The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson for July Is. 1927
-Paui ~ 1hessai0nica and B~rea-
Acts I7t1-I1.

Word with all readir ess OF nina and
searched the Scriptures daily-Acts II: N
THE SECTION incb'des Acts s:l-l4,
ana the iisht thrown on the Thessalonians
by fauIs two episiles 10 them. especial.
~ Thessalonians /: 10: 2:s-li. Z. $50.
SO. 10; Thessalonlans /: g. 4: al. 2:
and Philippians 4: Is. l6
~ ME,mA y. 81. probably the summer
LESSON COMMENT
4. Founding OF the Church in Thessa-
ionica.-Ns. Ia. After the strange
events at Philippi. the three poor
wandering missionaries. Silas, Tim
othy and Paul." went along the great
Homan road toward the southwest.
i. They" Note the change in the
proDouns. which shows that Luke was
left at Philippi. Passed through Am
phipolis:" About 80 miles nearly west
from Phiiippi. And Apollonia:" Thir-
~ miles southwest of Amphipolis, and
81 from Thessalonica- "Thessalonica:
From very early times this city was
famed as a commercial center.
2. And Paul, as his manner" His
regular custom was 20 begin his work
first among the Jews, 10 attend their
synagogues on the sabbath and to
speak to them about Christ.
}. Opening Unfolding the Scrip
ture truths. pointing out 10 them the
things they had not noticed, or appli-
cation of which they had not under
stood. "And alleging" Not assert
ing as the word means. in modern
English, but setting forth" arguments,
reasons, as the word "allege" means in
older English, as the Greek word, so
translated, means. Paul not only ex-
planned the Scriptures, but set forth the
arguments that proved that Christ"
the Messiah they were looking for,
must needs have suffered He is SO
pictured in the Scriptures. And anyone
claiming TO be the Messiah, who did not
suffer as foretold in Isaiah 50. could
not be the true Messiah. The absence
of this mark would prove him an i'm
poster. And risen again from the
dead" The missionaries preached a
living Christ, exalted at the right hand
OF God, and who was the rightful king
Of all the earth, a living. present
Saviour and Lord. "And that this Jesus,
whom | preach unto you, is Christi"
Having shown them from the Scrip
lures true description of the promised
Messiah, they show that Jesus was the
one described.
4. And some of them" the Jews.
believed" or were persuaded by Pauls
reasoning. "Consorted with Paul and
Silas:" Cast in their lot with Paul and
Silas; not only accepted theoretically
their interpretations of prophecy, but
adopted the Christian life
with all the dangers which such
course entailed. And of the devout
Greeks a great multitude:" This inn
plies that after the three Sabbaths in |
the synagogue. Paul labored for some
time among the Gentiles.
III. Paul Expelled from Thessalonica.
VS.. $40. 5. The jews" as q body.
moved with envy" Jealousy mt their
own decline and the growth of Chris
tianity. "Lewd:" in its older sense Of
vile, worthless fellows of the baser
sort:" Market loungers or loafers
around the market places, a natural
place of the lazy and worth
less rabble. ready for any excitement
Set all the city on an uproar:" Made
such disturbance as affected the whole
,ity. Assaulted the house of JASON"
Without doubt, the host of Paul and
silas, Thessalonian and a Christian
Bring them out TO the peo-
,le:" So that the excited mob might
nfiict summary vengeance on them.
Z. These all do contrary to the de-
.rees of Caesar" Forbidding rebellion
ind treason. which decree was broken.
hey said. because they proclaimed IAN
'thsr king. one jesus" II was very
'asy to misapprehend the Christian
eaching about Christ as n king. of
whose kingdom the apostles were her
Ids. Jesus Himself had been misrn-
lerstood and HIS words perverted. We
an scarcely now realize the suspicious
which must have been reused against
he carly preachers of Christianity by
he very language they used
8. "They troubled the people and the I
ulers:" They could find no good
barge against these people. who were
Y far the best citizens. and yet there |
fas danger, If they took no notice of the {
barge, that they themselves would be !
harged with treason. ard the freedom j
their city taken away. Z
Q. Taken security" bail. Jason and |
Tiers pledged their persons. or de- :
osited sum of money that would be $
,rfeited. IL the missionaries remained !
/ Thessalonica. IL is thought that thi. $
one reason why Paul did not return a
lcre. as he greatly desired to do. de :
re expressed in his letters written a 7
w months later q Thes. 2:17. IS: n
10). .
III. Founding of the Church in Berea s
VS.. 1912. 10. Unto Berea:" A city
miles southwest Of 1'hessalonica. $
II. These. Jews. "wcre more noble:- h
character. in all that makes true no Fl
lily. This nobility expressed itself q
} "in that they received the word with O
| readiness of mind" Their minds
ere open TO all truth from every
URGE. (2) And searched the Scrip
res" They did not take things by g
'arsay. but sought the truth for them y