Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-08-31
LESSON FOR SEPT. 3
~ PAUL, THEl HERO
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II GOLDEN TENT-My grace is sufficient
! for thee Il for iny power is made perfect
/ in weakness.-II Cor. 1873
F. eTms' 4etter raises Interesting ques
lntions FOR research and discussion, sueb
| iasibi ylt19nimo1q bne neme9tEjs VI
J 1.sWhat 9is)thel difference Between
lePa4Fs henoislnyafldstint as S9laier7
ld2,a sfwaro essential to- the devebpheRf
q, herqism r 3. Which courage isfhighi
err, moral or physical?,isio,car fos j.
Paul the Hero - 81 i; III 722) I, To,smqn
I96f a Sensitive nature, craving perfee
ton, Sarcasm stirs up the deepest bit,
terness of the soul. We do not believe
Paul primarily desired to refuse these
| false charges they were unworthy OF
him-rbut the knowledge of his suffer
truth of the gospel would augment his
power to serve the, church, For the
sake of those whom he had reclaimed
from feathenism he was willing to
seem to be boasting. Literally he
says: ~ speak by way of ifsparage
p'uItht tOl+NiiyStEtJ as tllOuSH WE IltU
been weak vet he adds 'Whereins0
ever. any is bold Liam bold also.r Paul
bad as pmuch ito boast of as any ore
of his Jewish opponents ". 21)g fare
they Hebrews? (Of the purest blood,
Of one nation and ianguageD SO am
Ifea,ttAAr Are they Israelites, IwoEshiping
only one God? Are theAyv9f the seed Of
oAbrahdn,a fnheritors Of the ministry Of
the promise and the. Messianic. Hope
and the Kingdom Of dGotf: Are they
|ailnisters1af the NIes5faA3 Seeking to
bring all men into hts kifigdolagG -
speak ASA GoeA. rdfspeala assj one Beside
h 1hlihmselfoloI oany more" sYInl Iabots he,
was dmppred nbpndntg he had OCCUPIED.
larger fieel4d With tgreateH results. IN
stripes above mleeaassqpreMaTIt1hose inflicted
by the heather We're not limited to
forty blows Besides other beatingssi re-
ferred to in this list. In prisons off
It(Aets f16 :289l FREQUENTLY EXPOSED to-
DEATH and to the perils9of robbers by
land and sea ". 24)saihFiye{ times j
received forty stripes save, one, from
the Jews ~. e.25) Thrice was j
beaten with rods; once was / stoned
(Acts. IA 10y. Thrice / suffered. ship
wreck" evidently not recorded in Acts,
for his shipwreck on the way to Rome
was later ga night and day in the
deep this not otherwise recorded
"ln journeyihsgs often" suffering from
the perils9ef hard7travel, often on foot
in .unciviHzed regions. In perils Of
water literally in rivers Bridges
were rare, and floods sudden and fire.
quent. "In perils of robbers Every
road in Asia Minor then IS now was
infested With robbers. ''In pefils Of
his own countrSlhen;" "In perils by
tle Gentiles ;Ht,In perlls in the city;"
I'm perils in thecNil derness;'b I'm per-2
lis in the sea9i from stormsdrocks pic
Hates; In perils among false brqthg
en"15JpdaiSipge teachers Who were
,self-se sing instead Of making the gos-o
pef first (Gal.. .: 4 II Cor, II ;f3). "In
'weari1esSf and panfftiness,s". literally in
7aBSr ana tfavaif;s an swatchifgs oft.
'en91 repeated nights of sleepleSshess'
0ire TO anxiety CIR puin s''In hunger and
thirst in Hastings often, y hunger eun--
satisfied for d leng tine. sIn cold and
inakedness - the mountain passes
badly ishod and badly clothed, Besides
these things which We're without, in.
Vulnerable other trials such as the
care Of or anxiety over the churches
wv. %, $50. tuo b9Tla9
II. Gods Sustaining Grace 10 :1-10).
To Paul God gave one of the greatest
tasks over cominitted5to man, viz, the
planting of the gospel in heathen
lands; founding churches; teaching
them the gospel truths Of the Lord Je- i
Sus. He wrote to these churches two.
ffths. of the New Testament, thirteen
of its twenty-seFen books, and this
work was accomplished under the
greatest difficulty, trials and suffering.
To sustain and guide, the Lord gave
him visions and revelations ". Il.
These revelations came to him from
5he very beginning ofIhis Christian Afe
nd continued in every great crisis.
The first was given at his conversion.
twenty Years before this letter was
written, when he saw Jesus in His
glory and received his marching or
Gers. Again CIV. 2--D, fourteen years
Before, or about A! ID. ~, 5vhoh he Wis
n Antioch and first entered upon his
foreign missionary work. He obtained
his gospfis4jGe sa!saGrSn the Lord SUB
Sequently he had other visions to sus-
Nan aud guidd1Dfh. 'ellebA eaiM
no Beaqherss egght t9sstqdY tIes 1ehtiYe
section beginning at ,ch4pter,10. Paul
Sys rhht aS'thf apostle he did NOT Ia
5b6r in The fields gfGthei'S Qef1Auf59. (.
ndte Was IFpettAls4Qh eqpe44ttL by What
bis enemies might say.
As to his opinion Of them read
chapter 10. Ashamed to boast, yet for
their .s&hes he meets their foolish
Charges ny giving as Flls record. "a
Je B@fahseofi thesesuf. erings tY9 leAshe
tales, pleasure, in jpiirmities, repgoacfl-
s and persEcutions 'For when I an
.EtaSf Tn ihyi own nsts4rssstAg gtittfp1
ana q tstrahs through uGhnstiamifo