THE K I N G ' S BUS I NE S S 235 the Holy Spirit, thus linking Himself with Deity. His final promise in v. 20 involves, again, His omnipresence. So we might proceed through the other two Gospels. The claims of Christ are absolutely unmistakable. They are woven into the warp and woof of the whole Gospel story. His words and His works cannot possibly be accounted for except on the assumption of His Deity. No amount of twisting and turning can erase these claims from the New Testament. The stubborn facts are there leaving Dr. Rashdall and all the other rash doctors face to face with one proposition: WAS JESUS CHRIST WHAT HE CLAIMED TO BE, or was He a FAKIR—and if the latter—how shall we account for the facts of Christian history? Is Christ an impostor? Are those who worship Him deluded? Let’s not beat around the bush! Let’s have the answer. K. L. B. KNOCKING THE DEVIL OUT Of course in these days many people do not believe in a personal devil at all. That doesn’t hurt his feelings in the least. Nor does it do away with his work. It rather pleases him, for it gives him unlimited oportunity to get in his suggestions. Our Savior believed in'a personal devil. He had personal encounters with him. He defeated him by hitting him over the head with portions from the Bible. “ It is written”—was His one answer to Satanic suggestion. Many a Christian has used the weapons thus suggested by Christ and has come off more than conqueror over the most subtle temptations. It works. Read the account of the temptation in the wilderness in Matthew 4, and you will find that in all Christ’s replies He did not make one original observation. He went right to revealed truth. He quoted to the devil from the book of Deuteronomy, a book that in our day is pronounced by the higher critics to be a mere human effort. And the devil left Him, as he has left many a man since who has defended himself with the |Jsword of the Spirit.” Where is the man who knows -his Bible and how to use it in meeting the devil? When Satan deals with a man who does not know the Word, he has an easy mark. “ Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin” is an ancient recommendation, but it holds good even in these days of ‘ ‘ enlightenment. ’ ’ How simple were the answers Jesus gave! Great answers always are simple. Modern thinkers are ever looking far “ scientific” answers with words six feet long, understood not even by themselves. Take for example a gem from Mrs. Eddy’s “ Science and Health.” Here is a simple (?) solution of the sin problem—now get i t : “ Error is nothing and its nothingness must be demonstrated in order to prove the somethingness, yea, the allness of being. ’ ’ ' (How sublimely simple!) And again: “ Vertebrata, articulata, molusca ad radiata are evolved by mortal thought. By this thought they are classified. These will disappear when the radiation of spirit destroys forever belief in intelli gent matter.” Wouldn’t that make the devil tremble? Does the devil understand
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