Acts 28 – Is Jesus our Saviour or our Judge?

I was interested by what the people of Malta said when they saw Paul bitten by a snake. They said ‘No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live’ [v4]. Perhaps Justice was the name of a god or it was used in the [...]

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Acts 27v27-44

During the storm which we read about yesterday and again today, I noticed that in the midst of this terrible time we see Paul’s faith in God. Despite all that is going on around him he is able to declare to all on board the ship ‘take heart, men, for I have faith in God [...]

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Acts 27v1-26 In dark times.

Do you ever wonder what God is doing with you? Sometimes life can be going along very smoothly and then something happens which turns your world upside down and you wonder why does God allow it to happen? Maybe you ask yourself ‘Why is God doing this to me?’ Perhaps after it has passed you [...]

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Acts 26 Paul before Agrippa

Here again we have a record of Paul’s testimony of how he was converted. It is encouraging to read it and remember the kind of person he was before he was converted and remember that we may have friends like him and so we shouldn’t give up hope for them. Paul tells us that he [...]

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Acts 25 Paul before Festus

In our passage today we are again reminded of the faithfulness of the word of God and the sovereignty of God. Where do we see that you might ask? Well, if you turn back to Acts 9 we read of Saul’s conversion. You remember how he was led into Damascus. Ananias was told to go [...]

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Acts 24 Paul before Felix.

Here in this passage we have Paul answering the accusation made against him by some of the Jews. He is defending himself before Felix the governor in Jerusalem. It is interesting to note what Paul says he actually believes in. He says he believes ‘everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets’ [...]

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Acts 23v16-35

I am reminded of the words of the Psalmist when he says ‘My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!’ [Psalm 31v14]. This is certainly true of the Apostle Paul in the passage before us. He has been rescued from the mob by the hand of the [...]

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Acts 23v1-15

I wonder how many of us could say the same as the apostle Paul – ‘I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day’ [v1]. Paul was aware that God is the all-knowing, all-seeing and ever-present God and wherever Paul was and whatever he was doing he did it to please [...]

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Acts 22

How good it is to read once more of God’s dealings with the man Saul of Tarsus. Here was a man who was persecuting the people of God, even to death. But God had a plan and purpose for Him, and brought him to faith in Christ. Take time just to read and re-read what [...]

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Acts 21v18-40 Giving God the Glory.

When Paul arrived in Jerusalem he went to speak to James and the other elders of the Jerusalem church. There ‘he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. And when they heard it, they glorified God’ [v19-20]. Paul made it clear to them it was God working through [...]

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