The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-12-27
Improved Uniform International
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(By REV. p. b FlTZWATER, DID, Dean
Moody Bible institute OF Chicago.l
o. 1923 Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for December 80
REViEW-PAUL, THE WORLD
CHRISTIAN

GOLDEN TEXT-For me to live is
Christ
PRIMARY ToPIC-stories of Paul
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Paurs Life
Teaches U.s.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
lC-rhe Secret of Paurs Greatness.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
lC-The Life and Achievements of
Paul
Two methods of review are sug-
Gested
|. The application of the principles
10 modern everyday life. This can
| only be applied to adult classes. AS
sign Il week ahead the task of find
ing in each lesson a vital application
TO the current interests of life. The
following are offered as examples:
Lesson I. The bearing of Christian
doctrine upon magical arts.
Lesson 2. How to love everybody.
Lesson 3. The standard of Chris
tan giving.
Lesson e. The measure of pastoral
responsibility.
Lesson S. How to overcome the
drink habit.
Lesson 6. Brotherhood in Christ the
way to abolish war.
Lesson 7. The civil rights of a
Christian.
Lesson 8. Prayer, the index of the
genuineness of the Christians life.
>, Make q summary of the facts OF
each lesson and study the leading
teaching thereof.
Lesson for October 7. Paul boldly
preached the gospel at Ephesus in
the synagogue and in the school of
Tyrannus. God accompanied his
preaching with miraculous deeds.
Lesson for October IA. The infal-
ity of spiritual gifts is ones concep-
ton of and attitude toward Jesus
Christ. The best of the Spirits
gifts is love, within the reach OF all.
Lesson for October q. The source
OF Christian generosity is the grace
of God Gods gifts are, reckoned by
the degree of willingness.
Lesson for October %. Paul, know
;"% th@t false teachers would arise in
Tie c&urch III Ephesus, called the eld-
ers Of the church together that he
might instruct them how to meet the
difficulty The ground of the charge
he gave them was that the church
had been purchased with the blood
of Jesus Christ.
Lesson for November 4. The be-
lever in Christ is citizen as well
as a Christian, loyal to the state as
well as to the church.
Lesson for November II. The be-
lever is in the world but not of the
world. He sustains a relationship to
God which is absolute devotion to
Him. relationship to his fellow-be-
lever which is genuine love, and q
relation to the unbeliever which is to
do good for evil, live honestly be-
fore them and be at peace with them.
Lesson for November f8. In order
to remove prejudice from the mind
of the Jews, when Paul went to Jeru-
salem he took Jewish vow.
Lesson for November rs. PauPs
prayer life explains the power and
eIncIGncy OF his ministry.
Lesson for December 2. Though
Paul was brought before powerful
rr,ers, he not only defended himself
against the charges, but used the op-
| pOrtunity to witness to them of Jesus
Christ, making a personal appeal.
Lesson for December g. Pauls
| longing to see the Romans was now
about to be realized. After a stormy
voyage he was met by the brethren
frcm Rome some forty miles out of
the city Though in the capital city
and treated with leniency, he re-
manned under the guard of soldier.
This gave him an opportunity to
preach the gospel to the soldiers.
Lesson for December 49, Paul had
many real friends. This reveals his
humanness, for he who would have
friends must show himself friendly.
He not only prayed for his friends,
but furnished them with letters of
introduction when on business err
rands. He also wrote letters to his
friends One of the most tender and
beautiful letters ever written was
that of Paul to Philemon, a model of
tactfulness and the first antisavery
petition ever penned
Lesson for December %. AS Paul
came to the end Of his life he pre-
scented the true view which a Chris
tan should have concerning death.
He presents it under two metaphors;
one an Offering, and the other a de-
parture He not only had the right
view of death, but he could look back
ward upon his life with the con-
sciousness of having finished his
course, and forward with confidence
of an eternal fellowship with God.