Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson fn the InternataoaaIs eraes tor
Hay 10, 1So1-Jesus Aseenda
Into Heaven.
Prepared by h. C. Len1ngton.1
THE LESSON TEXT.

(ASts 1:11.)
/. The former treatise have made, o |
TheophiluS, of all that Jesus began both /
Z Until the day IN which He was taken
up, after that He through the Holy Ghost
had given commandments unto the
apostles whom He had chosen:
s. To whom also He showed Himself alive
after His passion by many infa1lible proofs,
being seen OF them 20 days. and speak
ing of the things pertaining to the King
dom of God:
I. And. being assembled together with
them. commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for
the promise of the Father, which, saith He,
we have heard Of Ne.
s. For John truly baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hencs.
6. When they therefore were come to-
gether, they asked Of Him, saying, Lord.
wilt thou at this time restore again tina
kingdom to Isreal7
Z. And He said unto them. It is not for
you to know the times or the seasons.
which the Father hath put in His own
power.
s. But ye shall receive papver. after that
the Holy Ghost Is come upon you; and ye
| shan be witnesses unto me both In JeEu-
salem, and In all 5udea, and In Samaria,
/ and unto the uttermost part Of the earth.
8. And when He had spoken these things,
while they beheld. He was taken up; and a
cloud received Him out OF their sight
10. And while they looked steadfastly to-
| ward Heaven. as He went up. behold, two
men stood by them in white apparel;
| II. Which also said, Re men of Galilee.
why stand ye gazing up into Heaven this
| same Jesus, which is taken up from you
| into Heaven, shall SO come in like man
ner as We have seen Him go into Heaven.
GOLDEN TEXT1-WhiIe He bIessee
them, He was parted from them, and
carried mp into heaven-Luke 24s61.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Besides the lesson text printed
above read also the account in Luke,
chapter "a, verses 44-53. It will be
noted that both of these accounts
are given by the same writer. Luke
having been the author of the book
of Acts as well as of the Gospel OF
Luke. Mathew and John in their
Gospel do not at all mention the as
cension of Christ. The fact was we'll
known and needed no comment as
far as those for whom those two
Gospels were originally written were
concerned. Mark devotes one verse
Mark 1919 to the mere statement
that "after the Lord had spoken unto
them, He was received up into
Heaven, and sat on the right hand OF
Cod
The IL verses in Acts may be treat
ed under the following heads:
The Work Begun. .....................vs. / 3
a Commandment and Promise....vs. = g
The Second Coming. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II
The Work Begun.-The Book of Acts
is merely a continuation or sequel of
the Gospel according to Luke. Luke
says that in his Gospel he indicated
what Jesus "began both to do and to
teach" Jesus work was not done
when His bodily presence left the
earth. He was to continue the work
in the hearts of men and do even a
greaterwork because of the throwing
off of human limitations.
| A Commandment and a Promise.
On Thursday, May Is, A. D. 80, or
just 40 days after the resurrection
of Jesus, there was a meeting of the
disciples (not alone the apostles)
with their Master in Jerusalem
From the city He led them out to the
Mount of Olives near Bethany. The
commandment of Jesus was that the
disciples wait in Jerusalem "for the
promise of the Father" It is well tc,
dwell on that word watt Waiting
is as important as doing, and the
duty of waiting is just as obligatory
as the duty of doing, both in their
how long they were to wait, they
were to wait for the promise, aud tie
waiting period extended slowly along
until a week had passed. The prom
Use was the gift of the Holy Spirit
Why was the Holy Spirit given? The
answer to this question is indicated
in little incident that occurred i'm
mediately before the ascension. The
apostles asked Jesus if at that time
He was to restore again the king
dom to Israel. The question showed
that these chosen ones still had a
lingering hope of an earthly king
dom of Christ. But Jesus replied
that they were not to know the times
and the seasons. This knowledge
was in the keeping of God Almighty
alone. But, the work of establish
ing His kingdom, a spiritual king
dom, on earth was theirs. The gift
of the Holy Spirit would mean pow
er for the disciples in extending the
kingdom.
The Ascension.-After making tbs
promise of the Holy Spirit and iDdi
eating the line of their work witt
Messing at home and abroad wher-
ever they should go), ''He was taken
up, and cloud received Him ont of
their sight" And into the sky the
disciples looked, but they saw their
Lord no more.
The Second Coming.-After Jesus
departure two angels in the form of
men stood with the assembled COM
pany who called their thoughts back
to earth and present duty, and this
promise was given to comfort them:
'"This same Jesus, which is taken uE
from you into Heaven, shall so como
in like manner as We have seen Hin.
go into Heaven" The earth shall
again see it's Lord face to face in His
bodily presence.