Newark post., 1910-02-23
(Matt. I: 1920

shall enter into the Kingdom of
Heaven, but he that doeth the will
OF my Father which is in heaven"
Matt. 7: FL.
Go the right way. Be guided
by the right men, Test men by
what they do, not by what they
say. Profession will not avail in
the Judgment. Doing Gods will
is the key to heaven. Build right.
Your work will endure. Build
wrong it will perish.
That is the whole of this fine
NOTES.
Us. IS. 1t requires action to
become resident of the Kingdom
OF Heaven. One cannot sit in a
boat and be waited in by the
winds. Enter" is the word. Each
soul for its~lf. cannot enter for
you, nor you for me.
There is a gate. t othc King.
dom OF Heaven. 1t is narrow. too.
1t IS always wide enough for the
soul that Christ escorts. But re-
-nlGllber Il -lS---a-.2 -2ate- and -9altes-
mean not only admission, but also
exclusion.
Jesus did not hesitate to say
destruction There are many
now who say there is no such
thing. This one teacher said there
was. With whom do YOU stand,
the many or the One?
vs.. IA. The only additional
thought in this verse is few"
How strange it seems that Christ
should open the gate for all man
kind, and only the few should find
it. Is salvation limited? BY no
means. But the broad road is at
tractive. The crowd is there. Al
ways men have liked to be with
the crowd
Us. IS. The sheep and the
wolves are brought into strong
contrast here. The sheep is the
aninlal symbol of innocence: the
wolf OF treachery. violence. deceit
and ruin. A false teacher is false
light on the shore. A false tea
cher is misleading sign-board.
Worse than that. He is a wolf
within, signboard is tot. \ wolf
means to kill its victim. There
has been no time since Jesus said
this when men have needed to be
more wary. Bew9re of false tea
chers, false ministers. false exposi-
tors of the Gospel OF Christ.
vs.. 10. 10 be on guard is easy.
Look at the fruit on the tree. DO
YOU want grapes; Iou know
where to go. Be as wise in fol
lowing teachers as YOU are il,
gathering fruit.
VS.. y. The tree OF the parable
IS man. \ good man does good
things. Not always. But the sum
OF the direction of his life is good
Vice versa. Influence that springs
from action is more power III than
that from worCs.
vs.. 49, That cannot" is far
reaching. 1t needs modification
sometimes. Insects may sting the
lrult ere it ripcns. But it is not.al1e
truit-bearins power of the tree that
spoiIs the fruit. 1t is the evils
from without that attack that
make the trouble. The good tree
starts its fruit as it should But
an evil, worthless tree cannot do
that.
vs.. 10. Remember, Jesus was
talking about men and calling
them, in illustration, trees. Bad
trees are burned for fuel. That is
all they can be used for. Get them
out Of the way. Use the ground
Tor good trees. Did Jesus leave
anything unsaid here: Was he !
thinking that evil teachers, men
who lead others astray, men whose
lite product is only evil, will Ee sent
to destruction2
vs.. 90. 'Whcrcfore." That is
equivalent to saying, Il will give
you a test by which you may al
ways know the good from the bad. |
lest men. Watch their fruits.
Mr.. Beecher once said, Some
men prav cream, and live skim
milk That was homely farm
erism' for this same idea.
Us. 2I. Now comes the broad |
statement OF the principle of mem
bership i'll the Kingdom. TO call
Jesus 'Lord" gives no entrance to
the Kingdom to those who fail to
do Gods will.
Not every one admits some,
While, it excludes some. Think that