The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-03-28
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON 49,, =.
JESUS EXPLAINS THE KINGDOM
By HIGHT c. MOORE

row gate. This is the one thing
that he could and should do, ano
nothing ought to be allowed &c
deter him. He may seem now to
be with the few that find it, but
il he neglects the plain duty, he
will when too late be numbered
with the many seeking to enter
but not able to do so. Enter the
strait gate" (2) The Unsaved
Pursuing the thought that many
will not be able to enter, Jesus
explained whv they must at last
be shut out of the Kingdom. The
invitations have been extended
and closed at the appointed time,
the door of hospitality and OF
hope is shut, and the latest callers
plead in vain for entrance. They
may persist that they were NOM
inal Christians often performing
the external acts of piety and,
therefore, they might claim, en-
titled to the ultimate bliss. The
Master, however, can but call
them workers of iniquity, declar-
ing that he never knew them as
his disciples, and leaving them in
their despair. to the weeping and
gnashing of teeth. Let every one
be warned against such q fate
CD The Saved. Lifting now his
eyes to the consummation Of the
age, Jesus predicts that the King
dom will embrace not only be-
lieving Jews but also all others
who accept Christ from whatever
point Of the compass they MAY
come. Indeed, he declares that
they shall come from east and
west, from north and south, and
shall sit down in the Kingdom of
God to the privileges and the joys
and the larger life in the king
dom of God. Forever and ever
that feast of the redeemed will
continue in the glory world. An
other important point in regard
to the saved is that some who &C
cupy prominent positions here in
the earth life will be finally out
ranked in the Kingdom by those
who are socially or financially be-
meath them here. The character
test and it's reward flashes forth
in the word of Jesus that. some
who are last here shall be first
there while some twho are first
here shall be last there.
ENTER AND EXTEND
THE KINGDOM ~
r (l)~It is the Kingdom of God.
He is truly king, the one and only
and >all-powerful Ruler%in the uni
verse. But he is the king accepted
and enthroned and oheyed in the
realm of the redeemed. among all
his willing and happy Subjects, he
is absolute. monarch whose will is
their law. t',' 80.
.lg) 1t is the Kingdom for Man.
Godward the Kingdom is an ab-
soluteN monarchy, but MAYNARD it
is pure democracy. The subject
of the. Kingdom is the slave of
slaves before God and the freest
of the free. among men. Who can
live truly, largely, eternally out
side the Kingdom?
90 1t is a Kingdom for FIX
pansion.. The seed which.was less
than all seed became greater than
the earth. The Kingdom, inclusive
of all the individuals in it, had
indeed a small, start; but the mus
tara seed has become q tree! 1t
gefminated from. q Life which is
diline:> Think lof. the vitality, OF
Christianity! .La -.
IA 1t is Kingdom of ,Benefi-
cence. Out of the tipy.seed comes
ultimately food for the hungry,
shelter for the. homeless, repose
for the weary. Nothing on earth
is SO beneficent as Christianity.
1.-THE fowls -. lodged in the
branches of it,.
60 1t is a Kingdom 'of Trans
formation. The Kingdom advances
by contact. The leayen converted
the meal particle by particle, not
instantly in total mass. Christian
ity demands individual work for
individuals. t.'',. :,
(6) 1t is the Kingdom of the
Narrow Door. Who can enter. the
Kingdom? Only those who enter
in through the, difficult gate OF
repentance for sin. Only those
who go in through the marrow
door of faith in Jesus Christ as
Saviour and Lord!
co 1t is d, Kingdom of Regen-
crate Souls. They are saved. They
have been redeemed. They know
the Lord, and the Lord knows
them. They must be. saints before
they can he sainted, -.
(S) 1t is a Kingdom of. Elimi-
mated Wickedness. The Journalist
and the hypocrite feign righteous"
ness but work iniqaity. Hence, the
King shuts against them in pen
atty the door they refused to en-
ter in penitence. Their place is
without; and that is the place for
weeping and gnashing of teeth"
(9) 1t is a Kingdom of Re:
warded Righteousness. The good
and faithful servant will hear the
Master say,s"Wen donew He, will
be promoted to larger life. with
greater responsibility. He viii en-.
ter that jov which is unspeakable
and full of glory. ...
(1O) 1t. is the KINGDOM of All
the Good Foreyer.-LThere is first
off all. and. foremost of all the
King. in his beauty of holiness
and in the majesty of his might
and mercy, There are the Dlptri'
archs' and the prophets whast ia.
! miHar names ihumine our Bible
And there are all the good from
all countries and all centuries as
| camh1ad in tho anst attn ond afar.