The Red Cloud chief., 1912-07-25


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 1t
Is composed. "A man." v. "a, goes
out to SOW good seed in his field. This
man we are told in v. 81, is the Son
Of Man, and elsewhere that the field
ls 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 for
cultivation and Of harvest. the enemy
of mems souls came and sowed tares,
the common darnel which SO closely
resembles wheat in It's earliest stages.
After this propagating period had
passed the man and his servants went
out one day to find in their field evi.
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 har.
vest time approaches the difference 10
all too evident. 1t is significant from
this parable that no blame is laid
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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 he,
"Our enemy hath done this" Not an
enemy. as the King James version has
It. Satan is ubiquitous, but the Son
Of God is greater than he. see l. Peter
3:22.
Parabies Hs Taught.
II the servants had sought to up.
.oot 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 6:29. 80. The seed had the
same environment and in Gods good
time the separation should take place
so "let both grow together" until both
be fully developed. Then he will say
to the reapers. gather first the tarei
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. II we sin together. we must
expect to suffer together. The wheat
was ripe for full salvation, blessing
and further usefulness, while the
tares were ripe only for destruction.
After teaching these parallels. oi
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 II We ask We
shall have the heather for our inherit
ance and the uttermost part OF the
world as a possession FPS 2:8). The
good seed are the sons 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. The
first concerned the nature Of the seet
and the soil; the second deals will
the mystery of the growth and devel
opment OF the kingdom, whereas thi'
lesson has to do with the mixed.
World the Field.
As the Psalmist puts 1t u:6). "Th'
angodly shall not stand in the 1udg
ment. e. E., has no standing, nor sin