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(3 ) The First Convert, vs. 12-15. T o whom was the Gospel to be preached first ? Luke 24:47; Rom. 1:16. Is there anything significant in the fact that Paul found the women praying? Mark 15.47; Luke 24:22. May Lydia have been a proselyte? Acts 6:5 (1. c.). What is the Lord’s purpose in reaching the hearts o f men? Psa. 119:18; Luke 24:45. Who hinders men from seeing the truth o f God’s W ord? 2 Cor. 4:4. What evidence do believers give o f their conversion? Acts 8:12. Were their households baptized? Acts 16:33. Is hospitality another evidence o f con version? Rom. 12:13; Titus 1:8. No man is,greater than his vision o f the ' possible.
PRACTICAL POINTS (1) The Holy Spirit both constrains and restrains. (2) The leading o f the Spirit will be into lanes o f service. (3) W e need Spirit-touched eyes to see the man ; we need Spirit-touched ears to hear his cry; we need Spirit- touched hearts to respond. (4) There’ is a distinction between the con ditions o f salvation and the qualifica tion for. service. (5) Divisions are often used o f God for the multiplication o f service. ( 6 ) There is danger in the delay o f duty. Always make hastë to do a hard task. (7) There may be tremendous significance in a seemingly insignificant gather ing.
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JUNE 11, 1916. LESSON X I. Gal. 6:1-10. (Commit vs. 1, 2). (Temperance Lesson). G olden T ext : “ God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”—Gal. 6:7.
DA ILY BIBLE READINGS Mon., June 5—Gal. 6:1-8. (The Lesson).
Tues., June 6 —Gal. 6 :9-18. Wed., June 7—Rom. 15 :l-7. Thurs., June 8 —Psalm 7 :8-17. Fri., June 9—Rom. 2:1-11. Sat., June 10—James 5:1-10. Sun., June 11—Luke 16:19-31.
EXPOSIT ION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
he. can be rèstored. Thè restoring is to be done by those who “are spiritual,” i. e., by those who are guided and governed by the Spirit (cf. ch. 5:16-25). People who think they are spiritual should prove that they are really “ spiritual” not by casting an err ing brother off or trampling him down, but by restoring him. Evidently Paul’s stand ard o f spirituality differed widely from that o f many in our churches today, who are
v. 1.. “Brethren, (add, even) if a man he overtaken in a sin (in any trespass), you which are spiritual, restore such a one in the (a) spirit of meekness, considering ( looking to) thyself lest thou also he tempted." Even when there is no doubt about a man’s guilt, when he is caught in the very act o f transgression so there can be absolutely no question, the thing to do is not to cast him off, but to restore him, if
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