The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-11-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON WI, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
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Text az the Lesson. Acts XVIII. I7-31-Mem-
DRY Verses. so. 81 - Golden Text. Rom.
vrarns.
IL. After three days Paul called the
chief of the Jews together" The express
sion three days Is 80 suggestive of resur-
rection that one cannot fail to think of it
who has anything Of the spirit of Paul.
who had as one of his heart utterances
"That may know Him and the power of
His resurrection" phil. III, l0). At his
conversion he was three days without
sight. and then Ananias came to him, sent
of God. Probably he gave himself to prayer
these three days In Rome that he might be
fully In the Lord 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
10. "There 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 (Jobn
XIV, 25) or crucifed, 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 prisoner,
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see the hand Of God In 1t all and continue
to love and pray for his poor, blinded peo-
pie. See his heart for them In Rom. TX,
8, and x, /, - 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
be saved" And 1t was his custom always
as here In Rome to seek the Jews first.
90. "For the hope of Israel am bound
with this chain" BY comparing chapters
xiii, q; xiv, 10; XVI, 9, Z, IL 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, 1-3, and
In Hos. vi, 3, 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, 22 "As concerning this sect we
know that everywhere 1t 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, 3D. and 1t Is
written, "All that will live godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution" II Tim.
Iii, 12). The carnal mind is enmity against
God, and the wisdom of this world knows
not God.
90. "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
he talked to them. The beginning, mid
die and end of his talk was Jesus and His
resurrection, looking tn 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
which were spoken and some believed
not" So IL has been and will always be
in this age. Paul never expected that all
would believe him, but he labored that he
might by all means save some (Rom XII,
IA; Cor tx, 22). Our Lord taught us
that some seed will fall by the wayside.
some on stony soil, some among thorns
and some on good ground; that the tares
will grow with the wheat until the harvest
and that the kingdom will come at harvest
time.
2527. And when they agreed not
among themselves they departed after that
Paul had spoken one word" That one
word was quotation from lisa. vi 8, 10,
and Is also found in Math. xiii, IA, 10;
John xii, 40; Rom. xi, 3. Isaiah having
seen His glory and having heard the ques-
ton, Whom shall send and who will go
for us?' replied, Here am I, send me. F"
Then he was told that the people to whom
he was sent would not all receive his mes
sage. Jeremiah and Ezekiel were also told
the same thing (the record Is In Jer. J.,
and In Eek. II and ill., 1t is the one
business of the Lord g messenger to deliver
the Lords message faithfully, diminishing
not a word, and trust the Lord to see to
the results See Hsg. 1. 10; Jer. xiii, 20
XVI, 2. We are not to think out the mes
sage any more than the prophets did or
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and they spake only the words commanded
them by God (John xii, 40; Jer. 4, 8, z;
Ex. Nv, 12), and we must not think to do
otherwise.
80, 30. To the Jew first was his way al
ways; then, when rejected by them, turn
to the gentiles, sure that somehow the
Lord shall sec Of the travail Of His soul
and shall be- satisfied. Since He shall not
fail nor be discouraged (Isa Eli, y, there
Is no room for any servant Of His ever to
be discouraged. We must remember His
word to Moses and to Joshua to put of
their shoes. which, II I understand 1t, sig
nifed that the work was the Lords and
not theirs.
80. "Apd Paul dwelt two whole years In
his own hired house and received all that
came In unto him." During that time he
probably wrote the epistles to the Ephe-
slams, the Philippians, the Colossians and
some others. When people came to him,
he would be ever ready to welcome them
and talk with them Of Him of whom his
heart was 50 full.
81. Preaching the kingdom Of God and
teaching those things which concern the
Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no
man forbidding him." Thus this book of
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