The Arvada enterprise., 1919-09-04
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LESSON
(By REV. p. b. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
tCopyrisht. 1919. Western Newspaper Unioa)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 7
PARALLELS OF THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.

PARALLELS OF THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.
LESSON TEXT-Matt. ls:sl-ss, $50.
GOLDEN TEXT-Seek ye nrst the
kingdom of God and his Righteousness
Matt. 6:3S.
PRIMARY ToPIC-obeying our king.
JUNIOR TOPlC-A message OF the
king.
INTERMEDIATES roP1c-rh. growth
OF the Kingdom
SENIOR AND ADULT ToPIC-The
extent OF the kingdom.
!. The Parable Of the Mustard Seed
". 81, 32).
Three things mainly occupy our at
tention In this parable:
l. Its unimportant beginning. It
begins us the least Of all seeds and
grows to be the greatest among herbs.
The king was of ordinary parentnge
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
WI uhh us huNiHk uotliHS.
2. Its 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 Judgment In
the tree do not represen. 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 1t.
They come to ind shelter and wait to
pluck of 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 farce.
The same Greek word IL used in both
cases. and the circumstances are the
same.
u. The Parable Of the Lsavsnsd
Meal ". 33).
Three things mainly occupy our at
tentiOn here: the meal. the woman.
and the leaven.
!. The meal. Meal has q whole
some and nutritious effect. It was
used In one Of the sweet-savOur offer.
Ings which was typical OF Christ U.ev.
2:l.3 Il. w: It was food for the
priests (I.ev. 6:15-17 X. w; Abraham
had Sarah to knead Q cake out Of
three measures Of meal for the angelic
messengers Of the Lord (Gen. IS :8) ;
Solomon's royal table was provided
with meal Il Kings 4:2): Elijah was
fed upon a cake made Of meal III
Kings SAD: Elisha used meal NJ an
antidOte for the poison NJ death from
the pot I'll Kings :3s-41).
2. The woman. In scripture we
md false doctrine being taught by
woman (Rev 2:2O). Dealing with
doctrine IL forbidden to women Il
Tim. 2:l2). In Tim. ALB; II Tim
2:l7. 10: II Peter 2:l-3. We nnd that
the spOstasy will be brought In
through false teaching within the
ranks Of Gods people. The meaning
then, Of the parable IL that the true
doctrine. the meal given for the nour'
ishment Of the children Of the king
dom III Peter 2:2. l Tim. 4 :6). will b.
officially corrupted by false doctrine
Woman IL type Of the church In
some sense. The church In hiding
AWAY false doctrine. ind its corrupt.
Ing effects nre seen on every hand.
3. The leaven. In scripture ieaven
IN invariably type Of evil. ~ All
through the Old Testament icHvcn Ia
II continual and unvnrying type Of
evil lex. l2:l5: Lev. 2:lD. II In In
conceivable that Jesus should arbI'
irnrily change. without due notlcs
and explanation. n word from nm
evil Ia u good sense. which the Spirit
~ God lind NJ unchnngingly used for
two thousand years. t2) Jesus him.
self makes lenven Ia denote sin tMntt.
1875. ~: Mark s:i5). CD Paul uses
lcnycn In It's usuni biblical sense Il
Cor. 3 :Gs: Gal. q. ~. Further, this
In the only Interpretation TINT will
hnrtnonize with Christ's Intrrpreta.
tion ~ the first two parallels. Facts
patent 10 all prov. that the protested
church today II feeding upon tbs
icnvcn Of Journalism and i"gnilsm In.
stcnd Of N. unlcn vcncd br"nd NJ sin.
certify md truth-thc Word of God.
~. The Parable Of the hid Trsss.
urs ". ~.
". The Parable ~ the Merchant.
man seeking Pearls ". ~. +S).
v. The Parable Of the DRAG Net.
". 47.SO).
tor n detailed study Of the Inst
three parallels see the Review for Scp-