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God’s Word for You – Acts 9:23-25 Lowering him down in a basket
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:23-25 23 After a considerable time had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, 24 but Saul learned about their plan. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but his followers took him by night and let him down through an opening in […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:21-22 The synagogue
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:21-22 21 All who heard him were amazed and said, “Isn’t this the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? Didn’t he come here to take them prisoner, to the high priests?” 22 But Saul grew more and more powerful. He confused the Jews […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 26:12-15 The lazy man
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 26:12-15 12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. This proverb makes the transition in this chapter between sayings about the fool to saying about the lazy man. “To admit no man to […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:19b-20 Immediately he preached the Christ
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:19b-20 Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. 20 He began to preach about Jesus right away in the synagogues, that he is Christ, the Son of God. The chronology we have of Paul’s life is especially dependent on Galatians 1:12-2:14. Paul tells us there the following details […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:17-19a Something like flakes fell
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:17-19a 17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. He laid his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me to you so that your sight may be restored and so […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:13-16 Saints
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:13-16 13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, the great harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem. 14 Here he has authority from the high priests to arrest all who call on your name.” Ananias’ objection, if we can call it that, […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:10-12 The vision of Ananias
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:10-12 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” “Here I am, Lord,” he replied. 11 The Lord said to him, “Get up, go to Straight Street, to the house of Judas, and ask for a man called […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:8-9 Saul enters Damascus
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:8-9 8 Then Saul was helped up from the ground, and when he opened his eyes he saw nothing. They led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 For three days he could see nothing, and he did not eat or drink anything. Once when Jesus was […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 26:6-11
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 26:6-11 6 He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence who sends a message by the hand of a fool. This proverb is inverted from the usual pattern, perhaps because the first element is so startling. The fool as a useless messenger is also the theme of Prov. […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:3-7 Why are you persecuting me?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:3-7 With his letters of authority, Saul the apostle of the Sanhedrin was storming along, snorting like an angry bull, ready to execute his final solution on all of those who belonged to this new sect, the Way. He thought he had a divine right to do this. Leviticus 24:16 […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 9:1-2 Breathing out threats and murder
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 9:1-2 Chapter 9 Luke has brought us forward to about the year 35 AD. So far, there have been many details to fill in; all of the events from the ascension of Jesus to the martyrdom of Stephen and the dispersion of the Christians from Jerusalem. The gospel began to […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 8:39-40 Philip is carried off
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 8:39-40 39 When they came up from the water, the Lord’s Spirit carried Philip off. The eunuch did not see him any longer but went on his way rejoicing. Whatever water Philip and the Ethiopian had found– a spring, a gully, a puddle, or what have you– Luke tells us […]
