Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-04-24
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LESSON
By REV. P. B. FITZwATER. D. D..
Teacher Of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1919. by Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR APRIL II
THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR HELPER

LESSON TEXT-John 16:7-15; Acts 2:1-18.
GOLDEN TExT-H We then, being evil.
know how to give good gifts unto your
children, how much more shall your |
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
th pnv 1oa5 5sk h,T RhAp1Sd 1s So
PRIMARY ToP1c-A Helper at all
Times.
JUNIOR ToPIc-our Unseen Teacher
and Helper.
INTERMEDIATES roP1c-The Fruits OF
the Spirit.-Gal. 5:22-26.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-What
the Holy Spirit Does for Us.
I. The Holy Spirit Promised tJohn
16:7-15).
/. Who he is. He is divine per-
sonality, one in nature with the Fa-
Their and the Son.
q What, is his mission? wv. 7-15). 4
~ The Christians comforter, ".
y. The Holy Spirit is Christ's rep
resentative who stands by the side
of the believer to strengthen, en-
courage, defend from the enemy and
plead his cause before God the Father.
Jesus knew and told the disciples OF
the bitter prosecutions which awaited
them as soon as he had taken his de-
parture. What blessed privilege to
have the Holy Spirit in and upon us
to give wisdom to discern Gods will,
and power to overcome temptation!
(2) The worlds judge wv. SLID
Victory is to be achieved by the Spirit
working in and through the disciples.
GAY He will convict the world of sin
". 81. The root of all sin is unbelief
In Christ ". 81. This unbelief Is not
primarily intellectual, but moral. It
is an unwillingness to surrender to
the divine will (John 3:1S, 19). The
way the Holy Spirit convicts the world
is through the testimony of those who
are filed with him. (b) He will con-
Wet the world Of righteousness ". 81.
This is done through the resurrection
and ascension of Christ ". 10y. His
coming forth from the grave and as
cension into heaven was an indisputa
BILE proof that he was what he claimed
| to be. He is thus shown to be the
righteous one whose merit may be APP
propriated by faith in him. This is
! ever the way of salvation-conviction
d of sin and appropriation Of the right
eousness of Christ. ,(c) He will con-
Wet the world of judgment to come ".
81. Christ told Of judgment to come.
The guarantee of this Judgment is
4 that Satan, the prince of the world.
was judged at the cross, ". IL; cf.
John 12:31).
i (3) The Christians guide into all
truth wv. -, 13). The Bible is spir-
itual book. therefore If one would
know its meaning he must have the
Holy Spirit Il Cor. 2:14).
1 (4) He glorifies Christ wv. IA, 15).
He does not speak of himself. but in
all things reveals Christ. The only
way to know the glory of the Son OF
God is to have the Holy Spirit make II
known. He reveals all the divine
riches and grace that are in Christ
He makes real unto them the person
and work of Christ.
II. The Holy Spirit Given (Acts
J, 2:1-1S).
!. 1. Time ?entecost ". ~. This
was fifty days after the Passover Sab
bath (Lev. 23:15).
. 2. The marks of the Spirit wv. 2-4)
These are external and internal:
~ External. (a) Sound of {
i mighty wind; no, wind, but merely the
, sound of wind. For this sound to b,
heard in the early morn attracted at
, i.%apt;ny, opd ooucod tho ooopln m e,o +b
err. The reference to wind suggests
, the all-pervasive life-giving influence
of the Spirit. (b) Tongues of flame
Each of the disciples was crowne,
with such tongue. The tongues In
dictate the practical possession of tn
Spirits gifts. and the fire the purify
ing energy which removes the dross
thus making effective the testimony
9 (c) Speaking in foreign tongues. Fo
these humble Galileans thus to speal
!. caused great amazement.
(21 Internal. This is seen in tn,
transformation wrought in the dis
ciples. Instead Of covering before
Jewish maid, Peter now boldly stoo
before the chief rulers, Of the city an
declared them to be guilty of murder
ing the Son of God.
3. The effect Wv. 5-13). ~ Tn
multitude assembled in ,amazemen
and confusion. They heard the gospt
In their native tongues and inquire
its meaning. (2) Some Knocked an
foolishly attempted to account for thi
remarkable occurrence by accusing tn
disciples Of being drunk.
4. Fulfillment of prophecy (vv. i.
1S). Wonderful things had occurre,
but Peter knew where to get an e.
PLANTATION. He went to Gods Wor
(Joel 2:2S, 29). God had predicte
just such marvellous occurrences |
take place in the last days.
The Mute and the Smile.
Some men envelop themselves /
such an fmpenetrable cloak of silenc
= ! that tho tOpvuo will offord uc :,