The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-09-06
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER7
PARALLELS OF TIC KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.

LESSON TFET-Ma'r I'.a,-2S. 4-J0.
GOLDEN TE.Nr-SeeN 3, first tho
Kingdom Of God and ..s gHte1lsaesS.-
Matt Sc.
PRIMARY TorIc-Csay.0s our king.
JUNIOR TDrIC-A MESSAGE os the
king.
INTERMEDIATES TOPiC-The growth
OF the Kingdom
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-The
extent OF III, hi0-G.U.
I. The Parable Of the Mustard Seed
". 81. 81.
Three things mainly occupy our At
tention in this parable.
7. It's nnrortaut beginning. II
begins as tLc least of all seeds ana
grows To be the greatest among herbs.
The king was of ordirNry percentage
and humble circumstances. He select
ed mlettered fishermen ms his royal
advisers. The prophet had sail con
corning him that he would h" de
Spiscd." rejected" "forsaken," "cut
off, and aS having nothing"
- Its vigorous growth. From these
small beginnings ChriSt'S influence has
gone forth 50 that there is no power
or influence equal in greatness to that
of ChriStendom.
3. It's lodging capacity.
The birds which find lodGment in
the tree do not represent the children
Of men who find safety and salvation
In the church. The birds constitute
no part of the tree. while the believer
becomes Il part of the tree. adding 10
It's strength and fruitfulnesS. The birds
are something foreign Ia the tree, and
are burdenSOme and injurious To II.
They come 10 find shelter and wait to
pluck off the tender buds, or to prey
upon the ripened fruit. The effect OF
| their lodging in the tree is evil and
| blighting. In Christ's Interpretation
| ". 19) he said that the fowls repre-
sent the wicked ones. He who would
make the dodgers here anything else
makes ChriSt'S Interpretation n farce.
| The same Greek word is used in both
cases. and the circumstances are the
same.
u. The Parable of the Leavened
Meal ". 49,.
Three things mainly occupy our at
tentiOn here: the meal, the woman,
and the leuven.
1. The meal Meal has whole
some and nutritious effect. 1t was
used in one of the Sweet-savOur offer
ings which was typical of Christ Q1ev.
2:1-3 r. W; it was food for r1e
priests Oev. 6:15-17 r. W; Abraham
had Sarah To knead cake out OF
three measures of meal for the angelic
messengers Of the Lord Gen. 1850 {;
Solomon's royal table was provided
with meal q Kings 1 ~ Elijah was
fed upOn n cake made Of meal QI
Kirrs 4:iD: Elisha u~2d meal as an
antidote for the poison Of death from
the pot QI Kings 4 % ~.
.. The woman. In scripture We
find. false doctrine being taught by
woman (Rev. 2:20). Dealing with
doctrine Is forbidden to women q
Tim. 2:12). In | Tim. Alb; ii Tim
2:1T, IS: III Peter 2:1-3, we find tina,
the apostasy viii be brought IN
, through false teaching within The
: ranks of Gods people. The meaning
, then. of the parable is that the true
: doctrine. the meal given for the nOur
ishment of the children of the king
+ dom Gil Peter -, Tim. 4 81, will b.
officially corrupted by false doctrine
Woman is a type of the church II
T some sense. The church is hiding
] away false doctrine. and its corrupt
ing effects are seen on every hand.
= 3. The leaven.. In scripture leaver
! is invariably Il type of evil. ID Al
\ through the Old Testament lcaven i
2 q continual and unvarying type o
I evil (Ex. Il 10: Lev. 2:1). II is in
conceivable that Jesus should arbi
r trariIy change. without due notice
= and explanation. a word from al
evil To IL good sense. which the Spiri
of God had so unchangingly used 10
| two thousand years. (2) Jesus him
/ self makes Ieaven TO denote sin Matt
/ 1876. II; Mark SID. (3) Paul use
II leaven in its usual biblical sense
! Cor. ) :6-S; Gal. j:S. ~. Further. thi
is the only Interpretation that vii
- harmOnlze with ChriSt'S interprets
l ton of the first two parallels. Fact
patent To all prove that the professe
church today is feeding upon III
Ieaven of Journalism and legalism in
stead Of the unleavened bread of sir
certify and tru.h-thc Word of Go,
~. The Parable Of the Hid Urea:
\ ure. ". Az.
. ~. The Parable Of the Merchant
A., man Seeking Pearls ". A.. 46).
!, v. The Parable Of the Drag Ne
= ". 1850.
(FOr Il detailed study of the las
:, three parallels see the Review for SCI
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