The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1916-01-27
LESSON FOR JANUARY 30
THE LAME MAN LEApiNG.


Christ OF Nazareth. walk."--Acts S:6 r. v.
The coming OF power tchaptor - IL
soon tested outside OF the circle OF
believers. II is put to n public test. is
tried as to its efficacy physically. !. o..
has the Holy Spirit power physically
as well as over the spirits OF men?
!. The Appeal TO Peter and John, w.
Ito. Following Pcntecost the disciples
seem to have continued their accus.
toned mode of life. ca The apostles
and worship ". ~. As yet. and In.
deed for many years to come. there
was no particular separation OF Jews
and Christians.
Praying men like these two leaders.
Peter and John. continued to fulnll
their temple duties. The ninth hour
was the prayer hour. the hour of sac
rifce ZEN. $3.50, I Kings 1896.
All true approach TO God must be on
| the grounds of sacrifice tJohn 1876.
Heb. 922) and we must remember
that this hour was the one at which
Jesus died for us. our sacrifice Uieb.
1919, 90.
Emphasize the need and Importance
OF worship ard prayer.
(2) The afflicted one w. 81. This
man had been there often and made
his usual appeal his expectation was
limited to material aid ". 81 he may
or he may not have been familiar with
Christ and his teachings, hut some
thing unusual was about to happen be.
cause the two to whom he appealed
really knew God and on them now
rested this new power I'm the world.
(3) The apostles response wv. 40.
Peter took good look at the man
". A.. Peter was changed by look
Matt. 1G:G. What no saw was the
mans fundamental spiritual need.
,a) Demanding the mans undivided
attention. Peter gave the man what he
had not-not what the man wanted or
expected.
Peters words, Look on u.s." and
Paul's "be ye followers Of me" q Cor.
$50 are in no wise egotistical, but
in each case the fearless appeal Of n
ran wholly Gods, mon conscious Of
the endowment OF power. trying ia
seize the wavering wills of men that
they might point them to Christ
Oh Peter aroused the mans expect
ancy
II Is usually mon lacking in silver
and gold who give to the world IL
greatest blessings and highest goot
Il Cor. 4:1D.
Every effective Christian worker
must base his appeal upon the facts
Of a personal experience e. Pet. f:10
, III. (d) Peter babe the man to Dc
, the very thing he thumanly) could not
do, hut the thing which, lin the name
of Jesus Christ he would be able e
. do.
, ca The result. nD Upon the man
, There Is no doubt as TO the complete
ness OF the cure ~ 81. He ha'
strength" was lifted up" from hi:
former position of weakness; Il,
, "loaped" Literally, ccstatic ioy); III
/, walked" continuous activity; and h
"worshiped," Thanksgiving and renew
ing of strength ca Upon the people
(a) IAN the people saw They ma,
,, not have heard or comprehonded TIT
words of Peter, but they did witness
the transformation. (b) They tool
knowledge" ". 100, they began to OF
serve, even as the world always does
the one who processes his faitl
in Christ? (c) They were file
!. with wonder and amazement" {,
, 100, they could not understand
No more can the world of toda
, (see Cor. 1:1S, 23) really compr'
:, bend the Christian. There was n
guesswork, however, about this mi
acle, and. of the people who witnesse
1t and were so filled with wonder an
= amazement. many were converte
(ch. 4:4).
= The miracle served to get for tn
y gospel good hearing and 1t accor
=, plishGd its purpose from. 1870.
," u. Peters Appeal to the Peopi
w. 1925. Notice 1t was the man WI
" attra cted the crowd, not Peter or job
~ for he eagerly held the disciples viii
the crowd gathered John $40. IL
u This may suggest the weakness OF III
- mans faith In that he depended upC
~ Peter and John rather than upon }
IT, sus. Q) Peter seized this opportunit
| w. DtSdh hio ooio'"shc'
D. taking advantage OF their curiosity.
H. Peter eagerly turned their though
n from himself unto Jesus. He wisht
10 to divert attention from himself al
IN used the miracle for the double pu
IN pose of clarifying Jesus Christ and
nc convict these men OF their sin.
Verses 10, 1915 contain the charge
q whereof Peter and John were w
al nesses." They were not to look up'
#. "us" as though they had done al
a. thing, ror was It some new God
IN whom they witnessed ". 49,. The a
OF the crucifxion, he grants, may ha
been consummated In ignorance
% ~, but since God had raised Jes
30 from the dead, and this doctrine
20 the resurrection was new, thereto
~ they ought to repent even thoul
70 their acts were in accord with prop