The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson XIII.-Second Quarter,
For June 26, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

36-43-Memory Verses, 81, 3s-Goid.
en- Text, Matt. xiii, 43-Commentary
Prepared by Rev. D. M. stearns.
In the second phase Of this present
age, the mysteries of the kingdom
set forth in the parable Of the tares
Of the field, our Lord so plainly states
that both will grow together until the
harvest, and that the harvest is the
end Of the age, that it is impossible
to understand how any one believing
His word can look for kingdom
during this age in which the will OF
God shall be done on earth as it il
done in heaven. The expression the
end Of the world" oversees 80, 40, 40;
xiv, 3; xviii, 20) is literally ''the
end Of the age" or 1.-THE contamination
Of the age" and is translated by the
latter phrase in the Rev. Yer. The
end Of the planet on which we live
is nowhere foretold. but even Peter,
who describes in strong language the
publication which will take place,
says, Nevertheless we, according to
His promise, look for new heavens
and a new earth wherein dwelleth
righteousness" He also tells us that
as the world in Noah's day persisted
by water the present world Is re-
served unto fire III Pet. iii, 81, 49,.
In this parable the good seed is not
the word of God. but those in whom
the seed Of the word has found good
soil and whom our Lord calls the
children of the kingdom" In / Cor.
Lii, 9, they are called Goods tillage."
In John xii, "a, our Lord taught that
IL we would bear fruit we must be
content to fall into the ground and
die. 1t is for Him to say where we
are to be planted, for the field is His,
although at present occupied by an
enemy. The sower Of the good seed
is the Son of Man; the other sower is
the enemy, the devil, and he sows
his own children, professedly religious
people like Cain John viii, A; John
iii. 1912. Outwardly they look like
wheat and no doubt think that they
are wheat, but the story Of Cain shows
where they stand and why he and
Abel both came to worship God, but
only Abel came in Gods appointed
way, revealed to Adam the way OF
sacrifice (Gen. iii, 21). Cain brought
the best he had, but there was no con-
fession OF guilt, no sacrifice, no she'd
ding of blood. The multitude of such
today are tares, not wheat; children
of the wicked one, not the children of
God. Their end is the furnace of fire
where there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth. The language is
fearful, but it is never used in refer
ence to the openly wicked. only in
reference to those who profess to be
what they are not, the deceived ones
OF the devil Matt viii, II; xiii. AZ, so;
xxi, IS; xiv, 81; XIV. 80: Luke xiii.
2S). See also what is written OF those
who hear the gospel, but obey it not,
in II Thess. /, 10; John iii, IS, SO.
From the time when the devil de-
ceived Eve by making her believe
that he would do better for her than
God. up to the very end Of this age,
when he will persuade people that to
make a living they must join the
union of this or that nature, or, in
other words, receive the mark of the
beast Rev. xiii, 10, he has been
most persistent deceiver, destroyer,
liar, murderer. See in Rev. xiv, Oil;
XIV, "a. the doom Of all who worship
the beast and the bliss of all who
prefer death to the prosperity of the
devil. Jas. l. u; Rev. Ii. 10, are good
words of strong consolation. We must
not think Of the taking away of the
lowing that great event for which the
righteous wait or should be waiting,
the coming of the Lord to the air for
His saints Il Thess. iv. 1913; / Cor
XIV. 51-53; Tit. Ii, ID; Cor /, Z; Thess.
/, 10l. the man OF sin shall be revealed.
the antichrist, with his companion the
false prophet. and the age will run on
for some years during the time of the
great tribulation, the time Of Jacobs
trouble. when the sealed ones of Israel
shall be preserved and great multi
tude OF redeemed gathered from all
/ nations. Then at the crisis Of iniquity.
| when the devil shall have done his
worst. the Lord Jesus shall come with
all His saints for the overthrow Of
all His enemies. the conversion Of
Israel and the establishment Of His
| kingdom. Tt is then that. according
| to verse 43 Of our chapter, ''the
righteous shall shine forth as the sun
In the kingdom of their Father
Compare Dan. XII. 1-3: Zech. xiv. 40;
| Thess. fiji. 10; Ii Thess. /. 10. Then
shall the devil be shut up in the pit
Tor 1000 years. while his companions
the beast and the false prophet shall
60 to the lake of fire REV. xix and XXX.
How fearful will be the ending of
| this evil age when the Lord cometh
out OF His Dlace to punish the inhab-
! ltants OF the earth for their iniquity.
but what comfort to know that His
people shall be hidden safely during
! the time OF The Indignation Qsa. XVI,
1920. When we attempt to consider
the suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ
as the sinners substitute. the indie
scribable agonies OF Gethsemane and
! Calvary. we get some faint idea OF
/ Gods hatred of sin, the nature OF sin
and OF the yrath OF God. If we are
not truly children Of God redeemed
i by that precious blood. the wrath of
God will ne our portion. no matter
| what our religious profession may be.
for II is the blood that maketh an
atonement for the soul, and without