The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-01-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
JANUARY 81, 1860
BY Rev. George A. Harper,
511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.

Greenwood, Miss.
THE DEMAND FOR RE.
PENTANCE AND FAITH:
Acts II; l Thessalonians 1-2
Print-Acts 17:1023, 1884.
MEMORY SELECTION -
Walk worthy of God, who
hath called you unto his king
dom and glory. - Ct Thessalon-
ians 2:12). The Christian life
is likened to a pilgrimage, a
walk with God, and salvation
is worth all it cost. When we
know how much it cost TO be
redeemed, then we will know
how much it is worth to be re-
deemed. If salvation is worth
enough to get it land it isl it
will be worth everything to
keep it for all time. 1t cost
all on the divine side to pro-
vide it for man, therefore, on
the human side it will be
worth everything to keep it.
To walk means to make prog
ress, growth and to continue in
the course pursued. God has
called every Christian into His
kingdom and glory. The Lord
designs to share His kingdom
and glory with all of His chill
dren. This is a blessing none
can afford to forfeit.
PAUL AND SILAS GO TO
BEREA:
And the brethren immedi-
ately sent away Paul and Silas
by night unto Berea: who COM
ing thither went into the Syna-
gogue of the Jews There
were many Jews in that city,
and as it was in every city
where Jews could be found
there was at least one syna-
gogue there. When Paul and
Silas arrived in Berea they
went Immediately to the syna-
gogue of the Jews to begin
teaching, and while there on
such mission the apostles of
ten found persons who were
interested in the gospel, and
having heard many of them
were baptized into the faith
of the Lord Jesus. ''There were
more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they re-
ceived the word with all readi-
ness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those
things were so'' They did
this by searching the Scrip
lures, for most of the claims
made for Jesus as the Messiah
were based upon the Scrip
lures of the Old Testament.
When the apostles sought to
show that Jesus was in truth
the Messiah and resorted to
the Scriptures to confirm their
claim, the people of Berea fol-
lowed UP with the Scriptures
searching through them to see
if any of the verification for
Jesus could be found. "There-
fore many of them believed;
also of honorable women
which were Greeks, and of
men, not a few The wo-
men as we'll as men of the
Greeks accepted the faith,
many of the women being of
a high caliber and outstand-
ing in their community. The
total number of men and wo-
men, Jews and Greeks, added
to a good size Christian COM
munity in Berea.
PAUL P r E A G H E S IN
ATHENS:
"Then Paul stood in the
midst of Mars hill, and said,
Ye men of Athens, | perceive
that in all things We are too
superstitious." - The trouble
making Jews of Thessalonica
were not satisfied with caus-
ing an uproar and disturbance
in their own city the Jews that
had caused Paul and Silas to
leave Thessalonica came to
Berea and stirred up trouble
there also. While there wait
ing for Silas and Timothy,
Paul observed that Athens was
filled with idolatry. Paul's crit
icism of the Athenians was
that they were too religious, or
too superstitious.
For as I passed by, and be-