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God’s Word for You – Acts 14:13-15 bulls and garlands
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU ACTS 14:13-15 13 The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the gates. He and the crowd wanted to slaughter sacrifices to them. 14 When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:11-12 Zeus and Hermes
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU ACTS 14:11-12 11 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they began shouting and saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” 12 They called Barnabas ‘Zeus,’ and Paul ‘Hermes,’ because he was the main speaker. The healing of the crippled man, a […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:8-10 a crippled man walks
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:8-10 The apostles mistaken for gods in Lystra 8 In Lystra there was a man sitting there who was crippled in his feet. He was lame from birth and had never walked. 9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked straight at him, saw that he had […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:5-7 Paul and the Galatians
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:5-7 5 Then a plot was made among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. 6 But they found out about it and fled for safety to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, 7 where they continued […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 14:1-4 The Lord conformed the message
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 14:1-4 14 At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed. 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and embittered their spirits against the brothers. Once again, Paul […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:50-52 Leaving Antioch
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:50-52 50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them from their district. The phrase “God-fearing women” means that the women in question were not Jews. They were Gentiles, but […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:47-49 Your election
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:47-49 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And all who […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:44-46 Third Commandment broken
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU ACTS 13:44-46 44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They were blaspheming and contradicting what Paul was saying. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:42-43 Third Commandment kept
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:42-43 When we left off with Acts, Paul was delivering what I think of as his first missionary sermon. This was in Antioch, the Antioch in Asia Minor (not Syria). 42 As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people asked them to speak about these things again the next […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:4-5 The struggle
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:4-5 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them. This seems like a dangerous verse. The verb “struggle” toward the end can also mean “to wage war” (yitgara’), as in Daniel 11:10: “His sons will prepare for war and assemble […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:2-3 Governments
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:2-3 2 When a land is rebellious it has many rulers; but an intelligent man can prolong what is right. Some translations struggle with the second line of this verse. The word ken often means “thus” or “so,” but it has a second meaning as an adverb, “rightly,” or […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 28:1 Bold as a lion
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 28:1 Almost every proverb in this chapter is about the wicked when they “rise to power” (28:28). The wicked man in power lets or causes his country to spiral out of control (28:2, 25, 28), he oppresses the poor even while he makes them think he is helping them (28:3, […]
