TH E ' KING’S BUSINESS
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LESSON OUTLINE
(1 ) Paul’s Trials and Testing^ on Earth, vs. 21-33. What was. the spirit and substance of these slanders? Gal. 2:4, S; Acts 15:1. Whose agents were they?. ; 11:13-15 ; 1 Tim. 4:1. What were their motives? Gal. 6:12, 13; Phil. 1 :16. What o f the boasted “modern” Gospels? Gal. 1 :8, 9, What occasioned Paul’s boasting? 12:11. Who was glorified in Paul’s glorying? 1 Cor. 1 :31. How often is “perils” (plural) used in v. 26? Give Scriptures illustrating them: O f the wilderness? Deut. 8:15. > O f beating with rods? Acts 16:19-23. O f prisons and watchings? Psa. 105:18; Acts 16:24. Were Paul’s sorrows unexpected? Acts 9 :16.. May we expect them? Acts 14:22; 1 Thess, 3 :3. Had Paul grieved others ? 9:1, 2, 13 ; 22:19, 20. What bearing does the conversion of such a Jew, and the endurance o f such test ings, have on his testimony? Psa. 15:4; Acts 23:17-20. Illustrate his care for the churches? Acts 20:29-31; 1 Cor. 4:15; Gal. 4:19. What other solemn protests (v. 31) did Paul make? Gal. 1:11, 20; Rom. 9:1. Where else is v. 33 mentioned? Acts 9:22-25. Who else escaped in baskets? Exod. 2 :3 ; Josh. 2:15; i Sam. 19:12. (2 ) Paul’s Transcendent Experience in Paradise, 12:1-6. What is thé difference between a vision and a revelation? Acts 16:9; 1 Cor. 2.T0-12. Were visions seen or heard? Acts 2:17. Were revelations seen or in words? T Cor.. 2:10, 13. O f waters? Psa. 107:23-27. O f shipwreck? Acts 27:41-44. O f robbers ? Luke 10:30. O f the city? Acts 17:5.
Might revelations be interpretations of visions? Dan. 2:19, 31-45. About when and where did these rap tures occur? Acts 22:47. Were.any ever caught up in the body? Gen. 5:24; 2 Kings 2:11; Acts 1:9. Who shall be caught up hereafter?, 1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 11 :l2. Did Paul lay stress on who was caught up, or on Who caught up? vs. 2, 3. Was this round trip to Paradise what made Paul eager to return ? i Phil. 1 :23. Whither are saints “out o f the b o d /’ now caught up? 5:8; Phil. 1:23. (3 ) Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh, vs. 7-10. “ Boasting” o f a beating! What do'you think o f that? 1 Peter 2:20.“ How many times did Paul beseech? Matt 26:44. What answer did he at last get? v. 9- 1 Cor, 15:10. What reason for this answer was given? v. 9; 2 Tim. 2:1. In what spirit did Paul take it? v. 9 ; Acts 5 :41. Why was he content ? v. 9 ; Gal. 2:20. What remarkable paradox closed the les son? v. 10; Heb. 11:34. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) It is not blood, but behavior, that counts. (2) W e have only hints o f Paul’s sor rows; what must the hurt have been? (3) It takes a big, brave man to bear other men’s burdens. (4) A man in Christ can glory in being let down in a basket, or being caught up into Paradise. (5) The saints are still in the body and on Satan’s territory. (6) Paul could bear a thorn in the flesh as long as he had a Friend oH the Throne. (7) W e need now grace, not glory (8) A wise man will be willing to be a first class fool for the Lord’s sake. (9) “ The saints can pleasure take In pains, for Jesus’ sake.”
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