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before there could be the descent o f the Holy Spirit. (3) Two witnesses in white bare record o f His return. (4) The tidings were to be told from the center (Jerusalem) to the circumfer ence (the uttermost part o f the earth). (5 ) A cloud received Him and a cloud shall reveal Him (Rev. 1:7). (6) Nothing less than the same Man could ever satisfy a saved man. (7) The times are in His hands, but the tidings are in ours. (8) The power o f the Holy Spirit is _the promised possession o f every believer who wills it. (9) The proofs o f Christ’s resurrection were and are plentiful and patent.
Who were the two witnesses who stood by? John 20:12. What had the Lord promised? John 14:3; How will He be known ? Rev. 1 :7. Will His feet stand in the same place when He returns ? Zech. 14:4. What will be the effect o f His coming? First-—to the Church? 1 Thess. 1:10; 4:14-17. Second—to Israel? Acts 15:14-17; Luke 1:30-33. Third—to the nations ? Daniel 2 :34, 35; Isa. 2:2-4. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The faith o f the believer was fortified by forty days o f proof. (2 ) There must be the ascent o f the Lord
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The Coining of the Holy Spirit JANUARY 9, 1916. LESSON II. Acts 2:1-13. (Commit vs. 3, 4.) G olden T e x t : “ Know ye not that ye are a temple o f God, and'that the Spirit o f God dwelleth in you?”—1 Cor. 3:16.
DA ILY BIBLE READINGS Mon., Jan. 3—Acts 2:1-13. (The Lesson.)
Tues., Jan. 4—Joel 2:21-32. Wed., Jan. 5—John 16 :7-15. Thurs., Jan. 6—Rom. 8:1-11. Fri., Jan. 7—Gal. 5:18-26. Sat., Jan. 8—Eph. 6:10-18.- Sun., Jan. 9—Eph. 4:26-32.
EXPOSIT ION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
v. 1. “And when the day of Pentecost was now come, (rather, was being fulfilled ) they were, all together in one place.” For ten days the Apostles and their companions had continued steadfastly in prayer. Pre sumably much o f their prayer was for the fulfillment o f the promise o f the Father,
the baptism in the Holy Spirit (cf. Luke 11:13; Acts 4:31; 8:15-17). They did not regard the positive promise o f Christ (ch. 1 :5) as relieving them from the neces sity oF prayer, but rather as an incentive to and foundation for prayer. The prom ises o f God are never intepded to relieve
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