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LESSON
By e. o. SELLERS. Director Of Eve.
ming Department. The Moody Bibls
Institute Of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JULY %
THE WHEAT AND THE rAREs.

LESSON TExT-Matthew u:24-3o; se-4s.
GOLDEN TExT-"Gather up first the
tares. and bind them in bundles to burn
them: but gather the wheat into my
barn" Matt. 1870.
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
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 for
cultivation and Of harvest, the enemy
of mems souls came and sowed tares,
the common darnel which 80 closely
resembles wheat in its 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
.ruit produced. During these earlier
stages the tares had looked 80 nearly
ike the wheat as not to be readily
distinguished, but now that the har.
rest time approaches the difference is
Ill too evident 1t is significant from
his parable that no blame is laid
lpon the servants that they should
nave allowed the two to grow up dur.
ng this first stage. Surprise, anger
and disappointment stirred the hearts
,f the servants when they discovered
he 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 tine King James version has
i. Satan is ubiquitous, but the Son
II God is greater than he, see !. Peter
1922.
Parallels He 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 5:29, 30. The seed had the
same environment and in Gods good
.ime the separation should take place.
so ''let both grow together" until both
20 fully developed. Then he will say
o the reapers. gather first the tares
md burn them, but gather the wheat
nto my barn. Notice the tares did
not evolve into wheat. Like begets
ike. 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 a further usefulness, while the
.ares were 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
lleld Is the world. and II We ask We
shall have the heather for our Inherit
ance and the uttermost part Of thu
world as a possession (Ps 2:S). The
good seed are the sons Of the king
jom, but the tares are the sons (chil
iren) OF the evil one. Both the sons
II 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 seed
and the soil: the second deals with
the mystery OF the growth and devel
opment OF the kingdom, whereas thii
lesson has to do with the mixed.
World tho Field.