Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-02


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ADDITIONAL. MATERlAi.-Gal $50.
PRIMARY TOPic-iesus' Story About
Good Seed and Bad Seed.
JUNIOR TOPlc--Ihe Story OF the Wheat
and the Tares, ,c
Wheat and Tares,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC |
How the Kingdom Of Heaven Crows
The parahies OF sthls chapter set
forth In graphic way the condition
OF affairs in the Interval between
Chrst's going away and Ills coming
again.
/. The Parable OF the Wheat and
Tares wv. 24-sO. &C. seI#8).
/. The Sewers, Gil The Son OF
Man ". 81, He <is the One who sows
the good seed. The feid in which they
are sown Is the world. CD The bevil
". 39). He is ina peculiar sense
Christ's enemy. Vile intensely hates
Him and with relentless energy Is
striving to defeat His purpose IN say
ing men. While men slumbeE he sows
tares among the wheat.
2. The growing crops. They are
not easily DISTINGUISHED while CROWNS
hut the etfects prudueel when eaten
are quite different. The wlivat y
wholesome but the tares produce III
ness. The chief danger IN the TIRES
lies In their resemblance 70 wheat. me
chief danger ofs the devil IS that he
strives 10 Initiate God.
8. The harvests, There comes
time when the fruItage Of the growing
crops shall be gathered. For the tares
| there is furnitce Of fire where there
shall be waiting and gnashing Of teeth.
The righteous Shall he gathered INTO
the Lords garner md shal shine forth
as the sun In the kingdom OF the
/ Father.
II. The Parsble Of the Mustard
Seed wv. 81, 32l.
i /. Its important beginning. It be-
gins as the least of all seeds and grows
10 be the greatest among herbs, The
percentage and humble circumstances
4 Of the King greatly perplexe,l The peo-
i pie. Thai twelve unletterel fishermen
should be selected as Ills royal adj
visers Is still more ainazing. The proph-
ct said concerning Hin that tie
should be deSpised, rejected, forsaken
| o It's vigorous growth. From very
small beginnings the Influence of the
Christ has gone forth SO that there Is
no mower or Influence so great as that
of Christianity.
I 8. Its lodging capacity, The birds
which find iodgment In the tree do not
represent the children of men which
find safety aud salvation In the church
Birds constitute no pnrt Of the tree
The bird is something foreign TO ant
independent of The tree The branches
Increase the growth Of the tree, hu
birds are Injurious md hrrtlensome t.
II. They are rredafory--wating 4
pluck the tender Lufs or fasFyises upol
the ripened fruit. The Effect ofFsncl
lodging is evil, biighting and spoilinl
to the tree.
III. The Parable of the Leavene,
Meal ". 33).
/. The meal. Meai has WHOLESOME
! and nutritious effect. II was used Il
one of the sweet-savcr offerings whicl
, typified Christ uLev. .2:l-3, X. w;
was food fur the priests fI.ev. 6:15-17
r. W: Abraham had Sarah knea
a cake out of three measures Of mea
for the angelic messengers tGer
IS :6); Solomon's royal table was pre-
vided with rneal Il Kings 4:22); Eliza
was fed upon d cake mnde of mea
III Kings 4 :41): Eiishn used meal a
an antid0te for the poison of death Il
! the pot eli Kings 4:3S-41).
: 2. The woman. The woman Is no
the head Of the home. but its admins
. TRAITOR Her responsibility Is to TAX
the bread provided by the head. pre-
pare and distribute ii to the children
In Scripture we find false doctrine bt
ing taught BY. woman (Rev. 2:20
Dealing with doctrine is forbidden I
woman Il Tim, 2:12). In Tim 4: Ia
ii Tim. 2:17, IS; 4:3. a; II Pet. 2:1-:
we find that anostasy will he brougf
In through false teachings With
the ranks of Gods people. Th
meaning, then,s of the parable is ths
the true doctrine. the meal given fc
the nourishment of the children of tn
kingdom III Pet. 2:2; Tim. 4 g
would officially be corrupted by falls
doctrine. The children's food is co
rupted by the mother
!. 3. The leaven. In Scripture. leave
! is invariahlyga tyne of evil. Let IL
!. following examples suffice as PROOF
I az All through the Old Testamel
e heaven is continual and unvsryir
y type Of evil OK. 1918: Lev. OH
. (2) Jesus himself makes leaven
= denote sin Matt. 1876 u; Mark 8 rs
CD Paul uses heaven IN its usual bib
cal sense II Cor. 6:6-S: Gal. 5.S o..