Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-11-17

-Iimo Well spent
Paul's First missionary sermon.
n The lesson for Sunday, Nov. 20, may
be found In Acts 49, 26-43.
'f INTRODUCTORY.
Here is a sermon worth reading, worth
studying, aye, worth preaching again.
In fact, 1t Is the one clear instance In.
the Bible OF a repeated sermon, and 1t
teaches US incidentally that 1t Is wise TO
occasionally redeliver gospel message
which has been found fruitful. under
God. In the Add verse of the lesson 1t
Is said that when the Jews were gone
out of the synagogue fperhaps they had
packed IL full and crowded oat their no
less needy neighbors) the Gentiles be-
sought that these words might be
preached to them the next Sabbath.
Very good. Let us have them preached
again before ourselves and our friends
to-day.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Men and brethren. Greek, men,
brethren. 1. O., brother men. A frater-
nal address. - Children. Literally.
ons.-And whatsoever, or, and who.
The relative cause parallels the adiec-
tive phrase, sons of Abraham. They
were at the same time sons of Abraham
and fearers of God. CT v. 16, closely
rendered: Men of Israel and fearing
God.-Among you. ProLsbly with
allusion to the Gentiles present. ito
you. Emphatic. Above all men, Israel
ought to accept the great salvation.
Because they knew him not. Partici-
| pial construction: not knowing. From
| the Greek word used here comes our
| Ia Of fhn
| cts. Hearing the sound but not recog-
nizing the voice. -Condemning him.
Condemning him they had unwittingly
condemned themselves.
/ And though they found no cause, etc.
| A marked case of interpretative trans
lation. Greek: And having found no
cause of death, they besought PLATE
that he should be slain.
| Fulfilled ALL The wicked working
the righteous will OF heaven.-They
! took him down and laid him.
Mans part.
But God raised him. Gods part.
After man had done all he could against
| God, but, after all, for God.
Many days. Greek: Upon many days,
l. e., at various timeg-Which came
up with him. His disciples, Galileans.
WHO are his witnesses. Kept with
him for this especial purpose; see John
10: 81 Eye also shall bear witness, be-
cause ye have been with me from the
beginning").
We declare unto you glad tidings.
Thus witnessing: The word for glad
tidings" is our word evangel or gospel.
How that the promise. A form OF
the same word as glad tidings above.
With which 1t Is constructively In APP
position, |. e., what was promise to
them is glad tidings to us.
Raised up Jesus. The resurrection
was the center of apostolic Witnessing.
1t may be well to note that the Re-
vision following Tischendorf's reading
here translates our children, |. g., tC
the generations of to-day.-Secont
Psalm. Tischendor.: First Psalm.
So originally, the First Psalm being re.
garded as Introductory.
AS concerning that he raised him up
The literal is more luminous and ex
pressive: In that he raised him up from
the dead, never again to return to cor
ruption, by so much he was saying,
will give you the sure mercies of David
; Or since the prophecy is here being full
! filed he was saying In that transcend
ent act Of the resurrection, / am givinl
you. / here give gou the true mercie
of David promised in David; fulfille'
in Christi.
: The holy one. Same word rendere
sure mercies in the verse before. Thel
it meant pledged things, here it mean
pledged person.
After he hal served his own genera
2 ton, or alter that In his own generation
. he had served the will of God, /. e., h
! lived the life of an ordinary mortal.
Saw no corruption. So being differen
: from David and so also fulfilling, a
David could not in his own person, tn
Scripture.
Known. Demonstrably proven to tn
z, Jews, at least forgiveness q
sins. The right con fusion Of a gospt
. discourse.
a And by him. Rather, for by hin
since here Paul proceeds to prove froI
Q further Scripture testimony the point h
= makes regarding the forgiveness OF sins
: The original contains, however, no cor
nective, whatever. Justified from a
things. The translators have inter
fered with the climax here by turnin
thavverse completely around.
Spoken Of in the prophets. An archaI
form, in solemn speech, pronounced.
Behold, We despisers. lisa. 30: l.
Paul is quoting from the Septuagint.
Preached. Or, rather, talked, II
for nal discourse.
When the congregation was broke
up. An apostolic after-meeting. -
Speaking to them. In conversations
style, as in on inquiry meeting. Thu
; after should preaching be followed up.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
To you Is the word OF this salvatio
sent. It was special message, clos,
direct personal appeal. Who are tn
objects of it? The stock of Abraham
those who feared God. A similar az
peal is made above at v. 16. Men ,
Israel and fearers of God" The call
especially to those who believe in G cd
:. In other words it is particular appei
= to the church. II you believe in &C
says Paul, have new message fro
!. God for you-a message OF love. III
. church hears the same reiterative appei
20 to-day. God Is ever coming to his pee
pie with new stores OF grace. Just bs
=. cause they are his own, he awakes the
~ % to apprehension OF good.
Though they found no cause OF deaf
~ in him. Rather, because they foun
- no cause, theie fore entreated they p
a. late that he should be slain" VIII,
- they could not get by rightI they beggt
as a favor. Having no case, they put
- n the score of grace. So also at Ac
~ i'll. II, where Peter says to the Jew
20 aye denied the Holy One and the Jus
~ and desired murderer TO be granite
- (graced) unto YOU" Fearful reprobac
=, Praying for the death of Gods Son as
- favor, their account OF grace the priv