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SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
On the Sunday School Lesion by
Rev. Dp. Llnscott For the In
ternational Newspaper Bible '
Study Club.
convert to show he really Is a 'Chris-,
tlon?
Is a true, earnest, aggressive Chris
tian as liable to give offense In these
days as was Saul?
Lesson for Sunday,' April ?5th, 1909,
The Gospel In Antioch. Acts xl:19
30: xil : 2K
April 18th, 1909.
(Copyright, 1908, by Rev. T. S. Linscott, D.D.)
The Conversion of Saul. Acts lx:
1-30.
Golden Text He fell to the earth
and heard a voice saying until him,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Acts lx:4.
Verses 1-2 From experience, phil
osophically, theologically, psycholog
ically, or any other way, how do you
account for the bitter hatred of Saul
for Christians?
After hi? conversion, did he show
the same hatred toward those who op
posed Christianity?
Poes history justify the statement
that, zealous religionists, who have
not known, nor experienced the love
of God, have been exceedingly cruel
and bitter men?
Verses 3-4 What was the nature ot
the light that" shlned around Saul?
(See Acts xxil:6, xxvi:13, I Cor. xt:II.)
Whose voice was it that Saul heard?
this was a real voice with outward
lound?
Is there any sinner so bad that Je
sus does not call him to repent?
Had Saul actually been persecuting
Jesus? (See Matt. 25:40.)
If we hurt or help a Christian, is that
actually done to Jesus?
Is there a sense in which a Chris
tian is the actual Christ?
Verse fi Did Saul know from the
first who it. was that spake to him?
Does it always consciously hurt to
fight against God?
Does wrong ding always hurt
whether done In Ignorance or not?
Verse 6 What makes sinners al
ways tremble when God reproves them
for their sins?
At what stage does God forgive a
convicted sinner?
When was Saul actually converted?
Why did not Jesus tell Saul there
and then, what he wanted him to do?
Verse 7 Why does the supernatural
always frighten people?
Verses 8-9 What had blinded Saul?
How did Saul spend the days that
be was without sight? j
Did he fast because he had no de
sire for food, or was it a religious
fast?
Is fasting of any use in these days
as a help to spiritual life?
Verses 10-12 May the ability to
hear God speak, be acquired by ail
true Christians?
Have you any experience of God
telling more than one person the same
thing, so that when they came to
compare exneriences, God's message
was confirmed?
Will God always prepare us for our
work, and prepare the work for us?
Verses 13-16 Is God pleased, or dis
pleased, if we do not accept what he
says, when it is not clear to us?
Verses 17-18 Did Saul at this time
receive the Holy Ghost, or at the time
of his conversion, and when do Chris
tians generally receive him? (This
ouestlon must be answering In writing
by members of the club.)
Verses 19-22 Do all genuine con
verts like Saul, commence immediate
ly to get others converted?
What, was the power in Saul which
gave him his great leal, and Is the
same power available for every Chris
tian? Verses 23-25 If a person feels, or
acts, in a bitter spirit toward one of a
different faith, is that proof that he
Is not In touch with the true God?
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