The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-08-12
LESSON FOR AUGUST 7

W. ASSI. Weesern Newspaper Union
LESSON FOR AUGUSTA
PAUL IN CYPRUS AND IN ANTI.
OCH OF PisiOiA.
LESSON TExT-Acts l3:l.s1
GOLDEN TEXT-Ye shall be witnesses
unto me both In Jerusalem. and in all
Judea, and In Samaria. and unto the Ut
termost part Of the earth.-Acts is
REFERENCE MATERIAL = Matt II:
Mss: s:ls-2o; Mark 1915: Luke %:As. g.
PRIMARY TOP1C-Adventures Of Paul
and Barnabas
JUNIOR ToPIc-saui s,lences . sor-
eerer.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Paul Begins His Missionary Travels
| YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
| Paul Becomes Q Aissionary.
This marks the beginning Of foreign
missions AZ the deliberately planned
enterprise Of the church.
I. The Gifts Of the Church At Anti.
seh ". ~.
Young rs Antioch. the new religious
center. was. she had prophets and
teachers. Such are essential to church
life. indeed, they are never absent
from the true church. In Ephesians
l:S-12 Paul says that when Christ az.
cended He gave gifts unto men for the
purpose Of perfecting the saints unto
the, work Of the ministry.
u. earnabas and Saul Sent Ferth
wv. 2, ~.
While the i've ministers were pray
ing and fasting. the Spirit Of God COM
handed them to send forth Barnabas
and Saul. The work Of evangeiiSing
he world was laid. 10 heavily upon
:hese men that they refrained from eat
Ing In order to seek the will Of the
Lord In prayer. This 10 the kind Of
tasting that meets Gods approval.
from the fact that they were directed
TO send forth those whom the Spirit
called. we learn that the real call to
Chrtst's service comes from the Spirit.
The Spirit calls and the church Sec
snds the motion by sending those who
ire called. They sent the very best
men from the church at Antioch.
~. Preaching the Wera Of God In
Cyprus (vv. 4. 81.
We are not told as to why they first
went to Cyprus. but We infer that Il
vas because 1t was the home Of Bar
aabas. 1t Is most natural that those
Hho have heard good news should 60
With It first to their kindred and
friends. As they went forth they
preached the Word OF God not civic
righteousness. current history. philOso-
,hy. etc. The great need today 10
3pirit-called and Spirit-filled men
preaching Gods Word.
w. Wtthstood BY Elymas the sor-
serer (vv. 6-l2).
When Barnabas and Saul BY invita-
don were telling Sergius Paulus Of the
Word Of God. Elymas maliciOusiy
sought to turn his mind from the faith.
This IL the tirst obstacle they encoun-
tered. This opposer IL the same one
who came to Adam In Eden and to
Jesus In the wilderness. He Is tho
snemy Of God and man. He now seeks
20 bar the gospel as It enters upon its
:areer OF the conversion OF the hea-
.hen. Saul denounced him in the most
scathing terms, calling him the child OF
he devil. full OF guile and viiiainy, and
pronounced him the enemy Of all right
eousness. accusing him Of pervertine
the right ways Of the Lard.
Happily, the deputy needed Saul's
teaching and believed the gospel. It
was in this connection that Saul's
name was changed to Paul.
v. In the Synagogue At Antioch IN
Pisidla (vv. Is. 16).
From Paphos Paul and Barnahas
went northward to Perga. From
Perga they went into Antioch In Pr
sidia. where they entered the syna-
gogue on the Sabbath day. Though
he was sent to the Gentiles he does
GOT depart from the order Of begin
ming with the Jews. After the usual
reading Of the Scriptures. upon tho
Invitation Of the rulers. Paul deliv-
cred the discourse recorded In verses
l7-41. This sermon Is worthy OF care
ful study. II consists Of four parts:
~ Historical (vv. 1929; APOLOGIZE
teal wv. 24.37): (3) doctrinai. wv.
50, 39); az practical wv. 40. ~. It
sets forth the missionary message for
oil times and lands. Its essence
should ever be the same. In this SER
mon he presented the gi0rited aud
risen Christ as the Savior from sin,
basing his proof upon the testimony Of
living witnesses and the inspired
Word.
VI. The Effect Of the Sermon wv.
42-52).
Many Of the Jews and proselytes
requested them to speak to them
again. Almost the whole city came
to hear the Word of God the next
Sabbath. This great crowd melted
the jealousy of the Jews. This jeal-
ousy could not long be restrained; It
broke out In open opposition. This
opposition was in turn answered by
Pauls rejection Of them and turning
to the Gentiles.