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VY REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D..
Teacher Of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
e. lel. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JULY 81
SAUL TEACHING At ANTIOCH

SAUL TEACHING At ANTIOCH.
LESSON TEXT-Acts u:ls-S.
GOLDEN TExT-A whole year. they
assembled themselves with the church,
and taught much people.-Acts n:3&
REFERENCE MATERIAL Acts SEQ;
Tim 2:t-7: II Tim. az
PRIMARY TOPIC-Carryins Help .
Jerusalem.
JUNIOR ToPIc-saul Helping Others
In the Christian Life.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Entering Upon . New Career.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
"A Years Teaching In Antioch.
When God was about to launch the
missionary enterprise among the Gen.
tiles. He arranged for q new religious
center. Antioch was admirably
adapted for such 4 center. The upper
classes were Greeks and used the
Greek language. The government
oficials were Romans and used the
Latin tongue. While the masses were
Syrians. sprinkled among them were
Jews who had come for commercial
purposes; also travellers from all parts
Of the world were In evidence.
!. A Religious Awakening At Antioch
wv. 1920.
l. The occasion ". l9a). The perse-
cution at Jerusalem scattered tho
disciples abroad. This God permitted
In order to separate them from the
home people at Jerusalem.
2. The preachers ". l9a). They
were ordinary men and women. not
officials. but they were filled with the
yearning desire for lost souls and
witnessed Of the Lord Jesus In the
power Of the Holy Ghost.
3. What they preached wv. lob,
2O). They preached the WORD" and
the Lord Jesus" All who preach the
Word will preach the Lord Jesus !;
for He Is its center. The real reason
why there are not conversions today
Is the failure of ministers to preach
the Word
u. sarnabas Sent to Inspect the
Work At Antioch wv. 22-24).
This was a wise selection.
!. The character Of Barnabas ".
24). He was u good man. II Is
highly important In sending q man
TO follow up work Of the Spirit that
his character be good. He not only must
be Of an unblemislied character. but
his sympathies must be broad. He
must he capable Of entering into full
appreciation of the things about him.
Much mischief often results from
sending injudicious men TO look after
the Lords work. He was full Of the
Holy Spirit. This Is an essential
qualification for pastoral work. Only
a Spirit-filed man can appreciate the
workings Of the Spirit Of God. He
wns also q man Of great faith.
I 2. Work done by Barnabas ". 23)
He gladly endorsed the work and
earnestly exhOrted them to steadfastly
continue In the faith, clinging unto
the Lord. There are many allurementa
TO tempt young Christians. The re.
jOicIng Of Barnsbss shows that he
was q man who could rejoice In the
work OF others. He did more than
inspect the work; for many people
were added unto the Lord. Doubt.
less he preached.
~. 0arnabas Strings Saul tvv. IS.
28).
The work grew to such an extent
that help was needed. Barnabas had
the good augment to seek Saul for
this Important work. Bsrnabas knew
that the bringing Of Saul would mean
his taking q secondary place. II ID
the duty Of Christian leaders to seek
out men who are qualified for the
Lords work and bring them from their
places Of obscurity. setting them to
work In the Lords vineyard. Theirs
are many men In obscurity which II
requires a Barnabas to bring forth.
w. The DiselpIss First Called chris.
tians ". 26b).
They were not called Christians Ia
derisi0u. a. 10 10 often asserted. I,
was q consequence Of saul and Barna.
has teaching there for . year that
they were called Christians. Tie name
was consequence Of the teaching. In
all Saul's teaching he showed the
unique relation which the Christian
sustains to Christ. Since the body
closely resembles Its head. Christ, they
were called Christians.
v. The Church At Antioch Sends Re.
lief - jerusalem (vv. 1880.
The Holy Spirit through Agabu,
made known great dearth through
out the world. This came to pass In
the days Of ClaudIus Cesar. Every
man according to his ability deter
mined 10 send relief unto the brethren
which dwelt In Judea. They made NJ
money for the poor saints ut Jerusalem
and sent II by the hands OF Bnrnnba,
and Saul. This act not only proved
the gcnulncness Of the work NJ An
tioch. but II emphasized the fnct that
there IN no division between Jew unG
GcntIle.
| ChriSt'o BLESSING,