Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1919-09-04
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LESSON
fBy REV. p. II. FITzwATER. u. D..
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicaeo)
Copyright, 1918, western Newspaper Unicnl
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 7
PARALLELS OF THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.

HEAVEN.
| LESSON TEXT-Matt. 1s:si-33, $50
| GOLDEN TEXT-Seek ye FIRST the
Kingdom Of God and his rIshteousness.-
PRIMARY roPIc-obeyinr our king
JUNIOR ToPIC-A message Of the
INTERMEDIATES ToPIc-The growth
Of the kingdom.
SENIOR 'xNp ADULT ToPrc-The
extent of ,rpe kinedop. a -
:. The'Pstsble Of the Mustard Seed
". 81, 1927.
Three things mainly occupy our ut
tentidn in this parable:
| l. Its unlmportant beginning. II
begins as the least Of all seeds and
grows to be the greatest among herbs.
The king was Of ordinary parentage
and humble circumstances. He select
ed unlettered fishermen as his royal
advisers. The prophet had said con.
corning him that he would be "de-
spised," rejected" "forsaken," "cut
or ana as having nothing"
2. It's vigorous growth. From these
small beginnings Christ's influence has
gone forth so that there is no power
or influence equal in greatness to that
OF Christendom.
3. Its 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 a part OF the tree, adding TO
Its strength and fruitfulness. The birds
are something foreign to the tree, and
are burdensome and injurious to II.
They come TO find shelter and wait to
pluck of the tender buds, or to prey
upon the ripened fruit. The effect Of
their lodging IL he 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 farce.
The same Greek word is used in both
,ases, and the circumstances are the
same.
u. The Parable Of the Leavened
Meal ". 33).
Three things mainly occupy our at
tention here: the meal. the woman,
and the leaven.
]. The meal. Meal has a whole.
some and nutritious effect. 1t was
used in one Of the sweet-savour offer
Ings which was typical of Christ Uev.
2:1-3 X. W; It was food for the
priests Uev. 6:15-17 r. w; Abraham
had Sarah to knead a cake out OF
three measures of meal for the angelic
messengers Of the Lord Gen. 1880 ;
Solomon's royal table was provided
with meal Il Kings :2); ElljSb was
fed upon cake made Of meal I'll
Kings 4 :41) Elisha used meal as an
antidote for the poison Of death from
the pot I'll Kings 4:3S-4D.
2. The woman. In scripture we
hiid false doctrine being taught by
woman (Rev 2:20). Dealing with
doctrine Is forbidden TO women q
Tim. 2 :12). In l Tim. 4 :13; ii Tim
2:17, 10; ii Peter 2:1-3, We find that
the apOstasy will 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 QI Peter 2 ., Tim. 4:6), will be
officially corrupted by false doctrine
Woman is a type of the church In
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 type of evil. ~ All
through the Old Testament leaven IL
continual and unvarying type OF
evil (Ex. 1918; Lev. 2:1D. 1t is In
conceivable that Jesus should arbl
trarily change, without due notice
and explanation, a word from an
evil to a good sense, which the Spirit
Of God had 50 unchanglngly used fol
two thousand years. (2) Jesus him
self makes leaven TO denote sin Matt
g, IL; Mark 8:15). (3l Paul use;
leaven in its usual biblical sense q
Cor. 8 :6-S; Gal. o Is, 81. Further, this
Is the only Interpretation that will
harmonic with Chrlst's interpreta
ton of the first two parallels. Facts
patent TO all prove that the professet
church today is feeding upon the
leaven of Journalism and legallsm in
stead of the unleavened bread OF sin
certify and truth-the Word Of God
~. The Parable OF the Hid Treas
ure ". AZ.
~. The Parable Of the Merchant
man Seeking Pearls ". As, 46).
v. The Parable Of the Drag Net
". 1850.
(FOr a detailed study OF the last
three parallels see the Review for Sep
tember 2Sl