Category: Bible Comments
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Face Hardships Boldly: Acts 20:23-24
”I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s…
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Can’t Force Make Christians: Acts 18:6
”But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”“ – Acts 18:6 NIV You can’t do much when people aren’t willing to accept God.…
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Novel Servitude: Acts 17:21
”(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)“ – Acts 17:21 NIV Thinking, talking, and listening to new ideas can be both a good thing or a bad thing. If a person’s pursuit is to love God, then talking about…
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Short: Acts 14:11-15
”When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to…
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Grateful Gift Getter: Acts 13:44-48
”On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him. Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God…
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Work Together: Acts 11:22-26
”News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith,…
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Seek: Acts 10:1-7
”At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an…
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