Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-23
LESSON FOR AUGUST Is.
COMPRISING CHRIST.

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tionsD
LESSON TEXTS Luke i2s-l?, acts IL
! II.
GOLDEN TENT whosover sholl con
TESS me before men, him shall tie son o'
man also confess before the angels OF
God, Luke 1875
DEVOTIONAL READING James 3.l
Is.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Psalms ~
LEI, Mark $500, John li0-f6; Acts AIN
20, Pete, STA
!. importance Of confessing Christ
| Uuke 12:S-l2)
To confess Christ is not easy; II ha'
never been easy. 10 do SO means eX'
posure to ridlcuc, contempt and per
secution. Regardless of It's issue, the
true disciple will confess his Lord.
l. Christ will confess before the nm
gels Of Cod those who confess nm
before men ". 81, The true disciple
will not be ashamed to let all men
know that he knows, loves, and serves
Christ.
9. Chris, VIII deny before the an
gels of God those who deny him be-
fore men ". 81. To deny Christ before
men may get one Il little Of human M
plause, but will surely bring one 10
loss of heny, n and 10 the SulferlnsS OF
hell forever.
3. A pernlcious testimony is unpar-
donable ". 10Y This testimony Is
the expression Of heart utterly per
verse. attributng the mighty works OF
the Holy Spirit as wrought by Christ
to the devil Matt. 1890 Mark 3.29).
The objectionable sin will only be com
mitted by one whose heart is incurahly
bad one whose moral nature is 50 vile
that he fails to discern between God
and the devil "A reprohate.
4. Divine Md given In testimony
wv. II. 10y In the most trying hour
the Holy Spirit will teach the disciples
what to say. and how TO say II,
disqualification for confessing
Christ (ActS 1:l.lD.
Christ remained with the disciples
forty days nfter his resurrection to
prepare them for the important bust
ness Of witnessing for him. lie had n
five-fold object
/. To convince the disciples of the
absolute certainty of his resurrection
wv. 9. ~. Before the disciples could
undertake the great work for which
they had been preparing, the question
of Chr!stS resurrection must he set
tied beyond 4 doubt No one can preach
the gospel who does not have certainty
of conviction touching the reSurrec-
ton.
.. To instruct the disciples In
things pertaining to the kingdom OF
God wv. 3. 6. y Their unwllliugneSS
10 hear Christ'S instruction (John ld.
10, 13) before his passion shut ont
much valuable information, so the LORD
tarries to supply this need They had
n wrong idea MS 10 the kingdom being
restored. not as to fact, but as 10 time
Christ Ind again and again predicted
coming kingdom In harmony with
the united testimony of the prophets
Of Israel. They understood him Alright
as to the fact Of the kingdom. hut the
time Of its manifestation they failed "a
grasp. The disciples should be de
Tended against the rcproach for having
materiallstic conception, The king
dom Is still to come the time OF IL
coming is known only to God.
Z To show the disciples that their
business was to witness for Christ "a
the uttermost parts of the earth wv
4. :. 81 This witnessing was to be done
In the power of the spirit, the result OF
which would be the formation ~ d
new body, the church. called out from
the world in the time of the postpone
ment of the kingdom.
I. To show the disciples the scon'
Of their missionary activity ". 81. Thl
| is shown To be MS vic as the world It
self. They were to begin AZ home AM
carry the good news concerning Chris
4 to the uttermoSt parts of the earth
Mission work begins at home and end
/ with the bounds Of the earth,
3. To show the disciples that Chris
1 will henceforth operate from heaven
| They we're to work on the earth. hu
the source OF their power was in henv
en-. Though he is separated from tn
/ disciples II will not be forever, for HI
will come again. He will come agalI
MS the Goldman. our mediator. Thu
words of the men in white appare
have double significance.
~ To show that Jesus will com
again.
(2) To show that In the meantime
they should set to work In the dis
charge of their commission, and not b
gazing up into heaven The Lords In
structon to the disciples was. "Occup
till I come" duke 1919. Those VIII
have an intelligent hope touching tn
coming Of Christ are not sky-gazerS
hut are deadly in earnest wltnessin
for Christ.