The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-04
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Sunday School Lesson Tor May 8. 1906
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soweth. that shan he also reap" Gal.G1
| TIME. Autumn. A. IL. Is. the same as last
lesson.
PLACE.-on shore OF Lake OF Gallee.
probably near Canernaum.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES. New
Testament picture OF Devl. Matt. ait.
lS:l9. Luke q 81: John 1872; 2 Cor 2il.n.8
Il; Eph. GIL. Thes. AIS 2 Tim. 2.e6. Ict
s.s. = Rev. 2.l0. 1919; 20l-S 7-l0 Compare
tho field is the world" with Nal. III. Matt
s:ll. lS.3l-S3. lsl9, Mark 1915. John d. ls.
sl6 Acts lis. Rev. 5.i3. Angels Luke =,
Heb l;li. Matt. ls.io. 4:6: 2i.sl. Cor ts
il:lo; Col 2iS. Rev 22.s. 3. Matt . rs
Day OF judgment: Matt 1871 chaps !.
a5. Cor. $40, Tim Al. Pee. 81. Hct.
DR. Ia. The destruction OF the tares ty
Gre. lisa. 1924, 1915. Il. Nal ~. Matt. s.I..
i:lg. Heb. as. 1921.
" "a. Put tie forth Better, sex
before them" As one srreads a mea
before mis- guests. THE kingdom o.
heaven is likened unto" perplex
aindrance 10 the grow h OF the king
iom may be discerned by considering a
aot uncommon occurrence by which
The growth OF wheat in field was hin
iered. Good seed" Pure seed OF tie
grain he wished TO raise. unmixed Wit
seed OF any other kind.
" %. while men slept" During
he night. or while those In charge OF
the field. were forgetful. Enemy
,owed tares." A more diabolical device
Tor wreaking vengeance upon an ene-
ny can scarcely be imagined. 'Tares"
The original has a particle indicating
hat this sowing was over. or. on top
If. what had previously been sown.
V. 20. Brought forth fruit B.
gan to head. Not until that stage OF
growth was reached did any difference
between the two kinds OF shoots ap-
pear
V. q. "Didst thou not sow" A
.orm OF question, assuming that an af-
irmative answer is expected. Whence
hath II tares?" A few stray tares
would have caused no surprise and
would have been carefully wesded out.
as they are in that land TO this day.
out such an abundance OF them was
found in this field that even the sery
ants questioned the advisability Of
this.
V. 20. Nay lest we root up the
wheat" The roots OF the two sorts Of
plants were by this time so interwined
that any attempt at separation would
be sure to cause death to the wheat
V. 30. The harvest" The time for
cutting the ripened grain. Gather
first the tares" This would be
matter of no small difficulty. Burn
them" This would be done in an
oven.
V. sc. Then . into the house
II seems probable that the multitude
dispersed (Rev. Ver) because Jesus,
having left the boat, went at once
with the twelve and other earnest dis
ciples into the house-His own or that
Of some disciple--from which He mad
come when He set out for this walk
TO the sea. Declare (explain)
the parable" This request was evil
dence that the hearts OF these. IKE
good ground, were eager to receive
and retain the truth. Jesus had as
sured them (V. III. as He assures us
that 10 those who earnestly desire and
seek TO understand spiritual truth. IL
will be made plain. 'Of the tares 81
the field They had seized the char
acteristic feature OF the teaching, az
their words show
V. 81, 80. He that soweth the
Son OF Man" Jesus uses OF Himself
an accepted Messianic title. The field
the world" We are apt TO mar
row our conception OF the field. The
whole of this material globe on which
we live. with all its races of men. IS
the field God loves TO cultivate. Good
seed children of the Kingdom
In the earlier parable the good seed
represented the word of Cod. Here Il
represents those who have received
the Word into their hearts. Not all
read Gods truth from the Bible. but
all Judge of 1t from the lives of Chris
tians. Jesus is called the Word OF
God John ~, and surely each Chris
tian should work out in his life the
truth which his heart receives, and
thus pass on the Heavenly Fathers
message to others. Children Of the
wicked one" Such as have SO yield
ed their hearts TO evil influences that
they exhibit characteristics OF wicked
ness in their lives John SAD.
V. 80. The enemy is the devil
Jesus always recognized the devil as
real person The end of the world.
The end of this present age. The word
here translated world" is not the one
thus rendered in V. 3S. That refers TO
the physical world; this, TO the com
pletion OF an era. "Reapers are the
angels" Gods messengers OF another
order than man.
V. 40, AL "Tares gathered and
burned The burning Of the tares
pictured the final destruction of all
evil" "All that ofends.' Literally,
cause stumbling "-that is. whatever
causes any to fall into sin. Each OF
us is either a stepping-stone helping
Others to rise Godward, or stumbling
block.
Practical Points.
V. "a. We should continually work,