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Third, this presupposes the Reformation principle of the office of all believers. Every believer has the Holy Spirit and is a prophet, priest, and king in Jesus Christ. Therefore, every believer has the right, responsibility, and ability to read the Scriptures. Therefore, no believer may ever blindl
Rev. Slopsema is pastor of First Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word
The Bereans “received” the message of the gospel of salvation by attending the preaching and by listening. They listened attentively (carefully and receptively). They assented to the truth of it and believed it (v. 12). And they embraced it. They loved the Word as a pearl of great price because they
Remember when he began to preach in parables, Matthew 13, and the disciples said, why are you teaching them in parables? And Jesus said, because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. Jesus showed that it is given as a gift to some peop
The More Noble Bereans Scripture: Acts 17:1-15 Speaker: Rev. John Marcus I. Receiving the Preached Word II. Searching the Scriptures III. The Blessed Assurance Event: Sunday Service
What was Paul preaching to the Bereans? That Jesus was crucified, that He was raised again. Here's the good news of salvation from sin. Now they eagerly took that in. For us, this is certainly not the first time we've heard the gospel. It's something that we hear every Sunday, twice a Sunday, a
Who were these devout or God-fearing Greeks? They were Gentiles who had come through the Old Testament Scriptures to believe the promises of Jehovah and were with the Jews waiting. the coming of the Christ. Now, you understand, it was possible for a Gentile to be absorbed into the Jewish commun
After all, the Bereans receive special mention in the Bible as being those who searched the Scriptures daily. Maybe that would be a nice church name. As a tactic to buy myself some thinking time, I asked the students what they thought about the matter. As is typical, most were reluctant to venture a