The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-01-27
!. The Preparation wv. ICY.

l. The sending of the disciples for
the ass wv. 1-3). He told them Just
where to go to find 1t and told them
how to answer the inquiry of the one
who owned 1t. This shows how per-
fectly our Lord knows our ways. God
uses unlikely and apparently insignif-
cant things In the accomplishment of
his purposes.
2. The fulfillment of prophecy wv.
4, -. Some five hundred years before
this Zechariah had made this predic-
tion. If the predictions of His first
coming were thus literally fulfilled
there is no alternative but to believe
that those Of His second coming will
be literally fulfilled. The prediction
Of Zechariah ii :3-11 will he Just as
literal rs that Of ZecharIah 90.
3. The obedience of the disciples
". 81. The request may have seemed
strange and unreasonable. but they
fully oheyed. True disciples will rem
der full and glad obedience no matter
how strange the command may seem.
". The Entrance Of the King (vv
I'D.
!. The disciples put their garments
upon the ass and set the Lord upon
them ". y. This act showed that they
recognized Him as their King UI Kings
9:13).
2. The multitude. Some spread their
garments In the way; others who had
no garments to spare cut down
branches and did the same with them.
which was just as acceptable to Him
To give what we have and to do what
we can Is NIL that He demands Of us
=. The city shaken (vv. 10, ~ This
was stirring time hut one more
stirring Is coming. That will he when
the Lord comes in power and glory.
III. The King Rejected wv. 12-17).
The immediate occasion of this re-
lection was the cleansing of the tenn
pie. A like cleansing had been made
some two years before tJOhn 2:13-17).
but the worldlings had gone back to
their old trade.
w. The Naticn Rejected by the
King wv. 1S-S).
Having in this official presentation
shown their unwillingness to receive
Christ. lie turns from them and bv
parallels makes known their awful CON
dtion.
]. The barron fig tree cursed wv.
ND. II was on the morrow after
His official presentation as Jesus was
returning from Jerusalem that He OBJ
served the unfruitfnl fig tree. Be
cause of hunger He sought for figs.
and finding none He caused TO fall
q
tree full of leaves hut barren of fruit
Is type of Israel. With It's leaves
1t gave show Of life. hut being desti.
tute of fruit 1t had no right to en-
cumber the ground.
2. The parable of the two SONS wv.
2S-32). Both sons were told by the
rather to work in the vineyard. The
one. like the prOnigate publican. re.
FUSED outright to obey. hut aftcrward
r"r"nted and went. The other pre-
tended Willingness to obey hut I'm real.
ity did not. III" first one rcrroscnts
the puhlicans and harlot$: the second,
me Sef-right"ouS, proud pharisepS.
priests and elders. The Lord declared
that III" puhlicanS and harlotS would
20 INFO the Kingdom hrfor" them.
3. The parable Of the householder
wv. 33-iG).
I) TIL" householder. This was God
himself. (2) The vineyard. This
means Israel tsec Isa. 5:1-7: Jer. . .21.
Ps. 0:S. The Lord went to particu
lar pains to gather out this nation
and make II separate. heStowing ne
culiar favors upon IT. This vineyard
so we'll kept and provided for did not
bear fruit. (3) The husbandmen.
These were the spiritual guides. the
rulers and teachers Of Israel. the mem
berS of the sanhcdrin. (D The Sery.
ants sent for the fruits of the vine.
yard. These we're the various proph-
cts whom God sent TO the nation. The
maltrcatment and rejection of the
prophets Is fully set forth I'm the
Scriptures. They were beaten and
killed. 60 The Son. He is the Lord
Jesus Christ. Gods only and beloved
Son. He came into their midst.