VY, HATCH?, 1952.
ELT3NINE
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Cta-aational Sunday School Lesson
!For March 9, 1952.
; Ceasory Selection : "One tiling I
do, forgetfcinig what lies behind and
straining forward to what lies ahead.
I ores on toward the tfoal for thoi
prise of lie upward call of God in )
Christ Jesus." Philippians 8: 13-14.T;
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" Lexso Textr PbiUppiaas : lb-17. -
- In. order to get the proper back
ground for the study of this lesson, I
we should not forget thatTaul was in .
; im when he wrote the letter to the
. Fhilippian Christians - and that he
was not bragging about who he was
or what he had done. . He was trying
to warn these Fhilippian Christians
f against certain- false i teachers 1 whOi
were, known as "Judaizers," and who)
era trying-to wreck the church at'-
i'Mlippi by insisting' that the old Jew
ish rites had to fce observed. 1
Paul, sives his own Jewish back-
ground to shw them that he has no
confidence whatsoever in those . an
cient rites insofar as they claimed to
, tfe necessary to one's salvation. When
I : ul came into contact with Jesus and
-opted him as his Savior and Lord,
he lost all interest in, ' rites and cere
monies. ' ' , - . ,V ;
There was ''probably W Jew of his
. time who could boast of a better Jew
' ish background'than could Paul. Al
though living in the Gentile city; of
Tarsus, Paul, nevertheless, had been
brought up according to the strictest
. interpretation of the Jewish law. He
was of the "stock of Israel, of the
; tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the
Hebrews, as touching the ' law, a
Pharisee.". - He had received the best
education possible in bis day, being
educated in the rabbinical tradition of
the school of Gamaliel is Jerusalem. '
His religious and moral seal had
earned film a position of authority and
. respect among 'the leaders of Juda
ism. So zealous was he, in fact, that
he was not content to practice his re
ligion in the Temple at Jerusalem,
but he asked permission to take part
in the movement of persecution
against the early Christians. 1 Prob
, ably, more than anyone else of his
time, -Pa44-tie:TigJit, fey hbth-and
by effort, , to be assured and s
. satisfied.-" '' ' V- r
. t : Theri it was that Paul met Christ on
the road to Damascus. What a tre-
' mendous challenjre this must have been
- to hinu To .'accept Christ meant the
renunciation of all his belief in the
" purity of Judaism and its moral law.
It also meant the loss of his position,
prestige, and power among his fellow
.. JeWS. -
. However, faced with, these sacri-
r rices, Saul saw in Jesus something
'-more infinitely valuable than t the
' things' he would have to give up- in
order' to be his disciple. Unlike Nico-
demus, who followed without real sac
rifice, or the rich young ruler, who
7 would not surrender his material pos
sessions. Saul surrendered completely,
Mumtta? "all' thine but loss for the
excellency of the knowledge of Christ
Jesus, my Lord. ' ,
i While Saul - crave ut what some
' would consider everything ha didnt
.. lose anything worthwhile. He was
i not only saved' from something, he
was ; saved for . something. 'At -the
saraemt of his complete surrender,
Saul asked, "Lord,: what wilt thou
" have me to.do?"u He was conscious
within "his soul that God-had a divine
suruose for Jus life. "
Prom that time on, for iPaul no
; task' was too- small and' none.rtoo
freat to be attempted for his Lord.
ITo obstacle was too difficult and no
opposition too strong. . Paul preached
i: iSift gospel everywhere he went, al
though it often meant persecution,
beatings, atoning, imprSsonmenla and
ridicule. .
-' Dr. E.' A. McDowell uggesta fte
following epitaph- for Paul:
Saul of Tarsus, bom A. D..1; died
A. D 68. Pot some- years a relent-le-s
ttersecutor of the Christian Faith,
V i, met Jesus "Christ on the Damascus
tad. A. D. 35. and from thence on.
1 ward he was I2e most ardent, foV
lower, in the end giving his life for
cause "or Km wnom ne aeciareo.
t ts the tfsen Son of- God. . He was
Csobedlent' to the heavenly vis-
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' ' cops whistle, and other drivers shout menacingly.
! :! ; In your daily living; though, there is little such
damor if you choose the wrong direction. You skim
along blithely, supposing you are on the right road
because others are travelling along with you. .Still,
others can be wrong too, you know.
The road you travel has to be either right or'
.wrong;. And the best way to, find and 'follow that
right road for present-day living is to think of the
Bible, as your roadmap. : .
. Consult it diligently. Let your minister help you
' interpret the signs and signals you find in it. It has
been a tried and proved map to successful, happy
living for many centuries.
Through your Bible and your .Church get on the
ritrht road NOW.
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