Do you know who it is apart from Jesus Christ, who has the most written about him in the Bible? That honor belongs to Abraham. This gives us some insight into the importance of the lessons that this man experienced with God and …
Luke writes in Acts 17:6 that the Thessalonians considered the first-century apostles to "have turned the world upside down." This back-handed compliment means that they had "stirred up," "excited" or "troubled" everyone who had heard …
As we saw in Part One, Adam and Eve fell for Satan's temptation by weighing only the penalties and the benefits of the fruit that appeared so pleasant to their eyes. They overlooked what their choice would do to their unique …

(14) Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. (15) Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (16) But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. (17) And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, (18) who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.
People in the congregation were getting into arguments about genealogies, meanings of words, and technicalities about the law of Moses. Paul called these arguments ungodliness. These arguers probably felt that they were more righteous …
The apostle Peter, in Acts 2:38-39, identifies a very special gift God has given us: Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” (See also Acts 10:45. Emphasis ours.) In Acts 8:20, Peter castigates Simon, a sorcerer in Samaria, who had seen the Holy Spirit being given to those who had repented, been baptized, and had hands laid on them, and …
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