“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is notContinue reading “John 3: 16-21….Well known – but well understood??”
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Acts 24: 22-27…. Judgement delayed.
But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case.” Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending toContinue reading “Acts 24: 22-27…. Judgement delayed.”
Acts 19: 11-20….The gospel affects Ephesian life style.
And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of theContinue reading “Acts 19: 11-20….The gospel affects Ephesian life style.”
Acts 17: 10-16……The journey continues.
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed,Continue reading “Acts 17: 10-16……The journey continues.”
Acts 14: 19-26….The return trip.
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. When theyContinue reading “Acts 14: 19-26….The return trip.”
Acts 13: 27-34…..Recent news!
For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed. And when they had carriedContinue reading “Acts 13: 27-34…..Recent news!”
Acts 13: 20-26….Paul mentions John the Baptiser
All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be theirContinue reading “Acts 13: 20-26….Paul mentions John the Baptiser”
Acts 13: 13-19…..Paul seizes the opportunity to preach…
Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem, but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. After the reading from the Law andContinue reading “Acts 13: 13-19…..Paul seizes the opportunity to preach…”
Acts 10: 44-48…..God acts.
While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extollingContinue reading “Acts 10: 44-48…..God acts.”
Acts 10: 39b-43…. the core of the gospel.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. And he commandedContinue reading “Acts 10: 39b-43…. the core of the gospel.”
As I read it! 