INTERNATIONAL ¡1 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSONS ^
COMMENT Keith L. Brooks DAILY READINGS . Dr. F. W. Farr ELEMENTARY - Mabel L. Merrill -
EXPOSITION AND PRACTICAL POINTS ofthe LESSON,T.C. Horton ILLUSTRATIONS . W. H. Pike
AUGUST 14, 1921 PAUL IN ICONIUM AND LYSTRA. Golden Text.—-Thou sh alt worship the Lord thy God, and him only sh a lt thou serve. Matt. 4:10. LESSON TEXT Acts 14:8-20. (Read Matt. 10:16-18.)
th in g s ? W e a lso a re m en o f lik e p a ssio n s w ith you, a n d p re a c h u n to you, th a t ye sh o u ld tu r n fro m th e s e v a n itie s u n to th e liv in g God, w h ich m ad e h eav en , a n d e a rth , a n d th e sea, a n d a ll th in g s th a t a re th e re in : (16) W h o in tim e p a s t su ffere d a ll n a tio n s to w a lk in th e ir ow n w ay s. (17) N e v e rth e le ss h e le f t n o t h im se lf w ith o u t w itn e ss, in th a t he d id good, a n d g a v e u s ra in fro m h e a v e n a n d f ru itf u l se aso n s, fillin g o u r h e a r ts w ith food a n d g la d n e s s. (18) A nd w ith th e s e sa y in g s sc a rc e r e s tr a in ed th e y th e p eo p le, th a t th e y h a d n o t d o n e sa crifice u n to th em . (19) A n d th e r e cam e th ith e r c e r ta in J e w s fro m A n tio ch a n d Ico n ium , w h o p e rsu a d e d th e p e o p le, an d , h a v in g sto n e d P a u l, d re w h im o u t o f th e c ity , s u p p o sin g h e h a d b een dead. (20) H ow - b eit, a s th e d isc ip le s sto o d ro u n d a b o u t h im , h e ro se up, a n d cam e in to th e c ity : a n d on th e n e x t d ay he d e p a rte d w ith B a rn a b a s to D erbe. and w ith the Holy Spirit.” In such a sp irit they commenced th eir work tog eth er in Iconium. Many be lieved and wonderful works were w rought. When God works, th e devil also works, and he stirred up th e unbe lieving Jews, who poisoned the m inds of the Greeks. However, they contin ued to boldly preach the Gospel. The Gospel is a divider. I t separates people, often dividing families. (Matt. 1 0 :3 6 ). The city was divided, p art holding w ith th e Apostles and p art w ith the Jews. The logical climax was reach ed when th e p arty in th e wrong prepar ed to do violence to th e Apostles. To re-
(8) A nd th e r e s a t a c e r ta in m a n at- L y s tra , im p o te n t in h is fe e t, b e in g a c rip p le fro m h is m o th e r’s w om b, w h o n e v e r h a d w a lk e d : (9) T h e sa m e h e a rd P a u l sp e a k : w ho s te a d fa s tly b eh o ld in g h im , a n d p e r c e iv in g th a t h e h ad . f a ith to be h e a l ed, (10) S aid w ith a lo u d voice, S ta n d u p r ig h t on th y fe e t. A nd he leap ed a n d w a lk e d . (11) A nd w h en th e p eo p le saw; w h a t P a u l h a d done, th e y lifte d u p th e ir voices, s a y in g in th e sp e ech of L y cao n ia, T h e g o d s a re com e d ow n to u s in th e lik e n e s s of m en. (12) A nd th e y c a lle d B a r n ab as, J u p ite r ; a n d P a u l, M e rcu riu s, b ecau se h e w a s th e c h ie f sp e a k e r. (13) T h en th e p r ie s t o f J u p ite r, w h ich w a s b e fo re th e ir city , b ro u g h t oxen a n d g a rla n d s u n to th e g ates,' a n d W ould h av e d o n e sa crifice w ith th e peo p le. (14) W h ich w h en th e a p o stle s, B a rn a b a s a n d P a u l, h e a rd o f th e y r e n t th e ir c lo th e s, a n d r a n in a m o n g th e p eo p le, c ry in g o u t, (15) A nd sa y in g , W h y do y e th e s e Theme: L ight and L iberty fo r Lystra. Outline: ( 1 ) . A Healing F aith , vs. 8-10. ( 2 ) . A H eathen F aith , vs. 11-13. ( 3 ) . A Helpful F aith , vs. 14-18. J ( 4 ) . A Heroic F aith , vs. 19-22. Introduction: Having shaken the dust of Antioch of Pisidia from th e ir feet as a testimony against it, P aul and Barnabas jou r neyed to Iconium, where God gave them access to g reat multi- LESSON tudes. The last verse EXPOSITION of th e preceding chap- T. O. H orton te r tells us th a t they were “ filled w ith joy
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