137 Paul A Prisoner

Paul A Prisoner THIRD YEAR—SUBJECT 30

Paul a Prisoner

(READ ACTS 26) So far we have examined the apostolic church in its evangelistic work, and have found that the church at Antioch sent out its evangelist, and had the gospel preached in more than thirty cities.

Today we have more than 2,000 churches in America. Each church is able to select a man, locate him, support him and his family, and send him out all the time. If each man would preach the gospel in as many cities as Paul did, in a few years 60,000 cities of America would hear the gospel. This would do away with the hired pastor, and with the ten days’ meeting in July and August. This would locate our gospel preachers and let them become permanent factors for good where they live. This would throw us back to Bible practice, and without any society save the church of God; in fifty years all the world would be evangelized. The gospel went from Jerusalem to Antioch; then to Galatia, Philippi, Corinth, Thessalonica and Rome. Here Paul closed his life, declaring he had fought a good fight, finished his course, kept the faith, and charged Timothy to preach the gospel. He says a crown of righteousness was waiting his coming, and all who would do God’s will.

QUESTIONS 1. Who was Paul?

2. What church sent him out?

3. Mention some cities in which he preached.

4. Who were converted at Philippi?

5. Tell all about the jailer’s and Lydia’s conversions.

6. Who was converted at Ephesus?

7. What did Paul do at Jerusalem?

8. What did he do at Athens?

9. Where was he ship-wrecked?

10. What churches helped Antioch in supporting Paul?

11. Why did he go to Rome?

12. What young preacher did Paul start to preaching?

13. To whom did he write while a prisoner at Rome?