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Title: Antioch - THE VISITING PREACHER Post by: Brother Love on June 28, 2004, 04:36:53 AM Antioch
THE VISITING PREACHER Paul and Barnabas had seated themselves in the large synagogue in Pisidian Antioch. They were soon recognized as "clergymen," however, for "after the reading of the law and the prophets" they were asked whether either of them might have some word of "exhortation" for those who had gathered. These details are important, for as Moses, in giving the Law, had declared God’s moral standards, the prophets had for centuries challenged the people to obey the Law and had warned them of the dire consequences of breaking its commands. Hence, in the synagogues passages were generally read from the Law and the pro-phets, and the religious leaders would then "exhort" the people to heed the prophets and obey the Law. Paul and Barnabas, the visiting preachers, there-fore, were asked whether either of them had a "word of exhortation for the people." Paul responded to the invitation but, rather than merely exhorting his hearers to keep the Law, he pro-claimed Christ, who in love had died for all law-breakers, closing with these words: "Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses" (Acts 13:38,39). How we need this message today! We may forever exhort one another to keep the Law, but who of us has not already broken it? Let us thank God, then, that He is a loving Savior as well as a just Judge and that as God the Son He paid for our sins Himself at Calvary so that we might be "justified freely by His grace." "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us" (Gal. 3:13). "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31). By C.R. Stam <:)))>< Title: Re:Antioch - THE VISITING PREACHER Post by: Heidi on June 29, 2004, 10:18:03 AM Good post, Brother love. In James it says that if we break the law even once, we are guilty of breaking all of it. But thanks be to God for forgiving us!
Title: Antioch - THE VISITING PREACHER Post by: Brother Love on July 13, 2004, 06:16:13 AM Good post, Brother love. In James it says that if we break the law even once, we are guilty of breaking all of it. But thanks be to God for forgiving us! Amen Sister, Amen :) Brother Love :) <:)))>< Title: Re:Antioch - THE VISITING PREACHER Post by: ravenloche on July 24, 2004, 02:59:15 PM Posted by: Brother Love Posted on: July 13, 2004, 05:16:13 AM
Quote from: Heidi on June 29, 2004, 09:18:03 AM Good post, Brother love. In James it says that if we break the law even once, we are guilty of breaking all of it. But thanks be to God for forgiving us! Amen Sister, Amen Brother Love thank the l-rd for rom 8:1 there is therefore NO CONDEMNATION to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. ravenloche Title: Antioch - THE VISITING PREACHER Post by: Brother Love on July 26, 2004, 03:42:02 AM Posted by: Brother Love Posted on: July 13, 2004, 05:16:13 AM Quote from: Heidi on June 29, 2004, 09:18:03 AM Good post, Brother love. In James it says that if we break the law even once, we are guilty of breaking all of it. But thanks be to God for forgiving us! Amen Sister, Amen Brother Love thank the l-rd for rom 8:1 there is therefore NO CONDEMNATION to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. ravenloche YES!!!! Thank the Lord. <:)))>< |