The events in the city of Ephesus are unified by the summary statement that here, “the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.” The prevailing word of the Lord reveals his nature, our need, and the way we are brought out of darkness...
The third and final ministry journey of Paul took him to cities he had already visited and evangelized. The result of his work was new churches in these cities. As he revisited the churches his aim was to strengthen all the disciples. Paul is expressing...
In Acts 18 Christ said that he has his people in the city of Corinth. When we read 1 Corinthians we see the kind of people who are Christ’s. Human values like wealth, power, and intelligence are not contributing factors to being called by Christ...
The Lord made a twofold promise to Paul concerning his ministry in the city of Corinth. He promised to be with Paul to protect him, and he said he has many people in the city. Based on these promises, the Lord also gave Paul dual...
While the word of God stands alone in its truthfulness, authority, and effectiveness to save, still it must be received by faith. In this account of the word of God coming to Berea, we see the kind of mind that receives it and is blessed...
As in other cities where the gospel was first preached by Paul and his mission team, many people in the city of Thessalonica believed in Jesus as Messiah and confessed him as Lord. What stands out about these new believers is that they received the...
Acts 16 is the account of Paul and Silas bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to Philippi. The presence of Christ filled this city as many turned to him repentance and faith, and then formed a church. Paul loved this new church. Later, he wrote...
Paul and Silas were asked to “come over to Macedonia and help us.” They did, by preaching the gospel of Christ. Christ is our help. He alone can open our minds to understand the gospel, deliver us from spiritual darkness, and rightly order our priorities...
The church carries out her ministry in a world full of challenges. Today, we see those challenges being experienced in the mission of Paul and Barnabas. We also see the providential hand and wisdom of God for meeting the challenges and moving forward in the...
It is hard to imagine how Paul could say more about how utterly powerless human achievements are for justification before God, and how effectual the cross of Jesus Christ is to make us right with God. He says it all here. Human merit counts for...
