King's Business - 1922-12

T HE K I NG ' S B U S I N E S S

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which man could glorify Him. The le tte r killeth. The Spirit m aketh alive. The formalists and the legalists are al­ ways strain ing a t a gnat and swal­ lowing a camel. There are churchmen who would pu t th e believers of this dispensation under the law of what they term th e “ Christian Sabbath”. The Christian belongs to a new era, a new age, a new creation. He is himself a new creation and cannot be made in any possible way to fit into any other age. The Lord of th e Sabbath- has given us a Lord’s Day in which to remember Him. It is the first day of the week. The Lord’s Day is itself a w itness to His, resurrection from th e dead and th e be­ liever’s privilege is to 'w itn e ss for Him on th a t day, to make it a glad day of worship and service, a day in which, by, grace, in th is land he is free from ordinary duties and has th e gracious privilege of magnifying the Name which is above every name,— not by a tire ­ some, tedious round of legal duties, but by a gladsome, joyful, delightful serv­ ice in which the words of his mouth, the meditations of his h eart, and th e ac­ tivities of his body may all bear testi­ mony to the glorious fact of his resu r­ rection w ith th e risen Lord. , (6) THE HAPPY PEOPLE, v. 17. “And all the people rejoiced.” W hat a happy ending of a holy day! Follow the healed woman as she lifts her eyes for the first tim e in eighteen years, from a straig h t body, and gazes into th e face of her Saviour and Lord! Follow her as she goes rejoicing to her home! L isten to her testimony! Hear the glad rejoicing of the people! Why do we not have more seasons of re­ joicing in our classes? Are th ere any blind onqs, sin-stopped ones, sin-bur­ dened ones? B ring them to Jesus for His hands of healing, His message of forgiveness, and His “ Go in peace!” H allelujah, what a Saviour!

dropped into th e box. He sees what you pu t in th e chu rch ’ collection. He sees the tears of the broken-hearted. He is touched w ith the feeling of our infirm ity. He called her to Him and spoke th e wonderful words, “Woman, thou a rt loosed from th in e infirm ity.” : (4) THE HANDS OF JESUS, v. 13. “And He laid His hands on h er.” Immediately she was made straigh t and glorified God. W hat wonderful Hands! Those Hands fashioned the worlds and flung them into space. Those Hands m inistered to all kinds of needy people. Those Hands broke th e five loave3 and two salted h erring and fed ten thousand people. He laid His hands on little children and blessed them. He pu t His hands upon th e eyes of tlife blind man and they were opened. Those hands were nailed to th e cross and irere uplifted' before the disciples in the upper room as a proof of H is bodily resurrection, “Behold my h and s!” Those hands were uplifted as He ascended to the F ath è r and gave them His parting bless­ ing. Those hand's shall hold the sceptre some good day and He shall ru le over the new heavens and th e new earth. P u t your hands into His hands, by faith, and walk w ith Him and glorify Him. (5) THE HEART OF THE HYPO­ CRITE, vs. 14-16. “Thou hypo­ crite.” A strong rebuke from th e lips of the Lord! Here is a cairping critic finding fau lt w ith the Lord. The Pharisees had never done anything for th e helpless woman, but they would save one of th eir own oxen and give it w ater on the Sabbath Day. Jesus is Lord!: He made th e law of the Sabbath, and if He de­ sired could abrogate it. He certainly is qualified to in te rp re t it and He does. Inasmuch as th e chief end of man is to glorify God, th e Sabbath law must have been intended as a means by

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