Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. IL.

II. after three days Paul called the
chief of the Jews together" The express
sion 'three days" is so suggestive of resur-
rection that one cannot fail to think of 1t
who has anything of the spirit of Paul.
who had as one of his heart utteranoes
'That may know Him and the power of
His resurrection" (Phil. iii, 10). At his
conversion he was three days without
sight, and then Ananas came to him, sent !
of God. Probably he gave himself to prayer
these three days in Rome that he might be /
fully in the Lords hands as His messenger /
to accomplish His pleasure, and now the
principal Jews of the city have come to-
gether to hear what he has to say.
Is. "Thero was no cause of death in
me" Yet here he is in Rome prisoner
by the will of God. So there was no cause
in Christ why He should be hated John
XIV, 25) or crucified, yet by the will of God
He suffered the just for the unjust. To be
willing to endure hardship for the good Of
others is Christlike, for He loved us and
gave Himself for us leaving His home in
glory for over 33 years and suffering all
the humiliation consequent upon His being
the sinners substitute, that we who accept
Him might not only be saved, but share
His glory.
10. "Not that had aught to accuse my
nation of. " Although it was through his
own people that he was now a prisoner,
yet he would not accuse them, but rather
see the hand of God in it all and continue
to love and pray for his poor, blinded peo-
pie. See his heart for them in Rom. TX,
3, and X, l, II could wish that myself
were accursed from Christ for my breth-
rem. Brethren, my hearts desire and
prayer to God for Israel is that they might
4 - 10, n1x
as here in Rome to seek the Jews first
20. For the hope of Israel l am bound
with this chain. " BY comparing chapters
xiii, g.; xiv, 10; XVI, 6, :, it is evident
that the hope which Paul meant was asso-
ciated with resurrection, the resurrection
of Christ and then of His people The
resurrection spoken of in Dan. xii, Is, and
in Hos vi 2, and elsewhere-very fully in
Eek. Xxxvii, where it is said that they
shall be one nation in their own land under
one king, never to be divided or scattered
any more.
81, 20. GAS concerning this sect we
know that everywhere it is spoken
against" They had heard nothing evil of
Paul but they had heard the followers of
this Jesus Christ spoken against Simeon
said to His mother that He would be for a
sign spoken against duke ii, 34), and it is
written, "All that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution Oil Tim.
f iii, 12) The carnal mind is enmity against
; God, and the wisdom of this world knows
, not God
, 23. He expounded and testified the
: kingdom of God, persuading them con-
corning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses
; and out of the prophets from morning till
evening" Having appointed him day,
they came to him to his lodging, and thus
10 tn1l- ,1 70, I,p,, No, hA, mi, Il
J., die and end of his talk was Jesus and His
resurrection, looking to the kingdom yet
to be established with Israel as righteous
nation at the center, Jesus, the Son Of
David, as their King, and all nations
blessed through them, their King acknowl-
edged by all as King of kings and Lord
. of lords.
! "a. And some believed the things
e which were spoken and some believed
not" So it has been and will always be
In this age. Paul never expected that all
I would believe him, but he labored that he
n might by all means save some (Rom. XII,
IA l Cor. tx, 22). Our Lord taught us
- that some seed will fall by the wayside,
d some on stony soil, some among thorns
o and some on good ground; that the tares
q will grow with the wheat until the harvest
0 and that the kingdom will come at harvest
r time.
: 25-27. And when they agreed not
;, among themselves they departed after that
It Paul had spoken one word" That one
: word was quotation from lisa. vi, g. 10,
and is also found in Math. xiii, IA, 10;
John xii. 40; Rom. XII, 8. Isaiah having
seen His glory and having heard the ques-
ton, "Whom shall 1 send and who will GO
for us?" replied, Here am l, send me-
Then he was told that the people to whom
no NrpI11I no II rnppiVp his m
|, sage. jeremiah and Ezekiel were also told
u the same thing Ohe record is in Jer. /,
e and in Eek ii and iiD 1t is the one
business of the Lord S messenger to deliver
the Lord S message faithfully, diminishing
Il not word, and trust tho Lord to see tC
t. the results. See Hag. /, l3; Jer. xiii, 20
II XVI, 2. We are not to think out the mes
- sage any more than the prophets did OF
d our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Both He
% and they spake only the words commanded
~ them by God (.Iohn xii, 40; Jer. i, 6, z
X Elk. iv, 12), and we must not think to dc
&c otherwise.
lS IS, 20. To the Jew first was his way al
" ways; then, when rejected by them, turn
x to the gentiles, sure that somehow the
81 Lord shall see of the travail of His sou
and shall be satisfied Since He shall moi
fail nor be discouraged lisa. Kill A., there
= Is no room for any servant of His ever tC
be discouraged. We must remember Hil
word TO Moses and to Joshua to put of
Is their shoes, which, if l understand it, sig
ID nifled that the work was the Lords ant
le not theirs.
Al 80. "And Paul dwelt two whole years il
NJ his own hired house and received all tina
" came in unto him." During that time hi
&c probably wrote the epistles to the Ephe
le slams, the Philippians, the Colossians and
I'd some Others, When people came to him
n he would be ever ready to welcome then
IN and talk with them of Him Of whom hi
4 heart was so full.
in 81. Preaching the kingdom of God and
8 teaching those things which concern thu
lie Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, NJ
man forbidding him." Thus this book o
the Acts begins and ends with the king
m dom, for we read in chapter /, 3, that dur