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.ENEAS ANO DORCAS.
LESSON il, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT, 9.
Text of the Lesson, Acts tx, 32-A3-nIem-
Org Verses, d0-42-Golden Text, Acts
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20 "And II can,e TO pass. as Peter nasscd
| throuphout oll Quarters he came down
olso 70 tbe saints which, dwelt Mt J,vdda -
| Believers are called saints in the various
pDistles (see Rom. l. E; I Cor. /. Q. etc
emitting the italics), because all who truly
receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour nre
in Him washed. sanctified, justified. and
lie is made unto them wisdom, righteous
ness. sanctifcation and redemption Il Cor
vi II. / 70. II Cor. v. 2O
LYDIA is between Jerusalem and Joppa.
! about ten miles cast of .Ioppa.
90. And there he found a certain man
named Ir.nens which had kept his bed
eight wears and was sick of the palsy"
Jesus healed those who had been eighteen
and thirtv-eight years sick, and Peter had
already been the channel of health from
Jesus TO one forty wears afflicted 0.uke
xiii. IL. John V. !: Acts iv. 22). 50 that n
sickness which had lasted eight years
would not seem an insuperable difficulty
to Peter or TO any one who believed der.
xxi. II: Nath. xix. %; xvii, ~
81. "And Peter said unto him, Fneas.
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise
and make thy bed: and he arose immedi-
| atplv." Compare ILL., 6, 16 and iv, TO- The
great fact of orr REDEMPTION is Jesus
| Christ risen from the dead, and alive for
evermorc. having all power in heaven and
on earth O}ev. i. l9; Math. xviii, 49,
This was made plain to Saul in the last
lesson by the appearing of Jesus to him,
and * now made plain to A,neas and to the
people of LYDIA by this miracle.
81. and all that dwclt at Lydia and
Saron saw him. and turned to the Lord"
Note the expression turning to the Lord"
in chapters XII, q: XIV, ~: XVI, 20, and in
Thess. i, 9, see what it means turning from.
We are all by nat1trc turned from God,
aud repentance is turning to God, to
serve Him, and wait for His Son from
heaven Il Thess. j. 1W If more of the
power and work. of the risen living Christ
were seen in Us. there would be more sin.
ner. turning to God. and the kingdom
would I've greatly FASTENED
&c "Now there was at Toppa n certain
discinlc named Tabitha, which by inter
probation is called Dorcas. This woman
was full of good works and aims deeds
which She did" Both of the names of this
woman signify "a roe or hart or gazelle,"
and are indicative of swiftncss. See |
Chron. xii. <; SONGS H. Il: viii, H. She be-
lieved that the kings business required
haste, and whatever was to be done should
be done quickly She is called IA disciple
j. e., a taught or trained one. All who
trulv rDceivn Cbr;st are holy in Him hut
NOT all euch urc vfllin,, + O IN. troin4I nv
Him All trrn di.rinIrs or trained onas
will ike Dorcos Le f,II of oood ,yorl, =
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,hot she ,y,s .ir,. and died whom ,vL.n
thnv had ,.aslod tbrz laid Nor in an INNER
chamber NJ evil can befall = child of
cod. no. evcr s.t,, can Law, f,ror IN
snch without God,s nn,mission Bo,h
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