Evening journal., 1905-09-25
THE GOSPEL
OF THE KINGDOM
Eleventh Study in Exposition
of Book of Matthew by
Pastor Pettingill
JOHNS QUESTION
AND JESUS ANSWER

llngiu, OF North Baptist Church.
In this chapter we may clearly see
the clouds of rejection and hatred
gathering about the head of Israers
Messiah. He had come unto His own.
land His own received Him not. They
had looked for a King Who should
bring deliverance to Israel and this
Man was as a root out of dry ground.
He had no form nor comeiiness. and
mo beauty such as they desired to see
i'm Him. Thus He was despised and
rejected Of men; a Man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief, and His
iown people. His kinsmen according to
the flesh. His beloved Israel. hid their
faces from Him, despsing Him and
lesteeming Him not.
"The Lamb of God was on His way
TO the cross of Calvary. AS the SIM
lOmering for His people, He must die
without the camp. He would bear
their griefs and carry their sorrows
leven though they abhorred Him. They
lesteemed Him stricken. smitten Of
lGod, and afflicted for His own sins:
but not so, for He had no sins. He
was the Sinless One. ever holy. harm
less, undehled and separate from sin
Iners. But while enduring the contra
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: was bearing their sins. being wound
ed for their transgressions and bruis-
ed for their iniquites The chastise-
: ment Of their peace was upon Him and
j with His stripes they were to be heal
{ ed. All they like sheep had gone
lastray they had turned every one to
his own way; and Jehovah had laid
on him the iniquity of them all. Elsa.
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But were they not justified in
looking for a great and glorious King?
d Had not God revealed through their
prophets that the Coming one should
sit on Davids throne exalting His
nation to the very highest place
amongst the nations of the earth? Was
it not written that Jehovah should
raise unto David a righteous Branch,
and a King should reign and prosper
Z and execute justice and judgment in
the earth? That i'm His days Judah
, should be saved and Israel should dwell
safely and that His name should be
called jehovah -Tsidkeenu? Jeremiah
23) And had it not been promised
over and over again that in connection
with His advent and exaltation as
, King over the Whole Earth (Zechariah
ll4) the people of Israel should be gath
2 cred into their own land. being for
evermore delivered from the thralldom
of alien rule? deuteronomy 80: 1-6.
- Isaiah 18th and 18th chapters; Eze-
kiel s6th and 37th chapters. etc.)
yes. all this Is true. 1t is a great
- error to charge the people of Israe
g with gross and carnal views becaus,
! they looked for a King and a King.
a dom to be manifested on the earth
n God had promised all this and mucl
, lmore. But the Scriptures also de
& clared that this same Messiah shoul,
! be vicarious sufferer. bearing Hi
lpeople's sins. (See Isaiah SO. above
10 He was to be crucihed psalm %: 16
4 IZech. 12: 10; 1S: 81; He must be GU
4 off. though not for Himself. (Danie
v 9. 26)
"The Jews. therefore. are not tS
d lbe censured for believing the plail
n Testimony Of the Prophetic Word con
i cerning the Messiahs glory. but the,
al ought TO have gone on and believed al
10 so the equally plain testimony OF tina
n Prophetic Word concerning the Mes
= siah's suffering. 1t was for this tina
"a the risen Lord Jesus upbraided Hi
g own disciples whom He overlook ol
the way to Emmaus. Luke 24) {
q FOOLS He exclaimed-'O fools. an
,s slow Of heart to believe all that tn
" prophets have spoken. Ought no
"A Christ to have suffered these things
n land to enter into His glory2 And be
ginning at Moses and all the prophets
,s He expounded unto them In all tn
: scriptures the things concerning Him
10 self Tvs. 25-27)
20 What would the same risen Lor
s say today to those disciples who hav
40 practically given up the Biblical hop
\ of His return to fulhll His promise
s, to Israel? Would He not again or
N out, % fools. and slow of heart to be
mr. lieve all that the prophets have spo
tv keng Having experienced the suffer
inq, ought not the Christ now to enjo
the glory, according to the promise
= The suffering is past-let us than
p God for that. The glory win surel
lfollow-let us thank God for that. TT
Il Scriptures have not left us i'm doul
l. about IL. God is Just now visiting II
Gentiles TO take out Of them peop
lfor His name After this is complei
NJ led-after the Church of God is full
h lgathered out-'after this His ow
as word for il. after this ] viii retur
on land will build again the tabernacle
NJ David, which is fallen down; and l wi
~ build again the RUNS lncltoif anu
,,, will set il up. that the residue Of me
90 might seek after the Lord, and all q
N Identities. upon whom My name is cal
h. ed. saith the Lord, Who doeth all the
Ial things (Acts Is: Is. 10 May v
os lever pray to be delivered from the av
ful sin OF unbelief. which doth so en-
IA, luy beset us-the terrible blasphen
-, lof making God a liari May we ev
ne lbe quick of scent in the things of q
A Lord lisa. Il: 3. margin) so that v
be shall believe all that the prophets ha'
~ lspoken! Having entered into the ril
dement's Of the sufferings of the Chris
" llet us be always rejoicing in the no
ru lof the glory that shall follow.
he In the eleventh and twelfth cha
he ters OF Matthew. Israels rejection
1.-THE Messiah is fully manifested, fc
llowed I'm chapter 13 by His rejects
OF the nation and His forecast of q
ON Kingdom in its mystery form duril
for the personal absence of the King.
,ke this will become clear as we go q
For the present we are concerned wi
ave the eleventh chapter.
OF "'And II came TO pass, when Jes
: had made an end of commanding l.
re. twelve disciples, He departed then
80 Ito teach and preach in their citie
,.t l(v. ID The Lord Jesus is always /
timately associated with His servar
lin their work. Though they may n
20" see Him. yet is He laboring wi
X then, a. Is even so TODAY Wh