What does the history of your family reveal about faith in the living God of the Bible? Perhaps the Lord God has been ignored, or not been believed in, by your ancestors. Belief in the Lord Jesus Christ can change your life and your history going forward. By Rome’s permission one family, the Herod’s, ruled […]

The Lord God sent His workers into the harvest fields of Antioch…to preach and teach of God at work through the Lord Jesus Christ. He also sent some prophets to Antioch from Jerusalem…to warn of a great famine that would not only occur locally, but “all over the world.”  (Acts 10:27) Agabus was one of […]

Barnabas was sent from Jerusalem to Antioch.  The church leaders (in Jerusalem) wanted more information about what was happening in Antioch.  Was it true that many Gentiles were becoming believers in the Lord Jesus Christ?  (Acts 11:22) Barnabas was sent from Jerusalem to Antioch What do leaders do? Available to be sent to areas that […]

The church leaders in Jerusalem heard that the Lord was working in Antioch, Turkey.  They chose a trusted man to go and check it out…they sent Barnabas. Question: Where is the Lord sending you? (NASB) Acts 11:23 “Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all […]

The prayer of the week is based on John 15:26 Father, God of our Lord Jesus Christ…You send Your Holy Spirit to live within everyone who recognizes their need of Jesus as their Savior.  Thank You! Lord Jesus, Son of God, You promised the Holy Spirit as our Counselor, Whom You sent from the Father.  […]

Gentiles (anyone who is not Jewish) and Jews were hearing the Good News of Jesus Christ in Antioch (in Turkey).  Men and women became followers of Christ Jesus by believing in Him as Messiah and as Savior. Meanwhile back in Jerusalem…the believers heard of what was happening in Antioch.  Remember, there were no cell phones, […]

People do what is most comfortable to them…Jewish believers knew of synagogue worship and they had the desire to tell their Jewish friends and relatives of the Good News of Jesus Christ…Jesus was crucified, dead, buried and resurrected…He came to save people from their sins and that continues to be the Good News believers share. […]

Being remorseful is not being repentant…it is being sorry…it is feeling really bad about – whatever – but it is not being repentant. Repentance before the living God of the Bible is the act of yielding, submitting to Him. We pick up Peter’s continued defense of his actions in Caesarea to the church in Jerusalem: […]

Peter was accused by fellow believers in Jerusalem when they said, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”  (Acts 11:3)  Peter defended his actions with the following explanation.  What Peter saw: (NASB) Acts 11:5-6 “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming […]

Jewish men were circumcised…because God instituted circumcision in Abraham’s day. (NASB) Genesis 17:10-12 “This is My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. 11 ‘And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your […]