The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-26
April u


Lesson Text: John Is: T~15. Acts 2: :
lis.
Golden Text: II We then, being evil,
know how 10 give good gifts unto
your children. how much more shall
vour heaxenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask him Luke
II: Is:
senior-Adult Topic, What the Holy
Spirit Does For Us
Outline.
/ The Promise of the Spirit. John
II. The Coming OF the Spirit Acts
2; Ia.
III The tuialment OF Prophecy.
Acts g. 1918,
Introduction,
Having studied concerning God tho
Father and Christ our Saviour, we now
come 10 study the third person Of the
Trinity, the Holy Spirit
God ia revealed TO men as the
Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
This does not mean that there are
three Gods--there ~ only one God.
Nor does 1t mean that the one God is
three persons IN the complete sense
strictly speaking. there Is only One
person. When we speak Of the God
head az including three persons, It ia
because our language is Incapable Of
expressing the idea more clearly"
The lesson briefly Considered
The promise of the spirit. John J g.
7-fb.
The things which Jesus had tust
/ spoken 10 The disciples had caused
/ them great sorrow of heart So
! Jesus said "1t is eNpedtent for YOU
/ that 90 away~--[ viii send him unto
YOU" The coming Of the Holy Spirit
+ ~ qyr
4 Of Jesus for M would send him as his
/ personal representative. While the
disciples were not able to understand
: why the Master should leave them. yet
/ II was for their highest good and
/ they would come SO TO view II. When
Jesus was on earth he could only he
seen nv his followers at q given place,
while the Holy Spirit is everywhere AT
once. thus becoming the Comforter
/ Of all Christians no matter where they
/ may he.
! And not only WAS the Holy Spirit
! 20 comfort the disciples, e1t he would
be the agent Of Christ In convtctins
men Of sin, Righteousness and tudg-
rneut
Jesus could not ten his disciples ev''
erythlng that he would have them
/ know they could not then bear al
| his teaching. hut The told them al
! that they could bear. and more than
! they understood about the Father. the
Son, the Holy Spirit. and the future
of Christianity"
But when the spirit of truth mac
come. the representative OF Christ, he
would become their teacher, teilins
| them the things which they needed tc
| know. but could not then receive be
/ cause he must needs first rise from the
/ dead as n ground for their faith.
The Holy Spirit was sent to glorifJ
! Christ. taking OF his things and de
! ciaring them unto the disciples,
/ The Coming of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2: Ill.
| pentecoSt means fifty DAYS. Thu
Feast Of Pentecost was held fifty days
after the second day of the Feast o
the Passover. II was held In celebra
ton of the first fruits of wheat har
vest The Jews considered that 1t com
nemorated the giving of the law or
Sinai.
About one hundred and twent,
disciples were gathered in an upper
room, praying for the coming OF thu
Holy Spirit, according to Jesus prom
Use The common version states tina
they were all with one accord. which
was doubtless true, notwithstanding
the better rendering OF the origina
in the revised text.
Suddenly there came from heaven ;
sound as of the rushing OF might.
I wind--an echo Just like the blowing
of a strong wind in its rushing" an(
this sound filled the house
And there appeared unto then
! tongues. parting asunder, Ike rs fire
4 and IL sat upon each OF them. AS IL
The first manifestation the sign wa
audible, so here there was visibl'
sign OF the Spirits presence In tn
form Of tongues.
TT was a beautiful symbol of tn