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THE SUNDAY ST..
LESSON !, FIRST QUART
NATIONAL SERIES, j.
Text OF the Lesson. Acts 4. 4.
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knew the certainty. This is a red .,r;,t
the continuation of the doings and o,o
| ings of Jesus through His followers. -
| Erdman calls it mirror of the exper IL 'o :
tf all true and faithful witnesses til hr''
come, its two themes being the "Gorese
Redemption" and the Coming IA ORA
dom" Observe that the order is first dorom
and then teaching and compare Mark ,prt
3d. Ez. vii, 10. n
2. Until the day in which He was tas :
en- up" The gospel by Luke reaches Il,
the ascension, with which also he beginf, I,
this treatise Ga word used only in verse II
! but the Greek word logos Is used oveiI
300 times, generally translated "word o
and In John l, /; l Johni, /, and Rev. xix,
| ID, applied to Christ Himself AS by the
Holy Spirit He was born, baptized, led
cast out demons offered Himself sacrifice
rose from the dead, by the same spirit He
gave His parting commands to His apos-
| ties
g. "To whom also He showed Himself
alive after His passion" Tor sufferings)
| His ten or more different appearances TO
the disciples during the 40 days between His
resurrection and ascension were sufficient
to prove to them that the risen Christ was
| the very samo Jesus whom they had known
and loved and had seen die on Calvary
| They saw the marks of the nails in His
4 hands nf in, Iiae 10
| yet there was change. for His body was
no longer flesh and blood, but flesh and
bones, +" in which He could eat and walk
and talk and have fellowship 1t was an
| immortal body, incorruptible, and ours
shall be the same phil iii, 21)
4. Commanded Them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for
the promise of the Father" Compare
Luke xiv, 40, with John xiv, 16, 20; XIV,
| 90; xvi, z, 10 Although they had the very
best Of teachers and CT teaching for two OF
three consecutive years, yet they We're not
| qualified for service until they had received
| in special sense the gift of the Spirit. 1t
| Is not the mere knowledge of the truth
| that will suffice, but the truth set on fire
| by the Holy Spirit. The word is likened
| to water, but water must boil to make
steam. May the fire cause the water to
| boil TO make His name known lisa. Xiv, 81
8. "Ye shall lie baptized with the Holy
| Ghost, not many days hence" John had
| said of Him, He shall baptize you with
the Holy Ghost and with fire. (Luke ill.,
| 16). In our next lesson we shall see some
what of the fire. but l expect that we will
| see more of the fire in connection with the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon Israel
Mt His second coming See Zech. xii, 10;
xiii, o. Since He who loved us enough to
die for us is He who baptizeth with the
Holy Ghost what binders us to be baptized?
Ask Him.
6. Lord, wilt Thou mt this time restore
again the kingdom to Israeli" In all His
teaching the prominent topic was THE
Kingdom" as it was also during the 40
days before His ascension (verse 81. The
only kingdom mentioned in the Old Tesla
ment as kingdom to be joyfully expected
was the kingdom promised to David, with
King upon His throne. The angel Ca
briel, John the Baptist the Lord Jesus
the twelve and the seventy, all preached it,
but by the Jews treatment of Christ it
was postponed till He shall come again
Guke xix, IL, 12). The disciples had not
understood it so, and hence their question
because of their unbelief.
T. at is not for you to know the times
or the seasons which the Father hath put
in His own power" He did not say that
their thoughts of the kingdom were wrong
or carnal, or that it was to be spiritual
kingdom in the heart and not a kingdom
for Israel as many say today, for He
knew, and we ought to know, that the one
thing in all Scripture which He had said
that He would do with His whole heart
In 1,ot, In, do
them good (Jer. xxi, 41). He did say
that it was not for them to know the time
8. "But We shall receive the power of
the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and We,
shall be wit nesses unto Me" (see margin)
According TO Luke xiv, 40, He had previ-
ously said, "Tarry ye in the city of Jeru-
salem until We be endued with power from
on high" The great truth to which they
were to beur witness was that He had risen
from the dead. See verse 90, with chap
tiers Ii, 80; lii, Is; Nv, 33, etc. BY the res
direction from the dead He was with pow
er declared to be the Son of God.
o. "He was taken up, and q cloud re-
ceiyed Him out of their sight. Doubt
less He hal many times assembled to His
Father during those 40 days since His first
ascension on the resurrection morning
when on His way to the Father He met
Mary Magdalene John Xxx, ~, but now
He was not to appear again till He shall
come for His church. He must take His
seat ut tn. Fathers right hand that the
Holy Spirit may come to bear witness in
the redeemed that Christ Is alive forever
more, having oil power in heaven and
earth.
10. "Rehold two men stood by them In
white apparel ~ In Luke TX, 30, two
men, which were Moses and Elijah, were
seen on the mount of TRANSPORTATION with
Him. For aught know these may have
been the same two, and they may also be
the two witnesses, yet to come, of Rev. XII,
3-12. But the chief thing concerning
them, whoever they were, is that they were
His witnesses, and they spake of Him.
H. "This same Jesus, which Is taken
up from you into heaven, shall so come in
like manner as We have seen Him go into
heaven" This was their testimony, and
it stands recorded by the Spirit of God and
is sure of fulflllment This explains how
the disciples could return to Jerusalem
with great joy duke xiv, 81 }, and why