{"id":1563,"date":"2019-05-03T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:11:12","slug":"devotion-acts-81-truth-that-overcomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"Devotion Acts 8:1 Truth That Overcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acts 8:1a\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0And Saul\u00a0approved of their killing him<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Here, in the Word of God, is the clear truth that Saul, who would become the great Apostle Paul, who was inspired by God to write much of the New Testament, is named as being at the killing of the first Christian Martyr and approving of it.\u00a0 He did not give a casual consent to the murder of Stephen, he was cheerleading them, he was inciting them to kill Stephen.<\/p>\n

This verse is a wonderful element of the proof that the Bible is the inspired Word of God to mankind and is some creation of mankind.\u00a0 Consider that the Bible tells on the errors and sins of its heroes.\u00a0 It tells of, to name a few, the foolishness of Samson, the stubbornness and rebellion of Jonah, the sins of fornication, adultery and murder of David, and here the approval and encouragement of murder by the Apostle Paul (then Saul).\u00a0 Family, if one would write a book of heroes and that claimed to be the supreme book that reveals the purity and righteousness of God, then it is most unlikely to include the faults of the noted heroes.\u00a0 When a person is running for President, or the top office of any country, advocacy for the candidate does not include their faults and grievous past sins and crimes.\u00a0 But the Bible does, often painfully, reveal the tragic truths about the heroes that God has used.\u00a0 This is one of the proofs that the Bible is true and comes from the mind of God and not men.\u00a0 Men would hide, God reveals.\u00a0 God does not worry about the truth.\u00a0 He has a divine plan and knows how it will all work out.\u00a0 Though tragic about the history of Paul, this verse is also beautiful and inspiring.\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

God can use anyone and Saul (Paul) is one of the many proofs.\u00a0 In fact, those who have sinned a lot and then have been forgiven are often the quickest to come to the Lord with great gratitude (Luke 7:36-47<\/b>).\u00a0 Sometimes it is misunderstood that God forgiving the worst sinner among us is a not wonderful and blessed things.\u00a0 Yet, when the worst sinner receives forgiveness through Jesus, it displays the all-encompassing, all-inclusive power of God\u2019s grace to us through Jesus.\u00a0 Because God gave grace to the prophets, the apostles and disciples of the Bible, we know He will also give it us. Do something really bad lately, repent and confess to Jesus and know, beyond all doubt, that the sin will be forgiven (1 John 1:9<\/b>).<\/p>\n

Praise our God who includes the \u201cdirt\u201d of the Bible\u2019s characters.\u00a0 It is assurance that in the Bible we have what God intended us to have and also shows us that grace is freely given to us.\u00a0 Thank you Lord!\u00a0 Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n

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Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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