Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
The other day Judy and I were running some errands, and she was telling me a story about boots. Boots is not the name of a cat; Boots are a kind of foot-wear designed to protect people’s feet from rain and snow, And they are often made with a tread which keep them...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
I’d like you to return to the scripture that we read earlier in Zechariah 4:1-10: “And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
As usual, I have lots of question for which the Bible doesn’t supply the answers. Most of those questions are unimportant and some are even foolish, But it’s the nature of foolish people to ask foolish questions. And there isn’t necessarily any sin involved in asking....
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
One of my fears in this study is that I am boring you with details. Unfortunately for you, I like details and the background behind the details that we find in the scriptures. Sometimes the scripture itself, invites us to examine those details, Such as Luke’s comments...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
The majority of Christendom today believes that the salvation of sinners – depends on the WORK OF MAN. Most people believe that it is up to the sinner to DO certain things in order to be saved from his sins. He must join a church, or be baptized, or be obedient to the...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
There are a great many times when the preacher should feel inadequate for his task. He is expected to preach the whole counsel of God, and to expound the scriptures that are given to him, But many times those scriptures only begin to reveal the subject. Sometimes...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
We are told that this young woman was making a great deal of money for her consortium of owners. As we have seen, she was demon possessed. It appears that not all demons are commissioned by Satan to do the same sorts of things. Luke tells us specifically that this...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, I despise and detest those men who were using this slave girl. There is no doubt that she was demon-possessed and filled with evil. Despite her age, she was, by definition, a witch, And based upon an abundance of Old Testament...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
Do you think that Paul and Silas were in the will of God when they went to Philippi? Were they doing the will of the Lord when they ordered the demon to depart from the soothsayer? Was there any sin involved in invoking Jesus’ name to free that woman from her demon?...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
When Jacob was fleeing from his brother, he spent his first night away from home at a place called Luz. He thought that he was all alone, but he wasn’t. There was an innumberable company of angels there. He renamed the spot Bethel, Because he falsely assumed that this...