Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-08-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, THIRD QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 81.

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NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 81.
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I - Commentary by the Rev. d. III.
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49, "Whersupon, 0 King AgIippa, was
1 rot disobedient unto the heavenly vision.n
fone two years efter the last lesson Felix
IVES succeeded by Festus, and Paul was
it'll q prisoner. The high priest and the
Jews so3n made mention Of Paul, the pris-
ener, and asked that he might be brought
TO Jerusalem for tgigl. hoping to kill him
IN the way txxv, :, 81. They were com
! PEELED, hGweTer, to appear against him at
/ Casarea, and it WIS then that Paul APP
! pealed to Cesar. which necessitatel his
I being sent TO Rome. Meantime King AgTip-
pa and Besnicc visit Festus, and he tells
them Of Paul and Of his appeal to Cesar,
but that he has 10 definite accusation
against him, upon which Agrippa desires
7 to hear him. Peal is row before Agrippa
and Festss AID the chief captains and pIin-
cipal men of the city. and has gotten as far
! IN his story Is his conversion On the wsy to
4 Damascus and his consequent readiness to
4 obey his new Masters orders. See II sam.
XIV. Is; Is;l j, 10, and take heed
4 20. THAT they should repent and turn to
I God and do works meet for repentance.
He began at Damascus then at Jerusalem
and 50 on IN all the world, preaching these
/ things. Compare | Thess. i, 0, 10; Titus ii,
lib, and see how he Insisted on these
things We are all by nature against God.
/ q. For these causes the Jews caught me
/ in the temple and W Mt about to Kill me. y
( 1t does not seem possible that people woull
! hate man and even try to kill him Just
/ for being good, bat the hatred Of Joseph By
/ his brethren, and Of Daniel by his fellows,
and of Paul ~ The Jews simply prove the
enmity of man against God, and it was
I fully shown ont in tie persecution and
crucifxion Of the Lord Jesus.
( q. Saying none other things than those
which the prophets and Moses did say
should come. Ey tie help Of Sod he con
tinued witnessing to small and great, rca-
soning cut Of the Old Testament, as VIC call
it, concerning Jesus chapters xvii, ., 8;
xviii, 2S).. Jesus himself taught that all
Scripture referred to Him luke xiv, 81,
40. Philip preached Jesus to the Ethiopian
from lisa. Iii,
%. "That Christ should suffer, and thar
He should be the first that should rise from
the dead and should show light unto the
people and to the Gentiles." The suffering
and death Of Christ are seen in Gen. iii, Is;
xxi, 2. with Gal. iii, 1e; rs. xxi, /, l6; Isa.
lii, 5, c, and elsewhere. lis resurrection is
referred to in Ps. xvi, 10, with Acts iii, Is;
Isa, lii, 10; Hes. vi 2, etc, while His being
light to the nations is seen IN Isa. xiii, c;
xix, G. etc. Although all was 50 plainly
foretold the Jews shut their eyes to the
true significance Ct these things and would
not hear Of suffering Messiah John xii,
92-34l
"a. Ard rs lie thus spake for himself
Festus said with 9 loId voice, Paul, thou
art beside thysclf; much learning doth
make thee mad F" He that departeth
from evil is accounted mad Qsa liy, 10,
margin). The prophet is fool; the spirit
ual man is mad (IIos. tx, .. Jesus himself
was repeatedly told that He had devil
(John VII 20; vii, ~. If we make Christ
our center, We must Of necessity be cccen-
trio in the eyes Of others and seem TO them
TO be beside ourselves
25. But he said, am not mad, most no
bic Festus, hut speak forth the words Of
truth and soberncssp Paul knew whereof
lie affirmed and realized that lie was speak
I ing in the hearing Of a greater than Festus
or Agrippa. He had no ambition to please
men Gal /, &c; Ihess Ii, a. but be did de-
sire to please Him who had called him III
Cor, V, ., and II Tim. ii, l5) And be had
great ambition to win men to Christ q
Cor. tx, ~ and 10 magnify Christ in his
body whether BY life or death ('hil. i, 20),
&c. For the king kuoweth Of these
u. /
this thing WA, not done III a corner.n When
TIE high priest ts;;ed jesus Of Ills doctrine,
He said, 4 spale openly to the world;
ever taught III lie synagogue ana in the
temple, whittier the Jews always resort,
and in secret have said nothing John
xviii, 20). The story Of Jesus of Nazareth
wes known far and wide, but it was to the
great majority simpiya story of zone Jesus,
who was dead, whom some Gfirmed to lie
alive" (Acts XIV, ~. 1t is not much more
to most people even now.
q. King AGripra, bcl;eyest thou the
prophets? l know that thou believest"
Cine Of Paul's mott0e5 was, Believing all
things which are written ia the law and in
the prophets (IXiv, ID. Jesus rebuke to
the two disciples was 20 fools and slow Of
Leart to believe all lhat the prophets have
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