The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-02-11
The Preparation wv. 1-6).

|, J.. The Preparation wv. 1-6).
1. The sending of the disciples fol-
the ass wv. 1-3). He told them JUS
where to go to find it and told then
how to answer the inquiry of the one
who owned It, This shows how per
fectly our Lord knows our ways. God
uses unlikely and apparently insignifi
cant things in the accomplishment of
his purposes.
2. The fulfillment Of prophecy wv.
4, 81. Some five hundred years before
this Zechariah had made this predic-
ton. 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 as that Of Zechariar 90.
3. The obedience Of tie 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.
/. 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 (II Kings
9:13). -
2. The multitude. Some spread their
garments in the waw: others who had
no garments to = spare cut down
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.
2. The city shaken wv. TO- ~. This
was stirring time, but one more
stirring is coming. That will be when
he Lord comes in power and glory.
III. The King Rejected (vv 12-17).
The immediate occasion of this re-
lection was the cleansing of the tenn
Die. A like cleansing had been made
'ome two years before (John 2:13-17),
tut the worldlings had gone back to
heir old trade.
". The Nation Rejected by tn,
King wv. 1S-46).
Having in this official presentation
hown their unwillingness to receive
yhriSt, He turns from them and by
arableS makes known their awful con-
ition.
l. The barren fig tree cursed wv.
1929. 1t was on the morrow after
lis official presentation as Jesus was
eturning from Jerusalem that He OBJ
ervcd the unfruitful fig tree. Be
ause of hunger He sought for figs,
nd finding none He caused to fall
pom 1t whitening curse. This fig |
zee full of leaves but barren of fruit
type of Israel. With its leaves
gave show of life, but being desti-
lite of fruit it had no right to en-
lmber the ground.
2: The parable of the two sons wv.
1922. Both sons were told by the
lther to work in the vineyard. The
he, like the prOf1igate publican, re-
Ised outright to obey. but afterward
pented and went. The other pre-
nded willingness to obey, but in real
= did not. The first one represents
e publicans and harlots; the second,
e Self-righteOus, proud phariseeS.
tests and elders. The Lord declared
at the publicans and harlots would
into the kingdom before them.
3. The parable of the householder
v. 33-46).
~ The householder. This was God
nself. (2) The vineyard. This
'ans Israel (see lisa. SLY; Jer. 2:21;
S0:S). The Lord went to partieu-
pains to gather out this nation
d make it separate, bestowing pe-
lar favors upon it. This vineyard
well kept and provided for did not
lr fruit. (3) The husbandmen.
csc were the spiritual guides. the
ers and teachers of Israel, the men,
s of the sanhedrin. az The serv-
S sent for the fruits of the vine
d. These were the various prOph-
whom God sent to the nation. The
treatment and rejection of the
phets IS fully set forth in the
iptures. They were beaten and
ed. (5) The Son. He is the Lord