October, 1945
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Points and Problems 1. "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord" (Isa. 6:1). '"The year that king Uzziah died” is more than a chronological date in this story. It' expresses the anxiety of the serious hearts of the nation. Who would be kir . ? Jotham, no doubt, but what kind of a king would he be? So many of Israel’s kings had been unworthy. Isaiah’s heart was heavy. As he worshiped in the temp’ e. he was given, a vision of the Lord, true King of Israel. It made a new man of him. God often empties thrones, yes, even homes and hearts that He may reveal Himself. Frequently, se rious crises lead men to see Christ in new and vital ways. 2. "Unclean lips" (v. 5). This was Israel’s chief sin. Isaiah declared: “Jer usalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory” (Isa. 3:8). The lips reveal the heart. Even the prophet acknowledged that his lips were un clean. Contact with the altar purged the prophet’s lips as identification with Calvary is necessary to make one’s conversation what it ought to be. (See vs. 6, 7). 3. "See then that ye walk circum spectly" (Eph, 5:15). “Circumspectly” is a picture word, meaning “to walk looking around,” to be careful not to stumble into any pitfalls, to be on guard against, enemies that might bring injury. This is the only place this particular word is used in the New Testament. For the Children AIM: To teach that praise and thanksgiving should be a very impor tant part of our worship of the Lord. APPROACH: Last Sunday we learned what the first Christians did after the Lord Jesus Christ returned to Heaven. Their love for one another made them willing to share all that they owned to keep any of their mem bers from being in need. Each day they met in the temple to worship the Lord. These Christians were so happy that others saw Christ living in their lives, and every day many people re ceived Him as their Saviour. LESSON STORY: One of the things that made the first Christians happy and a blessing to others was the fact that they praised God for what He had done for them (Acts 2:47a). Many times in God’s Word we are told to give thanks unto the Lord and to praise Him often. In Psalm 111:1 the Christian is told io praise the Lord W orshiping in th e C hurch P salm 111:1-4; A cts 2:46, 47 MEMORY VERSE: “I will praise the Lord with my whole heart” (Psa. 111 : 1 ).
with his whole heart before other men and women. Some Christians are thankful seldom, and complain much. Perhaps we do not feel thankful for some things that have happened in our lives,, but we know that “He doeth all things well,” so we must praise Him for everything with our whole heart. We are not just to be thankful in our hearts and never tell any one else what our Lord has done for us. As we are worshiping in God’s house, or talking about God’s Word in our Sunday School class, we should take every op portunity to tell others what the Sav iour has done for us, how He has an swered our prayers, and how much we love Him. The more we praise our Lord, the more others will want to re ceive Him as their Saviour and Lord. LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 18 The World Outreach of Christians L E S S O N M A T E R IA L : A c ts 11:21-30: 12:24- 13:4. G O L D E N T E X T : “ A n d he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every cre a tu re " (M a rk 16:15). Outline and Exposition I. Because of persecution permitted by the Lord, the believers in the early Church were forced out of Jerusalem. Some went to Antioch and preached to the Grecian Jews, of whom a great number believed. When this was known to the leaders at Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to investigate. He found the work growing so fast that he went to Tarsus to get Saul to come and assist at Antioch. They labored there a full year and “assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people.” The result was that believers were called “Chris tians first in Antioch.” The word “called” was a Divine designation even though it might have been a term of derision on the part of some opposers, or it might have been a name adopted by the believ ers themselves (cf. Matt. 1:21-25; 10:2; 1 John 3:1; Rev. 19:13). The Church is composed of “called-out ones.” She is called out of former beliefs and sins, by God’s Spirit, through the Word of God, to the Son of God, for the glory of God. Christ is the cen ter of her faith, the center of her truth, the standard of her sanctity, and the rallying point of her unity. Her hope is to learn from Him and to be like Him. II. T he N ew A ttitude (11:27-30) It was entirely foreign to nature tha. the people of Antioch should be in terested in the condition of the dwell ers at Jerusalem. Far less would they T he N ew N ame (A cts 11 ¿1 -3 0 )
The Pitiful Remnant Of Jews In Europe
The Rev. Jacob Peltz, Ph.B., B.D.
The condition of the surviving: Jews of Europe is appalling. Most of them are homeless, starved, bruised and bewildered. No people have suffered and lost so much during the Nazi era of brutality as the Jews. It is estimated that the Nazis killed nearly five millions Jews in Europe dur ing the past ten years and that the rem nant of European Jewry number no more than two million, aside from the 3,500,000 Jews to be found in Russia. In Poland, before the war, there were 3,500,000 Jews; today, the latest survey shows a mere 30,000. In Hungary there were nearly a million Jews before the war; today, per haps 250,000. In Jugoslavia, there were 75,000 Jews; today, about 10,000. And so the painful story goes. AID TO THE SORROWING Through our agents of mercy we have already entered Europe to engage in our Christ-like ministry of giving relief to the starving and comfort to the broken-hearted. Never before has our ministry of succor and Christian „witness been so needed as it is today amongst the broken, bleeding people, of Israel in devastated Europe. We earnestly ask Christians to help us at this time of unprcedented need and opportunity. THE International Hebrew Christian Alliance Rev. Jacob Peltz, Ph.B., B.D., Secretary Dept. B-105, 4919 N. Albany Ave., Chicago 25, III. Canada: 91 Bellevue Ave., Toronto, Ontario NOTE: Free booklets, “ The Virus of Jew Hatred" or “ A Christian's Attitude Toward the Jews" gladly sent on request.
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