The Penn's Grove record., 1921-07-01

CT. II Tim. 3:l4. Is.
GOLDEN T~EXT-Today if ye will heal
his voice, harden not your hearts.-Heb.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Deut. 4:s.
10; 6.a,-25; Josh. 4:20-24.
PRIMARY TOPIC-When Sau Was a
Boy.-Acts 22;3; Deut. 6:4-9.
JUNIOR TOPIC-When Timothy Was a
Boy.-II Tim. 3:14-15.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Jewish Boy Life.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Saul's Early Training and Education
We are now entering a six months
study of the life and teachings OF one
of the greatest men who ever lived.
l.. SauPs Birth (Acts Il :39).
His parents belonged to the tribe OF
7 Benjamin and were Hebrews of the
Hebrews" that is, Jews who have not
become contaminated in their ancestry
through intermarriage With the Gen
tiles (Phil. 800.
l. Time of. 1t is impossible to deter
mine the exac year of his birth, but
the probability is that it was practl-
cally the anne as that of Jesus. lie
was a young man" when stephen was
stoned (Acts I :5S). Young nan may
mean any age from twenty to thirty.
About 60 a. ID. in the Roman prison
he calls himself Paul the aged" (Phl-
lemon 81. This distinction would hardly
be "apDropriate for a man under sixty.
=. Place OF ". 39). Tarsrrs, the cap
ital Of tho Province of Cilicia. Repre-
sentative business men came here from
all nGr1s Of the world. 1t was u self
governing city which made citizenship
therein honorable. Besides, it was one
OF The three great educational centers
of TIE Roman empire. Gods proVl-
dorlle ordered that the apostle to the
GeatileS should be born in d city Where
ne would encounter men Of every class
and nation, making him broad in his
sympathy and tolerant in his dealings
with others.
l.. SauPs Home Training Oeut. q:
40: C.. IL Tim. 3:14, 15).
He was brought up in a pious nome
Uh,l. 800. In the passages cited
above IS given the responsibility OF a
jew in the training of his children.
l. Central truths to be taught wv.
4. 81. Q) Unity of God. THE Lord
our God is one Lord" This was a tes-
1imony against the p~Olytheism existing
aInong the Gentiles Of that day. He is
cod alone. therefore to worship an
atk.er is sin. The word translated
; Coo is plural in form, giving room
for the doctrine of the Trinity-Father,
Son suc holy Spirit. The great need
of the world is a recognition OF the
fundamental doctrine of the unity anu
trinity Of one Godhead. There can be
Nd established order until God is given
His rigl1fnl place; neither d there
be my moral health. 60 Mans su-
preme obligation ". 81. God should
be loved with all the heart, soul and
might. because He is God alone and
supreme. This being the first and great
commandment, we know what is mans
supreme duty.
2. How these truths are to be kept
alive ~. 6-9). The place for Gods
Word Is In the heart. In order that 1t
Rmay te liz the heart (1) teach it dill
gently to thy children" (v. y. The
most important part of a child's educa-
tiou Is that given by parents in the
Word Ct God. (2) Talk of them in he
home ". y. How blessed is that
home whore Gods Word is the topic of
conversation. CD Talk of them when
retiring FOR the night ". y. The last
thing upon which the mind should rest
before going to sleep should be God
and His truth. (5) Talk of them when
rising in the morning ". y. How tit
ting that God should speak to us the
first thing When we awake! (6) Biz
them upol: thine hand ". 81. This was
Literally done by the Jews, eve to the
wearing of little boxes between their
eyes. Cd Write them upon the posts
of the houses and on the gates ". 81.
Doubtless TimOthy's home training
was similar TO Saul's Gil Tim. 3:l4, l5).
From a child Timothy was taught the
Holy Scriptures I'll Tim. 1:5). This
was lone in the home by his mother.
III, SauPs Education (Acts - :3).
/. In college at Jerusalem. a Jewish
child became a child of the law at the
aye of thirteen. Most likely at this
ace he went to Jerusalem to enter upon
His course of study. Here he sat at
The feet Of Gamaliel, n Of the most
eminent teachers that ever blessed Is
rael. The curse of study here was
restricted to the Holy Scriptures.
>. A trade at Tarsus. Perhaps after
finishing his college course at Jerusa-
lem he returned to Tarsus and learned
q trade. One rabbi said, HE that teach
tetb not his son ii trade doeth the same
rs if he had taught him to steal" The
trade he learned was tent making. This
came in very good in his later life, en-
abling him to support himself while
preaching the gospel.