Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-08-31
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson X.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. a, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Text Of the Lesson, Matt. xxi, 33-4e
Memory Verses, IS. 46-GoIden Text.
Matt xxi. 43-commentary Pro.
pared by Rev. D. M. Stesrn..

These liarahies of the Iast week of
His minisir, must nave been. In His
estimation. very important, closing. AZ
they did. His final appeals 10 the nm.
ton. How much do they moan IN ms,
That of the two sons is recorded only
by Matthew. These OF our lesson are
found in Matthew. Mark and Luke.
10 the vineyard parable of the last
chapter the topic was the laborers and
their wages. but here II IS the I'll treat
ment of the servants and OF the son
himself by those who ought to have
rendered the fruits TO the house
holder. How often the words come TO
US as we write these notes: He was
In the world. aud the world was made
by Him, and the world knew Him nor
He came unto Ills own and His own
received Him not. But as many as re-
ceived Him tc them gave He the
right TO become the sons OF God" Oohn
1. 1922. The world by its wisdom
knows not God q Cor. 4. 21). Israel
chosen and dealt with as no other M
ton. Knocked the messengers of God
and despised His words and misused
His prophets until the wrath Of the
Lord arose against His people till
there was no remedy Ql Sam. vii. %:
III Chron. x1xvi. 16l. How much
worse will be the doom OF those who
at the end Of this age know not God
and obey not the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ Oh Thess. 1. 7-9l.
If you think Of Israel as the vine
yard Of the Lord lisa V. 10 consider
how He could have done more for her
than He did and endeavor to answer
the question. Wherefore brought II
forth Wild grapes? II you think Of the
church OF today or OF this age and of
our Lords saying. Herein is my Pa
ther glorihed. that We bear much fruit'
John XIV. 81. where is the much fruit
ness. the fruit unto life eternal? from
vi. %: VII. 1: John Nv. 36l Might He
not say OF ny. as he did of Israel. AN
empty vine bringing forth fruit unto
Himself: Hos. Z. ~ Last OF all lie
sent unto them His Son (verse 81.
God. who ut sundry times and In
divers manners spAke I'm time past
unto the fathers by the prophets. hath
In these last days spoken unto us by
His Son" (IIeb. 1. 1-3I. The house OF
Judah cast Him out and killed Him.
Today many who profess to be His
friends are saying He was born like
other men. lie did not know as much
as some who are now alive. He did
not suffer for our sins. He never rose
from the dead. He wrought no mira
cles. He Will never come again. there
Ii no devil and no hell. Which are the
worst-thOSe TO whom He addressed
this parable or those who in our day
take Him away from US. and His word
and His salvation. and leave US nothing
but the reason and wisdom Of men?
We shall learn from the lessons fol-
lowing some OF the things He will d,
when he comes again. but here He
tells us how He was about to deal with
Israel as uation. As before the cap
uvity In Babylon de gave them forty
years. during which He pleaded with
them by jeremiah the prophet. so ut
the time Of our lesson there were
scarce forty years before them until
Jerusalem should be destroyed and the
nation scattered. never to be q nation
again during this age. But as we
have watched the Zionist movement
OF the past ten years and this very
year O9l0 see the possibility OF
Mesopotamia being occupied by the
Jews and Babylon being restored as q
commercial center and remember such
words as these-"He that scattered
Israel Will gather him and keep him
as shepherd doth his fiock:' They
shall call Jerusalem the throne Of the
Lord. and all the nations shall be
gathered unto 1t. to the name Of the
Lord to Jerusalem" DER. XXI. 10; iii.
live cannot but ask. Where are
We in the working out of His purpose.
and how near may we possibly be- to
the end of this evil age? His cues
ton TO them ought to be heart cues
ton for us. Did We never read In the
Scriptures;" Verse 421 And it should
set us searching in this connection the
wonderful story Of The Stone OF
Israel from Gen. xix. "a. on through
Ps. cxviii. %. with its other y. Il.
references besides the one In our les
son. such as Acts ~. II; Eph. II. 20
I Pet. II. 4. I. Then lisa viii. II: xviii.
16. and on to the stone Of Dan. II. "a.
IS. A.. A.. when He will come In His
glory break N pieces the nations and
set up His kingdom. which will I'll al
the earth with His glory.
For the benefit OF those who have
not a Scofeld Bible ! will quote his
note on verse ~ OF our lesson: Christ
as the Stone is revealed in three
fold way first. to Israel. Christ. com
ing not IA a splendid monarch. but I'm
the form OF n servant. IL stumbling
stone and ROCK of Offensf. Qsa rIu IL