The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-05-17

Lesson In the international sers~s TO
May ~. I~OOl-Jcsus Ascends
Into ueaven
fprepared by III. 4. Lenington-I
THE LESSON TENT.

Prepared by II. &. ~Lenington.l
THE LESSON TENT.
lActs lli.)
I. The former treatise have ! MADE. -
Theophilus. OF all that Jesus began potn
20 do and teach.
2 Until the day I'm which lie was taken
up. after that lie through the Holy Ghost
had given commandments unto the
apostles whom He had chosen:
3. To whom also lie showed Himself alivo
after HIS passion by many infallible proofs.
being seen OF them ~ days. ana speak
ing Of the things pertaining TO the Ming
dom OF God:
4. And. being assembled together Win
them. commanded them that they Should
not depart from Jerusalem. but wait ior
the promise OF the Father. which, saith ne
Sc have heard of Me.
S. For John truly baptized with water.
but ye shah be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence.
6. when Aey therefore were come TO-
gethtr, they asked OF Him. saying. LORD.
wilt thou at this time restore again the
Kingdom to Isreal?
\. And lie said unto them. 1t Is no, for
you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put In His "
,ower.
s. But We shall receive power. after hat
the Holy Ghost Is come upon you: ard Se
shall be witnesses unto me both In Jeru-
salem. and in all Judea. ard In Samaria.
and unto the uttermosi part OF the earth.
.. And when lie had spoken these things.
wn.le they teheld. He was taken up; and a
cloud received Him out OF their sight.
10. And while they looked steadfastly to-
ward Heaven. as lie went up. behold. two
men stood by them IN white apparel
II. Which also said. We men OF Galilee.
why stand ye gazing up into leaven? this
same Jesus. which is taken up from you
into Heaven, shall so come In like man
1er as We have seen Him go into Heaven.
GOLDEN TEXT;-Wh lille He blessed
them. He was parted from them. and
carried up Int ~heavcn-Luke 24'Sl.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Besides the lesson text printed
above read also the account IN Luke,
chapter "a. verses 44-53. 1t 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 mt all mention the as
cension of Christ. The fact was we'll
known and needed 40 comment as
far al those for whom those two
Gospels were originally written were
concerned. Mark deyotes one verse
Mark 16:19) TO the mere statement
that after the Lord had spoken unto
them, He was received up into
Heaven, ard sat on the right hand OF
God
The II verses in Acts may be treat
ed under the following heads:
The Work J.
a Commandment and a Promise....vs. ~
The ascension .4....++ 3-lu
| The Second Coming. III
The Work Begun.-The Book of Acts
IS merely a continuation or sequel OF
the Gospel according to Luke Luke
says hat in his Gospel he indicated
what Jesus began both TO do and 10
teach" Jesus work was not done
when His bodily presence left the
earth. lie was to continue the work
in the hearts of men and do even a
greater work because of the throwing
off of human limitations.
a Commandment and a Promise
On Thursday, May Is, A. ID. 80. oil
Just 40 DAYS after the resurrectior
OF Jesus. there was n meeting of :h'
disciples mot alone the apostles
with their Master in Jerusalem
From the city He led them out to th'
! Mount Of Olives near Bethany. Thu
! commandment of Jesus was that TIL
: disciples wait in Jerusalem for TIL
: promise Of the Father" Ii is well Il
dwell on that word "wait." Waitin,
: Is as important as doing, and III
= duty of waiting is just as o~bligato-.
rs the duty of doing, both in thei
: season. The disciples did not kno'
y how long they were TO wait, the
were to wait for the promise. and III
waiting period extended slowly alon
= until n week had passed. The prom
Use was the gift of the Holy Spiri
: Why was the Holy Spirit given? TIL
D answer 10 this question is indicate
= in n little incident hat occurred in
G. mediately before the ascension. III
rs apostles asked Jesus il at that tin
! He was to restore again the kim
dom to Israel. The question shove
IS that these hosen ones still had
z. lingering hope of an earthly kin
a. dom Of Christ. But Jesus reptile
r that they were not TO know the tim
IL and the seasons. This knowleds
OF was in the keeping Of God Almigh'
IS. alone. But. the work Of establis
al ing His kingdom, a spiritual kin
a. dom. on earth was theirs. The ri
as of the Holy Spirit would mean POI
err for the disciples in extending Il
re- kingdom.
d. The Ascension.-After making q
es, promise of the Holy Spirit and JIM
eating the line of their work wv
/, Messing at home and abroad whs
= ever they should go). HE was TAX
re- up. and a cloud received Him out
their sight" And into the sky I
disciples looked, but they saw tn
Lord no more.
ire, The Second Coming.-After Jes'