Paul and Barnabas did not go to Lystra simply to escape persecution; they also went to preach the Gospel. Apparently, there was no Jewish synagogue in Lystra, so God used a different way to bring the Gospel to these people. This passage is especially interesting because it gives us Paul’s …
Paul now draws application from his previous discussion that each believer has a responsibility to live each day in the control and power of the Holy Spirit (vv. 12-17). It is not enough for us to have the Spirit; the Spirit must have us. Furthermore, each Christian is to refuse to follow the …
God was teaching his people how to worship Him. He explained how He needed someone to oversee the operations of the tabernacle and to help the people maintain their relationship with God. These men could only be members of the tribe of Levi. This chapter has to do with the clothe …
God’s kingdom will never be destroyed (v. 44). If we are upset by threats of war and the prosperity of evil leaders we need to remember that God and not our world leaders decide the outcome of history. Under God’s protection, God’s kingdom is indestructible. Those who bel …
The scene shifts in this chapter from Solomon taking care of his enemies to taking care of the kingdom. In verse one we find him forming a marriage alliance with Pharaoh, King of Egypt, for his daughter which was clearly a diplomatic alliance. Solomon was not as careful about m …
God used his wisdom and power to create the heavens and the earth (v. 15). He makes the clouds from the waters in the heavens, He sends the winds from His storehouse and makes lightening flash in the rain (v. 16). People who make idols are stupid because these false gods can not …
It is interesting to know that cults and false teachers rarely try to lead lost sinners into their group. Instead, they spend most of their time trying to convert professing Christians and church members to their counterfeit doctrines. We have been warned that this would happen: …
Someone has said there are four types of faith: (1) Faith that receives – coming empty handed to Christ for salvation. (2) Faith that reckons – counts on God to undertake for us. (3) Faith that risks – moving out in God’s power, daring to do the impossible. & (4) Faith that rests – in the middle of a crises it sits in confidence that God will deliver …
John Phillips in his book EXPLORING GENESIS says this about the book of Genesis. It begins with creation and ends with a coffin. It begins with glory and ends with a grave. It begins with the vastness of eternity and ends with the shortness of time. It begins with the living God …
In this chapter Micah denounces the leaders of Israel for their sins. First, it is the princes; second, the prophets, who were the spiritual leaders; and last, all the leaders of Jerusalem, including the princes, the prophets, and the priests. “Hear, I pray you, O heads of …