Arizona republican., 1916-07-15
International Sunday School Lesson
 for July l6
PAUL AT ATHENS

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 Golden TeSt-"In him we live, ano move. and have our being Ac. IT. eS.
 Lesson Text.-Ac. r: 16-54. Com init ys. 22, 23.
 C22) Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill. and said. Ye men of Athens | perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. (23) FoI as 1 passed by, and beheld your de votions, I found an altar with this inscription. To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantA worship, him declare | unto you. (24) God that made the world and all things therein. seeing that he is Lord Of heaven and earth. dwelleth not in temples made with hands (25) Neither is worshipped with mems 1 hands. as though he needed any thing i seeing he giVeth 10 all life, anc breath and all things C26) And hath made of ono blood all nations of men , for to dwell on all the face of the earth. and hath determined the times
 before appointed. and the bounds Of ] their habitation; (20 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they | might feel after him. and find him ! though he be not far from every one I of us: t2SJ For in him we live. and move. and have our being; as certain ! also of your own poets have said. l For we are also his offspring. (29J
 Forasmuch then as we are the off ! spring of God. we ought not to think l that the Godhcad is like unto gold. or | silver. or stone. graven by art and mans device (3o) And the times of this ignorance God winketh at. but now commandeth all men every where to rerent: (3D Because he hath ap- pointed day. in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained {: whereof he hath given assurance un-
 Co all men in that he hath raised him
 from the dead. ,32) And when they
 heard of the resurrection of the dead
 some moeked: and others said. Wt
 will hear thee again of this matter
 t33D So Paul departed from among them. (3D HoNbeit certain mer , clave unto Jim. and believed; among , the which was Dionysius the Areopa 5 gite, and a woman named Damaris , and others with them.
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 Mars Hill
 9 Expostion-I The Unknown Go' . Made Known .22-29 Paul had i'm , proved such opportunities of preach D ing the gospel as were open to him | the svnag goEue and the market plac ,' ~ 1O-and now he is brought be c fore this celebrated gathering of phil - osophers and university professors ( I Athens He has no new gospel fo 2 this distinguished throng, but wit
 divinely- given tact he introduces it q 3 new way (vs. 24. 9, PSI. Paul be Q gins with what appears like word c of approval not with words of criti cism. (See Am. R ND. He woul F. win the favor and attention of h audience before calling them to re IT pert People will listen patiently { z the sharpest rebukes and sterne. q calls to repentance if you first wi n their confidence and favor by word l. of kindness and praise. 'To an UT 'r known God" there is something vel l ,e arc many today who are reachin |, cut bindly toward a God of who's II existence they have vague appre
 hension but of whose name, charac ,r ter and person they have little cles c knowledge But there is no nee D that God be unknown Gno |: 1S )r 1 Jnc ,: 70: Jno. IA: 9; Cor. '5 6. IL is of the highest mnortanC to that we know God (Jno. r: B. It > our own fault if we do not kno lc Him CRom. |: 2o-22, 2S; Cor. r. 1 as It was an apt stroke upon Paurs pa es to begin with this well known ol ss feet in their own streets, ar ls thus to lead on to the gre; of truths with which his so is was filled. God that made u or world and all things therein" ct s Paul would carry with him the phi ce csophers in his audience. and st u of same time bring in new and high l. 1ertaking one more burdensome al a- difficult The results are valueless
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