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| LESSON FOR JANUARY 80.
JESUS OFFICIAL PRESENTATION
As KING.
! LESSON TExT-Matt. 21:l-A
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REFERENCE MATERIAL = Matt. 70:
is-A: Luke 1885,: John H:l2-ls; Pet.
1:l5.
PRIMARY Toprc-The Story Of Won
derful Procession.
JUNIOR ToPIc-A Wonderful Process
sion
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
-Honoring Christ in Our Liyes.i
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Tho Lordshin Of Jesus: Its Meaning for
Us
I. The Preparation wv. 1-6).
L The sending Of the disciples for
the ass wv. 1-3). He told them just
where to 90 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.
I, 81. Some five hundred years before
this Zechariah had made this predic-
ton. II 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 14:3.11 will be Just as
literal as that Of Zechariah 20.
8. The obedience Of the disciples
". 81. The request may have seemed
strange and unreasonable. but they
fully obeyed. True disciples will rem
der full and glad obedience no matter
how strange the command may seem.
u. The Entrance Of the King wv.
7-1D.
l. 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 III Kings
9:13).
2. The multitude. Some spread their
garments In the way; others who had
no garments to spare cute 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 all that he demands Of us.
3. The city shaken wv. 10, 11). This
was a stirring time. but one more
stirring Is coming. That will be when
the Lord comes in power and glory.
III. The King Rejected ivy. 12-1D.
The immediate occasion Of this re-
lection was the cleansing Of the tenn
pie. A like cleansing had been made
some two years before (John 2:13-17).
but the worldlings had gone back to
their old trade.
". The Nation Rejected by the
King wv. 1S-46).
Having in this official presentation
shown their unwillingness to receive
Christ, He turns from them and by
parallels makes known their awful con.
dltion.
/. The barren fig tree cursed wv.
1922. 1t was on the morrow after
His official presentation as Jesus was
returning from Jerusalem that He OBJ
served the unfruitful fig tree. Be
cause of hunger He sought for figs,
and finding none He caused to fall
upon 1t wlthering curse. This fig
tree full of leaves but barren Of fruit
Is a type Of Israel. With Its leaves
II gave show Of life, but being desti.
tute of fruit 1t had no right to en-.
cumber the ground.
2. The parable of the two sons wv.
28-32). Both sons were told by the
father to work in the vineyard. The
one, like the profligate publican. re-
fused outright to obey. but afterward
repented and went. The other pre-
tended willingness to obey. but in real.
ity did not. The first one represents
the publicans and harlots; the second,
the self.righteous, proud pharisees,
priests and elders. The Lord declared
that the publicans and harlots would
60 into the kingdom before them.
8. The parable Of the householder
wv. 3S.46).
~ The householder. This was God
himself. (2) The vineyard. This
means Israel tsee lisa. SAT-; Jer. 2:21;
Ps. 80:s). The Lord went to particu-
lar pains to gather out this nation
and make It separate, bestdwing Pc
culiar favors upon II. This vineyard
20 well 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 sanhedrin. az The serv.
ants sent for the fruits Of the vine
yard. These were the various proph-
cts whom God sent to the nation. The
maltreatment and rejection of the
prophets Is fully set forth In the
Scriptures. They were beaten and
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