The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-11-24
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tight to the Gcrtilcs. s.-sA0ts ME-
EEssuN NOTES.
A. "And the next Esbbetlr" ASter
the one In which de address of onr
last lesson was given. 'Ahmoat fhe
Whole city was gathered together"
Not only Jews and proseavtes, but the
heather.
4b. when the Jews saw the multi
,tudes they were filed with jeaio,lsy:"
ILiteraily heat, boiling. They wepe
boiling over with Sea1 for their form of
religion, which nned them with indig.
nation at the doctrines of the apost1 Is,
land jealousy Of their success. "And
tcontradicted." Denied, argued 4gainst,
(which, If done in the right way and
with the right spirit, was eminentay
proper. But the word implies not argu-
iment, but assertion and denunciataon.
,"And blasphcmy:" To blaspheme is,
here, not to talze Gods name in vain,
but TO speak evil and slanderous words
46. "Paul and Barnabas spake out
boldly The opposition, instead of
sdaunting them, made them come out
boldly and decidedly in favor of receiv-
ing the Gentiles. ut was necessary
that the word of God should first ba
spoken to you:" Not, 1T was proper, nor
it was our duty, but, it was necessary.
Judge yourselves unworthy of ever.
lasting life:" God had invited them 10
eternal life. God did not shut them cut
of Heaven, they pronounced their own
sentence. "Lo. we turn to the Gen.
tiles" And they shall come into the
kingdom which You refuse Uul5e 49,.
2S).
Al. For SO hath the Lord commanded
u.s." By showing them that lisa. 1910 and
similar promises were to be so applied.
II have set thee for light of the Gen
tiles" This was the mission of the
Jews, 'the servant Of Jehovah, f" to be
carried ont through Jesus their Mes
siah, as the representative servant of
Jehovah" "Salvation unto the utter
most part of tho earth" The Gospel is
not narrow, but world-wiae. And this
is ono OF the great proofs THAT u is Di-
vine. Other religions ara fora 'raes tor
nation or state of civilization. Thisi is
for all.
As. "As many as wore ordained TO
eternal Life believed" This verse is
battle-ground and has marked a division
line between great bodSes Of Christians.
On the one hand, Hackett and many
Others decide that it means thai those
who were cpposstad BY God bahered; tho
ortaadning or appointing being by souns
power outside Of themselves, wl1Aoh
they say must of course be God. But
even in this case nothing is ssid as 10
how God appoints, or that II il an ar
bftsary act; whilo we know that what
ever God does is in aocozfianoe with the
free willis with which be has endowed
,us. There is q divine side to.or lives,
and that divine siae b here expressed,
but the human choice is not denied.
80. The Jews urged ON tho depout
women Of honorable estates" These
were proselyscs, devoted to the jewish
religion and having great influence in
religious matters. Persons, On account
of their very love for the good, may, IL
mistaken, do gress dead of haen.
The ehicf men of the city" Who
would care much more to please their
feilcw-citiEens, the Jewa, than these
wandering men, who seemed likely to
make trouble and create diss1nsion.
''Cast them out OF their borders:' The
persecution was probably tamnituons'
soutbreak, and the apostles, fer tho sake
of peace, retired from the place.
81 Shock off tho dnss:" So Christ
had commanded them to do as tcsai-
-1nony (Mat& f0:a4}, not in anger, but to
show them that they did not laaso them
willingly to 60 to rum, but The blame
mast ress upon themselves Came IN.
to Iconium:" A large city In Lycaonia.
sixty ntles to the southeast. II Il now
called Konieh.
70. sand the disipaes;'' RcAA TIE
spossas and she Christians In Antioch.
Were filled With joy" Thay isfs he-
hind than the JOY i anew hope, the
inspiration Of new faith, the ou4pour-
ing OF the Holy Spirit Ia the hearts of
tho1s who had le9ued Of tho heavenly
prouAsa And with the Holy Ghost."
And tAa w1s ~ sonrce of their 3nR,
their s4pength and 0,eir frmnees.
LEI ''FhagenAaCed together" Some
tiunes they preachsd In dffsersGA pAanas,
and sonsoai,uas shey united thoir Tosces.
SO spakne, H1ata greet muitaAuas
beaiesed~ They spakeso couxincingly,
with such an esidence and dcuzonatra-
ton OF the Spirit, and with such power,
SO from the heart. that they who
heard them could not but say God was
with them of q truth.
2. "But the Jews that wers disobedi-
ent:" The verb is the same which
Is found in John asS8, where
the rendering should be: 'sHa
that o6eysth not the Son shall not see
life" "Geniles:" The entire nom
Jewish population. 'Mado them evil
affected, Tho disobedient Jews abused
the -2indl of the Gentiles; that is, ill.
treated them by deceiving
4 THE multitude of the city was d.
vided:" The very things which pro
duced strong conviction in some awax-
ened bitter antagonism in others.
5. Nv hen thepe was made an onset:"
The Greek word reAnrs TO SGT purpose,
not to its being actually carried ont.