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God’s Word for You – Acts 15:35-39 they parted company
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:35-39 35 Both Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch along with many others, teaching and preaching the gospel of the word of the Lord. This is the period, the winter months or at the least the closing weeks of winter early in 50 AD, when Peter arrived in Antioch. The […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:30-34 Down to Antioch
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:30-33 30 They were sent off and they went down to Antioch. They gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 After they read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement. 32 Then Judas and Silas, who were prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words. 33 Then, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:22-29 The letter
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:22-29 22 Then the apostles and the elders, along with the whole church, decided to choose some of their men and send them to Antioch along with Paul and Barnabas. So they sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers, 23 with the following letter: This decision […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:19-21 Stop making it difficult
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:19-21 19 Therefore my judgment is that we should stop making it difficult for those of the Gentiles who turn to God. 20 Instead, we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood. 21 For […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:12-18 Amos, about Gentiles
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:12-18 12 Then the whole group was silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul relate what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. Two silences are mentioned by Luke. One before Barnabas spoke, and another afterward. At this point, much of what Luke has recorded […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:7-11 Gods alone knows the heart
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU Error: The third passage in the Table of Duties quoted yesterday should have been cited as “1 Timothy 5:17,18.” The text is correct, but the reference is not. ACTS 15:7-11 7 And after there was a long debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:4-6 Doctrine and Practice
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:4-6 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported all that God had done by helping them. Sometimes it’s easy to read right through a seemingly unimportant verse like this to try to get to “the good part.” […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:2-3 no small debate
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:2-3 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had an argument with them– no small debate– Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this point of disagreement. 3 So, sent on their way by the church, they went […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 15:1 “Unless”
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 15:1 When we left Paul and Barnabas, they had finished their first missionary trip and had arrived in Antioch in Syria, many miles to the north of Judea and Galilee. They remained there “for some time” (Acts 14:28). In this chapter, Luke presents the first obstacle to the ministry of […]
God’s Word for You – James 5:19-20 To cover a multitude of sins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 5:19-20 19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever turns a sinner from his error will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. After love, the greatest good work a person […]
God’s Word for You – James 5:17-18 Fill my empty basket, Father
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 5:17-18 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three and a half years it did not rain on the land. 18 Then he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. […]
God’s Word for You – James 5:16 Confession and prayer
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JAMES 5:16 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. When James tells us to confess our sins to one another, he does so because God’s will is that we ask forgiveness of those we sin against and also of God. […]