Arizona republican., 1916-11-18
International Sunday School Lesson for
 November 19
FROM MELlIA TO ROME

 unto salvation to every one that believ eth" Rom l: 1e.
 Lesson Text.-Ac. 2S: ll-3l. Commit | vs. 30. 3l.
 CID And after three months we de- parted in ship of Alexandria, which | had wintered in the isle, whose sign | was Castor and Pollux CPD And land ing at Syracuse we tarried there three | days. G3) And from thence we fetched | compass, and came to Rhegium and | after one day the south wind blew, and 1 we came the next day to Puteoli: Q4) Where we found brethren and were de- sired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. 05) And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii Forum, and the Three Tav erns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. U6) And when we came to Rome the centurian deliv- cred the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with q solder.that kept him. CID And 1t came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them Men and brethren, though have committed nothing against the people, or customs or our fathers, yet was l delivered pris- oner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans: GS) Who
 examined me, would have let me go, because there was nO Csause O- t.e--.-. -- me. G9) But when the Jews spake against it, l was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that l had aught to accuse my nation of (20) For this cause therefore have 1 called for yop, to see you, and to speak with you: be- i cause that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. (zl) And they sald unto him, We neither received let ters out Of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came showed or spake any harm of three. (22) But We desire to Lear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it ] IS spoken against. (23) And when they had appointed hi ma day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of Cor, persuading them concerning Jesus. both out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. (24) And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. 30) And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, md received all that came in unto him. (3l) Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
 Time.-A. b. 61 -63. Place.-Rome.
 Expositon-I. From Malta to Rome ll-l5. No man ever craved human fel- .lowship and sympathy more than Paul and no man appreciated it more when he had it (Y. b. Of. Ac r: 15; IS: ,; ? Cor. I b; Ines 5; 1, Z; : Inn. 1: zl.) F'oul was an intensely human man. He was not at all the cold dogmatist and i.e1r,iess losIcion that many Iancy hlm 10 have been. He was, it is true a r'aste~ of relentless loglc but he was one Of the most loving and tenderest- --Ne.fsed i.ie.i ,iiat ever lived. Inc DIG. ture of Paul that we have in these yer es; seeking out the brethren wherever ne went on this mOmentous 1ournes thanking God and taking courage a, brethren come to meet him and con- verse with him. is most beautiful ont and should be deeply pondered if we uesire to know the real Paul.
 H. Paul in Council with the Lead ing Jews in Rome, l6-22. Paul is al Rome at last and is there to preach tn, gospel as he had longed to do. (Rom l: 14-l6.) He first turns to the Jews He love dhis people no matter how bit terly they hated him. He got them to- gether as soon as he could that h, might preach Jesus to them. He sough to conciliate them. He has no charg, to bring against them. It is not pleas. ant to be bound with a chain. but it i, a great privilege and honor to be bound with chain in a good cause IL wa, through Jewish malice that Paul wa. now In chains. but strangely enough i was because of loyalty to the great hop, or the Jewish nation that he had in. cured Jewish enmity. The hope o Israel was twofold: the hope of { resurrection tAc. 23: 6: 24: 15: 26: 6-S. and the hope of a Messiah in whom they and all the nations of the earfl should be blessed (Ac. 3: 22-24: Lu. l. 69. 70 72; Rom. 15: s: Gal 3: I4 16-fS1 Tn Paufs preaching the two hone. were blended, because the Messiah h. preached was Messiah risen from in, uead, the first fruits and guarantee ot the resurrection tAc. IS: B. 55. osJ 1T fauI day Christianity was everywhere spoken against. yet it was to conaue, the world and save 1t from moral ru1u Mans Judgments are not Gods ane the sect that is everywhere spoker against may be the sect God has cho. sen tcf. Jno. Is: 1S-21, 24)
 H. raul Iredching the kingdam ot God and Persuading Men Concerninp Jesus 23-3l. How all the schemes n the enemies of Paul and Christ ha. turned out to the furtherance of tho gospel (cf Phil. l: 12) They hac brought Paul to' Rome at the expens, or the state. they had given faul [ great audience of leading Jews. bu further than this they had given Pau an audlence of Roman soldiers These soiulers would never have come to { service conducted by a Jew. but n, they had to guarl Paul they had to near what he had to say. Many were mus converted (Phil l: 13. R. VI and as the Roman soldiers went every where they became most efficient mis. sionarles in Gaul, German and Britain ana elsewhere. Paul opened to tn, Jews the Old Testament scripture, concerning the death and resurrection ana reign of the Christ (cf oh. IT: ? O. 20: z2, 23) showing how all this was fulfilled In Jesus. He gave witness tc the Kingdom of God-that is. to the reign Of God on earth in the coming Messianic kingdam. All his exposition and testimony centered in Jesus. It was no abstract reign of God in ar improved state of society, but a defnit, reign in definite person. Jesus. Paul proved his points both from the law of Moses and from the prophets from