The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-03-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson XII.-First Quarter, FoH
March 22, 1914.
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Msnery Verses, 10. a9---Go'dsn Tsxt,
Asatt. vii, 21-comppentary Prepared
BY Rev. @. vi. stoarns. j..
The topic Of this study Is entitled
'Less9pa b. the Way and tp the
Verses for today we haze lessons for
all the way, always eentering upon
Him who Is '*he zEaE,n hated By His
a~dversaries, rejoiced in by His people
tverse 10. There Z tEl 2 IL m,pctA In the les
con concerning the kingdom, for which
He taught us to pray TO our Father in
Heaven, saying ''Thy kingdom come"
We must distinguish betYeea the pres
emit age. during which the kingdom is
| postponed and which our Lord spoke
Of as 1.-The mystery Of the kingdon Of
God" mark ~, ~, and the kingdom
itself to lhe set ND On this earth at
His second coming In glory.
The two parallels or BUR lesson must
be studied in the light Of their setting
not only here, but as frst recorded In
Matt, xiii. The closing verses Of our
lesson chapter tell Of the desolahon
Of Jerusalem lliaaa! "Hs gERaallll Come
again. But when the kingdom comes
Jerusalem shall be the throne OF the
| Lord, a city Of &r1lth and r. praise In
the earth der. III. IL; Hech. Eiii, 8;
lisa. Xii, 60. In Ps. eli, 16, It is written
that the Lord viii build up Zion when
he shall appear IN HIS glory. The
kingdom was at hand Yhep QuF Lord
| was bare In humiliation, 90 was
preached by OLE Lord Rimself, and by
His apostles. as well as BY John the
Him ard Filled Him he plainly told
them that the kihnggdd22mm FqAld 9st eops
TIL His return from the far cQuptrH
duke xix, IL, a2l. He did not begin
to speak In parab3as uRtal they deter
mined TO kill Him Matt XII, III. Then
folloWs'1ln Matt. xxiilt the seyfR Psrableg
describing 'tAia age Qf the mystery af
the kingdom. Tha parallels OF the
1 anustard seed and OF the leaven In
7 this lssgenl aEe EeReetAit4ons Of tWp Of
those, ffhha. fformpaer ssppeakipg af O grRat
tree with birds in the branches and
&he latter OF leaven In the food.
In explaining the parable Of the sow>
pr our Lord said that the birds repre-
6ented the wicked n CMatt. xiii, 4,
10, and q symbol once explained
stands. We have seen IN a recent les
son that heaven is always a symbol of
evil. The teaching therefore IS that
in this age Of the mystery Of the king
dom OF the time betXEaan the naSection
and the coming of the kingdom, many
followers Of the wicked one will pro-
I TESS t0' be Interested, but the teaching
will become thoroughly corrupt, and
tares, the work Of the devil Matt xiii.
SO, '39J, will be found with the wheat
till the end of this age. To all these
deceived and deceiving ones He Will
have to say, IT knew You not whence
ye ara; depart from me, all ye work.
! ers Of 1niquity'' oversees 26, 20. Many
shall come from all parts Of the earth
to sbare and en5oY the kingdom, while
many who thought themselves deserv-
ling Of it shall find their place where
there is weeping and ~gnashing Of teeth
\ hverses 2s, 29).
Il We must ponder we'll and lay to
heart the words OF our Lord to n OF
the best and most religious IaIen Of his
day, Except q man be born Of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into
the kingdom Of Sod" (5ehn lii, 81,
Judging frsm the denial IN III own
times, 81 tina Fundamental truths of
the gpsnal, 1t 10 TO he feared that many
church members and many ministers
and missionaries AaEs never been born
again. 1t Ia not Tor Us to talk about
Sour ov poory haip1 ooyaS INIT ~ Sa mo-
santial that each should know for
himself that ha is saved By receiving
tie lord Jesus Christ as his personal
Saviour, and that appropriattng the
great truth 1.-THE Son of God loved me
ana gave Himself for me-" "Kis own
GGal. T. ri: I eeef. Il, a.. IL Is abs
to say, II know that my Rsdeeznsg
ltEeth,:. II know whom I have be-
iiaved'' and, Craving come to Him. y
ann not cast opt" COB xix, %: III Tim
1, Id; Sohn vi, 81. It is stu the acs
cepted time, and the day of salvatiou
| for all who will come, but VIII. q once
the door is shpt It will be too late,
Ehers will come @ time when the de-
spisers and haters Of truth shall call
and get no answes, shall seek and shall
NOT Hipd PFQY, |, 24s3ll: Our Ie9Ed said
that unbelieverg shall die In their sims,
and thus dying, cannot eoRa whare Hs
IL (5ehn~VAi, %, 90. 4As In, the days
Of Noah, it will be shut in or shut out.
In this age ef che mystery or the
postponeEnans ef the kingdom. the SpiE-
1t i'd, like the ssrxant Of Abraham, ten.
ing ne the riches OF the Father and
The Son and seeking q bride for tins
S0R, or, IN other %woordg, gathering
from all nations By the preaching o.
the gospel Of the risen Christ the
church or body ef Christ, but we must
meyer confound the church with The
kingdom: The Church VIII reign with
Christ In the Kingdom, but the king;
/ dom will include all nations, as it Il
said in Dan. VII, 27, tsThe kingdom and
/ dominion and the greatness De the
d kingdom under the whole heaven
There may be Js0nae great surprises
awaiting Us when we shall see Abra
' ham, ana Isasc and Jacob and all the
~ prophets iii the kingdom OF God, ana
, the twelve apostles oQ thrones dudgins
She twelve tribes, Of IsSaal fvarse q
and chapter xxi, 30.
His reference to the two days ans
!. the third day (32) may point to th,
= 1900 years Of this age, and the mex
thousand, which will be His reign d
righteousness and peace
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