The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-23
TIE SUNDAY GcAcCL.
Lesson tor Nov. -, IS0e-Apcsucs TURF

Ing to the Gc1tilcS-icts i3'}A-l@'',
GOLDEN TENT have snat thee 70 be o
light to the GCutllos,-ActS l3.A'
LESSON NOTES.
81 "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 prosolytes, but the
heather.
-, when the Jews saw the multi
tudcs they were filled with jealousy"
Literally heat boiling. They were
boiling over with zeal for their form of
religion, which filed them with indig-
nation at the doctrines of the apostles,
and jealousy Of thcit success. And
contradicted:" Denied argued against,
which, ii done in the right way aud
with the right spirit, was emincntly
proper But the word implies not argu-
ment, but assertion and dcnunciation.
And blasphemy:' To blasDhcme is.
here, not to take Gods name in vain,
but to speal, evil and slaudorous words.
4G. paul and Barnabas spallc out
boldly" The opposition, instead of
daunting them, made them come out
boldly and decidedly in favor of rcceiv-
ing the Gentiles ut was necessary
that the word of God should first be
spoken to YOU" Not, it was proper, nor
it was our duty, but, it was neoo asary.
"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 tsrn to : he Cen
tiles" And they shall come'into the
kingdom which you refuse duke 49,
2S).
~. For SO hath the Lord commanded
u.s." BY showing them that Isa. 1876 and
similar promises Were to be so applied.
Il have set thee for light of the Cen
tiles This was the mission of the
jews, the servant of Jehovah TO be
carried out through Jesus their Mes
siah, as the representative servant of
Jehovah" "Salvation unto the utter
most part of the earth" The Gospel is
not narrow, but worldwide. And this
is one of the great proofs that it is Di-
vine. Other religions are for a race or
nation or state of civilization. This is
for all.
As. AS many as were ordained to
eternal life believed" This verse is
! battle-ground and has marked a division
| line between great bodies of Christians.
| On the one hand, Hackett and many
Others decide that it means that those
who were appointed by God believed; the
ordaining or appointing being by some
power outside of themselves, which
they say must of course be God But
even in this case nothing is said as to
how God appoints, or that it is an ar
bitrary act; while we know that what
ever God does is in accordance with the
free wills with which he has endowed
us. There is divine side to our lives,
and that divine side is here expressed,
but the human choice is not denied II
so. THE Jews urged on the devout
women of honorable estate:" These
were proselytes, devoted to the Jewish
religion and having great influence in
religious matters. Persons, on account
of their very love for the good, may, if
mistaken, do a great deal of harm.
1.-THE chief men of the city" Who
would care much more to please their
fellow-citiZens, the Jews, than these
wandering men, who seemed likely to
make trouble and create dissension.
Cast them out of their borders" The
persecution was probably tumultuous
outbreak, and the apostles, for the sake
of peace, retired from the place. 4
! 81. "Shook off the DUST So Christ
! had commanded them to do as n testi-
mony Matt. 1914, not in anger, but to
) show them that they did not leave them
willingly to go to ruin, but the blame
must rest upon themselves. Game un.
, to Iconium:" A large city in Lycaonia,
| sixty miles to the southeast. 1t is now
called Konieh.
So "And the disciples" Both the
] apostles and the Christians in Antioch
$ "Were filed with joy" They left be.
D hind them the JOY of new hope, the
] inspiration of new faith, the outpour
+ ing of the Holy Spirit in the hearts o.
those who had learned of the heavenly
] promise. And with the Holy Ghost:'
3 And this was the source of their Joy
0 their strength and their firmness.
) IA: l. They entered together" Some
/. times they preached in different places
!. and sometimes they united their forces
$50 spake, that great multitude .
s believed" They spake so convincingly
b with such an evidence and demonstra
e ton of the Spirit, and with such power
!, SO from the heart, that they who
4 heard them could not but say God wa
with them of truth.
u 2. But the Jews that were disobedi
e emit" The verb is the same whicl
!. is found in John 1886, where
c the rendering should be: He
that oJeyeth not the Son shall not sec
!, life" "Gentiles:" The entire non
/. Jewish population. Made them evi
n affected" The disobedient Jews abused
>, the minds of the Gentiles; that is, i'll
y treated them by deceiving.
!. 4. THE multitude of the city was di
vided:" The very things which pro
duced strong conviction in some awak
Il ened bitter antagonism in others.
5. "W hen there was made an onset
l. The Greek word refers to set purpose
Y not to its being actually carried out
n 6. "They e. fed" In obedience t,
y the Lords command Matt. 1O:25l. Tn
n light was not put out 10y persecution
> but only carried farther into the darl,
ness. Unto the cities of Lycaonia:
S Wolf-land; wilder and less civilizet
r region. Unto Lystra and Derbe: