Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-06

Planting the Gospel in Center of Pa
ganlsm.
/. Johns Disciples Become Chris
tians wv. 10.
These twelve disciples had only
been taught the baptism of repent
ance as preparation for the kingdom
of God. Paul taught them to believe
i'll Christ, that Is, to receive Him as
the. One who had on the cross pro-
vided redemption for them. When
they received Christ, Paul laid hands
upon them and they received the Holy
Spirit.
II. Paul Preaching in Ephesus
wv. $40.
L. In the Jewish synagogue ". 81.
His message is characterized by: O
boldneSS. He realized that God had
sent Him and that His authority was
back of Him. (2) Reason. He rea-
sOned with them. Gods message is
never sentimental nor arbitrary, but
in accord with the highest reason. CD
Persuasion. 1t is not enough to come
boldly with reasonable message: it
must be accompanied by persuasion.
"a Concerning the kingdom of God.
He did not discourse on current
events, literature, or philosophy. but
upon the message of salvation through
Christ
2. In the schoolhousS of Tyrannus
wv. 8, 1O). PauIs earnest preach
ing only hardened the Jews. When
they came out and spoke openly
against this way of salvation in
Christ, Paul separated the disciples
from them and retired to the school.
house of Tyrannus.
III. God Working Miracles by Pau
(vv. 11-16).
So wonderfully did he manifest His
power that handkerchiefs and aprons
brought from Paul's body healed the
sick and cast out evil spirits from
those whose lives had been made
wretched by them.
~. A Glorious Awakening wv. IL.
~.
l. Fear fell upon all ". 10. News
of the casting out of these evil spirits
created Impressions favorable to
| Christianity.
2. 1t brought to the front those who
professed faith in Christ while moi
| living right lives ". 18). They be-
lieved, but had not broken from sin
| Great blessing would come to the
| church if some awakening could come
to those whose lives are in keeping
with their profession, and cause then
| to openly confess and make a new
start.
3. Gave up the practice of blacE
arts ". 19). This means forms OF
jugglery by use of charms and magi
cal words. All such are in oppOsi
ton to the will of God; therefore nc
one can have fellowship with God an6
practice them. They proved the gen
uineness of their actions by publicly
burning their books. Though thi.
was an expensive thing-valued a
about $50, 2,500-they did not try to sci
| the books and get their money back
| When you find you have been In &
wrong business, make a clean sweeI
! of things; burn up your books oil
Spiritualism, Christian Science, etc.
empty your whisky and tbeer into the
sewer, and have a tobacco party sim
liar to the Boston tea party.
| 4. UprOar of the Silversmiths at
Ephesus wv. 23-41). ~ The occa
sion wv. %, 24). This was the pow
| er of the gospel in destroying the
| Infamous business of Demetrius an(
| his fellows. 1t was clear to them tha
| idolatry was tOttering before the pow
er of the gospel. They were not in
terested particularly in the matter
from a religious standpoint, but be
cause it was undermining the princi
| pal business of the city. ~ Th'
! method wv. 25-29). DemetriuS. q
! leading business man, whose business
was the stay of others of a similar
nature called meeting and STATED
| that much people had turned from
| idolatry and thai the market for thei
wares was materially weakening FL,
| appealed to his fellows (a) on thC
ground of business, saying This, ou
craft, Is in danger Of being set a
naught," ". 2D. (b) On the grounC
| of religious prejudice. He said 9TH,
| temple of the great goddess Diani
should be despised" ". 2O. He ae
came quite religious when he saw tina
his business was being interfered
with. His speech gained his end; thu
whole crowd was enraged and yelleC
| in unison, "Great is Diana Of thu
Ephesians" The mob was Quieted b!
the tact and good Judgment of thu
town clerk: first, he reprOved then
for yelling for two hours to prove 1
point which everybody admitted tvv
25, 26) +; second, he showed that Pau
and his company were not guilty o.
any criminal act wv. 27-39) third. h,
showed that the people were In danger
of being called to account for this riot
should it come TO the ears of Caesar
!