INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS
E X PO SIT IO N A N D P R A C T IC A L P O IN T S of the LESSON , T . C . Horton ILLU STRA T ION S . W . H . Pike
C O M M E N T Keitk L. Brooks DA ILY R E A D IN G S Dr. F. W . Farr E LEM EN TARY ' - Mabel L. Merrill -
Lesson for th e first Sunday of each month appears in preceding issue. SEPTEMBER 11, 1921 PAUL IN ATHENS Golden Text: F o r in him we live, and move, and have our being. LESSON TEXT Ac. 17:16-31. (Read Lu. 4:16-30.) Ac. 17:28.
m ade th e w orld and all th in g s th e re in, seeing th a t he is L ord of heaven, and e arth , dw elleth n ot in tem ples m ade w ith h ands; (25) N eith er is w orshipped w ith m en’s hands, as th o u g h he needed an y th in g , seeing he g iv eth to all life, and breath , and all th in g s; (26) And h a th m ade of one blood all n a tio n s of m en for to dw e ll on all th e face of th e e arth , and h a th determ ined th e tim es b e fore appointed, and th e bounds of th e ir h a b ita tio n ; (27) T h at th ey should seek th e Lord, if h ap ly th ey m ighty feel a fte r him , and find him, th o u g h he be n ot fa r from every one of us: (28) F o r in him we live, and move, and have our being; as c e rta in also of yo u r own poets have said, F o r we a re also his offspring. (29) F o rasm u ch th en as w e a re th e o ff-spring of God, we ou g h t no t to th in k th a t th e Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, g ra v en by a r t and m an ’s device. (30) And the tim es of th is ig norance God w inked a t; b u t now comm andeth all men everyw here to re p en t: (31) B ecause he h a th ap p o in ted a day, in the w hich he w ill ju d g e th e w orld in rig h te o u sn e ss by th a t m a n -w h om he h a th ordained; w hereof he h a th given assu ra n ce un to all men, in th a t he h a th ra ise d him from the .dead. Gospel is through persecution. Athens was a wonderful city,— yet th e Bible (so different from all LESSON other books) stops not EXPOSITION to tell of its splendid T. C. H orton architecture, its pala tia l palaces and pain t ings, its schools and scholars, though history tells us th a t A thens contained over th ree thousand public statues, be-
(16) Now w hile P a u l w aited for them a t A thens, his sp irit w as stir- re d in him , w hen he saw th e city w holly given to id o latry. (17) T h erefo re disputed, he in th e sy n a gogue w ith th e Jew s, and w ith the devout persons, and in th e m a rk e t daily w ith them th a t m et w ith him. (18) T hen c e rta in philosophers of th e E picureans, and of th e Stoicks, en countered him . And some said, W h at w ill th is b abbler say? oth er some, He seem eth to he a se tte r fo rth of stra n g e gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and th e re su rrec tio n . (19) And th ey took him , and b ro u g h t him un to A reopa gus, saying, M ay,w e know w h a t th is new d octrine w hereof thou sp e a k est is? (20) F o r th o u b rin g e st c ertain s tra n g e th in g s to our e ars: ,we w ould' know th ere fo re w h a t these th in g s m ean. (21) F o r all th e A th en ian s and s tra n g e rs w hich w ere th e re sp en t th e ir tim e in no th in g else, b u t e ith e r to tell or to h e ar some new th in g . (22) T hen P au l stood in th e m idst of M ars' hill, and said, Ye m en o f Athens', I perceive th a t in all th in g s ye are too su p e r stitio u s. (23) F o r a s I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an a lta r w ith th is inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. W hom th e re fore ye ig n o ra n tly w orship, him de clare I un to you. (24) God th a t Outline: (1) The Spirit of Paul S tirred, vs. 16-22. (2 ) The Sermon on Mars Hill, vs. 23-31. (3 ) The Separating Results, vs. 32- 34. In troduction: Driven from Berea, - P aul came to Athens. Progress in the spread of th e
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