Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-11-09
Il THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. !
International Lesson for November
IA, 1s07-Paul's Ministry in Rome
| Acts 28.17-31. :...
/ ARRANGED from vPeloubet's Notes.1
GOLDEN TEXT am not ashamed Of
the Gospel Of Christ: for 1t is the power of
God unto salvation to everyone that be-
lieveth.-Rom. 1:16. i
THE SECTION includes the lesson, the
list of Roman Christians in Romans 16:3-15:
the references to his captivity in the four
Epistles written during the first captivity,
and the references to his later life in the
three Epistles written during his second
| captivity.
Paurs Interviews with the Jews
VS.. 1920. ~. "After three days." Prob
ably spent in intercourse with the Ro-
man Christians. in procuring lodging,
and in refreshing himself after his long
journey. Paul called the chief of the
Jews togetler:" The non Christian
Jews, who were numerous in Rome at
that time. Paul's object was to gain the
Jews. Hence he would explain how he
came to be prisoner, so thatany preju-
dice against him might be removed and
| any false reports might be corrected.
20. Have called for you:" Better as
in r. ", did entreat you to see and
speak with me-" This is more in ac-
cordance with their respective circum-
stances. Because that for the hope Of
Israel am bound with this chain:", It
was not because he was opposed to
Isreal. as the Jerusalem Jews thought.
but because he preached the realization
of their hopes, the glory they had been
looking for, the kingdom they had been
expecting, that he was a prisoner.
81. Neither received letters" nor
messengers. Not that they had never
heard of Paul, but nothing concerning
his accusation and trial.
%. This sect. everywhere /.
spoken against" These ISLANDERS arose
(D from Pauls seeming opposition to
the Jewish ritual; (2) from the strict
morality of the Christians which made
bold and open sinners their enemies,
especially on account of the terrible
| denunciations of disaster and ruin un-
less they repented. (See Matt. 24). (3)
from their necessary opposition to some
Roman laws and customs; (4) from a
misinterpretation of the Lords supper,
where they were said to "eat the flesh
and drink the blood" of Jesus; (5) from
| 4 misuse of the fact that they defed one
who had been crucified as malefactor;
Like God, like people," they would
say.
| %. "Expounded:" He reasoned out
of the Scriptures. "And testified -
Bore witness from his own experience,
in his conversion, in the revelations
God had made to him, in the comfort
and help he had received, in the i'm
provement of his own life. "Out of the
law of Moses, and out of the prophets"
These were common ground. All be-
lieved them.
"a. "And some believed" The word
"believed'' is not the usual one i'm.
| plying real faith. It rather means "were
convinced" "And some believed not: y
Owing partly to prejudice, and partly
to the cost to them if they became
Christians.
IS. ''They departed. after that Paul
had spoken one word;" not denounc-
ing. but seeking to persuade them
from their own prophet, Isaiah; and
to show them that their rejection of his
message was no sign that it was not
true. well spake the Holy Ghost by
Esaias:" Isaiah. These verses do not
mean that God did not want the Jews
to believe and be saved. but that He
want them to, while they themselves
hardened their own hearts andblinded
their own eyes, so that all the love of
God could not make them feel, any
more than stone, and all the light
of God could not make them see. -
| %. "Therefore:" For I must preach
the Gospel, and if you will not hear it,
I must proclaim it to those who will
''And that they will hear it," This
has become the fAct. This salvation
has placed the Gentle nations who re-
ceived it at the head of the world, in
religion, in power, in happiness, in hope
The Jews might have been in this posi-
ton. but they would not.
Paul's Last Days. There in no
doubt that Paul was released at the
close of two years. Hints in the Epis-
ties and traditions supply all that is
known or conjectured respecting this
last stage of the apostles ministry. It
is supposed that, on being liberated
(writers do not agree as to the precise
order), he visited again parts of Asia
Minor and Greece; went to Crete and
founded, or more probably strength
ened, the churches there; made his
long-contemplated journey to Spain
wrote his first Epistle to Timothy and
his Epistle to Titus; after several years
of effective labor was apprehended
again as leader Of the Christian sect;
was brought a second time as pris.
oner of Christ to Rome; was tried
there, and condemned to suffer death
His Romap citizenship exempted him
from the ignominy of crucifxion. and
| hence according tn the universal fro