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God’s Word for You – Acts 18:12-16 Church and State
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:12-16 12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal. 13 They said, “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.” 14 Just as Paul was about to open his mouth, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:9-11 Does God speak to us in prayer?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:9-11 9 Now the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision one night: “Do not be afraid. Keep on speaking and do not be silent. 10 For I myself am with you, and no one will approach you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.” 11 […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:5-8 Shaking out the dust
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:5-8 5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was absorbed in the Word, preaching to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 When the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook the dust out of his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 18:2b-4 Tent making
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:2b-4 He went to see them, 3 and since he knew the same trade, he stayed with them and worked. Their trade was tentmaking. 4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks. Most sources that report ancient tentmaking customs describe the bayit sh’ar, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:1-2a On to Corinth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 18:1-2a 18 After this Paul withdrew from Athens and went to Corinth. 2 He found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who recently came from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to withdraw from Rome. After Paul established a congregation in Athens, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:32-34 The Athenian response
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:32-34 32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them began to make fun of him, but others said, “We want to hear you about this again.” 33 So Paul left them. 34 Some men joined him and believed, and among those were Dionysius the Areopagite […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:29-31 The Athenian Catechism (part 4)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:29-31 With these three verses, Paul completes his “Athenian Catechism.” In the fourth part (verse 29) he draws a conclusion, what he has proved about God and God’s nature. In the fifth part (verses 30-31) he proclaims what God wants and what God offers. 29 Since we are God’s offspring, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:26-28 The Athenian Catechism (part 3)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:26-28 The third part of Paul’s “Athenian Catechism” is: What God has done. 26 He made every nation of mankind from one man. This first act of God, a thought so despised by the ignorance of modern man, is a key teaching, not only of the creative act of God, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:24-25 The Athenian Catechism (part 2)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:24-25 Paul is preaching a sermon I like to call “The Athenian Catechism.” He has begun with a natural first part, “Who God Is.” The third point under this part is a simple statement about God the Father: 24 The God who made the world and everything in it is […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:22-23 The Athenian Catechism (part 1)
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:22-23 THE ATHENIAN CATECHISM 22 So Paul stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked along and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:19-21 The door
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:19-21 19 Then they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.” 21 (All the […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 17:17-18 The babbler
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 17:17-18 17 So he began by reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. The plan, it seems, was for Paul to stay in Athens and wait for the other missionaries to arrive. Paul […]
