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...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
We come, this morning, to one of the more preeminent passages in the Book of Acts. It’s always with fear, trepidation and joy that I come to scriptures like these. I have a bit of fear, because I know that many of you already know this passage very well. And so,...
Jan 21, 2015 | Acts
I began my preparation for this message by trying to imagine what sort of man this jailer had been. I would think that he began his wardens career by soldiering first. Since I have no scriptural references for these ideas, you are free to reject them – all, or in...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
When two powerful armies, of equal strength, face each other, generally speaking, victory is achieved through the skill of the soldiers or the genius of the generals. The satellite images may reveal something in the geography of the enemy position, or the placement of...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Let’s begin this evening by testing your general knowledge of the Bible: Who can tell me to whom the Epistle to the Philippians was written? We don’t know specifically who were members of the church when Paul wrote the Book of Philippians, But who may have still been...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
Let’s pretend that a certain young man began to dream about visiting Japan. He had heard a visiting missionary talk about the people of that country, and this boy wanted to see them. As he grew up, he never lost this dream, but, he was young and never had the...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
I have yet to find anyone who can positively explain why the magistrates of Philippi wanted to release Paul. Let’s review the facts of the case: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Paul commanded a demon to depart from a professional soothsayer. The woman’s masters...
Jan 20, 2015 | Acts
The doctrinal statement of this church says that we believe in the INSPIRATION of the Word of God. As far as I know all of our members firmly believe in that doctrine. Amen? Even though it really shouldn’t, that statement means different things to different people. As...
