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.-' , JAMES, LEADER IN ,
, THE JERUSALEM- CHURCH
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International Sunday School Lesson
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Memory Selection: f'IBe doers of
the word, 'and not hearers only, de
ceiving yourselves.-sanies 1: za.
Lesson Text J Acts 15: 13-20;
Galatians 2: 9-12. "'
The New Testament does not give
us much light about the home life
of Jesus, other than the fact that he
was an appretice carpenter in the
workshop of Joseph and that he had
four brothers, James, Joses, Juda and
Simon and several sisters. It seems
that the brothers of Jesus , were not
greatly impressed with him or his
ministry while he' was alive. As a
matter of fact, Mark tells us that
Jesus himself was conscious of their
apparent lack of sympathy, when he
declared, "A ' prophet is not without
honour, bat in his own country, and
among: his own kin, and in his own
hquse."
One brother, however James did
finally catch the, vision and became,
after . Christ's death, the bishop in
charge of the church at Jerusalem.
It was he who sat as the presiding
officer at the great Church Council
' which had been called together to de
vide whether they would accept into
their -membership both converted
.Jews ' and converted Gentiles ; and
whether the Gentiles would be forced
to first go through the ancient rite
of Jewish circumcision, becoming
good Jews before they could become
good Christians, or whether a decla
ration of faith in Christ was enough.
The necessity for the Church Coun
cil was brought about by the fact that
Paul and Barnabas had been preaching
in Antioch and numbers of Gentiles
were accepting the gospel. Titus, a
Gentile convert, was a member of the
Antioch Church an uncircumsized
member. V The strict legalists and
Judaizers, however, didn't like that.
They agreed, as Paul had said.1 that
God had opened "a door of faith to!
the Gentiles," but when it came to
Jew and Gentile sitting down together
at supper, in the Church, that was
opening the door "a little too wide!"
After . a" long argument over the
matter at Antioch, Paul and Barna
bas were" septfbjTthe' CHiurcS 'to Jeru
salem for a conference with the church
leaders there. Titus, Paul and Barna
bas sat down in a pre-conference meet
ing with the three pillars of the Jeru
salem church James, Peter and
John to talk the matter over. They
agreed to divide ! the : mission task,
giving Paul and Barnabas supreme
authority in the Gentile areas, and
making Peter and the other apostles
leaders in the Jewish areas. The
Council, meeting Jater, ratified that
arrangement.
When the whole Council of Jerusa
lem met, Peter, Paul and Barnabas
explained the situation to them, with
such tremendous effect that the Coun
cil sat in utter silence, pondering the
words and ideas of theBe three men
on the question of circumcision and
the Gentiles. Then, James, the leader
of the assembly and identified as the
"brother of . the Lord," summed the
whole matter up, speaking for all of
them. After a brief outline ' of; the
matter, a reference to the Scriptures,
in the words of Amos, the prophet
(Amos i 9: 11-12), James gives the
verdict, in the following words:
"Wherefore my Judgment is, that
we trouble not them that from among
the Gentiles turn to God; but that we
write unto them, that they abstain
from the noUutiona of idols, and from
fornication, and if rom what1 is
strangled, and from blood." The de
cision of James u sets .him squarely
on the side of piety, as against legal
ism and bigotry. He gave voice to
one of the most, vital decisions in the
formation of the church:, quietly, al
most piously,' in a spirit of Christian
understanding and tolerance, he in
sisted that the doors of the Church
be left wide open to both Jews and
.Gentiles. Like Paul, he felt that only
. one thing Was necessary: conversion
to Christ, and a will to follow him.
Race didn't .matter; blood didnt mat
ter: rites and ceremonies "didnt mat
ter. If James had not done this, the
Church would have started right
then, to die of the dry rot of racial
and rehcious nreiudice. -' - !
Another contribution thai ' James
made, was that he advocated church
unity." . While allowing for diversity
of thought and ritual in oner great
Church, he still saw It as a. Church
uniting all mankind on the basis of
. the grace and love of Jesus his Saviour
and on that alone, a was une uiurcn
in One World, serving all hnmamty.
Charles Tudor Leber, in Is God la
There? vaays: "The doors of the
church must be closer to the sidewalks.
The preaching of the church must go
deeper. The sacrifice or tne cnurcn
must he more Christlike. The wor-
pV!r of the church t" rn r-"e
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The road pictured, below bears the time-worn marks of
many travellers. Apparently.it leads to some distant
village or serves perhaps as a link between-more vital
thoroughfares.
But in reality this road does neither. Once, no doubt,
it had a destination, but today it fades away into the woods
a fewj miles beyond a "dead end."
How many lives are like this road? They have promising
beginnings, but instead of continuing to worthwhile goals,
they wander aimlessly to final dead ends.
The Church teaches us to build useful lives and guides
us toward noble achievements and ambitions. Regular at
tendance at church services gives greater assurance that
our pathway of life will not lead us astray. On the con
trary, it leads straight to the house of the peaceful mind
and the contented heart.
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Church Services
HERTFORD BAPTIST CHURCH
C W. Dulinf, Putor
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Evening Worship, 8 o'clock.
Mid-week Services, Wednesday at
O r. JU.
BETHLEHEM CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Joe Brickhouse, Pastor
Church services at 8:00 P. M
Christian Union, 7:30 P. li.
' BURGESS RAPTIST i-tITTDr
uuuuva
Rev. J. R. Byerly, Pastor
Church services first and third Sun-
nava at 11 1 M
, Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
"JT1 7:45 P' M- second
I and fourth Sundays.
PERQUIMANS CHARGE
CHURCHES
E. B. Edwards, Pastor
First Sunday:
New Hope Church, 11:00 A. M.
Oak Grove Chuch, 7:30 P. M.
Second Sunday
Winfall Church, 11:00 A. M.
Cedar Grove Church, 10 A. M.
Woodland Church, 7:30 P. M.
Third Sunday
Oak Grove Church, 11:00 A. M
New Hope Church, 7:30 P. M."
Fourth Sunday
Cedar Grove Church, 11:00 A. M
Woodland Church, 10 A. M.
Winfall Church, 7:30 P. M.
Jt Fifth Sunday
Woodland Church, 11:00 A. M
w-J1 each Wednesday at
Winfall Church at 7:30 P. M
ANDERSON'S METHODIST
CHURCH
E. R. Meekins, Pastor
Church School, 11:00 O. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 A. M., sec
ond and fourth Sundays.
WHITEVILLE GROVE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. Carl Bjork, Pastor
Sunday School, 11 A. M. every Sun
day except third Sunday.
Church services every third Sunday
at 8 P. M.
UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH
Elizabeth White, Pastoi
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Church Services, 11 A. M.
Christian Endeavor. 6:30 P M.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. E. G. Willis, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preachinc firnt and tViinl 5nJ.
at 11 A. M.
Preachinir ownn1 a-nA nnai. c.
a ..i .vui lii fcjujl-
day evening at 7:30.
PINEY WOODS FRIENDS
CHURCH
Carl J. Yow, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Morning worship 11.00 A. M.
Youth Fellowship. 6:30 P. M.
WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH
G. M. Singletary, Pastor
Sundav JVhnr." 1(1 -n A Kf n
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and third Sundavn tmit 9-dn P M
J .ww a . "M-t
second and fourth Sundays.
cnurcn services, 3:00 P. M. on sec
ond and fourth Sundays.
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HERTFORD METHODIST CHURCH
Ben O. Merritt, Pastor
Church School. 9:45 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Youth Fellowship, 6:45 P. M.
Evening Worship, 7:30 P. M.
Mid-week Fellowntiln. WwlnMtoi
at 7:30 P.M.
BAGLEY SWAMP PILGRIM
Coy S. Saunders, Pastor
Sunday School, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock.
Young People's Meeting, 6:80 P. M.
Evening Worship,. 7:30 o'clock.
Mid-week ' Servian. Thunulav
7:30 P.M. "
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Holy Communion, 9:00 A. M.
Everv Sundav exeant fir Sniwlav
at 9:00 A. M. , . ,
Church School, 10:00 A.-M.
Morninar Praver and Sermon. ll:nn
o'clock. (t-r -i:. il l li -' :mm -Holy
Communion first ' Sunday at
11 A. Ma ' . ; t ; ' ' .
BEREA CHURCH OF CHRIST
Walker Perry, Pastor
Bible School 10:00 A. M.. Avntnt
second Sunday, at 10:30 A. M.
Morninar worshin on flmt RiiTwtav
at 11A.M.
Evening worship first Sunday at
8 P. M.
CHAPPELL HILL BAPTIST
CHURCH
A. H. Ontlaw, Paster
Sundav ScnooL 2 P. M. vrv Ant
Sunday.
Chorea Service S P. II. every first
Sunday. - -
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second, third and feurtlt Suaday.