Acts 14
Thursday, February 04th, 2010 | Author: Chris

What hit you in chapter 14 today?

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    john pop 
    Thursday, 4. February 2010

    Verse 22 – “we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God”. The disciples understood this truth, but why is it that whenever we encounter tribulation we run to God and want to get out of it immediately.
    When tribulation comes we must stand our ground, be bold and wait for our deliverance from above just like Paul and Barnabas, that is the character of a disciple of Jesus.

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    Alex Woods 
    Thursday, 4. February 2010

    Acts 14:16-17 really stood out to me. God’s invisible qualities (as mentioned in Romans and here) are visible to the whole world as something to be thankful for. The apostles are teaching them who to thank and what that God truly is. Why? Because we need more than philosophy and good feelings and thankfulness to have true life. It’s easy to just live and let live, but there is something unknown to the world that we must proclaim, that is beyond God’s invisible qualities… a visible Christ and light to the world.

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    Tudor 
    Thursday, 4. February 2010

    The perseverance of the apostles in this chapter is mind blowing. Paul was stoned so bad that they thought he is dead and took him out of the city. Nonetheless, as soon as he wakes up, he goes back into the city caring about the ppl from there. WOW !! Not to mention they returned back to Iconia , another city where they were threatened to be stoned, but they had to go to make sure the work of God was completed no matter what! He appointed elders for the church and by “prayer and fasting” committed them to the Lord. Prayer and fasting comes again. This chapter is really over my head how committed the apostles were to be disciples in Christ. It wasn’t enough they spread the word; they had to go back to make sure they would understand the message and start a church. WoW !

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    Gabe 
    Thursday, 4. February 2010

    I’m with you Tudor. It blows my mind as well. That kind of perserverance really inspires others to hear more what they have to say.

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    Dave Pop 
    Thursday, 4. February 2010

    In every city that Paul and Barnabas went they faced opposition. Take for example Iconium, where even in the midst of a great number of Jews and Greeks becoming believers, we see that there were other Jews who were going around “stirring up” and “poisoning the minds” of the Gentiles so that they would turn against Paul, Barnabas and other believers.

    This event reminds me that we should not be suprised to find that as we try to make disciples the enemy will be trying to “stir up” and “poison the minds” of those we are trying to reach.

    But like Paul and Barnabas do not give up. Hunker down and speak boldly. The message of grace is much more powerful.

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    ken skinner 
    Thursday, 4. February 2010

    Acts 14:23 Another fasting reference.

    As for the stoning of Paul, I wonder if he was dead and brought back to life. They way its described suggests some sort of miraculous healing.

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    Cecile Schooley 
    Friday, 5. February 2010

    Amen Tudor! Paul was amazing and I like what it says in v.20 after the disciples had gathered around him. We need to encourage each other to do what God has called each one of us to do.

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    Keith Schooley 
    Monday, 8. February 2010

    Watch how Paul deals with different people from different backgrounds. To the Jews, he preaches from the Old Testament; but to Gentiles who don’t know anything about the Old Testament, he tries to find common ground – God the creator and provider of everything.

    Of course Paul’s tenacity is amazing. He keeps going back to the synagogue, even though he always provokes opposition from the Jews by doing so; he returns back through the cities that had driven them out, in order to solidify the churches that had been planted.

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    Tina 
    Monday, 8. February 2010

    Well out Tudor!!! Paul was a pretty stand up guy. I like the fact that he did not take credit for his work. He gave all praise to God. Very noble of him to do so.

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    Tina 
    Monday, 8. February 2010

    Oops! I meant well PUT Tudor! :)

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