The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-30

0'1l-ZSs ROMANS lo.l6-ZU.
GOLDEN TEXT-The entrance of thy
words giveth light
PRIMARY TOPIC-Paul Finds New
Friends and Foes.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Paul Finds New
Friends and Foes.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-Paurs Use OF the Scriptures.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-Paul. Organizer of Churches.
!. Preaching in Thessaloniea tActs
17:1-1O).
His method wv. l, p.
He observed the divine order, ito
the Jew first" but whenever they
proved themselves unworthy he turned
to the Gentiles. He went out on the
Sabbath day so as to find them as
sembled together.
2. His message ". 81.
1t was that Jesus Is the Christ. In
order to prove that Jesus is the Christ,
he expounded unto them the Scrip
lures. Concerning Christ he set forth
three propositions:
ID THAT Christ must needs have
suffered" ". -.
The suffering Christ was not well
coined by the Jews lisa. 53). They
were looking for a Messiah of a diff
ferent type.
(2) risen from the dead" ". 81.
This He proved by the Scriptures,
The resurrection of Christ and the
bodily resurrection of believers need
sound and practical exposition today.
(3) THAT this Jesus. whom preach
unto you, is Christ"
He declared that the historic Jesus
whom he had proclaimed had suf-
fered and risen from the dead, there
fore He is the predicted Messiah.
3. The attitude of the Jews toward
his preaching wv. 4-1W.
While some Jews believed and many
so aroused at Pauls success that they
gathered together the worthless fell
lows of the town and created riot.
They turned the preaching of Paul into
a specious lie. He preached the king
ship of Jesus ". y. Jesus is most as
suredly coming to reign on this earth.
II. What He Preached at Thessa-
lonica Il Thess. 5:13-20).
He corrected certain doctrinal err
= rors which had crept into the church.
1. They were not to sorrow unduly
". 13).
Because they failed to understand
the meaning of Paul's preaching con-
corning the coming of the Lord they
were INDUCING in excessive sorrow.
They seemed to think that their loved
ones who had died would miss the
blessings and glory connected with the
return of the Lord.
2. The events associated with the
Lords coming wv. 1919.
In this section he gives the reasons
why they were not to allow them
selves to be overwhelmed with grief.
ID The departed saints will come
back when Jesus comes ". 14).
Immediately following the death of
believers their spirits go to be with
the Lord where they remain in the
state of blessedness until the Lord
shall return to this earth, bringing
them with Him.
(2) The bodies of the dead in Christ
shall come from the grave ". 16).
When the Lord comes there will be
a real resurrection of the dead in
Christ, before the change of the bodies
of living believers.
80 Living believers will be caught
up together with those who have been
resurrected ". ~.
3. The time of the Lords coming is
to be ready, to watch.
III. Paul Preaching In Berea (Acts
17:1O-15).
l. His method ". 10Y.
He entered the Jewish synagogue
and preached Christ.
2. The reception of the Gospel by
the Bereans wv. II, 12).
Q) They received the message
gladly.
(2) They searched the Scriptures
daily for the truthfulness of the mes.
sage which they had heard.
3. Line WICKED dcllOn OF the Jews
wv. 1870.
Wicked Jews from Thessalonica fol.
lowed the missionaries and stirred up
the people against them, making il
necessary for them again to flee.
~. Pau's Manner of Preaching
from. IS 1920.
Wherever he went in the Gentle
world he preached salvation through
faith i'll Christ. God accompanied his
ministry with mighty signs and won
ders, with the object of making the
Gentiles obedient to the Gospel. Paul's
aim was to preach in new fields sc
:. as not to build on the foundation Of
another.