Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-12
Topir "what the Kingdom Of Heaven
IL lilo"

In not eating and drinking. but
righteousness ana peace aud jOy
IN the Holy Spirit. Rom 70: II.
scripture Lesson. Matthew ls. 4i.5s.
~ The kingdom of heaven In like
unto treasure hidden In the flclc;
which q man found. and hid; and In
hls Joy he gocth aud selleth an that
he hath, and buyeth that field. O.
Again. the kingdom ~ heaven In like
unto a man that IN "A merchant seek.
linz g0odly pearls: 40 and having found
one pearl ~ great price. he went and
sold all that he had. nnd bought II.
~ Again, the kingdom Of heaven
In like unto n net. that was cast into
the sea. and gathered ~ every kind.
~ which, when II was filled. they
drew up ON the beach. and they AT
down. and gathered the good into yes.
rela, hut they east the bad away. 10
No shall II be- IN the end ~ the world.
the angels shall come forth. aud sever
the wicked from among the righteous,
30 and shall EAST them into the fur.
mace Il fire. there shall be the weep.
INK and gnashlng ~ teeth.
VI Have ye understood all these
things They say unto him. Yea. %
And he said unto them. Therefore cv.
cry scribe who hath been made a dis
ciple Ia the kingdom NJ heaven n like
unto man that II u householder. who
hlngcth forth out Of his treasure
things new and aid
90 And II came 10 pass. when Jesus
lad finished these parallels. he d.
parted thence.
% Aud coming Into his own country
be- taught them In their synagoguc.
inaninuoh that they we're astonishcd.
tnd raid. Whence hath this man this
Wisdom. and these mighty works? 90
IN NO, this the carpenters SOM IN not
his mother called Mary? and hln
brethren, James. and Joseph and ~.
mon. and Judas? 90 And his sisters.
are they not all with ~? Whence
then hath this man al these things
o. And they were offended In him.
Hut Jesus said unto them. A prophet
In not without honor, save la his own
county. and In his own country. and
IN his own house. ~ Aud he lid not
many mighty works there because %,
their unbcllcf.
By THE EDITOR
TllODICTlON-Our lesson for 10
day IN SIN occupied with the great
group Of parallels In Matthew 10. We
do not know how long our Lord con.
tlnued To speak 20 the mul,ltudcs on
the shore from tn" little bont In whioA
he sat We suppose tia, he gave 9th
or instructions and possibly other pnt
Oh -
gave. What "" have. as reported by
Matthew, would not In actual speech
occupy but few minutes. rs W. can
READILY so" u.s. timing ourselves IN read.
ms Il nluud. Toward the close Of the
discourse Jesus perhaps had grown
\ weary and the attention ~ the crowd
was exhausted. Then after dismlsalrg
the multitude he comes back Ia the
shore and goes into the house. This
may have bcen the house which hc
and his mother ana brothers occupied.
on IL may have been the house ~
Peter In which he often found a place.
In the house the disciples came to him.
He then gives explanation OF the para.
bles Of the Sewer and of the Tarcs
To this he adds. Tor the benefit of the
Disciples themselves. the parallels In.
cludod In our lesson Tor today.
/ Value of the Kingdom a3. ~ iCl
Continuing his discourse with the dis.
U'pics ~ the house. Jesus gives here
two brief hut Impressive parallels O.
show the lnpstimahlc value of the king.
dom of God 90 him into whose pos
Fess.on II comes The man who "gct'
religion" In our common phrase indeed
finds treasure which no earthly
standards can oyaluatc.
In the first parable ~ the two the
vivid picture is presented Of q mnii
who accidentally discovers a buried
treasure In u spot uf ground. he E,cps
his fiud to himself Realizing IL
worth aud greatly rejoicing In his good
fortune, he goes uff and sells every
thing h. has and buys that field This
makes him owner II the ground. aud
therefore secures his possession ~ Ia,
treasure there hidden.
Two things are here 10 be borne n.
mind ~ The custom oi hurylng ~
hiding money and treasures was very
common In disturbed times II was a
much more common practice In ancient
days than now. As usual our Lord
draws his illustration from common
life and experience. II must. there
fore. have been very clear and strilI.
Ing to his hearers ,2l Objection has
+, been nab that the man was wrong
10 hide tie treasure aud then buy the
field IN secure his title. II would
seem he should have at least shared
with the owner who may have lived on
the place aud never found what was
hidden. en- this II must he remarks cd
a that as a rule the finder Is entitled
a. what he finds Also our Lord does
not approve necessarily of the man :
conduct; he ~ simply describing what
naturally happened. Just ms he us,s
the nnsnspectedncss uf thlof's com.
ing 10 illustrate his own appearing.
40 here he uses the JOY Of finder
without expressing approval ~ dlSlp'
proyal ~ his actions. Strongly the
parable suggests that one who IN tho
ordinary courcc ~ life comes upon the
kingdom ~ God NJ rich spiritual cN,
prrirncc " his own should greatly re.
Jolcc IN his discovery. lie has found
the supreme blessing II life. The real.
ization OF God In thought, In chnrac'
ter. In spiritual power and hlcsscdneSs
~ the nohlcst experience 81 the soul
To obtain II and enjoy u would well
De- worth the sacrifice of all material
possessions This II the point of tho
parable. II II what was proposed -
the rich Young ruler who snrruwfully