The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-25
TnE SuMDAY SCHOOL.
lesson Tor Nov. "a. 1900 Apostles Turn
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hight 70 tie Ccatiics.-Acts 1871
LESSON NOTES.
a. And the next sabbath" After
the one in which the address Of our
last lesson was given. almost the
whole city was gathered together"
Not only Jews and prosclytes, but the
heather.
Al. when the Jews saw the multi
tudcs they were filed with jealousy"
Literally heat. boiling. They were
boiling over with zeal for their form Of
religion. which filed them with indig-
nation ut the doctrines Of the apostles.
and Jealousy Of their success And
contradic,ed:" Denied. argued against.
which. i. done in the right way and
with the right spirit. YVES eninentiy
proper. But the word implies not argu-
mcnt. but assertion and dcnunciation.
.And blasphcmy:" To blasphemc is,
here, not to take Gods name in vain.
but 10 speak evil and slandcrous words.
46. '.Pau' and Barnabas spalse out
boldly" The opposition. instead Of
daunting them. made them come out
boldly and decidedly in favor Of rcceiv-
ing the Gcntilcs. at was necessary
that the word Of God should first be
spoken 70 you" Not. il was proper. nor
IL was our duty. but. it was necessary.
Judge yourselves unworthy of ever
lasting life" God had invited them To
eternal life. God did not shut them out
of Heaven. they pronounced their own
sentence. "Lo. we turn 10 the Gen
4~I Ial s.<. e.
kingdom which you refuse luke 49,
2sl.
-. "For SO hath the Lord commanded
rs" By showing them tina; ISa. 1850 and
similar promises were 70 be so applied
81 have set thee for light Of the Gen
tiles This was the mission OF the
Jews. 1.-The servant Of jehovah" 10 be
carried out through Jesus their Mes
siah. rs the representative servant Of
Jehovuh." salvation unto the utter
most par, OF the earth" The Gospel is
rot arrow. but worldwide. And this
i one OF the great proofs that it is Di-
vine. other religions are for race or
nation or state Of civilization. This Is
for all.
=, ''As many as were ordained to
eternal life believed" This verse is a
battle-ground and has marked a division
line between great bodies OF Christians.
On the one hand. Ilackctt and many
Others decide that il means that those
who were dppO.atsi by God believed; the
ordaining or appointing being by some
power outside Of themselves. which
they say must Of course be God. But
cvcn in this case nothing is said as tn
how God appoints. or that IL is an ar
biirary act: while we know that what
ever God does is in accordance with the
free wills with which he has endowed
Us There i 4 divine side to our lives.
and that divine side is here expressed,
but the human choice is not denied.
10 The Jews urged on the devout
women OF honorable estate" These
We're prosclytes. devoted to the Jewish
religion and having great influence in
religious natter. Persons. on account
q. their very love for the good. may. if
mistaken. do n great deal of harm
'The chief men of the city," Who
would care tauch more to please their
icllow-citizens. the Jews. than these
wandering men. who seemed likely to
make trouble and create discussion.
Cast then ont Of their borders:' The
persecution was probably a tumultuous
ortbrcai. end the apostles. for the sake
of peace. retired from the place.
81. "Shools Of the DUST 30 Christ
had commanded them 20 do as tcsti-
rlony tAlatt. 1910. not in anger but To
show them that they did not leave them
willingly 10 60 To ruin. but the blame
must rest upon themselves. Game un-
10 lconium:" a large city in Lycaonia,
sixty rallies 10 the southeast. 1t is now
called konich.
g. And the Disciples Both the
apostles and the Christians in Antioch.
'Wcrc tillcd with joy" They left be-
hind them tho joy Of new hope. the
Inspiration Of 4 rev faith. the outpour-
in Of tho Holy Spirit in the hearts of
thpse who had learned of the heavenly
promise And with the Holy Ghost"
And this was the source Of their Joy.
their strength and their firsnncss
rs l. .Thcy entered together" Some
nnes they preached in different places.
and sp-neiimcE they united their forces
',o spalsr. tha. great multitude
hclievcd:" They spa'sc 50 convincingly.
wi.h sueh ~ evidence and GemonStra-
tla n the spirit. and with such power.
- lrpl The heart. that they who
hcari thcm could not but say God was
VIII tlluIl o. 2 truth.
lint IA, Jews tina; were dispbpdi-
ea,;" The verb i, the samc which
= i91-l in John 3.3o. where
tf re-dorin~ should be: ''Ile
ih-t cicgch me- the son shall not see
h,m" ''uea;ilcs:" The entire non
'cni-l population. MADE them evil
aAes.c.l." The disobedicnt Jews abused
ne iAinfls 81 the Gcntiles; that is, ill
treated them Nv deccivinr
The multitude Of the city was di-
v''ea;" The very 'hings which pro-
Nnaci strong conviction in Some awak-
eael bitter an;avonisrn in Others.
'N hen iEclc WIS made an onset"
ihc Crock word refers TO a set purpose.
hW Y is being actually carried out.
They fed" In obedience 70
,nc Lords command Matt iO:.3l. The
'sai v@s no; put out by persecution.
aionlv carried farther into TIE dark
ms Unto the cities OF Lycaonia:-
"oli-i1nd; wilder and less civilized