Acts 22:10 – “‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. “‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’ “‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.” As mentioned before Paul asked this immediately after coming to the Lord and then every day for the rest of…
Continue ReadingActs 22:8 – “Who are you, Lord?” I asked. “I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,” He replied. Paul, after being overwhelmed by the Lord first asked “Who are you, Lord?” When we come to Jesus that is a very appropriate question and He has given us the answer. We can look in the Old Testament and New Testament…
Continue ReadingMatthew 5:11 – Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Romans 5:1-2 – Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with…
Continue ReadingActs 22:6-9 – “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ 8 “‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. “‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. 9 My companions saw the light, but they did…
Continue Reading2 Corinthians 13:14 – May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ…” What is the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ? We commonly, and rightly, understand grace to be unmerited favor from God. What does “unmerited favor” mean? Simply that…
Continue ReadingActs 22:1 – “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.” “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.” The word here translated as defense is the word from which we today get the words apology and apologetics. It is same word translated as “answer” in 1 Peter 3:15. It is to give a reason, an answer, or a defense for something said…
Continue ReadingActs 21:20-26 – When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their…
Continue ReadingActs 21:20-26 – When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their…
Continue ReadingJames 4:7-8 – Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Family and Friends, below is a simple song with a simple truth. Simple, but powerful. The devil wants us to get our eyes off the Lord and focus on our troubles,…
Continue ReadingDeuteronomy 6:4-7 – “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk…
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