[8] Luke vi, 20.

[9] Matt. v, 25-26.

[10] Luke xix, 23.

[11] Matt. xxv, 20.

[12] Mark x, 30.

[13] Matt. xiii, 12.

[14] Matt. ix, 6.

[15] Mark viii, 23.

[16] John ix, 6.

[17] Mark x, 52.

[18] Luke xxii, 51.

[19] Matt. xxiv, 6-7.

[20] Mark xiii, 7-8.

[21] Luke xxi, 9-10.

[22] Matt. xxvi, 52.

[23] Luke xxii, 36-38.

[24] Matt. x, 34.

[25] Luke xii, 51.

[26] Luke xix, 27.

[27] John xviii, 36.

[28] Luke xi, 21-22.

[29] John ii, 15.

[30] Matt. xix, 5-6.

[31] Matt. xxii, 30.

[32] Luke xx, 34-35.

[33] Matt. v, 28.

[34] Matt. xix, 12.

[35] Luke xviii, 29-30.

[36] John iv, 18.

[37] John viii, 7-11.

[38] Matt. xxi, 31.

[39] Matt. v, 31-32.

[40] John vi, 70-71.

[41] John iv, 22.

[42] Matt. x, 5-6.

[43] John xii, 37.

[44] John vii, 5.

[45] Mark iii, 21.

[46] John v, 30.

AN INFERIOR PROTOTYPE

Orthodox Christians accept both Old and New Testaments as authority for
their actions, whereas Modernists are not much concerned with the
commands of Jehovah but maintain that Jesus is the pattern for their
lives. Religious liberals feel that the troubles of the world come
largely from failure to follow the teachings of the Nazarene. They look
upon him as the perfect example of what a man should be. In their
opinion, if everyone would act as Jesus did all would be well.

On December 7, 1931, Dr. Henry Van Dyke preached at the Brick
Presbyterian Church, New York City, that the way to end the financial
depression was to act as Jesus would: "We can judge only by what he did
and said in the first century, an age not so different from our own, an
age of unsettlement, violence, drunkenness and license. Christ would
tell us not to yield to panic.... Christ would not tell us to join any
political party or social group...."

Such a sermon sounds encouraging but, as a matter of fact, Jesus has not
shown any of his ministers how to end the depression. To trust him for
guidance in our modern world is to pin faith on an incompetent
instructor. We can learn how to end the depression by examining the
records of our own time and by correcting the errors that have been
made. It is not safe to rely upon a person who had no knowledge of
America's practical needs and whose acts and advice regarding worldly
affairs in Jerusalem fell short of the best ethical values.

In this treatise it has been shown that Jesus made mistakes. Every
instance cited may