Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-29

one. There amid the philosophers
ana the iterati he had spoken with
enticing words; he had addressed
them in the most polished style; he
had quoted poetry; and the struc-
ture of his sermon was faultless.
But he had not reached the hearts
of his hearers in any numbers.
There was one thing in his address
on Mars Hill he had emitted-the
cross of Christ. So when he came
to Corinth among this wicked, ma
teriallsttc, money-mad people, it was
with fear and much trembling. He
determined to be ignorant of every
thing else, and to present the
Christ tC them, and Him crdcified.
TO the Greeks it might be foolish
ness and to the Jews a stumbling
block, but he was not ASHAMED OF
it, for it was the power of God to
all them, that would believe. He
determined also to throw aside all
oratory and all human wisdom, but
to be, in dependence upon the Spirit,
yeloped would stand. And this he
did faithfully. Read the opening
chapters of his letter to them later,
and see how he reminds them of
how he had presented Christ 10 them
Christ, the power of God; Christ
the wisdom of God; Christ, our
righteousness; Christ, our sanctifi-
cation; All sufficient one; Christ,
our buyer; Christ, our Head Christ.
risen from the dead, the first fruits;
and Christ, our Coming King! 1
Cor 1928, "a, 80. 3:11,23; 1928; 1912,
27; 1920 etc).
No wonder with such theme the
from them to the Gentiles. No won
Ger Crlspus, the chief ruler of the
synagogue finally yielded to such
reasoning. No wonder Jnstus opened
ms house as the meeting place for
the newly formed church. No wonder
me Lore appeared to him in vision
ana told him to stay in Corintn;
tor Paul was pressed in spirit when
Sl1as and Timothy reached him from
Macedonia and told him of the on
position of the Jews there still
and of the faithfulness of the Thes-
Sdionlan CHRISTIANS particularly. He
feIt he would burst if he did not
get this out of his system. He had
this Christ message and he could
not keep it. He got more results
from his testifying than he did
from his reasoning-we always do.
You may argue faultlessly aid not
WIN soul, but they can not re-
sist long your testimony as to the
fact that Jesus Christ has been
MADE OF God to you wisdom and
power, Righteousness, sanctification
and redemption.
ern nj na,ir q wonderful theme for mod.
1 eliI npEuplts-Christ! And how often
small wonder that Paul STAYED IS IS
months in Corinth? Is it any won
oer mat preaching and testifvino
as ne did, one of the strnng iit9
churches of the first century was
SdIne[eo out, composed of not MANY
Hilslly, not many wise ACCORDING to
this worlds wisdom, and of t6ose
VINO were once fornicators. and nm
cream, and backbiters and lascivions
ana evlI-m1nded creatures but who
rad been washed and made new creao
lures in Christ Jesus.
During his visit there he wrote
the TWO letters to the Thessalonians
and also the letter to the Romans.
Corlnth was the climax of his sec
ond missionary journey.
Gallo and Sosthenes
Dur!ng the latter part of his visit
lnth. He was Gallo, the brother of
the famous Seneca. Sweet Gallo :"
he is called by his brother, and said
by MN to be the best beloved man
IN Rome; so gentle and kind in ali
OF MS dealings with his fellow men
their love-
The Jews, thinking to take ad-
vantage of his inexperience, drag
ged Paul before him accusing him
Oh teaching things contrary to the
law. They had a modicum of truth
in their statement, for the Jewish
religion had been sanctioned by the
Roman government, while Christian
lty had not. AS soon as Gallo heard
the case he dismissed it as beneath
his notice, seeing it was not a mat
ter of civil law. The deputies seeing
his attitude and only wanting some
excuse for venting their hatred
against the Jews Immediately be-
gan to prosecute Sosthenes, the sue
cessor of Crispus and CHIEF ruler of
the ynagogue. 1t was under his lead
ershlp that Paul had been brought
before Gallo. But Gallo cared for
none of these things" Was he either
carelessly Indifferent to things
religious, or generously tolerant?
At any rate, the scourging was
good for Sosthenes. 1t takes a dis
aster to get some folks converted
--anG that is what happened to Sos
themes. He, too, turned to Jesus as
the Christ, and became a joint auth
or of the second Epistle to the Co
rinthians.
After some time Paul, accompanied
by Aquila (Who had his head shaver
to symbolic the completion of
vow he had made) and PRISCILLA,
sailed to Cphesus, and tarrying there
a bit, took ship alone to Caesarea
and thence by land to Jerusalem.
Thence to Antioch, completing his
second journey.
Teaching points:
l. Work and witness-these tell
for Christ.
the power of God. All and in all.
g. Don't wait for Sosthenes ex-
perience, accept Gods offer in
Christ now,