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tBy REV. P. b. FlTZwATER. y. D..
Teacher OF English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of ChicaEo.)
%. 1891. Western Newspaper Union,
LESSON FOR JULY "a
SAUL PRocLAIMs JESUS As THE
CHRIST.

CNHJ0V.
LESSON TEXT-Acts S:lSb-sc.
GOLDEN TExT-Thou art the Christ.
he Son OF the living God.-Natt 1915.
REFERENCE MATERIAL = Acts u:
A-2S
PRIMARY roPlc-saul Telling Others
About Jesua
JUNIOR ToPlC-sAul winning Others
10 Jesus
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Getting Ready for . New Career.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
saul Begins His Ministry.
!. Saul Preaching Christ In oamaa
sus tvv. l0h-22).
After Saul was baptized he remained
sertain days with tho believers In Da.
nascus ". 1901. How beautiful to
think OF the transformation which
look place !-ons who was 10 passion
ately bent on the destruction Of the
disciples was now enjoying fellowship
with them.
I. Straightway preaching In the syn.
agogue ". 2y.) Saul. like every one
who Is really converted, begins to tell
Of the newly found Savior. Every Chris
tian should be taught that II Ia his
business ny soon a. saved to help to
save others.
2. The people amazed ". 2D. They
knew that the very one who had been
rinEleadcr In prosecuting the Chris
tians In Jerusalem and had come to
Damascus for the express purpose Of
bringing them bound to the chief
priests. was now passionately advo-
eating that which he had 10 vehe-
.nently sought TO destroy.
3. The Jews COMPOUNDED ". 22). Saul
retired into Arabia for three years.
During this time he was taught the
full truth Of his mission (Gal. i:l7,
lS). Saul increased In spiritual
strength and COMPOUNDED the Jews,
proving that Jesus was not only the
Son Of God. but their Messiah. His
proof. no doubt. was by citation from
the old Testament prophecies. show
Ing that the life, death and resurrec-
ton Of Jesus exactly paralleled them.
That Chris, died and rose agaIn from
the dead, no one then could deny; the
| transformation OF Saul from II Inter
to an ardent witness WIS proof
which could not be xainsnid.
u. Saul Escapes From the Jews
wv. 3325).
He used the Scriptures with such
| skill that the Jews could not answer
him. Finding that the argument was
against them. the Jews took counsel
how they might destroy Saul. so In
tent were they upon killing him TINT
they watched the gates Of the city day
and night thst they might take him.
When this was known to the disciples
they let him down At night In = has
ket by the wall
~. Saul Visits jerusalem (vv. 70
:sa).
| This journey to Jerusalem was In
strange contrast with the one from
Jerusalem TO Damascus. The one
was the leader Of nm Important expe-
diti0n under the authority Of the Jew.
ish officers with the prospect u .
place Of distinction IN the councils Of
the Jewish nation. Now he In an out.
cast, dixOwned by his countrymen. and
fleeing for his life.
L. suspected ny the n'sc'p'es
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