Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-11
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson for November
II. Iso7--I'auI's Ministry IN Home
Acfs ISL III
[ArraEged from Peloubet's Notes ]

IA. Iso7--PauI's Ministry IN Home
Acts 2s:I5-3I.
tArraEged from Peloubet's Notes
COLLEEN TEXT am not ashamed Of
the Gospel Of Christ; for it IS the power OF
God unto salvation 10 everyone that be-
Neve;h.-Rom. 1:i6.
THE SECTION includes the lesson. the
list ii Roman Christians in Romans Is .3-15.
the references to his captivity in the four
+ 33sties written during the first CAPTIVITY
and the references TO his later life in the
taree Epistles written during his second
captivity
Paufs Interviews with the Jews
Us. 1929. L After three days" Prob
ably spent il intercourse with lie 10
man Christians, ia procuring a lodging.
and n refreshing himself after his long
journey. Paul called the chief of the
jews toeether:" The non-Christian
Jews. who were numerous III Rene at
that time Paurs object was to gain the
Jews. Hence he would explain how he
came 70 be a prisoner. 50 that any preju-
dice against him might be removed and
any false reports might be corrected.
20. Have [ called for YOU" Better as
in Il. ". did j entreat yc2 % see and
speak with me-" This il mere in ac-
coplaace with their respective circum-
stances. Because that for the hope of
IsBael / am bound with this chain:" 1t
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 rrial
%. This sect. everywhere
spoken against" These ISLANDERS arose
o. from Paul's 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. tSee Matt 81. (3)
from their necessary opposition to some
Roman laws and customs; ca from a
misinterpretation of the Lords supper.
where they were said 10 'eat the flesh
and drink the bLool'' of Jesus; 90 from
a misuse OF the 70 Il that they defied one
who had been crucified as malefactor;
Like Sod, like people" they would
say.
%. "Expounded:" lie reasoned out
of the Scriptures. And testified"
Bore witness from his own experience,
in his conversion, in the revelations
Cod had made to him, in the comfort
and help he had received, in the inn
provement of his own life "Out of the
law of Moses, and out of the prophets"
These We're common ground. All be-
lieved them
"a. And some believed:" The word
believed is not the usual one i'm
plying real faith. 1t rather means were
convinced" And some believed not"
Owing partly to prejudice. and partly
to the cost to them il they became
Christians.
Is. They departed, after that Paul
had spoken one world" not denounc-
ing, but seeking to persuade them
from their own prophet. Isaiah: and
to show them that their rejection Of hi.
message was no sign that it was not
true Well spake the Holy Ghost by
Esaias:" Isaiah. These verses do net
mean that God did not want the Jews
to believe and be saved. but that He
didwant them to. while they themselves
hardened their own hearts and blinded
their own eyes, so that all the love of
God could not make them feel, any
more than a stone, and all the light
of God could not make them see.
2S. Therefore," For | must preach
the Gospel, and if you Will not hear it.
| must proclaim it to those who will
and that they viii 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
Paurs 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. 1t
is supposed that, on being liberated
(writers do not agree as to the precise
order), he visited again parts of Asia
Minor aud Greece; went to Crete and
founded, or more probably strength
ened, the churches there; made his
long-contempiated journey to Spain;
wrote his first Epistle to Timothy and
his EpiStle 10 Titus; after several wears
of effective labor was apprehended
again as a leader of the Christian sect;
was brought second time as a pris-
oner of Christ to Rome: was tried
there. and condemned to suffer death.
His Roman citizenship exempted him
from the ignominy of crucifixion. and
hence, according to the universal ira
dition, he was beheaded 10y the ak
Of the lictor" -Hackett.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Mark how Paul practiced his own pre-
,epts of charity q Cor. 13) in the kind
" way in which he spoke of those