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WHO HAD HELPED HiNSElF To PARtiCULARLY CHEWED CARAMEL JUSt BEFORE blDDlHS A SLAM N NO-tRUWRS AMD Ei/ERYONE 'ftiDUeHt HE SAID * PASS" AND HE HAD tb PUW HIS POWERHOUSE At 'MO CLUBS «u»Aa WU/VIS i »*«i arMo***. tm+i " J ”"" 'IMPRQYED ^ UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for March 1 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE PARABLES BY THE SEA LESSON TEXT—Mark 4:28-32; Matthew li:44^<). GOLDEN TEXT—Never man spake like this man.—John 7:46. Parables as a means ol conveying truth reached perfection in the hands of the Master Teacher, Jesus. Taking short stories of well-known events or facts from daily life, He presented profound truth in the most simple and attractive form. Except for the parable of the four kinds of seed which He inter preted (Matt. 13:18-23), He left it to His listeners to make their own ap plication. This has led to some dif ference of opinion, but in general the parables are received as excel lent and helpful portions of God’s Word. In the two passages of Scripture assigned for our lesson, we have five parables, each with a distinctive message, yet together pointing out that there is a time of growth lead ing to harvest and judgment, and that our gracious God has at great cost provided a way of redemption. I. Normal Growth Is Blessed (Mark 4:26-29). God is patient. He awaits the normal, healthy, steady growth of the seed. Man is so impatient he must have forced growth, artificial stimulation, and even artificial rip ening of the fruit. The same attitude enters into his care of his children. They must get ahead in school beyond their years. They must get out and make a liv ing long years before they have learned to make a life. Why not let | them mature in the orderly, God- given way? The same is true in the work of the church. There must be imme diate “tangible” results or he will not give his support. Anyone with judgment knows that spiritual life takes time to develop, and that spiritual results cannot be judged by physical or tangible standards. Seedtime, growing time, normal ripening, then harvest — that is God’s order and it is a good one. II. Abnormal Growth Is Danger ous (Mark 4:30-32). Normally the mustard tree is a small plant, and when it grew into a great tree something abnormal had taken place. Birds (which always denote something unclean in Scrip ture) came to lodge in its branches. Just so, Christianity was never in tended to be made up of a nominally Christian world empire in which un godly men (the dark birds of the evil one. Matt. 13:19) should find comfortable lodgment. Unfortunate ly, that is just what happened to Christianity in the so-called conquest of the Roman empire at the time of Constantine. The results were dis astrous. The same principle is evi dent today in the control of much of the church by worldly men. III. Redemption Is Costly (Matt. 13:44-46). While it is true that our redemp tion is worth more than anything else in all the world and that the Christian would gladly set aside (or would he?) everything for Christ’s sake, yet that does not fulfill the thought of this parable. After all, ! what has a sinner (whose own right eousness is described in Scripture as “filthy rags”) to sell in order to j obtain redemption? And is it for | sale? (See Eph. 2:8.) ! Obviously we here have the Sa viour with His all-seeing eye and loving heart noting in fallen human ity the pearl of great price. His own Church. He then gives up all the glory He had with the Father, comes to the earth, and even be comes sin for us that He may bring us to God. Salvation in Christ is no little thing, not something which was pur chased with gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ. We ought to value it highly, and because we are bought with a price we ought always to glorify God (I Cor. 6:28). IV. Judgment Is Certain (Matt. 13:47-50). All kinds of fish were in the net, and until the cord was drawn and the net emptied they looked much alike and enjoyed much the same standing as “citizens” of the sea. But when they faced the fisherman there was a quick division, and a final judgment upon the bad ones. It is true that in God’s kingdom (as it is now manifested in “mys tery” in the Church) there are many who have come in by false profession, through carelessness of | pastors or church officials, etc. They go through the motions, they look and act much like Christians (al though even here they create ques tions in the minds of true followers of Christ). The day is coming, how ever, when they shall stand in judg ment before the Christ whom they profess to love and follow. How ter rible shall be their doom! They need not wait in fear for that day. They may now, today, make right their relationship with God. Heirloom Quilt Done In Lattice Fan Motif Pattern No. Z9371 'T'HE new Lattice Fan quilt is composed of 12-inch blocks and offers many possibilities for ar rangement and combination of col ors. One print may be used for the entire quilt, or an heirloom rich in tradition may be produced by using the many different print scraps which have accumulated through the years. • • • No. Z9371. 13 cents, gives accurate cut- ting guide, color suggestions, yardage and directions. For this pattern send your order to: AUNT MARTHA Box 168-W Kansas City, Mo. Enclose IS cents for each pattora desired. 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