Hurlbut's Bible Lessons Part 22

PART SECOND.--STORIES OF THE EARLY CHURCH.

Lesson x.x.xV. The First Days.

(Tell Story 1 in Part Seventh.)

=1.= Where did the followers of Chr[=i]st meet after J[=e]'[s+]us went away to heaven? =In J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m.=

=2.= What day came ten days after J[=e]'[s+]us left the earth? =The Day of P[)e]n'te-c[)o]st.=

=3.= What seemed to fall from heaven on all the followers of Chr[=i]st on the day of P[)e]n'te-c[)o]st? =Tongues of fire.=

=4.= What power came upon them all? =Power from G.o.d.=

=5.= What did they all begin to speak? =The wonderful words of G.o.d.=

=6.= Who preached to the people on that day? =P[=e]'t[~e]r.=

=7.= What new name was given to P[=e]'t[~e]r and the other eleven disciples of Chr[=i]st? =They were called apostles.=

=8.= What did the apostle P[=e]'t[~e]r tell the people to do? =To believe in Chr[=i]st as their Saviour.=

=9.= How many were added to the church on that day? =Three thousand.=

=10.= How did all these people act toward each other? =Like brothers.=

Lesson x.x.xVI. The Beautiful Gate, and the Apostles in Prison.

(Tell Stories 2 and 3 in Part Seventh.)

=1.= Whom did P[=e]'t[~e]r and J[)o]hn meet at the Beautiful Gate of the temple? =A lame man.=

=2.= What did P[=e]'t[~e]r say to the lame man? ="In the name of J[=e]'[s+]us Chr[=i]st, walk."=

=3.= What did the lame man do? =He walked and leaped and praised G.o.d.=

=4.= Who did P[=e]'t[~e]r say had given to this man power to walk?

=J[=e]'[s+]us Chr[=i]st.=

=5.= What did the rulers of the city tell P[=e]'t[~e]r and J[)o]hn?

=That they must not preach Chr[=i]st.=

=6.= How did P[=e]'t[~e]r and J[)o]hn answer the rulers? ="We must speak of what we know."=

=7.= What good man gave his money to the poor in the church?

=Bar'na-b[)a]s.=

=8.= Who died because they told a lie? =[)A]n-a-n[=i]'as and S[)a]p-ph[=i]'r[.a].=

=9.= What did the rulers of the Jew[s+] do to P[=e]'t[~e]r and J[)o]hn?

=They put them in prison.=

=10.= How were they set free from the prison? =By an angel of the Lord.=

Lesson x.x.xVII. Stephen and Philip.

(Tell Stories 4 and 5 in Part Seventh.)

=1.= What good man preached in J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m? =St[=e]'phen.=

=2.= What is told of St[=e]'phen? =His face shone like an angel's.=

=3.= What did the Jew[s+] do to St[=e]'phen? =They stoned him to death.=

=4.= What young man helped in the stoning of St[=e]'phen? =A young man named S[a:]ul.=

=5.= What did S[a:]ul do to the followers of Chr[=i]st? =He beat them and put them in prison.=

=6.= What worker for Chr[=i]st was driven out of J[+e]-r[u:]'s[+a]-l[)e]m by S[a:]ul? =Ph[)i]l'[)i]p.=

=7.= To what place did Ph[)i]l'[)i]p go preaching the gospel? =To S[+a]-m[=a]'r[)i]-[.a].=

=8.= Where did an angel send Ph[)i]l'[)i]p from S[+a]-m[=a]'r[)i]-[.a]?

=To the desert.=

=9.= Whom did Ph[)i]l'[)i]p meet in the desert? =A man riding in a chariot.=

=10.= What did Ph[)i]l'[)i]p do when he met this man? =He preached Chr[=i]st to him.=

Lesson x.x.xVIII. The Voice that Spoke to Saul.

(Tell Story 6 in Part Seventh.)

=1.= To what place did S[a:]ul go, that he might break up the church there? =To D[+a]-m[)a]s'cus.=

=2.= What took place when S[a:]ul was near D[+a]-m[)a]s'cus? =A light shone from heaven.=

=3.= Who spoke to S[a:]ul from out of the light? =The Lord J[=e]'[s+]us Chr[=i]st.=

=4.= What did the bright light do to S[a:]ul? =It made him blind.=

=5.= Who brought sight to S[a:]ul in D[+a]-m[)a]s'cus? =A follower of Chr[=i]st named [)A]n-a-n[=i]'as.=