Tag: Acts

[:en]The Jews plotted to kill Paul, but the commander transferred him to Caesarea with a letter to Governor Felix.  He told Governor Felix that Paul was a Roman citizen.  Pelple were accusing him with questions about their law, but there was no charge against him that demand death or imprisonment.  So he sent Paul to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 23[:]

[:en]Paul identified himself as he spoke to them in Aramiac  He gave his testimony of how he met Jesus while oon his way to Damascus to persecute the Christians.  A bright light from heaven flashed around him and he became blind but was later healed by Ananias.  God had told him :  Go, I will… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 22[:]

[:en]The people told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.  But he would not be persuaded because the burden of his life was to preach to the Gentiles (Eph. 3:1-13)  After 7 days of arrival at Jerusalem, some Jews stirred up the whole crowd and seized him.  They dragged him out from the temple and tried… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 21[:]

[:en]Paul proceeded to Macedonia and Greece.  While preaching to the people, a young man named Eutychus was sound asleep and fell from third story to the ground dead.  Paul raise him up alive and the people were greatly comforted (vs. 9-12) Before Paul went to Jerusalem, he bid farewell to the Ephesian elders saying:  “And… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 20[:]

[:en]Paul went back to Ephesus and baptized the people into the name of the Lord Jesus.  The Holy Spirit came and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.  He took his disciples and continue to preach in the hall of Tyrannus for 2 years.  God gave him miraculous power to cure the sick and to cast… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 19[:]

[:en]The role of Paul as a missionary: He worked as a tentmaker with Aquila and Priscilla to support himself (vs. 1-3) He warned those who opposed the teaching that Jesus was the Christ of the wrath to come and that he was clear of responsibility (vs. 5-6) He continued to witness for Christ because God… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 18[:]

[:en]Paul, Silas and Timothy went to Thessalonica and preached the gospel but the Jews were jealous of them.  They formed a mob and rushed to Jason’s house to bring them out.  But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason out because he had welcome them.  Then Paul and Silas went to Berea.  The… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 17[:]

[:en]Paul and Silas took along Timothy, whose mother was a Jew but whose father was a Greek.  The Paul saw a vision of the Man of Macedonia begging them to come over, so they went to Macedonia to preach the gospel (vs. 6-10)  They met a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth who… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 16[:]

[:en]The legalists from Judea visited the church in Antioch and taught that Gentiles must be circumcised before they can be Christians.  This is contrary to the teaching of salvation by grace through faith.  To resolve this issue, the church asked the Gentiles not to offend the Jews by requiring them to abstain from food sacrificed… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 15[:]

[:en]Paul and Barnabas went to Iconium but the people there tried to stone them.  So they went to Lystra and healed a crippled man.  The crowd saw what Paul had done and treated him like god (vs. 11-18).  When the apostles heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd. shouting: … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Acts 14[:]