Using the Scriptures, Paul had successfully persuaded some of the Thessalonian Jews and many of the Gentiles that “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ” (Acts 17:3 NKJV). However, envious Jews who were not persuaded incited yet another uproar, and “Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea” (Acts 17:10 NKJV). Pastor Kevin emphasizes that…
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Beaten, bloody, and unjustly imprisoned, Paul and Silas spent their night in the Philippian jail “praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them” (Acts 16:25 NKJV). “Suddenly there was a great earthquake…and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed” (Acts 16:26 NKVJ). Fearing that all the prisoners had escaped, the jailer prepares to kill himself…
After a time of reporting and ministry in Antioch, Paul tells Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing” (Acts 15:26 NKJV). After disagreeing about whether to bring John Mark with them again, Paul takes Silas instead and begins to retrace the route of the…
After much discussion with Paul and Barnabas “declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles” (Acts 15:12 NKJV), James, the half-brother of Jesus and leader of the church in Jerusalem, issues the final decree on the question of whether Gentiles need to convert to Judaism to be saved. Quoting the prophet Amos and under the inspiration of…
Having returned to their home base in Antioch of Syria after completing their first missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas now confront men who came from Jerusalem to teach the new Gentile converts, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved” (Acts 15:1 NKJV). Understanding the urgency of this question – “Must Gentiles become Jews to be saved?” – Paul…