The second part of Romans (chapters 12-15), address the many specific areas of obedience which reflects God’s holiness in our lives. In the first section of Romans (Rom. 1-8), Paul has focused on what God has done for us in Christ. God has given us His best, His Son, in order to redeem us. God […]

In our reading today, we have a section of Scripture, Romans 9-11, that is often not preached on, and often not understood how it fits with the rest of the Book of Romans. I believe that in Romans 9-11, Paul is discussing the sticky issue, if Jesus is the long-expected Jewish Messiah, why did most […]

In the first 3 chapters of Romans, the Apostle Paul has dismantled any human confidence, either for the Jew or the Gentile, for attaining to the glory of God because of self-righteousness. Paul is like a lawyer in these chapters, convicting the whole world of its sin, whether religious or not, whether having the Mosaic […]

The Book of Acts ends with Paul being taken as a prisoner by ship to Rome and living under house arrest for 2 years, where he lived in his own rented house (Acts 28:30). For 2 whole years, Paul “boldly and without hindrance preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ” […]

There was no one more important than the Apostle Paul in spreading the Christian faith beyond its beginnings in Jerusalem. From Acts 13 to Acts 28, the Apostle Paul’s missionary journeys, and his appearances before 2 Roman governors and King Herod Agrippa, dominate the narrative. He was transformed by the Gospel from ‘Saul the Persecutor’ […]

In our reading today, we see the Apostle Paul and various disciples, including Priscilla, Aquila and Silas, preach the Gospel in several important cities on the European continent. These cities include Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, Corinth and Ephesus. The City And The Synagogue A major part of Paul’s outreach strategy would be to go first to […]

In the opening verses of Acts 12, the first of the 12 Apostles, James, is martyred for their faithful witness to the crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ. We have already read in the Book of Acts of Judas Iscariot, a member of the original 12 disciples, kill himself (Acts 1:15-19). We have also seen […]

In Acts 8:1-3, we have the the newly-formed Church scattered from Jerusalem by a great persecution in connection with the stoning of Stephen. He was the first martyr of Christ’s Church. In Acts 7 we have a great sermon of Stephen in which he recounts God’s faithful dealings with His people under the Abrahamic and […]

Our reading today begins with the Holy Spirit coming upon believers on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-4. Pentecost was one of the three major agricultural and religious Festivals of the Jewish people. Jesus had been crucified 50 days before on Passover. In addition to the Feasts of Pentecost and Passover, the Jews celebrated […]

In Luke 22:4-6, we read that Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed how he might betray Jesus. It says that from that time on, Judas watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over, when no crowd was present. Well, the opportunity has finally arrived in […]