The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-01-27
I. The Preparation wv. 10y.


I. The Preparation wv. 1-8).
1. The sending Of the disciples for
the ass wv. 1-3). He told them just
where to go to find AZ and told them
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
Ms purposes.
2. The fulfIlment Of prophecy wv.
4, 81. Some five hundred years before
this Zecharfah had made this predlc-
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 win
be literally fulfilled. The prediction
of Zechariah 14:9-11 will be just as
literal as that OF Zecharjah 90.
8. The obedience of the disciples
". 6). 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.
7-11).
1. 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
o: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.
3. The city shaken wv. 10, ~. 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 wv. 12-17).
The immediate occasion of this re-
| lection was the cleansing OF the tenn
| Pile. A like cleansing had been made
some two years before (John 2 :18-17),
but the worldlings had gone back to
their old trade
w. The Nation Rejected by the
King wv. 1S46).
Having in this official presentation
shown their unwiIlingness to receive
Christ. He turns from them and by
parallels makes known their awful con-
dition.
/. The barren fig tree cursed wv.
1922. It was on the morrow after
| His official presentation as Jesus was
returning from Jerusalem that He OBJ
served the unfrultful fig tree. Be
cause of hunger He sought for figs
and finding none He caused TO fall
upon II a whitening curse. This hg
tree full of leaves but barren Of fruit
is type OF Israel. With its leaves
1t gaveia show of life, but being desti-
tute Of fruit II had no right to en-.
cumber the ground.
2. The parable OF the two sons wv.
2S-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,dld not. The first one represents
the publicans and hariots; the second,
the self-righteous, proud pharisees
priests and elders. The Lord declared
that the publlcans and harlots would
60 into the kingdom before them.
8. The parable OF the householder
| wv. 83-40).
"a The householder. This was God
himself. (2) The vineyard. This
means Israel (see lisa. 8 III; Jer. 2:21 (;
Ps. e0:sl. The Lord went to partlcu-
lar pains to gather out this nation
and make II separate. bestowing pc
culiar favors upon II. This vineyard
so 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.
beers Of the sanhedrin. 90 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 we're beaten and
killed. (5l The Son. He ia the Lord
Jesus Christ. Gods only and beloved
Son. He came into their midst.