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By Mrs. Bessie Wilbon; Thursday, April 5, 1984 - THE CHARLOTTE Post - Page 7A . .President Harry S. Truman used to say, “If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” Some folk still remember the sweltering heat of old-fashioned farm kit chens when wood-burning stoves were fired up to cook and can in mid-summer without benefit of air conditioning. It was no place for one with a delicate constitution. Neither was Mr. Truman’s political arena, with its lusty combat. Some people thrive on the heat of controversy. Others abhor it, and will excuse themselves from the “kitchen” at the first sign of warm disagreement. They just don’t talk politics or religion. That is the condition into which Jesus came. His identity with God brought Him into conflict, not only wih the demons He found controlling certain social outcasts, but also with the Satanic spirit He found dominating certain “menof God.” The heat of controversy was rejected by the nation’s leaders, was threatened, and suffered pain and finally death. However, God raised Him from the dead to continue the warfare until Satan is at last destroyed LESSON BACKGROUND . .Crowded and eventful days concluded the earthly ministry of Jesus. He approached Jerusalem through Jerico, where He healed two men of blindness, (Katthew 20:29-34). There, also He found and brought salvation to Zaccheus, the tax collector, (Luke 19:1-10). Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived in Bethanj and attended a dinner as the guest of Lazarus and his sisters. Until this time, Jesus had been careful not to declare His messiahship publicly in Galilee, where nationalistic zeal ran high and a spirit of revolution seethed against Rome. Now, folloved by a throng of Galileans going to Jerusafem for the Pass- over, He showed Himself is their expected Messiah. In recent months also He had avoided any pubic appearance in Jerusalem, so as not to iir up the bitter enmity of the temple officers. Now, He prepared to enter the city it the center of a rejoicing throng. It was tme for Jesus to declare Himself, and that He did, drama tically, (Mark 11:15-19). Hark 11:11 tells that when Jesus arrived ii Jerusalem, He went into the temple and spent some time observing what went on there. Then He returned with His disciple to Bethany for the night. And they came to Jersuialem: and Jesus went into the temple, andbegan to cast out them that sold and bougit in the temple, and overthrew the table of the money changers, and the seats rf them that sold doves. And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel thiough the temple. And He taught, saying uno them. Is it not written. My house shall be called of all nations the house of prajer? But ye have made it a den of thieves. And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him: for they feared Him because all the people was astonished by His doctrine. And wheneven was come. He went out of the city. The temple area in queston was the outer court, or court of the Geitiles. The busi ness that was carried on there might be rationalized as a service to the arriving worshippers. The law required them to make sacrifices of perfect animals, certi fied by the priests upon examination. The arrangement of noney offerings provided the wealthy high priest, Annas, a fine income through what Edersheim called the “booths of Annas,” or money changers tables. It was felt that it would be difficult for a pilgrim to bring his sacrfficial animals a great distance and have them arrive in satisfactory condition. It, may also have been necessary for the worshippers to purchase the animals needed for sacrifice or to secure change of currency for their offerings, but it was not necessary to have the market in the temple. This had been done to give the priestly hierarchy a monopoly on the trade. The commercial aspects of the situation, turning the temple environs into a market place, were highly offensive to Jesus. On the former occasion. He had said, “Make not my Father’s house a house of merchan dise,” (John 2:16). This time it was even worse. ’We marvel at the success of Jesus’ singlehanded attack on an established system. How did He get away with it? The element of surprise was with Him but the rightness of His cause was clear enough to the masses so no man dared stand in His way. Moral force and the power of God can make a major force out of a very small minority. The scribes were teachers of the law, usually of the Pharisaic party. They were smarting under Jesus’ rebukes for their cold spiritless religion. Mr. and Mrs. William Stinson 50 Years Together Mr. And Mrs. Stinson Celebrate Anniversary Fifty years-longer than some of us have been alive, for Mr. and Mrs. William Stinson, this number repre sents a mass array of memories. Together, both have matured and because of their love for God, their lives have been blessed. One blessing they have received is that of having one another. Mrs. Estelle Stinson is a retired em ployee of the Charlotte Linen Company and mem ber of Reeder Memorial Baptist Church. There, she is active in Sunday School, the Missionary Depart ment and is a Deaconess. Stinson is a World War II veteran and a retired ce ment finisher. He enjoys fishing and hunting. He is also a member of the Unique 85 Masonic Lodge Prince Hall Affiliate. He is a member of Reeder Me morial Baptist Church pastured by Rev. Dr. R. W. Dalton. The Golden Wedding An niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Stinson was held recent ly at the YWCA. Hostesses were Ollie Elder and Ida Withers. Music was per formed by Lonnie Miller. There was a wonderful fel lowship with friends and relatives and beautiful gifts were bestowed upon the couple. Congressional Candidates Forum Set North Mecklenburg re sidents and others have an opportunity to question their Congressional can didates about their views on world and domestic hun ger at a candidate’s forum to be held Wednesday, April 11, in the 900 Room of the College Union at Da vidson College. All five candidates tor the 9th Congressional Dis trict seat - Democrats Susan Green, D. G. Mar tin and Ben Tison, and Republicans Carl Horn and Alex McMillan - will take part in the event. The forum will begin at 1 p.m. and continue until 2:30 p.m. It will be open to the public without charge. 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