The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-07-21
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Teacher ~ English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute Of ChicAgoD
&C. 1871, Western Newspaper UnionJ
LESSON FOR JULY 81
SAUL TEACHING At ANTIOCH.

SAUL TEACHING At ANTIOCH.
LESSON TENT-Acts Ii.is-N
GOLDEN TENr-A whole year they
assembled themselves with the church.
and taught much people Acts ~
REFERENCE MATERIAL. Acts Bc.
Tim 2.5-7. u Tim. az
PRIMARY ToPlC-Cauying Help 70
Jerusalem.
JUNIOR ToPIC-.sau' Helping Others
In the Christian Life
INTERN 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, lie arranged for n new religious
center Antioch WIS admirably
adapted for such n center. The upper
classes were urreks aud used the
Greek language. The government
officials we're Romans and used the
Latin tongue While The masses were
SyrianS, sprinGlcd among them were
Jews who had come for commercial
purposes also travellers from all parts
~ the world were IN evidence.
.. A Religious Awakening at Antioch
wv. lg2D.
]. The occasion ". l9nD. The perS's
cutim at Jerusalem scattered the
disciples abroad This tod permitted
In order To separate them from the
home people ~ Jerusalem
=. The preachers V lan. They
were ordinary men and women. not
officials. bur they were filled with the
ycnrulng desire for lost souls aud
Witnessed ~ the Lord Jesus In the
power of the Iioly Ghost
3. What they preached wv igb.
.O They preached the Word" ani
The Lord Jesus Al who preach the
Word viii preach the Lord Jesus
Tor lie Is Us center The real reason
why there are not CONVERSIONS today
Is the failure of ministers to preach
lh. Word
u. Bsrnabas Sent to inspect the
Work az Antioch wv. 22.2D.
This was n wise selection.
|. The character ~ Baruabas ".
2D. lie was good man. II In
highly important In sending a man
To follow w work of the Spirit that
his character bs good lie not only must
be- Of an unbhmiShed character. but
his sympathles must be broad. lie
must be capable of entering into full
appreciation ~ the things about him.
Much mischief often results from
sending inJudicious men TO look after
the Lords WORK lie was full Of the
Holy Spirit. This IL AZ essential
qualification for pastoral work only
a Splrit-hlled man cun appreciate the
workings Of the Splrii Of God. lie
was also man Of great faith.
2 Work done by Rarnahas ". 23).
lie gladly endorsed the work aud
earnestly exhOrted them 10 steadfnstly
continue In the faith. clinglng unto
the Lord There are many allurcments
to tempt young Christians The re-
joicing uf BarnabAs shows that he
was n man who could rejoice IN the
work Of others lie did more than
Inspect the work for many people
were added unto the Lord Doubt
less he preached
~. Bsrnabas Brings Saul wv. -,
26).
The work grew To such an extent
that help was needed Bnrnabas had
the good augment tn seek Saul for
this Important work. Barnabas knew
that the bringing of saul would mean
his taking a secondary place. II In
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 There
are many men IN Obscurity which II
requires n Barnabas to bring forth.
". The Disciples First Called chrs
tians ". 2Ghl
They were not called Christians IA
derision. as Is 50 often asserted. II
was IA consequence of Saul and Barna.
has teaching yhere for year that
they were called Christians. Tie name
was n consequence Of the teaching In
all Saul's teaching he showed the
unique relation which the Christian
suslalns to Christ. Since the body.
closely resembles It's head. Christ, they
were called Christians
v. The Church at Antioch Sends Re.
lief to jerusalem wv. 27-3O).
The Holy Spirit through Agabus
made known n great dearth through.
out the world. This came TO pass ia
the days Of Claudius Cesar Every
man according Ia his ability deter.
mined To send relief unto the brethren
which dwelt In Judea. They made up
money for the poor saints at Jerusalem
and sent II s the hands Of Barnahas
and saul This act not only proved
The genuineness of the work al An
Iioch, but II emphasized the fact that
here II no division between jew aud
L.AnIll..