Category: Acts
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Who Can Be Saved?
(Acts 19:18-20) Who can be saved? This is an interesting question. When you look at some of the things preached in many churches you would think that there are very few who can or have the right to be saved. And then others believe that almost everyone will be saved. Whether we like to admit…
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No Shortcuts
(Acts 19:13-17) There are no shortcuts to enter the kingdom of God and there are no shortcuts to receiving His power and using it in ministry. The only way to come to God is thru Jesus Christ and the only way to be able to receive and use the power of God is through receiving…
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Healing in a Virtual World
(Acts 19:11-12) There is a practice in the church that The Lord has provided for His people to enable them to be healed of disease or other afflictions. That practice is described in James 5 and relates to the laying on of hands and anointing with oil. When this process is followed correctly the power…
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Withdrawing From Evil
(Acts 19:8-10) These couple of scriptures are only short and could be easily overlooked. However they teach us about withdrawing from evil which is a valuable lesson that we need to recognise and understand. Too often people these days are more concerned with standing and fighting against evil men. We see arguments across the web,…
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Baptism and Receiving the Holy Spirit
(Acts 19:1-6) There are six foundational teachings that underpin the practice of Christianity as taught in the bible. These are found in Hebrews 6:1-2 which says, 1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward…
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Apollos
(Acts18:24-28) Apollos was a powerful teacher and preacher of the gospel. We don't know a lot about him but it is clear that he was held in high regard as a teacher of the gospel by the people and also by the disciples, especially Paul. In this section of scripture Apollos first comes to the…
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Paul At Corinth
(Acts 18:5-23) After Paul left Athens and came to Corinth he was busy preaching and teaching the word of God. He had Timothy and Silas to assist him in this work as well as Priscilla and Aquila with whom he was staying. Paul's custom was to enter the synagogue on the sabbath and reason with…
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Working for The Lord
(Acts 18:1-4) My website is called “freegiftfromgod.com” for a reason. It is based upon the approach that Paul took to the preaching and teaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ where Paul chose to work to meet his living expenses while he travelled and taught the word to many people, rather than place a financial…
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Evangelism Primer from Apostle Paul
(Acts 17:16-34) One of the things we see in the work of Paul and the other apostles, apart from the teachings they taught, is how they spread the word of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When Paul arrived in Athens in Greece, while waiting for his co-workers to catch up he wandered the streets of…
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How to Find the Truth
(Acts 17:10-15) Paul and Silas had just escaped from Thessalonica and travelled to the town and region of Berea. As was their habit, they continued to preach and teach the word of God to those who came and were prepared to listen, both Jews and Gentiles. One of the things we see in their approach…
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Turning the World Upside Down
(Acts 17:1-9) As Paul and Silas came to Thessalonica they went into the synagogue and over a period of several weeks they presented the gospel of Jesus Christ. There were quite a number of those who heard, both Jews and Gentiles who listened to them and believed the truth of the gospel. But this annoyed…
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No Prison Could Hold Them
(Acts 16:25-40) Paul and Silas were thrown into prison and beaten wrongfully for their testimony and casting out the demon that had bound the life of a slave girl. This was a vindictive, spiteful and hateful act against these two men who had done good. And why was it done? Because the owners of the…
