The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-15
THE SON REJECTED.
LESSON XII, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES. MARCH 18.

LESSON XII, INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY
SCHOOL SERIES. MARCH ta.
Text of the 1sAon, Matt. xxi, 33-46.
Golden Text, John i, f1-Memorize
Verses s3-ss-Comment by Rev. Will
liam Newton. d.. d.
TFrom Lesson Helper Quarterly. by permission Of
II. S. Hoffman, Philadelphia, publisher.l
Notes-A parable spiritual truth conveyed
under material forms or images A vino
press, rather 'sa place for the wine fatn This
is usually formed in ledge of rock, it is
rectangular in form and communicates with
a lower vat into which the juice runs as the
grapes are pressed in the one above A
tower, sometimes called "a LODGE for the
keeper of the vineyard Let it out, or hired
it out for a part "a the crop. Husbandmen,
those who worked the vineyard Stoned, not
killed, but drovehim off with stones Like
wise, in the same way. Reverence, pay
respect to. Heirsone who receives property
from another by descent Inheritance, the
property that wa4to go to the heir Here it
is the vineyardF Render, return, pay or
yield Marvellous, wonderful Perceived,
saw or understood. Lay hands ON him, or
do violence to- him Powder, fine dust.
Prophets foreteller of future events and SO
Gods naesssa. .ges = ti.elll.
" 33 There is no question that the parable
here spoken by our Lord is the reproduction
of Isaiah Y, II. For the statement is alto
gether unqualified. 1.-THE vineyard of the
Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the
men of Judah his pleasant plant, Isaiah V,
Z. And again we read, 'sYet had planted
thee a noble vine," jeremiah ii, 81. And we
can trace each event described in this verse
Doubtless the planting took place at Horeb
Read Exodus xix, 40. Israel was chosen
before this. But their visible taking out
from the nations took place then and there.
There the planting took place. And the set
ting of the hedge about them, what was this
nances shutting them in from the nations
about them. And the wine press and the
tower, what these but completed arrange
ments for thefl' efficiency and safety as the
vineyard Of the Lord. Now, there was a
purpose in all this. And that purpose was
the receiving of the fruits of the vineyard.
And here comes in the letting out to hus-
bandmen and the departure of the owner
into another country as perfectly natural in
cidents OF the parable, And SO Israel stands
before us, let out to or put into the hands OF
the rulers, who were appointed of God to con-
duct it's affairs as really as husbandmen do
those of a vineyard.
V, 34S36 There can be no shadow of q
| doubt that these servants represent the seers
and the prophets sent i'll the Lords name to
hold the rulers to the faithful discharge of
| the great trust put into their hands. From
| Acts iii, "a, it seems that Samuel was the
| first of the line. And from him the line
| sweeps onward unto John, who was the last
| before the SON.. And from the verses before
| US we learn:
1. God expects fruit from, spiritual privi.
| leges,
| 2. That he holds men to account for them.
| 3. There is enmity in mans heart against
| God
| V. 81, 50. The ruling spirit of enmity
within comes to climax here. The Son ol
| the Lord of the vineyard is sent last of all
and him they cast out and kill. OF course
| the doubt as to how he would be received ap
plies only to the earthly side of the parable
| The owner Of this vineyard did not know
| But we cannot carry this over to its spiritua
side. or 10 that which the parable represents
| Here all is clear in the certainty of knowl
| edge as to the treatment he would receive
In the councils of the Godhead he was '.Ths
| lamb slain from tine foundation Of ths
| world" Rev XII, s. And as the shadows oi
tho cross dasa<e>zel absas Kim, he said: Nov
| is my sot1 troubled And what shall say
| Father, save me from this hour. But fol
| this cause cancel to this hour John xii
27. And yet this certainty of the fact of hi
| rejection and death at their hands did no
affect to the shadow of a hair the voluntari
ness of their action in rejecting and cruelty
ing him. "By wicked hands ye have eruci
fed and slainn him, was the charge of th
apostle against them under the direct teach
ing of the Spirit. And the essence of thei
wickedness was, ''They hated he without
cause,n John XIV, 25. And there was III
cloak for that sin.
| V. 3941. Now, in view of the facts of thi
treatment, our Lords question here is mos
| natural and pointed And to it there coul'
be but one answer, and this the chief priest
| and Pharisees gave at once. And in it ther
are two truths very clearly stated
| /. A Just retribution, and
9. A new disposition of the vineyard.
V. AZ. Now comes the application of thi
by the Lord to themselves. And he did so i
the words of their own scripture There
no shadow Of doubt that the reference is
the Messiah, and has always been held to b
SO. ''The stone' is the Messiah. The builders
the rulers of the Jews. The refusing or re
jecting of the stone, the crucifying of tn
Lord and making him the head of the corner
his rising from the dead All this is clear q
light without O cloud. And just as cleal
too, is the truth that under this change c
figure, Gods everlasting purpose of the ez
altation of the Son whom the husbandme
were about to cast out and kill was thus al
nounced to them. In the one figure the
were the builders In the other the ''hu
bandmen.n And in each destruction was th
| inevitable doom.
V. 49, How full of solemn majesty al
these words: Therefore | say unto you" ett
They are the words of one who had in h
| hands all power in heaven and in earth, br
, | who for purpose and time had stopped t
. | become the servant of all.
''The kingdom of God,n no doubt, was tbs
! given to the Jews when the Lord called thel
| to himself to be "a peculiar treasure g
| hliiS,uOHi VI priests anu u Hoiy HdOioH l-A'
dus Xix, SO. And it was given to them {
: that time, as we have seen the vineyard wa
,, planted then. But it was conditioned O
Israers obedience.
V. H. The Jewish people fell on this stor
: and were broken. And or 1900 years the
have bean broken. But wound is IL
death. They have been sorely Wounds
. Thank God there is q :" balm in Gilea'
r There is physician there" The day
. Israels healing draws near. But when I'll
a stone smites the confederate nations-Dal
a ii, 3f 35-thaUis hot a wound, but destru
tion.
v. IS, &C. The truth cut home. They fe
the keenness of its edge, .he telling power
9 its thrust. They saw themselves in the pic
ure But their only reply was hatred mo
: intense and determination to pursue hi
even to the DEATH They could not deny Il
truth of his words. But they could put hi
Q out of the way. They could not extenua
their wrongs. They could only kill hi
who told them Of them.
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