A Light to the Gentiles

From reading Acts chapters 13 through 16. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, "It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.  For so hath the Lord …

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The Stone the Builders Rejected

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.   And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, "By …

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..Give the more earnest heed…

Our reading today is Philemon 1 through Hebrews 2. Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.  For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; how shall …

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No Other Name

Reading in the book of the Acts chapters 2 through 4 you will begin seeing the Holy Spirit at work in and through the apostles, and many who come to faith in Jesus Christ. And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being …

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Cloud By Day, Fire By Night

From today's scheduled reading of the Scriptures... And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:" But …

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In the Spirit of Jesus Christ

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.  For what the law could not do, in that it …

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When Saul Came to Jerusalem

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.  But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that …

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Beware Of Lying To God

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.  But Peter said, "Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and …

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While They Watched, Jesus Was Taken Up

When they therefore were come together, they asked of Him, saying, "Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?"  And He said unto them, "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power.  But ye shall receive power, after …

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We Ought to Give the More Earnest Heed to the Things We Have Heard

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; …

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Walking in the fear of the Lord

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied."  Acts 9:31 REFERENCES: Acts 9; 12:24; Deuteronomy 12:10; Joshua 21:44; Psalm 94:13; Proverbs 16:7; Isaiah 11:10; Zechariah 9:1; Hebrews 4:9; Ephesians 4:16; …

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