The Arvada enterprise., 1920-12-02

cause OF evll.0O6rB.-fB. STA.
ADDITIONAL MATERlAL-0aL SSH.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus' Story About
Good Seed and Bad Seed.
JUNIOR TOPlc-The Story Of the Wheat
iNTERMEDIArE AND SENIOR TOPIC
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How the Kingdom Of Heaven orowa
The parallels Of this chapter get
forth In a graphic way the condition
Of affairs In the interval between
Christ's going away and His coming
again.
!. The Parable Of the Wheat and
Tarss wv. 24-S0. Ct. S8-4S).
!. The Sewers. ~ The Son Of
Man ". S7). He is the One who sows
the good seed. The field in which they
are sown Is the world. (2) The Devil
". 89). He IL in peculiar sense
Christ's enemy. He intensely hates
Him, and with relentless energy 10
striving to defeat His purpose In say.
ing men. While men slumber, be sows
tares among the wheat.
2 The growing crops. They are
not easily distinguished while growing.
but the effects produced when eaten
are quite different. Tho wheat 10
wholesome, but the tares produce m.
ness. The chief danger In the tares
lies IN their resemblance to wheat. The
chief danger Of the devil 10 that he
strives to initiate God.
8. The harvests. There comes .
time when the fruitase Of the growing
crops shall be gathered. For the tares
there 10 q furnace Of Ore where there
shah be waiiing and gnashing Of teeth.
The righteous shall be gathered into
the Lords garner and shall shine forth
a. the sun in the kingdom OF the
Father. Z.
%. The Parable q ~ Mustard
ossd wv. 81. 82).
!. Its important beginning. It b.
gins ~ the least Of all seeds and grows
to b the greatest among herbs. The
parentage and humble circumstances
Of he King greatly perplexed the peo-
pie. That twelve unlettered fishermen
should be selected ~ His royal ad-
vise1 II still more amazing. The pr0ph-
ct said concerning Hin that He
should be despised, rejected, forsakeo.
2 Its vigorous growth. From very
small beginnings the influence Of the
Christ has gone forth % that there 10
no power or influence 10 great A. that
Of Christianity.
8. Its lodging capacity. The birds
which find Judgment In the tree do not
represent the children OF men which
md safety and salvation In the church.
Birds constitute no part Of the tree.
Tho bird Ia something foreign to and
independent Of the tree. The branches
increase the growth Of the tree, hut
birds are Injurious and burdensome to
II. They are predatory-waiting to
pluck the tender buds or to prey upon
the ripened fruit. The effect Of such
lodging Is evil. blighting and spelling
to the tree.
~. The Parable 81 the lsavsnsd
Meal ". 33).
I. The meal. Meal has q wholesome
and nutritious effect. II was used In
one Of the sweet-savor offerings, which
typiaed Christ (Iev. 2:1-3. Il. w; II
was food for the priests (I.ev. q :l5.l7.
r. w: Abraham had Sarah knead
. cake out Of three measures Of meal
for the angelic messengers (Gen.
1876; SOiOmon's royal table was pro-
vltied with meal II Kings 4 :22); Elijah
WINS fed upon cake made Of meal
I'll Kings 4:4l); Elisha used meal a.
an antidote for the poison Of death n
the pot I'll Kings 4:3S-4l).
2. The woman. The woman 10 not
the head Of the home. hut its adminix-
TRAITOR. Her responsibility Il to take
the bread provided by the head. pre-
pare and distribute It to tho children.
In Scripture We find false doctrine be-
Ing taught by woman (Ilev. 10Y.
Dealing with doctrine IA forbidden 10
woman II Tim. 2:l2). In Tim. SIS:
II Tim. 2:17. IS: 4:3. 4; II Pet. 2:l-S,
we find that apostasy will be brought
in through false teachings within
the rnnks Of Gods people. The
meaning. then, Of the purnble IN that
the true doctrine the meal given for
the nourisiiment Of the children Of the
kingdom I'll Pet. 2:2; Tim. 4:o),
would of'iciaIly he corrupted by false
doctrine. The chlldren's food IL cor.
rupteti by the mother.
3. Tie heaven. In Scripture. ieaven
In Invariably q tyne Of evil. Let the
Following examples suffice as proof:
~ All through the Old Testament
lenven Ia continual and unvaryin1
type Of evil lex. 1878: lev. 2:Il).
~ Jesus himself makes icnven to
denote sin Matt. 100. 12: Mark 3 :I5).
CD Paul uses lcnven In its us,ini bibli.
raI scnsr Il Cor. 9 :6.s: chi. S:s. o..