The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1959-11-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
November 20, 1859
BY Rev. Geo. A. Harper
Sill Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.

511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.
SAUL CONFRONTED BL
Christ, Acts 9:1-9.
MEMORY SELECTION -
Neither is there salvation in
any other: for there is none
other name under heaven Civ
en- among men, whereby we
must be saved. (Acts 4:12). Our
salvation is not in ourselves.
1t is only by Christ and his
name that those favours can
be expected from God which
are necessary to our salvation,
and that our services can be ac-
cepted with God. This is the
honor of Christ's name, that it
is the only name whereby we
must be saved, the only name
we have to plead in all our adj
dresses to God. This name is
given. 1t is given under heaven.
1t is given among men, who
need salvation, men who are
ready to perish. We may be
saved by his name, that name
of his.
SAUL'S MISSION To Da-
mascus: "And Saul, yet breath
ing out threatenings and slau-
ghter against the disciples of
the Lord, went unto the high
priest" There is evidence that
after the death of Stephen,
Saul no longer remained by
Stander, giving his consent to
the persecution and Staying of
Christians, but became active
ly engaged in prosecuting
them himself. "And desired of
him letters to Damascus to the
Synagogues, that if he found
any of this way, whether they
were men or women, he might
bring them bound unto Jerusa-
lum." Some kind of writing
was desired by Paul that he
might feel he had the author
ity behind him for this action
against Christians in a "stran-
&c city," N odistinction was
made between any persons
who protested to be members
of Christ, NUT men and women
alike were to be given the
same treatment, apprehension
and arrest.
CHRIST APPEARS UNTO
SAUL: "And as he journeyed,
he came near Damascus: and
suddenly there shined round a.
bout him a light from heaven"
This adds something of the
mysterious to the incident, for
the light felled everyone in the
party and everyone saw it
when it came, but only Saul
heard the words which accom-
panied the light. 1t was no nat
ural light that would shine a.
bove the brightness of the mid
day sun, so it must have been
of divine, miraculous origin.
and he fell to the earth, and
heard a voice saying unto him,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me-" The voice left no
question in the mind of Saul
as to whom the words of chal-
lenge were being directed, for
he was singled out and called
by name. The question with
which he was confronted af-
ter being felled by the light
challenged him to account I'M
to the DerSpcuted for his eX-
IRENE actions.
"And he said, who art thou,
Lord? And the Lord said, | am
Jesus whom thou persecutest:
it is hard for thee to kick a.
gainst the pricks." When Saul
heard for himself the voice of
Jesus affirming that he was
the one whom was being per-
secuted, that voice being sup
ported by power which had
felled the prosecutor; all the
grounds for prosecuting Chris
tlanS were eliminated for Saul,
and he found himself ground
less.
Here Saul is told that he can
not successfully kick against
the powers that have been
pricking his conscience and
goading him to accept the
truth of the living Christ. And
he trembling and astonished
said, Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do? And the Lord said
unto him, Arise, and go into
the city, and it shall be told
thee what thou must do" God
does not work in ignorance or
at cross purposes; there are
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