Paul Leads the Church in Corinth
In Acts 18 we follow Paul to the city of Corinth. In verses 1 through 4 Paul meets up with a Jewish couple who had come from Rome. There names were Aquila and Priscilla. Paul lived and worked with the couple for a time and used the weekends to preach to the city of Corinth.
Soon Paul’s friends Silas and Timothy joined him at Corinth, apparently to help support Paul financially, because it is then that he devoted every day to preaching the Gospel of Christ. Then the familiar behavior of the Jews began pressing in on Paul. (more…)
The last half of Matthew 21 contain two of Jesus’ parables that tell us that belief in Him is the way to Salvation. The second parable especially makes it clear that salvation is dependent upon Jesus and goes over prophecies of the rejection of Jesus by the Jewish nation. (more…)
In Matthew 14 we can read about the beheading of John the Baptist, Jesus Feeding over 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish, and Jesus walking on water. We will focus in on chapter 15 when the Pharisees accuse Jesus of breaking Jewish law. (more…)
Almost all of Matthew chapter 11 directly tells us of the importance of trusting in the Gospel of Jesus for salvation, or indirectly by declaring that he is the Messiah. First we’re told that John the Baptist is in prison and he sent some of his disciples to ask Jesus,
Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?
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Matthew chapter 3 begins with a description of John the Baptist’s ministry, preaching in the Desert of Judea. He was preaching of repentance and people would confess their sin and be baptized. Some of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to check out this strange man in the desert and they did not like what they heard. (more…)