Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-18
Ml1evLD UNIPeRn INTERNATIONAL
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LESSON
fBy REV. +. Il. FTTZWATER d. D.,
Teacher Of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute Of ChicagoD
Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR sEPTEMBER7
PARALLELS OF THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN.

| HEAVEN.
| LESSON TExT-Matt 13:3I-33. 40
| GOLDEN TExT-seek ye first the
Kingdom OF God and his rghteousness.-
| Matt. s:33
| PRIMARY TOPIC-Obeying our king
| JUNIOR TOPIc--A message of the
king
INTERMEDIATE ToPIC-Ths 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:
| ]. Its unmIortant 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 "de-
spised." rejected" "forsaken," "cut
Off" and as having nothing"
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 represent the children
Of men who find safety and salvation
In the church. The birds constitute
b. -.
becomes part OF the tree adding to
It's strength and fruitfuIness. The birds
are something foreign to the tree, and
| are burdensOme and injurious to II.
| They come to find shelter and wait to
pluck eff 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
| ". 100 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 ". 3O.
Three things mainly occupy our at
tention here: the meal. the woman,
and the leaven.
I. The meal. Meal has a whole
some and nutritious effect 1t was
used In one Of the sweet SAVIOUR offer
ings which was typical Of Christ U.ev.
2:1-3 X. W: 1t was food for the
priests (Lev. 6:15-17 X. W; Abraham
had Sarah to knead cake out OF
three mea sures of meal for the angelic
messengers Of the Lord (Gen. 1870;
| Solomon's royal table was provided
with meal Il Kings 4:2); Elijah was
fed upon cake made Of meal I'll
Kings 4:4D; Elisha used meal as m
antidote for the poison Of death from
the pot UI Kings 4 :3S-41).
2. The woman. In scripture we
find false doctrine being taught by
woman URev. 300. Dealing with
doctrine Is forbidden to women Il
Tim. 2:12). In Tim. Alb: II Tim.
2:17. 10; II Peter 2:1-3. we find that
the apostasy will he 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 Oi Peter 20. Tim. 4:6). will be
officially corrupted by false doctrine.
Woman Is type of the church In
some sense. The church Is hiding
away false doctrine, and Its corrupt
Ing effects are seen on every hand.
g. The leaven. In scripture leaven
IL invariably type Of evil. (D All
through the Old Testament leaven Is
continual and unvarying type OF
evil (Ex. 12:15; Lev. 2:lD. 1t IL In
conceivable that Jesus should arbi-
trarily change, without due notice
and explanation. word from an
evil to good sense. which the Spirit
OF God had 50 unchangingly used for
two thousand years (2) Jesus him.
self makes heaven to denote sin Matt.
'6:6 IL: Mark SID. (3) Paul uses
leaven In It's usual biblical sense Il
Cor. s :6-S: Gal. 5 g. ~. Further, this
Is the only Interpretation that will
harmonic with Christ's interpreta-
tion Of the first two parallels. Facts
patent To all prove that the prefessed
church today Is feeding upon the
leaven of Journalism and legalism in
stead Of the unleavened bread of sim
certify and truth--the Word of God.
IT, The Parable Of the Hid Treas
ure ". 4D.
~. The Parable Of the Merchant
man Seeking Pearls ". AZ. 46).
v. The Parable Of the Drag Net.
". 47-5O).
Cor detailed study Of the last
three PARALLELS see the Review for Sep