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LESSON III. THE VICTORIOUS SERVANT (Easter) Acts 2: 22-36 Golden Text, â€" This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are wit- nesses. Acts 2: 32. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.â€"The day of Pentecost, May 28, A.D. 30. Place.â€"Jerusalem. 22. Ye men of Israel, hear these words. The apostle Peter begins the second part of his sermon by remind- ing his1 audience of their great priv- ilege and honor in being members of the chosen race, of which he also was a member, and in this they stood to- gether on common ground. Jesus of Nazareth. Many have been hearing rumors that this person had come forth out of the tomb on the third day. This is the first time, however, that thousands of these Jews had ever had an opportunity of hearing one of the Christian apostles expound the significance of the death and ressur- ection of this man Jesus. Approved of God unto you. The Greek word here means “demonstrated,” “shown bv ar- gument.” By mighty works and won- ders and signs. Which, God did by Mm in the midst of you, even as >e yourselves know. The miracles of Christ were so many, and had been performed in so many different local- ities, and there were so many thous- ands of people in Palestine who could bear testimony to their reality, ihat none of these Jews, if they pretended to be in their right mind, could deny that Jesus had performed them during his ministry. Death of Christ 23. Him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowl- edge of God, That Christ should die upon a "oss, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost always ' new. Jesus himself knew that this was his appointed mission, as he often said during his public ministry. His death upon the cross was the only way by which he could make propitiation for our sins, give us eternal life, and bring us into the presque of Od (1 Pet. 3: 18). Ye by the hand of law- less men. Here the reference to the Roman soldiers who did not have the law of Moses, and who were, as the apostle Paul says ‘‘without law” Did crucify and slay. The death of Jesus, like the tragedy of Judas, had been foreordained, but that was no justification of the actors; their guilt remained. The resurrection of Christ and the descent of the Holy Spirit in all his illuminating power had reveal- ed to the apostle Peter the true sig- nificance of the death of Jesus of Naz- areth; and now, instead of shrinking from the fact (Matt. 16: 22), he boldly proclaims it ar foreordained of God. His Flesurrection 24. Whom God raised up. This is the fourth time the apostle has re- ferred to God in his relationship to Christ within two minutes of an ad- dress. Here is the crux of Peter’s en- tire argument. All of his hearers knew that, one Jesus had lived, had performed miracles, had died upon the cross, but thousands of them were not convinced that Jesus had risen from the dead, and that is why Peter de- votes more than half of the second part of his sermon on Pentecost to an exposition of and a defense of the resurrection c” our Lord. First be speaks of it as absolutely inevitable:. â€"Having loosed the pangs of death; because it was not possible that he should be holden of It. A more literal translation of the Greek word here translated “pangs” would be ‘‘birth- pangs,’’ the resurrection of Christ be- ing conceived in a birth out of death. 25. For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. 26. There- fore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope. 27. Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, neither . wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption, 28. Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance. Of course David himself first wrote these words, inspired by the Holy Spirit. 21). Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb |is with us unto this day. For references to David’s tomb, see I Kings, 2: 10; 2 Sam. 5: 7. We do not know jtoday where the tomb is, but all thcise who were listening to Peter on the day of Pentecost did know where | the tomb was. Bâ€"D 30. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne. 31. He foreseeing this spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neith- er was he left unto Blades, cor dii his flesh see corruption. As David could not have spoken this psalm of himself, he spake it of some other who was none other than the Messiah. The word “foreseeing" ascribes pro- phetic consciousness to David ‘n the composition of the psalm. 32. This Jesus did. God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses. This Is Peter’s third, argument concerning the actuality of the resurrection of Christ: first, it was inevitable that he should rise from the dead, because death had no hold on him; secondly, it was pre- dicted that he would rise from the dead by David, who, in such predic- tions was a true prophet of God; in the third pdace, he, Peter, with the other apostles and many others, had actually seen with their own eyes the Lord Jesus Christ gain and again af- ter lie had risen from the dead, The ground under Peter’s feet when he was speaking of Christ’s resurrection was just as solid and firm as the ground under his feet when he was talking about Christ’s miracles and humanity. There is not anywhere in all of Christendom any argument, or any chapter, or any book which can stand the closest scrutiny of scholar- ship, that can in any way destroy or harm the united, overwhelming proof that Christ, came forth from the tomb in his own body on the third day after Ms death, as he said he would. 33. Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having re- ceived of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear. That Christ ascended to the right hand of God means, of course, that all that Christ did, God approved; that he has the right to sit at God’s right hand, being God the Son. In other words, this man, a carpenter of Nazareth, who walked among these very Jewish people for years, whom they, crucified, thereby rejecting, God had approved and raised up to sit at his right hand, 34. For David ascended not into the heavens; but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand. 35. Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. This quotation is from Ps. 110: 1. St. Pet- er does not. demand belief upon Ms own assertion, but he again appeals, to the Scriptures and to words which could not have received a fulfillment in the case of David. In this appeal he reproduces the very words in which, some seven weeks before, our Lord himself had convicted the scribes of error, in tlieir interpretation of this same psalm. No passage of Scripture is so constantly referred to in the New Testament as this 110th Psalm. The psalm was always regarded as Messianic by the Jews. In these four- teen verses Peter has carried the his- tory of the Lord Jesus from his hu- manity up through his death and resurrection to the very throne of God to which he ascended, from the eaith to heaven, from humanity to deity, from then to eternity, from death to everlasting lifeâ€"all molded, predicted by the very Scriptures which these men had heard taught, and had been reading themselves from the time they were boys. Both Lord and Christ Acts 2: 36. Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified. The sermon of Peter is abint to come to an end, and he concludes it with a glorious sentence of climax. In this one sentence he clinches his entire argument. In the word “Lord” power and sovereignty are there expressed; in the word “Christ" his saving work is indicated. What these Jews to whom Peter was speaking that day were to know assuredly is exactly what all men are to know with the same assurance today. He is our Lord and our Christ. Auctioned His Beard A barber in a Latvian town has sold his beard by public auction. It measured 38 inches, and fetched ,$9.50 an inch. A church in Liddlehampton, Eng- land, is requesting wedding guests to throw rice instead of confetti at brides because “rice is cheaper, is more easily swept up, and feeds the birds.” Spring Comes to St. Lawrence River Mild weather caused a break-up of ice in the St. Lawrence river near Montreal and the picture shows the river ice in a somewhat playful mood. Ice covers a part of the highway leading to Laprairie overshadowing the automobile parked on the road. By VIRGINIA DALE ^ Bette Davis is still trying to live up to the reputation she made for her- self by her performance in “Of Human Bondage,” and in “Jezebel” she does pretty well. Furthermore, she shows as much courage in playing the heroine as she did in that other success â€" for once again she has a decidedly unsympath- etic rôle. ‘‘Jezebel” is a good picture, with a good cast, and an assortment of South- ern accents that's something to hear. It's the first of a collection of Civil war pictures â€" or rather, pictures with a Civil war background - that will include “The Unvanquished,’ and “Action in Aquila” as well as “Gone With the Wind,” provided they ever get around to making that last one! Remember all the to-do about whe- ther Paulette Goddard would or would not land the role of “Scarlett” in that same “Gone With the Wind?” Well, after signing a long term, contract with David Selznick she was assigned to a co-starring role with Janet Uay- nor In “The Young in Heart,” which ought to make a delightful picture. And, speaking of the talented Janet, discussions of those Academy awards Janet Gaynor still echo from the hills about Holly wood. Lots of people thought the little Gaynor ought to receive one ct the awards for her performance in “A Star Is Born.” In fact, they got pretty sen- timental about it, • because she won the Academy award for the year’s best performance way back in 1927, for her work in “Seventh Heaven.” You'll certainly want to see Deanna Durbin in “Mad About Music.” There you have a plot, a delightful one, ; er- fectly suited to the talents of the ; *vy youthful star, and with a grand part for Herbert Marshall which he does handle expertly. In fact, it’s a grand picture all the way through, with the young Deanna singing a popular num- ber, “I Love to Whistle,” as beautiful- ly as she does Gounod's “Are Maria.” Graham McNamee celebrates 15 years of broadcasting, this spring, al- though he feels perfectly certain that he hasn’t been at it that long. But'it actually was 15 years ago that he went into the office of a New York station looking for a job. He’s been busy ever since â€" hasn’t been without a com- mercial program since they first were put on the air. Hunting Wolves From Airplane I Peter van Steeden is having a lot of fun with a new recording device. For when his friends telephone him, he records their voices, and then tele- phones them later and plays the re- cord back to them. It’s funny the way that radio aud- iences are classified. For instance, Ha- ven MacQuarrie’s “Do You Want to Be an Actor?” program was considered just right for an automobile company that wanted to plug the sales of used cars â€" the program was said to have strong middle-class appeal. ODDS and ENDS ...... That new Tim and Irene show is going great guns ... May he one of the most popular radio programs of its kind before very long.... Jane Withers has a new trai- ler which she uses as a dressing room....Stan Laurel had to get a new derby for “Swiss Miss,” the one he’s been using for twelve years fell to pieces ... How’d you like to earn your living by supplying bugs, butter- flies and insects to a motion picture studio? A man in Hollywood does it, ... Radio's Voice of Experience was an automobile salesman for thirty days, before he became the Voice of Experience, and averaged a sale a day ......If you hear Mary Livingstone getting mixed up in her lines on that Jack Benny broadcast you’ll know that she had something to eat; usually she doesn’t eat on Sundays until the pro- gram’s, over ..For one scene in “Ho- liday” Katherine Hepburn had to run up a fifty-two step stairway; she did it nine times in succession .. And was Cary Grant glad that the script ar- ranged to have him walk. Jawed Out Mija Jurkovitch, of Yugoslavia, boasted of the hardness of his jaw, bet 50 bottles of wine to 5 no one could knock out 6 of his teeth at a blow. Someone accepted, won bet, and put Mija in hospital. The hunt is upâ€"in the air. In Alaska the Ferguson Brothers, own- ers of a chain of fur farms, trading posts and lighterage stations, now go wolf-hunting- by aeroplane and are finding it a profitable enterprise. Wolves are spotted easily from an aeroplane circling low over the bleak tundra country. Each animal brings a return of $120. The territory of Alaska pays a bounty equivalent to $20 for each wolf killed. The skins, cut up and sold to natives for cloth- ing purposes, bring in about $50 each. Reindeer herdsmen, working for Ferguson Brothers, give ten car-1 casses, worth $50, for each wolf! slain. The meat is used to feed mink on1 the fur farms. IS THIS YOUR BIRTHDAY? By A. R. WEIR What the Stars Foretell For Those Bom on April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21j For the 15th to 20th the Zodias sign is Aries. For the 21st it is Taurus. People born between the 15th and 20 th of April are usually headstrofig,1 temperamental and have great mental energy. They object to opposition, are very positive by nature and very definite about everything1. They are witty, congenial and good hearted. Friends always have a good time in their company. Those born on April 21st love com- fort . and pleasure. They are trust- ! worthy, reliable and capable of rising to responsible positions. An import- : ant change in business affairs is indi- cated and some benefit by specula- tion. For complete birthday horoscope for any birth date in the year, send 10c to A. R. Weir, 73 Adelaide St W., Toronto. Please print your name and address plainly. What Type Of Man Should You Marry? By L. HIBBERT (Psychologist and Character-Analyst) Should a girl marry a man whose ideas, interests and tastes are similar to her own? Or should she choose a man of a different type from herself, in the hope that they will complement each other? Speaking generally, it might be said that there is more likelihood of happi- ness where a couple has a community of interests and a mutual outlook. But there are many happy marriages where the couple have different tastes and interests. Temperamentally, too, people often prefer opposites. The domineering, assertive man will marry a quiet, tim- id woman, and on the other hand, a self-willed and determined woman will choose as her mate the man who “can’t make up his mind on any- thing.” Much can be said for these tenden- cies. One complements the other, as it were. However, there are cases where a divergence of interests between a married couple results in indifference and a gradual loosening of the bonds. One cannot draw up hard and fast rules for ideal marriage, any more than one can formulate the ideal diet that will suit everyone. Much depends on the individuals. What is essential, however, is mu- tual understanding. A couple may have totally different interests and. yet live together harmoniously and happily, because each has a sympa-1 thetic regard, for the other’s ideas. Here is where a handwriting an- ; alysis is of the greatest help. A girl may be courting a young man for ages without really getting to know him fully. But a handwriting analysis will: show the true characters of each. In love affairs it is a veritable divining rod. Handwriting shows the truth about people, whether they be sweethearts, business acquaintances or friends. * * * Do YOU wish to know what your handwriting shows about your own character, disposition and potential- ities? And would you like to know what your sweetheart is really like? Perhaps you have friends or business acquaintances you’d like to know more about? Send specimens of the handwritings you want analysed, and enclose 10c for EACH (coin or postal note preferred). 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