Category: Acts
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Paul In Rome
(Acts 28:11-31) As the book of Acts comes to a close we see Paul finally arrive in Rome. After a harrowing journey in danger from the Jewish leaders seeking his life to shipwreck, being bitten by a venomous snake to being lost at sea in storms that lasted many days, his journey comes to an…
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Healing Hands
(Acts 28:7-10) One of the foundations of Christianity includes laying on of hands. There were six key foundational concepts recorded in the book of Hebrews. We see these foundations defined in Hebrews 6:1-2. 1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance…
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Defeating The Serpent
(Acts 28:1-6) In my last post on this blog I wrote about the protection of The Lord. As Christians we are protected in many different ways, both physically protected and spiritually protected. We do have a responsibility to not put ourselves into situations where we are in danger if we can, but that is not…
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God Wants You To Know
(Acts 27:13-26) One of the important things Christians have which the non-believers in the world do not have is an understanding of things yet to come. God does not leave His people in the dark. He wants them to know what is going on and this has always been the case. In this section of…
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Greed Leads To Loss
(Acts 27:1-12) Greed is destructive. Greed destroys people and relationships as the passions of people rise to lead people to make bad and destructive decisions. In this section of scripture, which mainly talks about the initial journey of Paul to Rome, we see how the greed of the boat owners led to the destruction of…
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Are Christians Mad?
(Acts 26:24-32) As Paul stood and made a defence before King Agrippa, Bernice his wife and the Roman governor Festus, he spoke openly about the things to do with Jesus. Agrippa was the king over the Jewish realm at the time and had an excellent knowledge of all that had happened concerning Jesus and his…
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Darkness To Light
(Acts 26:9-23) Have you ever been in a place that was totally dark? I'm not talking about a moonless night but somewhere that was so pitch dark that you could not tell any difference whether your eyes were open or closed. Perhaps in a deep cave or a deep mine underground with the lights extinguished?…
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Resurrection
(Acts 26:1-8) Paul makes a fascinating exclamation at the end of this section of scripture as he addresses Agrippa the king. He says, Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead? Of all the many doctrines and teachings of Christianity, resurrection is the single most important and the…
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Making Things Happen
(Acts 25:13-27) There is an old saying that goes like this. “There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened.” Christians fall into the first group. We make things happen. Not in the sense that the world understands, but in the spirit.…
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A Way Of Escape
(Acts 25:1-12) One of the promises of The Lord is that He will give us a protection that is not afforded to the people of the world. When the people of the world get into trouble they do not have a safety net to catch them if they fall. But The Lord is the safety…
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Alarming News
(Acts 24:22-27) Whenever we speak of Christianity and the teachings of Jesus Christ we call it the “Good News.” And it is very good news for the teachings of the new covenant are the teachings of life. It is through the words of Jesus and his followers who wrote the New Testament that we have…
