Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-02-13

We have seen how they counted Jesus
ms one beside himself, and doing his
works In the power Of the devil. and
how they determined to kill him MARK
SO, 20, 21), or as II Is written In Jno.
l:l0. IL. ale was in the world, ard
the world was made by him, and the
world knew him not: He came unto
his own, and his own received him not. "
According to the prediction Of the
prophet, he is despised and rejected
Of men, a man Of sorrows and ae-
ouainted with grief cut off out
of the land of the living" The Mes
siah shall be cut of and have nothing
lisa. So IS, s; Dan. 9 &c Margin. This
being their treatment of him and his
kingdom which was at hand but re-
1ected, and therefore postponed till ne
shall come again. He began to teach
In parallels that they might not per
ceive and not understand Tvs. IL, l2).
A parable has been called an earthly
story with a heavenly meaning, hiding
the truth from the indolent and unbe-
heving, but keeping II for the diligent
who hunger for the truth. See In
verses 10, II how he explained his par
ables TO some of his disciples when
they were alone with him, telling them
that unto them 1t was given to know
the mystery of the kingdom of God,
but unto them that are without (hav-
ing of their own accord shut them
selves out by their unbelief), all these
things are done in parallels. Note that
these parallels concern the mystery Of
the kingdom of Goo, or as In Matt.
1911, the kingdom of heaven. for the
terms are often used anonymously
and the origin of each is found in Dan,
2 "A, where we read that the God of
heaven shall set up a kingdom which
shall break In pieces and consume all
Kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
These parallels do not concern that
kingdom but the present age of the re-
lection of that kingdom which he calls
the mystery Of the kingdom of God or
of heaven. study of the word ''mys-
terry" will be great help to all who
desire TO understand II.
The kingdom is one of the most
clearly revealed things in the Bible,
but that an age should intervene be-
tween the rejection of the kingdom and
the return Of the King TO set it up is
the mystery, explained in mis- parallels
and elsewhere In the New Testament
His teaching by the seaside is very
suggestive, for it is written in Matt.
1871, "The same day went Jesus out
of the house and sat by the seaside"
He sat in a boat and the multitude
the house makes us think Of Matt.
3 IS. 80, Behold your house is left
unto you desolate. for say unto you.
We shall not see me henceforth. till
We shall say, Blessed is he that cometh
in the name Of the Lord" That will
be his return in glory TO set up his
kingdom. Now as TO the parable of
the sower and the seed recorded In
Matthew, Mark and Luke. and ex-
planned by him privately. and concern
ing which he said. Know We not this
parable, and how then will We know
all parables?' Tvs. 1s). Note a few
things in his explanation. The seed
is the word OF God duke SAD; the
sower must be himself through his fol-
lowers; the soil is the hearts Of those
L.
envy, the devil, who hates the seed and
those who receive il. The seed on
three kinds OF soil seems 10 accom-
plish nothing, but on the fourth kind
OF soil there Is a varying result de-
scribed as thirty, sixty and an hun
dredfold.
The only seed is the word of God
the incorrupuble seed of the Word
which liveth and abideth forever q
Pet. 1920 concerning which he
said, The words that speak unto
you are spirit and are life;" and con-
corning which he said to his Father. al
have given unto them the words which
thou gsyest me-" "Sanctify them
through thy truth, thy word is truth"
tJno, 6 :6S; IT'S, IL. To sow aught
else is labor in vain and has no prom
Use Of his blessing; but he has assured
us that his word will accomplish his
pleasure. and that he will watch ov,r
1t lisa. SOIL; Jer. 1:12 R. W. We
cannot tell whether 1t shall fall on
wayside, or rocky, or thorny, or good
soil, but since he cannot fall nor be
discouraged Elsa. a. "a we can safely
leave all results to him, knowing that
If we speak the Word Of God in sin.
eerity we are unto God a sweet SAVIOUR
Of Christ whether the hearers are
saved or perish q Cor. 2:I5-1T). II
does seem sad indeed when hearts are
50 hard that the word finds no en-
trarce. and the devil takes away the
seed: or when little af;iction or per
secution prevents any result; OF wher
cares, riches or pleasures choke tn.
word: but results are with him ane
since he is not discouraged. we canno
be. Some seed will surely end re
eepfive heart and bear fruit 10 IN,
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