The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-06-23

Of II Tim tlt ID
GOLDEN TExT-Teday u ye viii near
b. voice. harden not your hsa'
REFERpNCE MATERIAL,-Dsut -.
No. s0-B; Josh. t0N
PRIMARY ToPiC-when Saul was
Boy.-Acts % ., Deut SO
JUNIOR ToPIC-when Timothy was
sG 1Ss,TEIiR ME- AND SENIOR TOPIC
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-saurs Early Training and EDUCATION
We are now entering q sir months
study OF the life and teachings OF one
OF the greatest men who ever lived.
.. ssurs Birth tActs II :sy).
His parents belonged to the tribe OF
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. 3 ~.
I. Time Of. IL II impossible TO deter
mine the exact year of his birth, out
the probability II that u was pracu-
calIy the same ms that OF Jesus. lie
was young man" when stephen was
stoned (Acts I :5s). Young man" may
mean any age from twenty To thirty.
About 80 A. u. In the Roman prison
he calls himself Paul the aged" tfhi'
lemon ~. This distinction would hardly
be- appropriate for u man under sixty.
2. Place Of ". so. Tarsus, the cap
itnI OF the Province of Cilicia. Repre-
sentative business men came here from
oil parts OF the world. IL was q self
governing city which made citizenship
therein honorable. Besides, II was one
OF the three great educational centen
OF the Roman empire. Gods prOvi-
dence ordered that the apostle TO the
Gentiles should be born In n city where
he would encounter men OF every class
and nation. making him broad In his
sympathy and tolerant In his dealings
with others.
u. SauPs Home Training Deut q:
80: CT. II Tim. 3:l+. 49,.
lie was brought up In a pious home
(Phil. 3:5D. In the passages cited
above Is given the responsibility Of Q
Jew In the training OF his children.
!. Central truths TO be taught wv.
4, 81. CD Unity Of God. The Lord
our God IL one Lord" This was n tes-
timony against the polytheism existing
among the Gentiles Of that day lie 10
tod alone. therefore to worship an
other IL sin. The word translated
God" Is plural In form, giving room
for the doctrine OF the Trinity-tather.
Son and Holy Spirit The great need
OF tire world Is n recognition Of the
fundamental doctrine ~ the unity and
trinity of the Godhead. There can be
no established order until God Is gwen
His rightful place. neither can there
be any moral health. ca Mans SUI
preme obligation ". 81. God should
might, because lie II God alone and
supreme This being the FIRST and great
commandment, We know what In mans
supreme duty.
z. How these truths are TO be kept
alive tyy. go. The place for Gods
Word is In the heart In order that II
may be In the heart % teach II dili.
gently to thy children" ". y. The
most important part OF a child's educa.
ton IL that given by parents In the
Word of God. GU Talk OF them In the
home ". -. How blessed II that
home where Gods Word Is the topic Of
conversation. 60 Talk OF them when
retiring for the night ". -. The last
thing upon which the mind should rest
before going 10 sleep should be God
and His truth. 60 Talk OF them when
rising In the morning ". -. How mt
ting that God should speak 10 Us the
tirst thing when we awakel t6) Bind
them upon thine hand ". ~. This was
literally done by the Jews. even to the
wearing OF little boxes between their
eyes. 90 Write tsem upon the posts
OF the houses and on the gates ". %.
Doubtless Timothy's home training
was similar To Saul's I'll Tim. S;li. 49,.
From a child Timothy was taught the
Holy Scriptures eli Tim. l :5). This
was done In the home by his mother.
~. sau's Educ alton (Acts ~ -.
]. In college at Jerusalem. A Jewish
child became a child OF the law at the
age of thirteen. Most likely at this
age he went TO Jerusalem 20 enter upon
his course Of study. Here he sat at
the feet OF Gamaliel, one OF the most
eminent teachers that ever blessed Is
raeL The course OF study here was
restricted 10 the Holy Scriptures.
z. A trade at Tarsus. Perhaps after
his college course AT Jerusa-
lem he returned to Tarsus and learned
! trade. One rabbi said. "He that teach