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rAUE EIGHT. DAILY CAPITAL JOCBXAL, SALES, OBIQOS SATURDAY, MAT 11, 1912. mfMIMMMMMMK!HMMMMMMMtllMM!IW When at Portland Pastor Russell's Sermon nn Ml KEY OF KNOWLEDGE LOST BY PHARISEES Km Upplicalion of Jesus' Vcfds by Paslcr Russell. IKE LORD'S BLESSraSHBEN ' " '. ,'t V.J As?J ! : A.f 1 !!'ASIORlig.Hi) Aa the Jewish Expoundere of the Law Refused to Instruct the Common Pee plo, So Do Our Modern Doctor! of Divinity Failure of tht 8oribl and Phariaeee to Endorse Jeaue Barred Hia Meesage to tha Multitude, Who Truatad tha 8cripturee. Brooklyn, N. T., Mny 5.-Tbe Acad emy of Music was crowded today to lieiir Pustor Bug soil's discourse on "Tho Lout Key Of Knowledge." Tak ing his text from Luke xl, D2, be suld: la tbe New Testa ment the word laie ytr has a very dlf- ferent meaning from our general umifc'e. It applied to ttio.su religion teachers of the Jew who uiuUe special professions of sanc tity of heart and earuest desire to know God's will, as expressed In the Mosaic Law, and to teach the same to tbe people. The corresponding class of today are designated Doctors of Divinity. Our text, therefore, with this correction reads, "Woo unto you, Doctors of Divinity, for ye bave taken away the Key of Knowlcdgo; you en tered not In yourselves, and them that were entering ye hindered." "Tha Common Paopla Haard Jaaua Gladly." It was the custom amongst tbe Jews that IcHHous from the Luw and the l'rophets should he read every day In their synagogues. The people were thus familiar with tho letter of tbe Divine Law and promises. Tbe ma jority of them, of course, were Illiter ate, for educational facilities were not what they are now. As a result only a few claimed to have an understand ing of tho spiritual part of the Law and the Prophets. These were chiefly of tho literary and wealthy classes. To these the common people looked for guidance respecting the Divine will and plan. As an Illustration. When tbe com mon people beard Jesus gladly they were unwilling to trust their own Judg ments, but Inquired, "Have any of the Scribes and Pharisees believed on Him?" Have the Doctors of the Law, the Doctors of Divinity, endorsed Mm? They have made a study of theso things ami we would rely more upon tbelr Judgment than upon our own. Hut none of the Scribes and Pharisees endorsed Him, and hence comparative ly few of t.'ie people believed Ulin and becamo Ills disciples. Tho common people were hungry for the Message which Jesus brought. It Is recorded that they said of Jesus' teachings, "Never man spake llko this Man." Tho nation would have gone over promptly to Jesus had tho Scribes and Pharisees, tho Doctors of tho Law, set (be cxamplo and given tho word. .Moreover, the teachings of Jesus har monized tho measago of tho Law and the Trophets over which tho Scribes and the Pharisees and the Radilucees had long wrangled and disputed. Had the Doctors of the Law been as hun gry for the Truth as were tbe people, undoubtedly all of their differences of Interpretation of tho Old Tostament Scriptures would bave speedily been solved in tho light of the then present Truth and knowledge of God, which was shining upon tho lllble through tbe Holy Spirit, Jesus and the Apostles being Jehovah's mouthpieces. Tha Kay of Knowladga Duriad, lu our text Jesus charged tho Jewish Doctors of Divinity with the responsi bility of liming taken away the Key of Kuowledge, refusing to uso H them selves to enter Into the great apprecia tion of tho blessings then due, sad bid ing it from the common people who trusted tbem so Implicitly. We charge that the same thing Is true today. Not only We to tho Jewish people typical of spiritual Israel, and their Ago typical of this Ago, and their Harvest typical of the Harvest or closing time of this Age, but additionally, now as then, "God's people perish for lack of knowl edge." (Hnsea Iv.O.) Now, ns then, the Doctors of Divinity will not use tho Key of Knowledge themselves, to en ter heartily Into tha wonderful privi leges and blessings now due, and addi tionally they have burled tbe Key of Knowledge, hiding It from tho people under a mass of forms and ceremonies. But Is Knowladga NeoeMaryf In our Lord's day the Jewish Doctors of Divinity, or Itabbls, contented them, solves with telling tho people what they should do ami what they should not do, but they did not tench the peo ple -tbey did not balp thetn to any uu doratanrilng of tha deep meaning of tha Law and the Prophets. In our text Jesus said to the "D. D.'s." "You bind heavy burdens on tbe people, grievous to be borne," but you do not attempt to carry those burdens yourselves. It Is so to this day with tbe Jewlab Itabbls, as well as with other Minis ters; for Instance, a minister stands as a representative and mouthpiece of tht church creed, which In round-about terms declares that whoever does not lire t saintly life will surfer an ater Bit of torment. Is not this a grlsv- oos burden to put upon any conscien tious soul? lias it not caused unten able anguish to many of God's true people? And has It not repulsed and driven many from God and the Bible, thousands of the most Intelligent mluds In the world? As the Jewish Doctors of Divinity carried no such burdens, neither do tbe Doctors of Dlvlulty of Christen loin. In private they acknowledge tbat Jiey carry no such burdens. In public Jiey give the Inference that they do lot so much by positive terms aa by implication, tone and Inflection of rolce, and by the general fact that they Itand for and as representatives of tho creeds which so teach. It does not ex ruse these Influential teachers for them to claim tbat lu tbelr official capacity they lose their personal responsibility and shift it upon those who made tbe creeds and those who adopted tbem. The people are uo longer, trusting the creeds. They realize tbat tbe creeds contain many inconsistencies, and tbat greater light Is today shining from one page of the Bible npon another, than shoue In tbe days when those creeds were formulated. Tbe commou people trust tbe Bible Jesus, the Apostles and the Trophets. Tbey know that all of tbe creeds of Christendom claim to bo built upon tha Inspired Record. They understand the Scribes and Pharisees of today, the Doctors of Divinity of Christendom, to give assurances that those creeds prop erly present the teachings of tbe Bible. Tbe creedal chains would become ropes of saud If all the prominent Doctors of Divinity of Christendom came forward and publicly renounced them, aa they nearly all do In private conversation. It is this matter of misleading tbe people, deceiving tbem, tbat consti tuted the basis of Jesus' charge against the Doctors of Divinity of old, and we believe that Ills Judgment Is very simi lar today respecting tbe Doctors of Dl vlulty of Christendom "Ye bave taken away lye bave lilddeu the Key of Knowledge. Ye bave not entered in yourselves, and them that were enter ing ye hindered." Christian people today are so dis gusted with the creeds which bave sep arated them and tbelr forefathers into six hundred different denomina tions that they are quite ready to dis card them all, and to come together as one Church of the Living God to study the Bible in Its own light. 8yattmat!o Kay-hiding. The Scribes and Pharisees of our day are proving themselves to be the anti types of those addressed by Jesus In our text, and have a substitute for knowledge. Taking away tbe Key of Knowledge, they say to the common people, Do not bother your bead about doctrines; loave doctrines to tbe clergy; let the clergy endorso all the creeds, however conflicting they be. We do this in order to lull you to sleep. There Is nothing so calculated to dis turb the Christian's rest as the discus sion of the doctrines of Christ If there be in any congregation those wbo cannot feel satisfied without tome kind of Bible study, let tbem bave It, but get them rather to discussing the geogra phy of Palestlno and the habits and customs of the people, etc., rather than tho prophecies of old or the Interpreta tions of them, as given by Jesus and the Apostles. We ministers will keep aloof from soch Bible study; we will not let on but that we understand these prophecies thoroughly, but we will keep a watch upon the Bible classes, and Interfere only it we find some brother therein who is inclined to delve after the doctrines of Christ and tho Apostles. One minister, voicing this opposition to Bible study, especially along the lines of differences where It would be of special value, said, "Tbe Church Is like a great Hospital. Everything like doctrinal discussion must be banished and excluded. Just as In a hospital all noise la forbidden, tbat the patients may sleep, or Just as In a nursery noise is excluded that children may sleep." Alas! It Is too true tbat the nominal church of Christ Is like a Hospital, many of whose patients are blind and deaf and asleep and mentally confused. But the trouble Is: These got into this condition because of a lack of health ful exercise; and keeping tbem quiet will but turn the present hospital Into a Cemetery, What the churches of all the denom inations need Is the Word of God as presented in the words of Jesus and the Apostles: "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and tbey are life." The slu-slck and lame, the blind and deaf and mentally perplexed need to hear the voice of Truth "Wonder ful Words of J.lfo" otherwise they will becomo more sick and will perish is Christians, but to become alive per haps as "lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God." An Episcopal minister lu our bearing urged his congregation to simply rest, not to bother themselves about tbelr own future or tbat of others. The Holy Catholic Church, he said, resembled a ship, In which the members should come as passengers to be carried to the heavenly destination. Tboy need not examine the com puss, nor the chart, nor the machinery. All they need to do Is to sit down and enjoy tbe Journey, trusting that their bap tism and tbe Holy Spirit bave then them a free ticket to proper destina tion. Neoeaaity For Knowladga, Kuowledge of God, tht Bible de clares, Is Indispensable for tbt attain ment of the Great Trite of tht High Calling. Thus Jesus said, "This Is life ttornal, that they may know Thee, the Only True God. and Jesus Cbrlut, whom Thou hast sent." (John xvlt, 8.) We are not to understand this to sig nify that anyone who bas merely been made acquainted wltb the fact that there la one Creator, and tbat Jesus U Hla Bon, Is on account of this knowl edge to be granted everlasting life. Some tblnk to be able to make Told the various Scriptures wblcb tell us of tbe necessity of making our "calling- and election sure." by so running as to obtain the prize. (I Corinthians lx,24.) Our Lord's words do not refer to a knowledge about God, but to a knowl edge of or perional acquaintance Kith God and His Son. And such an inti mate acquaintance is not obtained merely by an Introduction, but by companionship; It signifies an Intimacy of acquaintanceship, a familiarity. Everything In the Divine Word en courages tbose who accept tbe Divine invitation to draw near to God, to come Into fellowship with Him. But this knowledge of God . which will bring a saintly few to salvation on tbe highest plane stands related to God's Word tbe teachings of tbe Bible -for thus God exalted His Word, by making It tbe channel for spiritual re freshment and personal acquaintance ship with Himself. Thus Jesus prayed for us, His fol lowers, "Sanctify them through Tby Truth, Tby Word Is Truth." Any who neglect tbe Divine Word will full of the sanctifying power and thus full of the ultimate acquaintanceship with God which alone will guarantee ever lasting life. The reason why tbe Lord bas thus arranged tbe matter and made knowledge of the Scriptures essential, doubtless is that thus His faithful people may be benefitted: and they alum receive tbe Instruction which will profit tbem alone, but would more or less injure others. Thus It is written, "Ye shall know the Truth, and tbe Truth shall make you free." To this class our Lord says today, as He said to His Jewish followers eight een centuries ago, "To you It Is given to know tbe Mysteries of tbe Kingdom rf God, but to all outside these tblngs are spoken In parables and dark say ings, tbat bearing they mlgbt not un derstand and seeing tbey might not perceive." To the outsiders the Doc tors of Divinity is not permitted the Key of Kuowledge. "Even so, Father, for so It aeemeth good In Thy sight" Matthew xl, 23. 2a What Constltutaa tha Key? The Key of Knowledge consists of the faithful study of God's Word, wltb an honest purposo to know tbe tblngs that are freely given unto us or God. This implies a consecration of heart, for none others would really desire that tbey might do the Divine will. And this Implies also a faith in our Lord'a promise that He that doetb "the will of My Father shall know of tbe doctrine." (John vlt, 17.) it la this con secrated, conscientious Bible study tbat is lacking today that Is being discour aged today by the great teachers and Doctors of Divinity. Everything calculated to help lllble study, to get rid of tbe darkness of the creeds aud superstitious of tbe past, Is opposed but not openly. The Doc tors of Divinity of our day. like those of Jesus' day, are wise and act as though they do know. But tbey do not know; tbey oppose real Bible study not openly, but aecretly, "for fear of tbe people." (Mark xl, 32; xU, 12.) The great religious leaders of the Jews were marked by our Lord as being less conscientious, leas honest, than the masses of the people. Concerning the people we read that "Jesus was moved with compassion when He beheld tbe multitude, that they were like sheep without a shepherd." And Is It not so today also? Are not many of God's people hungering aud thirsting for tbe Truth, aud greatly perplexed aud discouraged because, go ing time after time to the religious leaders, they bave received Instead of bread "a stone." Instead of a fish "a serpent" a false doctrine, a devilish misrepresentation of the Almighty's character and Plan In respect to hu manity? These devilish doctrtues of the Dark Ages 8t Paul calls "doc trines of demons," because the demons, the fallen angels, evidently buve propa gated them. They are to be found amongst all of tho heathens, but no where In any worse form nor as bad as amongst Christians of all denomina tions. Is there not therefore a great responsibility resting upon every con scientious minister of the Gospel, tbat be should step out from amongst tbe mass of tbe Doctors of Divinity, wbo are biding the Key of Knowledge aud misleading the Lord'a trusting sheep of nominal Christendom? "Impossible to Deceive the Very Elect" As we bave already shown tbey can not keep penned, nor keep asleep, nor keep tbe knowledge from the saintly ones who constitute "tbe very elect." Our Lord, shaking of thla time, said that tbe docepttous would be such tbat tbey would deceive, If possible, "the very elect" but In their case deception will not be possible, for the True Shep herd Himself will help them. But, oh. whit weeping of disappointment, and what a chagrin and gnashing of teetb will come shortly to the "false shep herds," to the Key-hiding Doctors of Divinity, when tbey find that with all tbelr eudeavors to bolster up shams and superstitions In wblcb they them selves do not believe, the entire fabric of Cburchlanlty- will collapse, as the Bcrlptures predict! 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