Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER I

Copyright. 1913. western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER I
PARALLELS OF THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.
LESSON TEXT-Matt. 13:s1-ss, A-5o.
GOLDEN TEXT-Se We first the
kingdom Of God and his righteousness
Matt. s:3s.
PRIMARY TOPIC obeyIns our king.
JUNIOR ,ToPIC-A message of the
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-The growth
of the kingdom. -
SENIOR AND ADULT Top1c-rhs
extent Of the kingdom.
!. The Parable Of the Mustard Seed
". 81, 32).
Three things! mainly occupy our Mt
tention In this parable:
/. Its unimportant beginning. It
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 s'de-
spised," rejected" ''forsaken," '.cut
off" and 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.
8. Its lodging capacity.
The birds which find Judgment 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 part of the tree, adding to
Its strength and fruitfulness. The birds
are something foreign to the tree, and
are burdensome and injurious to It.
They come to 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 q farce
The same Greek word is used in both
cases. and the circumstances are the
same.
II. The Parable Of the Leavened
Meal ". 3S).
Three things mainly occupy our at
tention here: the meal. the woman,
and the leaven.
1. The meal. Meal has whole
some and nutritious effect. It was
used in one. of the sweet-savour offer
fngs which was typical of Christ (Lev.
2:1-3 R. w; it was food for the
priests (Lev. 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. Is 10y !;
Solomon's royal table was provided
with meal Il Kings 4:2); Elijah was:
fed upon cake made Of meal Gil
Kings 4:41); Elisha used meal as an
antidote for the poison Of death from
the pot III Kings 4 :3S-41).
2. The woman. In scripture we,
find false doctrine being taught by
woman Grew. 2:2O). Dealing with
doctrine is forbidden to women q
Tim. 2:12). In Tim. 4:13; II Tim.
2:17, 49,; 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 (H Peter 2 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.
8. The leaven. In scripture leaven
Is invariably type Of evil. a. All
through the Old Testament heaven is
q continual and unvarying type Of
evil eek. 1918: Lev. 2:11). 1t is In
conceivable that Jesus should arbi-
trnrtly change, without due notice
and explanation, word from an
evil to good sense, which the Spirit
Of God had 80 unchangingly used for
two thousand years. ~ Jesus him
self makes leayen to denote sin (Matt.
/ 1859. ~; Mark 8:15). tsy> Paul uses
heaven in It's usual biblical sense Il
Cor. 1858; Gal. So. 81. Further. this
is the only Interpretation that will
harmonize with Christ's interpreta.
ton OF the first two parallels. Facts
patent to all prove that the professed
church today is feeding upon the
leaven of Journalism and legalism In
stead of the unleavened bread Of sin
certify and truth-the Word Of God
III. The Parable Of the Hid Treas
ure ". 44).
w. The Parable Of the Merchant
man Seeking Pearls ". 45. 46).
Il v. The Parable Of the Drag Net
". 1850.
(For a detailed study Of the last
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