Arizona republican., 1916-01-08
International Sunday School Lesson for
 Jan. 9

Golden Te~t.-"Know ye not that ye
 are d temple of God, and that the Spir-
 it of God dWelleth in you?" Cor 9. 16
 Lesson Text.-Act. 9: 1-12. Commit
 vs. 3. f.
 1 GD And when the day of Pentecost l was fully come. they were all with one 1 accord in one place. (2) And suddenly
 there came a sound from heaven as of
 rushing mighty wind. and it filled all 1 the house where they were sitting. C3) And there appeared unto them cloven l tongues like as of fire. and it sat upon i each of them. C4) And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues. as the | spirit gave them utterance. C5) And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews i deVout men. out of every nation under heaven. C6) Now when this was noised | abroad. the multitude came together, | and were COnfounded. because that ev- ! erN man heard them speak in his own l language. @ And they were all amazed and marvelled. saying one to another Behold. are not all these which | speak Galileans? CS) And how hear We every man in our own tongue wherein 1 we were born (9D Parthians. and Medes and Elamites. and the dwellers | in MeSopotamia. and in Judea, and l Cappadocia, in Pontus. and Asia. C1W ] Phrygia. and Pamphylia. in Egypt. and ! in the parts of Libya about Cyrene. and ! strangers of Rome. Jews and prose | lvtes. GD Cretes and Arabians. We do 1 hear them speak in our tongues the , wonderful works of God. G2) And they | were all amazed. and were in doubt, | saving one to another, What meaneth ! this2 G3) Others mockins said, These men are full of new wine.
 Time.-Sunday. May 2S. A. D. %. d. m
 PIace.-An Upper Room in Jerusa-
 lem
 Exposition.-L The disciples filled | with the Holy spirit, 1-4 For ten days | they continued steadfastIy in prayer | for the baptism with the Holy Spirit | (cf. Lu II: 13. Ac. f: 31; S: 15-1D. i They did not regard the positive prom | ise of Christ G: 5) as relieving them 1 from the necessity of prayer but as an 1 incentive to and foundation for prayer. i The women were there as we'll as the men G: 14. The Day of Peutccost. | the Day of first fruits" the gathering of the church Gev. %. 15-2D. came at | last Not until that day could the
 
 | Pertecost has been fulfilled" l.. 1 R | N margin) no one needs to wait ten | days for the baptism with the Holy | Spirit There Is no record of any such waiting since Pentecost Was fulfilled | tcf. ch. I: @1: &: 15-17: 9: 17-22: 70. A: 10: 1-6D. The baptism with the ! Spirit is every believers birthrisht | through the crucified. risen and as- 1 cended Christ tvs. 33. 2S. 39) and the moment the conditions are fulfilled | this blessing will be ours. If We have
 to wait" the difficulty is with us and | not with God. it iS because We have not | met the conditions Apparently. the disciules expected the promis- that | very day as they were all together il | one place" It was at or before nine | in the morning Cy 16 They We're "of ! one accord" (cf. 1. 15. II: ?: 46. 4. | 24 g; 3: f2). This unity doubtless ] hal much to do with the bestoual of | the gift. and the absence of this unity | has much To do with the failure of many churches today to receive it. The 1 blessing came suddenly" at the last l (cf. Ch. 1925. 26. Nal g 1: I.u. ?. 13) | There was not moments warning | There was a roar as of a hurricane. ! great emphasis is laid in the Greek upon the fact that this sound came | from heaven" rather, "out of heav-
 en.'D It is wind out of heaven" we ] need We have too much wind of an- | other sort This sound filled all tho l house. The disciples were sitting not kneelins in prayer as they are SO ] often represented: tte Lord had com
 manded them tc "sit down Gu. 24. 70 see Greek) in the city until ve be | clothed with power from on high" and | they were doing literally and exactly | what He had bidGen them do. There ' was not only wind" from heaven but ] fire" 1s well ,cf Mat 3. II: Isa. {; {.
 Jer g. 2q) The fire was in the form l of tongues the new power was to
 manifest itself in d tongue of fire | granted to them 4. D. The tongues parted asunder CR VI or portioned l themselves out to each one of them | Peter alone is made prominent in the
 story that follows, but each one of | them received a tongue of fire. The | tongues of fire rested upon the women | as well as upon the men (cf vs- IT. 1Sl- | The blessing was not to the church a. | a body but to leach one of them" as | individuals. they were all filled with | the Holy Spirit This is a fulfilmenf of oh I: 3: SO the expressions filled | with the Spirit baptized with the 1 Spirit" and "the promise Of the Faith l CT are practically SYNONYMOUS The ! expression here used brings out tho
 thought that the Holy Spirit takes
 complete possession of the faculties. ! The immediate result was that they | began to speak with other tongues | (cf. ch. 10. 46: 19: 6). But the bap-
 tism with the Spirit did not always
 manifest itself in this particular gift
 but always in some new power for
 Christ G Cor. F: 6-1O. 30; ch. I 31:
 9: 17-22) Speaking with tongues iS | not the most but the least important l of the baptism with the Spirit G Cor 1 IA: 2-19). Trey spake not in their
 own wisdom, but "as the Spirit gave
 them utterance." So ought we to speak
 and so may We speak.
 IT The Multitude Amazed. 5-13 1 The noise of the wind from heaven was
 heard by the multitudes without Cv 6. R. VD. They rushed together to find | out what it meant. The multitudeS | always gather when the Spirit comes | upon Gods people. The disciples seized the opportunity of the gather | ing crcWd and began to speak. not of | themselves nor of the blessing that
 thev had received. but of the mighty
 works of God" Cv. ID. Each one heard