The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-02-03
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LESSON
tBy Il. o. SELLERS. Acting Director of
Sunday School Course, Moody Bible
Institute.)
copyright. 1915. Western Newspaper Unlon.)
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 6
eoLpNEss OF PETER AND JOHN

LESSON TEXT-Acts Alb.
GOLDEN TEXT-Watch ye. stand fast
Cor 1913
The first seven chapters or the book
OF Acts have been designated as the
Jerusalem period. Chap.er / deals
with the ascension OF our Lord; chap.
ter 2, the baptism or the Holy Spirit;
chapters 81, the early conflicts In
Jerusalem. In our lesson OF last Sun
day we had the story OF Peter and
John dealing with the lame man while
| on their way to the temple. Follow.
ing this experience they were I'M.
prisoned, the first imprisonment men.
toned for any OF those who accepted
the Gospel. AS the disciples were
dealing with the multitude the rulers
OF the temple came upon them and
were much put out " q that the dis
ciples should preach the resurrection
OF Jesus from the dead, The signifl.
canoe or this u bettel understood
when wu remember that the Jewish
Sanhedrin was the great court or Jew.
ish law composed OF seventy one lead.
Ing men or the nation. Caiaphas, the
noble high priest by Roman appoint.
ment, and Annas. the real high priest
! according to Jewish law, were both
there. This body was largely made
up OF the Sadducees the sect which
did not believe in the resurrection
from the dead.
L. The imprisonment u. IA. Pc
ter ana John being brought before this
tribunal were fulfilling literally tho
prediction Of Jesus Matt. 10 ~. The
| attempt on the part OF the rulers to
prevent the preaching OF the Gospel
| by this method really augmented it's
being heard throughout the nation
| Peter mad seen this body OF men on
the night when our Lord was con.
demned.
u. The Trial, w. 5-22. U) Peters
words w. b-12. Jewish wonder-work-
crs were accustomed to perform mar.
vels by the use OF some name, SO the
council very naturally asked Peter
and John "In what name" thuy had
healed this man. The real object Of
their question was their attempt to en-.
trap the disciples and find q basis of
accusation and condemnation. But at
that moment the Holy Spirit came
again upon Peter and filed him Matt.
1919, 20; also Luke 1911, 12; Acts
1873, 81. The coming Of the Holy
Spirit is for every emergency OF the
Christian Peter had been filled with
that Spirit at Pentecost and was again
hlled little later on (chapter 2:3D.
Thus we see that the coming Of the
Spirit Is not once for ALL though Pen
tecost was once for all. but that the
! Hlilng is repeated as each new emer-
gencJ may arise. la) Peter acknowl-
edged the authority OF those who we're
dealing with him ". s., but CD he
gave jesus credit ". 1O). It was Je-
sus who had died, he was also risen,
and the risen Christ had effected this
miracle. to- Turning upon his &C.
accusers Peter charged them with the
| death or Jesus. He (v. ID is the
foundation OF their miracle and their
faith Peter claimed that in Jesus
alone " 12) could salvation be found.
and Implied (see last clause OF thia
verse; that his accusers were lost
men. Peters department in all of
this is wonderfully skiIlful, gentle ond
courteous, yet bold, fearless. frank
ana outspoken. We need to remem.
Der this when we recall how blunder
ingly Peter had conducted his conver
sation before his enduement by the
Holy Spirit There was no compro.
missing OF the truth and no glossing
over their guilt
III The Result Upon the Disciples,
w. 1922. The book of Acts is plain.
ly the record OF the deft utterances Of
spiritual men. Peter had closed his
appeal w. l2) with the statement
that the only way we could be saved
must be through this means The
council were in dilemma: thew
wanted to punish Peter and John. but
could not. for the people were glori.
tying God for what had been done.
Peter and John declared thus fear.
lessly that the teachings OF the
schools was not in accordance with
that, for had not Jesus risen, and had
not this miracle been performed? The
HOLY Ghosts boldncss IN these untu.
tored men has always been perplex.
lty to the schoIastics OF the world.
lhelr bodness was due to sense of
Gods nearness and carried with it a
like sense OF their responsibility to
him (see w. ~, 20).
Ihe only solution on the part Of the
people and OF the priests, was thew
took knowledge that these men have
been with Jesus" This Is the solu.
tion OF many mysteries OF today.
Companionship with Jesus makes
ordinary men extraordinary.
The Sanhedrin asked, What shall
we do with these men?"
A better question would have been.
What shalt we do to be sayed?"