Acts 7:37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’” Stephen is being tried by the Sanhedrin on the charges of blasphemy, not against God but against the Temple. His defense is… Read More »
Works Snob
Acts 7:51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. It wasn’t that the counsel couldn’t hear Stephen but they refused to so much as even consider what he said. They were stiff necked, meaning they could not repent or turn and… Read More »
Chosen Vessel
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. The phrase that is used here, “Chosen Vessel” or “Vessel of Choice” is a Hebraism, a distinctive phrase found in the Hebrew language, that could be… Read More »
I Do
Acts 9:36 At Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did. Acts 9:37 But it happened in those days that she became sick and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Acts… Read More »
On Grace
Acts 11:18 When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.” It does seem to me that the grace of God is quite remarkable. It’s like a flood of water that seeks to saturate every nook and cranny, cutting off… Read More »
Hope for America
Numbers 21:5-6 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and… Read More »
Fitted Together
Ephesians 2:19-22 (ESV) So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into la holy temple… Read More »
Elevation
John 2:13 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. After going down to Capernaum, Jesus goes up to Jerusalem which is to the south of Capernaum and so again it’s elevation we are talking about, when the text says He went up. The Bible has a lot… Read More »
Best Behavior
John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. John says something to his disciples that is perhaps the greatest challenge in the Bible for all Christians. “He must increase, but I must decrease.” There should be no leader among the people of God who doesn’t have this as their pledge, but it’s not just for… Read More »
Disciple Indeed
John 8:30-32 As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Verse 30 says that many believed in Him, and it is to… Read More »