I suppose they beat It Baltimore
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