The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-06-28
The
Sundays School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR JULY 3.
subject: Pictures of the Kingdom
Matt 13:31-33, 44-52 Commit
to Memory Verse A.

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TIME.-A. d. 28.
| PLACE.-By the Sea Of Galilee.
near Capernaum.
EXPOSITION. - 1. outvarfR
Growth and Inward Rot, 31-S3. Two
more parallels of growth ana ho+h
about the kingdom of heaven, The
parable of the mustard seed shows
the marvellous outward growth Of tbs
kingdom from the smallest begin
nfngs. Christ began His work with a
few obscure men. and it spread until
the nations took shelter in its
branches. Some would take the birds
0f heaven here to be evil spirits, as In
verses and 10. but it is not safe to
take the imagery OF one parable over
into another. The reference seems
rather to be to Ezek. 1928. "a. where
the birds represent the nations. But
another growth is taking place. "leay-
| en- Tor yeast, the product of putre-
factlon1 within. Leaven is every
/ Wnere in the Bible type of corrup-
ton. We have an inspired interpre-
tation OF this parable in Cor. SIC.
q; Gal. $3.50. The woman. the amos
tate church, mixed 'the leayen" IF
false doctrine Matt. 1876, 12) into
! the children's bread and the whole
! doctrine and life of the church was
leavened. History fulfilled this pre-
/ diction
III. Finding Without Seeking. A..
In this parable the great value of the
kingdom is brought out, it is treas
ure hidden from the eyes of men.
jesus spoke the words in land where
| treasure was often hidden for security
and
The man in this case stumbled on the
treasure without seeking for it. He
represents the man who stumbIes on
the Gospel truth entirely without his,
own seeking. The fact that the field
represents the world in the parable of
the tares does not necessitate our in
terpretIng it as the world in this par
able. In verse "A the treasure repre-
sents one thing and in verse So some
thing entirely different. The man
had to sell all that he had to get the
field and the treasure it contained.
and we must give up all If we would
gain Christ and the treasure that is
in Him Gu. 1888. What the man
sold and gave UP was little indeed
in comparison with what he got,
and what we sell or give up to
gain Christ is little indeed in
comparison with what we get (Phil.
81, 81. 1t is not likely that this
man, after he got his treasure, talked
much OF the sacrifice he had made in
order to acquire it. 1t is the constant
teaching of the Bible that salvation is
a. free gift (Eph. 2:8, Rom. spa.
but there is sense in which grace is
bought" lisa. 55.1; Rev. 3:8: Prov
1929; Matt. 25:9, 100, there are
sacrifices that must be made if we are
60 obtain eternal life. Jesus sought
treasure in US in this world and
gave up that He had in order to gain
it e. Cor, SO; 1920.
III. Seeking and Finding, As, 40.
There is a similarity between this
parable and the preceding and also a.
inference. In the preceding parable
the treasure was found by one not
looking for it. In this parable the
one who finds the pearl of great price
Is seeking goodly pearls So there are
those who. are earnestly seeking the
truth when they find the kingdom.
such are represented by this parable
tcf. Job 28:12, IS, Is, 18). The
pearls sought were wisdom or truth
In general; the One Pearl found is He
IN whom all truth is incarnate Ono.
1879. Jesus is the one Pearl of
~ Cob I1tGCs III verse IL LQG man
bought the field, not for itself, but
Tor what was in it. In this case the
man bought the pearl for itself. Men
often seek to gain Christ for what
they can get in Him, but we ought to
seek Him for what He is Himself.
me one seeking goodly pearls needed
70 pc on his guard against imposition.
ana SO do we need to be on our guard
IN this day when there are so many
talse Christs and so many false sys-
TENS. The man did wisely when he
sold all his other pearls to gain this
One pearl, and we do wisely when we
part with all other pearls to gain the
one Pearl of Great Price.
Nv. Gathering of Every Kind. a.
so. In its outward manifestation the
Kingdom OF heaven at first gathers.
of every kind, good fish and bad fish.
me sea into which it is cast is the
sea OF the nations The time will
come when the net win be full and
then Will come the separation. The
pad nsh represent the wicked (49;
CT. $50. The good fish the righteous.
Ine good hsh are gathered into a
place OF safety. The bad are cast
away and burned. The separation
takes place "at the end of the are.v
The angels will do the separating.
The furnace of fire represents the ul-
innate destiny of the wicked.
v. Giving Forth the Treasure
Found, 81, 81. 1t is an important
question that oHr Lord puts as He
brings TO close the seven parallels.
He is putting the same question to us
to-day. There is only one way that
we can understand the teaching of
Christ Himself, by the Holy Spirit q
Jno. $50; Jno. 16:12-14; $500;
Cor. 2:14; Jas. 1850. The disciples
said they understood, but it is doubt
full ifthey did Matt. 1911; NIX. ~
lS; 1871, 50; S:15). Neither do we
always understand when we think we
90. The one who is really instructed
IN the kingdom will prove it by inn
parting the treasure to others also.
the truly instructed scribe does not
hesitate to bring forth old things as
wen as new. Neither is he afraid Of
the new