The Holt County sentinel., 1920-12-03
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 5
THE GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM


LESSON TENr-Matt. i52i-5s.
GOLDEN TENT-Fret not myself be.
caus. Of evil-doers. -Ps 37l.
ADDITIONAL MkTERIAL--Gal s.s-i0.
PRIMARY TOpIC-Jeaus' Story About
Good Seed and had Seed
JUNIOR ToPiC-The story Of the Wheat
and the T'nres.
INTERMEDIATE ASp SENIOR Toric
YOUNG PEOPLE ASD ADULT TOrIC
How the Kingdom Of Heaven Grows.
The parallels nf this chapter set
forth In graphic way the condition
N affairs IN ~" interval between
Christ's going away and Ills "umnc
again
/. The Parable Of the Wheat and
rares wv. 2i3O. ~. :t.iO.
I. The sov,r,. 90 The Sun ~
Man ". 81. lie Is i't' one vito -uWS
M" good seed. The Held IN which they
are suNu L. the world (1) Tie brNil
tv. ~. lie Is In u peculiar ~ru,r
Christ's enemy. Ito intensely hates
Him. and with relentless energy Is
striving to defeat Ills purpose In saw.
Ing men. While men slumhor. he Sows
,nrcs among the wheat.
.. The growing crops. They mr."
not easily distinguished Will" growing.
hut IN" effects produced when eaten
mr." guii" different. The wheat Il
Wholesome. hut ihc iar"s produce ~
H"ss The chief danger In the turcs
l,", ~ their resemblance tO wheat. I'll"
,hicf danger or the icyil i that h"
strives ~ initiate G"d.
2. The harN,,t~ There comc>
time when the friiingu NJ the growing
,rups shall h. gathered. For the tuiu.
tier" j. u furnace "f tire Nl"u" Their
stall hr wnlllng uul smashing ~ teeth
The righteous shall De- gathered into
the Lords garner and slHll shine forth
Hs the sun Ia lhr Kingdom nf the
Father
n. The Parable Of the Mustard
seed tNy. ~, ~,
I. It. important beginning. II lc
sins ~ the least ug all srrds aud grows
To be- the greatest Among herbs. III"
rnr"uiugr nnd humble circumstance
II the King greatly pcrrlcNod ~" l'"
pie. Tint twelve unlcticr.i fishermen
should De- selected as Ills rpynl at.
yiscrs n stlll more amazing. The pruph'
IT said concerning Him that u"
should be dcsplScd, rejected, for>ukru.
.. Its vigorous growth. From very
snail beginnings the inilucnc" ~ III"
Christ has eon" forth ~ that Their" il
no power or Influence So great as that
~ Christianity.
.. Its lodging capacity. The birds
which Ind Judgment In the tree do not
represent the children Of mrn which
iind safety and salvation IN the church.
Birds constitute no part OF the tree.
I'll" bird Il something foreign Ia AMI
independent If the tree, IN" branches
Increase the growth Of the tree. hut
birds nrr injurious md hurtlcus"in" Ia
II. They nrc p-rdntuFy--wuliing a.
pluck the tender huds ar to prey upon
the ripcncd fruit. The eject NJ such
lodging Is evil. bllghtIng aud spelling
IA the tree.
~. The Parable Of the Leavened
Meal N. ~.
|, III" meal. Meal has Wholesome
md nutritious effect. Il was used In
"n" of the swrrt.sityor offerings, which
tyrliird Christ u."v. 2:i.a. II. W; II
was food for The priests ucv. 6:l5l7.
H. W; Abraham had Sarah kncad
n "uh" ont NJ three measures of meal
for the angelic messengers tGcn.
lS9W SnlomOn's royal table was pro.
Nl'lrd with meal Il Kings 4 :22) ; Elijah
was i"l upon II cake mndr ri ncul
ui Kings i:iD; Elisha used mel' rs
mn nn,llot" for the poison Of death In
the pot Ul Kings ;:is.iD.
. The woman, The woman Is not
the head or the home hut It's admins.
traitor. Her responsibility Il 10 take
the bread provided by the head. pre-.
pare and distribute Il IL the children.
IN scripture "" Ind fnlsc doctrine he.
iug taught by u woman U,cv. . .2O).
Dealing with doctrine Il forbidden To
woman q Tim. 2:12). In I Tim. 4:l.3:
u Tim, ear, Is; i;3. 4; II Pet. . ia,
We iind that apostnsy VIII he brought
IN through false teachings within
wv lNllhN W 'iNl NE
,ncnnng, then, of the parable Is that
The true doctrine. the meal given for
the nourlshmrnt of the children of the
kingdom III Pet. 2S2; Tim. 400,
would officially he corrupted by false
doctrine. The chlldren's food Is cor.
ruptcd by the mother.
=, The lcaven, In Scripture, lenvcn
Is invariably a type OF evil. Let the
following examples suffice ms proof:
ID All through the Old Testament
lt1ven Is n continual and unvaryIng
we Of evil lex. 12:l5; Lev. 2:1D.
CIV Jesus himself makes leaven to
denote sin Mntt 1876. IL; Mark S:l5).
CD Paul uses leavcn In It's usual bihli-
cal sense Il Cor. SOS; Gal. SIS, %.
Nothing Too Little.
Our Lord teaches that nothing Is too