Acts 23
After a tumultuous day which began with Paul standing as charge for four men who had a vow (and which day almost completed the seven required for the ritual), Asian Jews who were his antagonists and who had seen detested Gentiles with him in the city, assumed Paul had violated the sacred temple by carrying […]
Acts 28
What a sense of elation and relief must have filled each of the 276 folks aboard the grain ship on its ill-fated voyage when they crawled out from the sea onto the wet beach of an island called Melita (28:1)! True, it was still raining and was cold, but as Paul had predicted, every life […]
Acts 27
“And when it was determined that we should said for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion of the Agustin band” (Acts 27:1). Once more the “we” passages surface. It is interesting to see where these begin and end. The first appearance was in Troas on Paul’s second journey (Acts 16:10). […]
Acts 26
Agrippa’s expressed wish to “hear the man myself” gave an occasion for Festus to entertain on a large scale. Paul’s preaching to Felix was an apparent private manner but when he gave his defense of himself to Agrippa the “chief captains and principal men of the city” had been invited to listen (25:23). When God […]
God’s Wisdom In A Mystery
“We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought, but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the world unto you glory: which none of […]
Christ, A Minister Of The Circumcision
In Romans 15:7, Paul had written, “Receive ye one another, even as Christ received you, to the glory of God.” Roman Christians, whether strong or weak, whether Jew or Greek, are here commanded to receive each other as Christ had received them. “For I say that Christ hath been made a minister the circumcision for […]
Gems Of Advice
“Let love be without hypocrisy, abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. In love of the brethren be ye tenderly affectioned one toward another; in honor preferring one another; in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer; communicating to […]
Did God Cast Off His People?
In Romans ten Paul showed that Israel had refused to hear the gospel preached to them and that on the other hand, Gentiles had accepted the gospel. He asks, “I say then, Did God cast off his people?” to which his response was, “God forbid” (Rom. 11:1). Yet the fact was indisputable: Israel was lost. […]
Immorality In Corinth
“It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that one of you hath his father’s wife. And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you” (1 Cor. 5:1f). […]
Men Doomed To Death
“Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle […]