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GOLDEN TExT-The kingdom Of heavs
on IL not meat and drink; but righteous.
ness. and peace. and Joy In tho Holy
0host.-Rom. N:i7.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL : Marx
$3.50: Luke 1851.
PRIMARY TOPIC = Sowing b oood
Ground.
JUNIOR ToP1c-short Stories That Js-
sus Told.
-christ's Joy Of Finding the Lost
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Supreme Importance Of Christ's
Sacrifice for the Lost
|. The Parable ef the Hid Tsasuss
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The common Interpretation Of this
parable that Christ Is the hid treasure
for which the sinner must give up
everything In order to buy salvation
is false, for the following reasons:
/. Christ is not hidden In neld.
but has been lifted up and made
spectacle to the world.
2. Nobody has ever been obliged to
buy the world In order to get Christ
3. Salvation cannot be purchased,
for 1t Is Gods free and gracious gift
4. No warrant is ever held out to q
man to conceal his religion after be
has obtained II.
In order to find ground that Is safe
and that we may appreciate Its beauty
and symmetry let US break up the par
able into Its component parts:
/. The field. This 10 the world ".
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2. The treasure. In Psalm 1884 we
are told that Israel, the chosen people,
Is His treasure. The some truth is
set forth In different places and ways
tDeut. 7:8-S; 14:o; 28:l8; 80: s. o..
The kingdom Of heaven as to Its true
relation and bearing is now hidden.
Christ was primarily sent to the Jews:
II was for their sake. the hid treasure.
TINT He bought the field.
g. The purchaser-the Son Of God
(John 3:18).
!, 4. The purchase price. This was
the precious blood Of Jesus Christ.
Gods beloved Son. which Is worth In.
finiteiy more than silver and gold and
the treasures of earth Il Pet. / Is, 10;
lisa. 53).
II. The Parable Of the Merchantman
Seeking Pearls (vv. 45, 48).
The view that this merchantmen
represents the sinner seeking salvation
Is contrary to the whole teaching Of
Scripture. This would make the sin
ner to be seeking for Christ. while
Christ Is as Indifferent as a lifeless
pearl. The whole burden Of revelation
= that man, since the fall Of Adam
10 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.
l. The merchantman. He Is without
question Christ. He is actively en-.
gagged in the search for pearls. In
this search he discovers one pearl Of
great price.
2. The purchase price. The mer.
chantman sold all-impoverished him.
self In order to buy the pearl. Christ
impoverished Himself (Phil. 1859 to
purchase the one pearl Of great price
By His own precious blood II Pet.
1:18. 10; Eph. 5:25). Salvation IL
without money and without price.
3. The pearl Of great price. This
is the church. Christ, the merchant.
man. will find other pearls Of great
value. but the peerless gem set above
all others will be the chruch which He
has purchased with His own blood.
This truth is In harmony with the gen.
eral teaching Of Scripture, which sets
forth the different bodies Of the re-
deemed.
M. The Parable Of the praanet
wv. 47-5O).
This parable gives Us a picture Of
the consummation Of the kingdom.
Note the parts Of the parable:
!. The sea. This word when used
10 ngurative sense denotes peoples
or multitudes (Dan. 7:8; Rev. l7:15).
This means. then. that out Of this
world shall be gathered a multitude Of
people, good and bad.
2. The dragnet. The word met" Is
properly translated dragnet. The drag
net cast into the ses. then. means the
preaching Of the Gospel in this age.
8. The dragnet drawn to the shore
when full. This means that when
Gods purpose 10 made full regarding
the preaching Of the Gospel In this are.
account win be taken .of the results.
4. Assortment made By the engels.
In the day Of this accounting the an
gels will be the agents which shall
separate the saved from the unsaved.
8. The destiny Of the bad flsh. The
angels which are sent forth shall sew
er the wicked from smong the Just,
and shall cast them into the furnace
Of fre. where there shall be waiIing
and enashing Of teeth.
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