The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-12-09
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 'l2
WHAT the KINGDOM or HEAVEN
10 LIKE.

LESSON TEXT-Natt, 1s:%A-A
GOLDEN TExT-Ths kingdom Of AsAy.
On 10 not meat and drink: but rishtsous-
ness. and peace. and Joy In The Heay
0host-Rom. M:i7.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL . MAX
l:16-S2: Luke N:ls-x.
PRIMARY TOPIC - sowing b ooea
JUNIOR ToP1c-shor. Stories 1A.. l.
sus Told.
INTERMEDIArn AND SENIOR roP7o
-Chrtst's Joy Of Finding the Lost.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Tho Supreme Importance Of Chsinke
Sacrifice for the Lost
!. The Parable Of ths Hid Tssassss
". ~.
The common Interpretation e ~
parable that Christ 10 the hid treasure
for which the sinner must give U
everything In order to buy salvation
10 false, for the following reasons:
1. Christ 10 not hidden in q na3d,
but has been lifted up and mads .
spectacle to the world.
2. Nobody has ever been obliged -
buy the world In order to get Christ.
8. Salvation cannot be purchased,
for 1t 10 Gods free and gracious gift.
4. No warrant 10 ever held cut to .
man to conceal his religion after h.
has obtained 1t.
In order to nnd ground that 70 safs
and that we may appreciate its beauty
and symmetry let Us break up the par
able into its component parts:
1. The field. This u the world ".
8s).
2. The treasure. In Psalm l85 4 ",
are told that Israel. the chosen people,
ID His treasure. The same truth y
Get forth in different places and ways
(Deut. 7:8-S; 14:2; SIS: 81: q o..
The kingdom Of heaven a. to its tue
relation and bearing 10 now hidden.
Christ was primarily sent to the Jews:
It was for their sake. the hid treasure,
that He bought the field.
8. The purchasef-the Son a God
(John $40.
4. The purchase price. THIS Was
the precious blood Of Jesus Christ,
Gods beloved Son. which u worth in.
nnitely more than silver and gold and
the treasures Of earth II Pet. 1 III 10;
Isa. So.
u. TIE Parable q ths AasTehanes,a~
Seeking Psaris Nv. -. 4e).
The view that this mefehantnan
represents the sinner seeking salvatioa
- contrary to the whole teaching Of
Scripture. This would make the Gin.
nef to b seeking for Christ. while
Christ IL a. Indifferent % . lifsleso
pearl. The whole burden Of rsvslatiso
70 that man, since the fall Of Adam
In the garden Of Eden, has been hid
away from God, and that the Father,
son and Holy Spirit are all actively
engaged In seeking for lost men.
I. The merchantmen. He 10 without
question Christ. He u actively e.
gagged In the search for psaris In
this search be discovers ooo poasi Of
great price.
2. The purchase price. Ths ~.
chairman sold all-impovssishsd him
self In order to buy the pearl. Christ
impoverished Himself (Phil. 9AS) 70
purchase the one pearl Of great Price
BY His own precious blood Il Pet.
lis. 10: Eph. 6:25). 6alvatiea u
without money and without price.
B. The pearl Of great price. This
70 the church. Christ, the merchant.
man. will nnd other pearls Of great
value. but the peerless gem ~ above
all others will be the chruch which He
has purchased with His own blood.
This truth 10 In harmony with ths gen
eral teaching Of Scripture, which ssts
forth the different bodies Of The ~
deemed.
~. The Parable q ths orssnst
wv. 47-5O).
This parable gives % q picture Of
the contamination Of the kingdom.
Note the parts Of the parable:
]. The sea. This word When uoo0
IN 6 nKuratlve sense denotes peoples
OF multitudes (Dan. rs; Rev. l7:16l.
This means, then. that out q this
world shall be gathered Q multitude q
people, good and bad.
2. The dragnet. The word ~" -
properly translated dragnst. TAs drag.
net cast Into the see. then. means tAs
preaching Of the Gospel In this aga
.. The drasnet drawn to The shore
when full. This means that When
Gods purpose 10 made full rsgarding
the preaching oe The 0ospa In tAis age.
account will be taken Of The results
4. Assortment made By the eneels.
In the DAY Of this aec0t,ntinR the An.
gels will be the agents which shall
separate the saved from the unaaved.
D. The destiny Of the bad 6sh. The
angels which are sent forth shall ~.
o. the wicked from among the just.
and shall cast them into the furnace
oe hre. where there shall b waiting
and gnashins Of tseth.
Can D Nc cenpariseN.
There can BE- no comparison made