The Jasper news., 1919-08-14
IMPROVED uSIroRH isTERrArioHAt
SUllIlHYSC[IOOL
LESSON
tey REV. p. 3. FITzwArER. D. D..
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago)
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR AUGUST IL
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.

LESSON TExTs-Acts 49,, 1881; l4;2s,
world and preach the Gospel to every /
creature.--ldark is:16.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL - Matthew
8:1s-20; Luke N:45-5S; Acts 26:12-3o.
PRIMARY T0PIC-Helping everybody
TO know Jesus.
JUNIOR ToPrc-The whole world needs
Jesus
INTERMEDIATES ToPIC-Taiting the
gospel to the whole world
SENIOR AND ADULT ToP1C-Chris .
tian missions: aims and results.
The Obligation Of Missions MARK
1919.
God saves men for purpose. That
purpose is to be laborers together with
him in the salvation of others. Christ's
parting message. yea, his final COM
mission to the disciples was. go,
preach the Gospel to every creature"
This obligation still rests upon the
church. Since the command is to
preach the Gospel to every creature,
this obligation will obtain as long o,
there Is one unredched soul.
II. The Power Of Missions (Acts
1:s).
This power Is the supernatural In.
ducement of the Holy Spirit Mission
airy endeavor without the Holy Spirit
Is doomed to failure. Power to witness
for Christ is the purpose Of the gift
Of the Spirit Success will crown the
efforts of those who go forth under the
nj hA nj
Spirit. The Spirit was not given pri-
marlly to make Christians happy, but
to make them strong to carry the
Gospel to the heather. However,
those who go forth in this blessed serv-
ice In the Spirits power are truly
happy.
NJ. The Scope Of Missionary En-
| deavor (Acts / ~.
The disciples were to begin their
witnessing where they were when the
Holy Spirit fell upon them-Jerusa-
lem. But they were to go out from
there to the 'uttermost parts of the
EARTH" This is the program for ev-
cry disciple of Christ. Begin Witness
ing where Christ saves you, and then
90 to your neighbors next to you, and
! on to the renotest bounds of the earth.
There Is no such thing as "home mis-
sions," except that you begin at home.
~. The First Foreign Missionaries
(13 :1-14; 2s).
]. Who they were .(13:2).- Bar
nabas and Saul were selected-the
very best two men in the church. The
evangelization of the world ia task
Of such tremendous Importance that It
challenges the church to offer her best
men and women. Since an Institution
is judged by Its representatives, II be-
comes the church to put her most cGpa-
BILE men to the front.
2. BY whom sent (13:2, ~. The
Holy Spirit chose these men and sent
them forth to their work. The church
at Antioch seemed to have deliberate
ly planned this missionary enterprise.
It was after prayer and fasting that
the Spirit ordered. the church to send
forth these missionaries. 1t should be
the business of the church to constant
ly seek the mind of God relative tn
sending forth laborers into. the Lords
vineyard. The Spirit calls and sends
men forth. but he does this through
the church.
3. Some experiences Of the FIRST for.
eign missionaries:
~ Withstood by Elymas the sor.
cerer (13 :8-12). Elymas moved by the
devil. sought to turn the mind of Sergi'
us Paulus from the faith, thus barring
the Gospel as It enters upon Its widest
mission of salvation. The most VII
famous act which one can commit Is
to turn soul from the Gospel. (2)
Worshiped as gods (14:S-1S). (a) Thu
occasion wv. 8-10). God accompanied
the testimony of these missionaries by
his mighty power. He wrought mir
acle through Paul. At his call the
inveterate cripple-one who had never
walked-leaped up and walked. TIL,
cure was instant. (b) The method (vv
11-13). They called Barnabas, Jupi
ter. and Paul, Mercury, because he wa,
the chief speaker. They declared tina
the gods had come down In the like
ness of men. and they brought oxen an,
garlands TO offer sacrifice. (c) Thei
efforts foiied wv. 14-1S). /. The mis-
sionarIes rent their clothes and raj
! in among the people. saying they wer,
rot divine, but beings Of like passions
with themselves. 2. They urged tn,
1 people to turn to God. 8. Pau
stoned wv. 1929. Stirred up b.
wicked Jews from Antioch and Iconi
L Is
worshiping are filled with satanic hate
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