INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
C O M M E N T Keitk L. Brooks L E SSO N P IC T U R E , C . A.KiKrinski E L EM E N T A R Y - Mabel L. Merrill -
EX PO SIT ION H E A R T of tke L E SSO N , T . C . Horton IL LU S T R A T IO N S - W . H . Pike
JULY 6, 1819 T H E C H U R C H : ITS L IFE AND W O R K Golden Text: “Christ also loved the church, and gave him self for it.” Bph. 5:25. LESSON TEXT Ac. 2:37-47; 1 Thes. 5:11-15.
m on; (45) A nd sold th e ir possessions an d goods, an d p a rte d th em to all m en a s ev ery m an h ad need. (46) A nd th e y co n tin u in g daily w ith one accord in th e tem ple, an d b reak in g b read from house to house did e a t th e ir m eat w ith glad n ess a n d single n ess of h eart, (47) P ra isin g God, an d h av in g fav o u r w ith all th e people. A nd th e L ord ad ded to th e ch u rch daily su ch a s should be saved. (1 T hes. 5:11) W h erefo re com fo rt y o u r selves to g e th e r an d ed ify one an o th er even as also ye do. (12) A nd w e b e seech you, b reth ren , to know th em w hich lab o u r am ong you, an d a re over you in th e L ord, a n d adm o n ish you; (13) A nd to esteem th em v ery highly in love fo r th e ir w o rk ’s sake. A nd be a t peace am ong yourselves. (14) N ow w e ex h o rt you, b reth ren , w arn th em th a t a re unru ly , com fort th e feeblem inded, su p p o rt th e w eak, be p a tie n t to w ard all m en. (15) See th a t none ren d er evil fo r evil u n to an y m a n ; b u t ever follow th a t w hich is good, b o th am ong y ourselves a n d to all m en. straight-forw ard. P ete r was no t con scious th a t he was preaching a g reat sermon. He was defending th e Holy Spirit and vindicating His presence ip th e m idst. He was a tru e preacher. He lost sigh t of him self and was indif feren t to resu lts. H is message was per sonal, “Whom ye slew !” and he laid b are th e g reat sin of th e rejection of Christ. The resu lt of th is sermon was mar- you get th is wisdom? W hat school did you atten d ? I t was bold, direct,
(A cts 2:37) N ow w hen th e y h eard th is, th e y w ere p rick ed in th e ir h eart, an d said u n to P e te r an d th e re s t of th e apostles, M en an d b reth ren , w h a t sh all w e do? (38) T h en P e te r said u n to th em , R ep en t an d be b aptized eVery one of you in th e nam e of Je su s C h rist fo r th e rem issio n of sins, an d ye Shall receiv e th e g ift of th e H oly G host. (39) F o r th e prom ise is u n to you, an d to y o u r children, a n d to all th a t a re a fa r off, even as m an y a s th e L o rd o u r God shall call, (40) w ith m an y o th e r w ords did he te s tify an d ex h o rt, saying, Save y o u rselv es from th is u n tow ard g en eratio n . (41) T hen th ey th a t gladly received h is w ord w ere b ap tized : an d th e sam e d ay th e re w ere ad d ed u n to th em ab o u t th re e th o u sa n d souls. (42) A nd th e y co n tin u ed ste d fa stly in th e ap o stle s’ doc trin e an d fellow ship, an d in break in g of bread, a n d in p ray ers. (43) A nd fe a r cam e upon every soul: an d m an y w onders an d sig n s w ere done by th e apostles. (44) A nd all th a t believed w ere to g eth er, an d h ad all th in g s com
Outline— The Conversion, vs. 37-41. The Creed, vs. 42, 43. The Conduct, vs. 44-47.
The sermon of P eter produced re sults. I t was the first sermon of the New E ra— th e Christian era— and is well w orth studying. I t gives us th e key to rea l Gospel LESSON preaching. We are EXPOSITION stru ck w ith P e te r’s knowledge of Scrip tu re. Peter, th e fishermen, w here did
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