Opportunity

Peter’s Message of Repentance - Acts 3:11 – 3:26 (commentary)

God’s supernatural healing, of the crippled man amazed the crowd at the temple (v. 11). Peter took this opportunity to direct their attention to Christ, giving God the glory (vv. 12-13). He preached Jesus to them, the one they had rejected and crucified, the one God raised from the ...

Paul’s Opportunity to Face Agrippa & Company - Acts 25:23 – 25:27 (commentary)

Paul chained to a Roman soldier, abandoned by the Jerusalem Church, and frail in bodily appearance, (II Cor. 10:10) was brought before Festus, Agrippa and Bernice (v. 23). Festus then ordered Paul to be brought in and told King Agrippa and other guests that Jews from Jerusalem an …

Be Faithful and Leave the Results to God - I Peter 3:18 – 3:22 (commentary)

In looking through various commentaries we find many different interpretations of this passage. Probably when Peter wrote this section of his letter he had no idea it would be classified as one of the most difficult portions of the Word of God. Some think the phrase& …

Israel’s Final Judge - Judges 13:1 – 13:7 (commentary)

The repeated apostasy of Israel leads up to a time of oppression by the Philistines. The Philistines were probably the worst enemies that Israel had ever had. This time their oppression lasted for 40 years (v. 1). During this time, we come to one of the most outstanding of the judges and his name ...