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LESSON
CBy f. o. SELLERS, Director OF Eve
ming Department, The Moody biDie
Institute Of Chicagc.)
LESSON FOR JULY 20
THE WHEAT AND THE TAREs.

LESSON FOR JUL 20
THE WHEAT AND THE TAREs.
LESSON TExT-Matthew 1s:24-so; ss-4s
GOLDEN TEXT-"Gather up first the
tares. and bind them In bundles to burn
them: but gather the wheat into my
barn" Matt 1920.
The thirteenth chapter OF Mat
thew's gospel is the great Kingdom
chapter of the Bible. Seven parallels
In this chapter give US each OF seven
aspects or applications Of the princi-
pies of the kingdom. In this lesson
We are taught the mixed character OF
the kingdom and also OF the ultimate
separation OF two classes OF which It
Is composed. "A man." '. "a, goes
out to SOW good seed in his field. This
man we are told In '. 81 Is the Son
of Man. and elsewhere that the neld
Is the world, the hearts OF men. Then
followed the propagating stage, that
period over which man has no con-
troll. During this period while men
ate and slept awaiting the time Tor
cultivation and Of harvest, the enemy
of mems souls came and sowed tares.
the common darnel which 30 closely
resembles wheat in its earliest stages.
After this propagating period had
raised the man end his servants went
out ono day to find In their field evil
dence that another had also sown
seed. The test of every life Is the
fruit produced. During these earlier
stages the tares had looked 30 nearly
like the wheat as not to be readily
distinguished, but now that the Aar-
vest time approaches the difference 10
all Voc evident 1t is significant from
this parable that no blame Is laid
upon the servants that they should
have allowed the two to grow up dur
ing this first stage. Surprise. anger
and disappointment stirred the hearts
of the servants when they discovered
the mixed character OF the approach
ing harvest. The master, however.
clears them of all blame, for, said ne.
Our enemy hath done this Not m
enemy, as the King James version has
1t. Satan Is ubiquitous, but the Son
Of God Is greater than he. see |. Peter
1922.
PARALLELS He Taught
II the servants had sought to up
root the tares they would in all likely
hood have done more damage than
good. though this does not imply any
conflict with Jesus words as found In
Matthew 5:2s, 80. The seed had the
same environment and in Gods good
time the separation should take place.
80 "let both grow together" until both
be fully developed. Then he will say
to the reapers, gather first the tares
and burn them. but gather the wheat
into my barn. Notice the tares did
not evolve into wheat. Like begets
like. Gather into bundles is the
command. If we sin together, we must
expect to suffer together. The wheat
was ripe for full salvation, blessing
and a further usefulness. while the
tares we're ripe only for destruction.
After teaching these parallels, OF
which this is but one, Jesus sent the
multitude away and more fully and
completely taught his disciples the
inner meaning OF this parable. The
field is the world. and If We ask We
shall ave the heather for our Inherit
ance and the uttcrmost part OF the
world as a POSSESSION Cps 2;S). The
good seed are tie sens OF the King
dom, but the tares are the sons (chil-
dren) of the evil one. Both the sons
of the good and the sons of the bad
grow from, and develop out of seed.
the sons of the kingdom from the
good seed.
We must remember the three les
sons we have been studying. Tie
first concerned the nature Of the seed
and the sell; the second deals with
the mystery of the growth and devel-
crment of the Kingdom. whereas this
lesson has to co with the mixed.
World the Field.
As the Psalmist puts 1t (1:5), The
hU6Ouiy bAttii AOt StA-A0 IA SAO SaAe
rent, e. g., has no standing. nor sin
rers (abidc) in the congregation of
he righteous" 1t is not our place
10 gather the tares into bundles. God
viii send forth resrers ". 800 and his
rcrrers are the gels e.. S9). The
f.ct is We are here warned against
useless or pro1tless activity. Ours ID
to SOW the right seed and then stand
back and let God work. We are not
sven RESPONSE - for any process Of
separation, for God viii take care OF
his own and in his own time will
send forth his reapers who will do
what we would make sorry work
OF attempting to do. How often
We see men jealousy attempting the
separation process during the propa-