Arizona republican., 1916-07-01
International Sunday School Lesson
 for July 2
PAUL AT THESSALONIcA AND
 BEREA

with his right hand to be a Prince and Savior" Ac. 5: 91.
 Lesson Text.-Ac. r: 1-15, (cf. l | Thes. ,: 1-12. Commit vs. Il, 12.
 CD Now when they had passed | through Amphipolis and ApoHonia, | they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: CD And | Paul, as his manner was, went in unto | them and three Sabbath days req soned with them cut of the Scriptures. | (3) Opening and alleging that Christ must needs have suffered and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus. whom l preach unto you is Christ. (4) And some of them be- lieVed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks great multitude, and of the chief wo- men not few. (5) But the Jews which believed not, moved With envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows Of the baser sort, and gathered a com pany, and set all the city on an up- roar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. (6) And when they found them not, they drew Jason and cer- tain brethren unto the rulers of the city crying. These that have turned the world upside down are come hith- CT also; CD Whom Jason hath re- ceived: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus (S) 1 And they troubled the people and the | rulers of the city. when they heard l these things. (9) And when they had i taken security of Jason, and of the others, they let them go G0) And the brethren immediately sent away Paul ana Silas by night unto Berea: Who coming thither went into the | synagogue of the Jews CD These were more noble than those in Thes- solonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and | searched the Scriptures daily. whether those things were so. CPD Therefore many of them believed; also of hon. orable women which were Greeks, and of men. not few. t13) But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knOwl- edge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also. and stirred up the peo- pie. GD And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea but Silas and Timo- theus abode there still. 15) And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a command ment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they de- parted.
 Tirne.-A. D. g PIaces.-Thessa- lonica and Berea.
 Exposition-I. Paul at Thesalonica Is Paul had at this time a quite uniform mode of procedure: first, he began with the Jews at their regular place of meeting, the synagogue (cf vs. 10. r: ch. g: 20: 13: ,; 14: l; IS: f; 19:. SD. Second, he made us of tho Sabbath day, the regular Jewish day of assembly. Those already Christians met on the first day of the week fol their own distinctive service (Ac. 20 IT. In order to reach the Jews Pau wisely made use of their day, as mis sioraries among the Jews still dc Third, he reasoned with them iron the Scriptures" Nothing else has tn power to convince, convict and con vert and regenerate men that tn Word of God has (Eph. s: r; Jer. 23 29; Tim 5: 15-17; Jas. l: IS; l. Pet l: 23; Lu. &: ID. In his preaching Paul emphasized three points: CD Tn Christ must suffer. Why the Chris must suffer, we see in Isa. 53: $; Ma 26: 2S; Heb. g: P; Jno. 19: 36, 3l @ The Christ must rise again froI the dead" This too he proved fror the Old Testament as Peter did 0 Pentecost; (3) That this Jesus whoi I proclaim unto you is the Christ There are many in these days Wh wish to substitute some other Jesu from the One whom Paul preache' some Jesus of their own conception fancy and not the actual histor Jesus Put this Jesus being tf Christ, it is of the highest importanC that we accept Him and no oth' Jesus and no other Christ. The Chri of whom Christian Science talks muc is not at all the historic Jesus Chris If we do not accept this Jesus who Paul preached as the Christ, an aw1
 weight of guilt rests upon us GAG. 34-S7; 5: &2. 23). Paul set an exam ple in what he preached worthy of imitation by modern missionaries al preachers. Politics in Thessalonl
 were in bad enough way but Pa did not preach politics, nor reforl
 He went at the root of things. Gt blessed this kind of preaching, "Sor
 of them believed (cf 1. Thes. l:
 This is the usual result when the pu
 gospel is preached in the power Of t
 Holy Spirit In the Epistle whi
 Paul wrote to them later, we get
 very charming picture of them
 Thes. 1: 6-1O). Those who belieV
 threw in their lot with Paul a
 Silas; true converts always seek |
 society of other Christians. But |
 gospel caused division as well as uni
 in Thessalonica union of believe
 division between believers and
 world. Paurs success aroused the en
 of the Jews: every successful preac
 CT must expect to be envied by sm;
 Ter men. There was much truth
 the charge brought against Paul a
 Silas (v. 6); for no other man eN
 did as much to turn the world U
 side down" as this man Paul. Th'
 is great need today of preachers W
 turn things upside down and thus
 them right side up. They accus