Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-12
INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR TO-DAY.

ihc souls eternal quest. ON that quest
one comes IN touch with Jesus and
the truth he has 10 bring. lie finds
N him all that his soul requires He
n the realization ~ God and the way
90 God. To know him ns the Saviour
i the pearl OF great price.
n. The Kingdom and the Judgment
n3. i7'b3l. This parable gives "a very
different Wow of the kingdom. II cor.
responds 20 the latter part of the Para.
bl, ui the Tarcs. IL pfesents the con.
summation NJ the Kingdom Of God
when the Judgment will take place aud
epnratlOn be- made between the right.
cous ana the wicked. Tho kingdom
In its progress In the world IL repre-.
scented ~ n dragnct or seine. When
such n net II cast out Il gathers all
Horta az fish and other creatures When
dragged ashore It's contents must bc
carefully sorted. The good fish will
bo set apart for use. and the bad viii
hc thrown away. The kingdom h here
used IN itH large and less definite sense
ui the progress uf Christianity IN tho
world, For example. we speak of our
Duuntry as Christian nation. or W.
my that Christianity Is the religion
~ our people. We might say. there.
fore. that the kingdom ~ heaven In.
oludes our country; not that everybody
IN IL ~ o Christian by any means. but
hat everybody more ar loFs IN IN rcnch
~ and under the Influence " tn,
Christian ialth. So the terrible pie.
'ure N presented of the last jndgtnen:
when the angels shall separate ths
Wicked from the righteous. The wick.
q shall be- east out into tho punish.
nent Justly inflicted for their sin and
election at God
Turning to thu disciples. Jesus nsl,oi
them II they understood these things.
They answered. yes" lie tells them
that every scribe who has become u
disciple of th" kingdom ~ heaven II
lik" the matter OF house who hrlnr1
forth out al his store things both new
and old This means that those whn
are learning of him concerning his
Kingdom must out of all their former
learning and experience combine WINK
they have already learned with Ia,
new things which hc has been teach.
inG them. old truth and new teuth
must alik" BE- gathered Tor the instru,.
lion and help uf others They wero
70 be- progressive learners and tcach.
cla uf divine things We have here "A
'cfsun for ourselves as teachers. Ths
store 30 things We have already boon
taught must be- constantly increased
~ new acquisitions. and these we
must constantly usc FOR the benefit
u those We teach.
III. Hostility ca the Kingdom IN,
5i-4Sl This section mentions a second
sisii Of our Lord 10 his former homo
city. Luke q: iG3D mentions and dc.
srlbns q previous visit and rejection
which had taken place In the onrl,
nri ct uur Lords ministry. Here II
seems that be- tried again and with
the same result. lie taught In tha
rynagoguo AT which he had studied
aud worshiped as boy. The people
who knew him In his youth were as.
tHnished AT his teaching They asked,
how did he come to have 40 much
wisdom and power to perform mira.
cleaY They had know him ~ n boy
an the carpenters shop. remembered
his mother and his brothers and his
sisters. They knew his family. True
they had moved 10 Capornnum, but
not long ago So they asked, How
does he happen to have all these