The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-11-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson for November 30, iS9@-Paul's First
Missionary SermOn--Acts i3:26-tS.

TlME-Probably AID, 90 Not long after the .
last lesson.
PAUL aged A, on his first missionary tour /
Accompanied by Barnabas Il was about nine .
years since his conversion
DOCTRINE The promises and prophecies OF |
the Old Testament are fulfilled in Jesus Christ, |
our living Saviour.
LESSON NOTES.
90. Brethren" Expressing his kind
ly sympathy and interest. Children
of the stock of Abraham" True Jews, |
and inheritors of the promises, as was
Paul himself. And those" mot Jews) !
that fear Cod" The Jews had not |
been wholly wanting in missionary
work and in success. ITO you" who in !
herit the promises, who hold to the
Scriptures which portray the Messiah,
lis the word of this salvation sent"
81. For" This is the salvation, far
the Saviour suffered as shall describe.
Because they knew him mott" Did not
realize who he was. They crucifed
Jesus as criminal and not as their
Messiah. Nor the voices of the
prophets:'' There is not one of the
prophets without some distinct refer
ence to Christ except Nahum, Jonah and
Habakkuk. (Which are read every
Sabbath" 1t is quite possible to read
the Scriptures and not understand their
| bearing on present duty. Fulfilled
them" Especially those which speak
of the Messiah as suffering, and the
| sacrifices which pointed to his atone
ment
| 2S. Found no cause of death in Him"
| He was innocent, or he could not have
been the Messiah.
81. 1.-THE tree" The cross made of
wood.
| 80 ''But God raised Him from the
dead" Proving that He conquered
death, and was still living to be the
King.
81. "Was seen for many days." On
ten or eleven different occasions during
forty days He was seen, touched and
talked with. Of this many witnesses
were living to testify to this essential
fact. Paul himself had seen and heard
Him, and knew He was alive.
32. "The promise made unto the ia
theirs" All that had been foretold con-
corning the Messiah, in every form.
This promise was the Joy and hope of
the nation. They had long waited for
its fulfllment. God hath fulfilled :.
in that He raised up Jesus" Not from
the dead, which is referred to in verse "a.
But God brought Him to this world,
raised Him up into the work of the
Messiah.
33. ''As it is written in the second
Psalm:" Yer. 7. Paxl sustains his posi-
ton by the Scriptures "Thou art My
Son, this day have begotten Thee:"
This refers to the fact that God was the
real father of Jesus.
"a. GAS concerning that He raised
Him up from the dead" A dead per-
son could not be the everlasting Saviour
and King of men. The victory over
death, the greatest of enemies, was the
proof and first fruits of His power. ''He
hath spollen:" That is, God hath
spoken. 81 will give you the holy and
sure blessings of David" This quota
ton slightly varies from the words,
but fully expresses the sense of the
, original lisa. $3.50.
So. In another Psalm" C. 1910. On
the day of Pentecost Peter quoted the
same passage more fully, applying it in
the same way Chap. 2:25-3D. Thou
wilt not give thy Holy One to see cor
ruption'' Paul argues that since Davit
did see corruption the words must APP
nj 70 20,
who passed through the tomb without
decay, and still lives.
l 3S. Through this man is proclaimed
5 unto You remission of sins" That is
the forgiveness and the actual remova
of sins. 1t implies new heart, from
which sin is sent away. Jesus an
nounced to men redemption from sin.
80. Everyone that believeth:" VIII,
l accepts of Jesus as their Saviour, be
ieving in Him as a messenger from
God, and trusting Him as Lord as vel
e as Saviour. as Justified" Not mad
i righteous, but accounted righteous
l treated as if he had not sinned "Fron
f all those things" etc: The Language
o here is equivalent to From al (sinS
n Everyone haCing taah is justified In HIM
e from (n2ae ot) uhich SINS could ye be justt
t fed IN tie lao; IN tile lao is not equiva
: lent to By the laG; the declaration i
much broader than our English trans
lation renders it; not only we canno
be justified by the law, but we canno
while remaining in (aader) it, and en-
dcavoring to secure Divine favor b
works of merit of our own; see Gal. sd
Phil. 80
40. Beware, therefore," Becaus
you are sinfu and need the remis
sion of sins, and this wonderful bless
, ing is made known TO you. Spoken il
a the PROPHETS The book of the Proph
cts. Found in Hab. 1;5.
q Al. Eye dcspisers:" Who refused il
those times to take the warnings of the
prophets. And wonder" So fearful
> so terrible will the work" of judgmen
be. (Which we shall in nowise believe:
:. No one can make you believe it, al
- though true, any more than people i
l. Noah's day would believe the food wa
coming.
~. And rs they" The apostles
e This is doubtless the true reading, an
y not tie Je,cS, as in the old version, whic
y implies that some of the Jews, bein
disaffectcd, went out before the NEE,
ing closed. They besought:" That is
r those of the people who were interested
e and spoke to them as they were goin
e out before the assembly was dismissed
g and asked them to come again mex
70 Sabbath.