The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-11-11

sion OF sins should b. preached 10 Hts uans
among all nations LUXE .iG
PAUL-Aec1 ~ Gin A. ID ~ From this time
onwe ri IA the narrative. ne il called Paul sit
tlcl a Roman mare. instead Of saul. his He
brew name The reason Is probably because he
il 70 bs the nposflr ~ the Gentlits. end travel
lng In the Roman empire The Romans would
naturally use that name without any action on
h< part
C.ncrMsrAxcEs-wir chapter u begins the
second part OF the Acts. the history OF missions
70 the Ecaihe1- Its devoted chiefly TO the Ia
h0rs OF Paul After the release % Peter, rs de-
scribcd in last lesson. Paul and Barracas re-
turned from Jerusalem 10 Antioch. where they
seem 10 have made their headquarters for some
years They brought back with them John
Mark
DocTRiSE.-It Is the duty az Christians TO
preach the Gospel 10 all the world
LESSON NOTES
l. 1.-THE church that was at Antioch"
This church had been founded eight or
nine years. The Gcntiles had been adj
mitted to the church here for four wears,
and great numbers lad been added to
the church under Paul and Barnabas-
Prophets and teachers" The prophfs
were those with special insight
tcompare 1i:i-l. Ey teachers are
meant stated and permanent teach
ers. answering somewhat 10 the
pastor Of modern church "Symcon
that was called Niger The first
name points ont the man as of Jew
ISL origin. and the second is q Latin adj
jective-black. ''Lucius of Cyrenc:" q
province Of Northern Africa. He may
have been one Of the men Of Cyrene
mentioned Acts 1879. 20. as carrying the
Gospel 70 Antioch "Manaen:- (the
same as Menahem. one Of the kings Of
Israeli the foster-brother:" Hcrod
Antipas. son of ilerod the Great, APP
pointed by his father tetrarch of Cali
lee and Pcrea- This is the Herod who
murdered John the Baptist.
2. las they ministered TO the Lord:"
Ia religious service. for the purpose Of
learning the Lords will in reference to
Ills work. '.And fasted:- Fasting ex-
presses their intense earnestness. their
spiritual hunger which overpowercd all
sense Of bodily hunger "The Holy
Ghost said" by the mouth Of some of
the prophets present. or by the impulse
Of simultaneous and general inspira-
ton We must be careful not to limit
| the WAYS in which the Holy Ghost
speaks to US
3 when they had tasted and
prayed" in a special service for that
purpose. '-And laid hands on them
as sign tllat-t church thus accepted
them Is their missionaries. and pledged
themselves 10 sustain them by their
sympathy. shcir prayers. and whatever
aid they might need. They sent them
|
= .'>ent forth 10y the Holy Ghost
As related above. no; the church. not
paal. bat the Holy Chest originated the
missionary enterprise. Went down
,thc river Cs-oatcs, unto Scicucia.- The
seaport Of Antioch. l6ts miles dis.an,
in dire. line. They sailed 10 Cy-
rrt.s-r Cyprus lies so TO leo miles south
s.vst of scieUaia The inhabitants in
general were Greeks. but vast numbers
ci Jews were intcrSpcfscd-
5. And when they were nj Sa'-nias:'
The Greek capital 81 Cypress on .tscas;
c-n shore. nearest Sclcuci1- They
proclaimed the y-c-d ~ God" Gods mes
sage OF lo.e and salvation through .rcsa.
the Christ In t..e sylagnTaes:" Thes,
were the r-lpst convenient places. and i;
was also their rule always 10 o.Tcr the
Gospel To tie Jews first. and then 10 the
TEXTILES .'Ard they hal also john
John Mark ar;iscr 81 the Gospel nc.
corsiing 10 Marx cousin 81 Earna bas,
AMI Scn If Mary. az Jerusalem si-.l.. ~
rs shcir Attendant Helper 81. assist
ant
g. "Whe-s they h>d gone through tho
,r~1x.1. ...sr, -4~-s'-..-.- >r-~- ~. r.
II the western ~ opposite extremity y
the Island. abcst one hundred mile:
from saia-nis. "A certain sorrcrcr-'
Rather. magician Che lnagiciars die
nor mercy pretend t. fcrciell The
.nsurc. hat also 20 influence IL ~
false prophet Not oaly one who IRE
tended T. fcrrscll but was unable. BIT
false in character and aims. misleadinf
mcn. teaching false doctrines. seeking
only his own p-a.iL "Ea--jcsns:" Sol
Of IcSls or Joshua
$ -But Elymas." An iranaic wore
meaning a raagian- : wise man. The
sn--rrcr:" Tie magian. the magician
"Vithstocd them Because hc saw tina
his influence and power were gone. i
Ser-ius Paulrs accepted the gospel
.. -Saal. called Paul. So introduc
ton "Fillcd with the Holy Ghost
The original implies sns,tca access o
spiritual power. '-Iss;cred his eyes ol
him:" Gazcd p;crcin-ly. intcntly.
10 20 full Of al guile Dcreit. false
ness Of character ard life "Niilainy:'
Irs-crupulorsness. in evil ''.icr of Thu
devil and like his father in cllaractc
and action- "irsmy Of iii righteous
ness Thcrsfor opposed u Jesus. TIL
san of Righteoisncss "Pcrvcri the RICH
wavs Of the Lord Referring not Il
pcrveriirg men. out Gods ways will
men to save Them
IL. Behold the hand ~ the Lord
The affection carac not from Paul. bu
from God ''ind fhou shalt b. bin,
not seeing the snn:" This PHRASE indi
Gates total blindness For season.
indicates that this blindness was tern
porary.
IL Then the deputy. believed" Iii
reason and his conscience were con
WINGED. his fears aroused. his hopes ar
excited. and he yields his will. ..Dcin,
as,onishcd at the doctrine Of tn
Lord" The new truths from heaven
the new views az the love OF God y-cr