The Wit And Wisdom of Jesus
The Wit And Wisdom of Jesus
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The Digitized by Google iy8 The Wit and Wisdom of Jesus queen of the south shall rise up m the judg- ment with this generation, and shall condemn it ; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here." Let not the passage which immediately fol- lows in Matthew be passed unnoticed, though the meaning be not readily apprehended. It is one of the most keen and original of Jesus' thrusts at the Jewish hierarchy and its blind devotees.... He seems to speak here with the feeling that certain of the preceding prophets, in some measure, had purged the temple of the State religion from " the unclean spirit " of spiritual deadness and unbelief; and with the feeling also that he himself at first had been received with favor. But the conviction grew strong that there was a fatal relapse into soulless formality and willful hostility toward a gospel of truth, righteousness and love.
"The unclean spirit," he says, "when he is gone out of the man, passeth through water- less places, seeking rest and finding it not.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Digitized by Google iy8 The Wit and Wisdom of Jesus queen of the south shall rise up m the judg- ment with this generation, and shall condemn it ; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here." Let not the passage which immediately fol- lows in Matthew be passed unnoticed, though the meaning be not readily apprehended. It is one of the most keen and original of Jesus' thrusts at the Jewish hierarchy and its blind devotees.... He seems to speak here with the feeling that certain of the preceding prophets, in some measure, had purged the temple of the State religion from " the unclean spirit " of spiritual deadness and unbelief; and with the feeling also that he himself at first had been received with favor. But the conviction grew strong that there was a fatal relapse into soulless formality and willful hostility toward a gospel of truth, righteousness and love.
"The unclean spirit," he says, "when he is gone out of the man, passeth through water- less places, seeking rest and finding it not.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Wright Buckley to read onlineMoreLess
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