Tag: Matthew

  • Unworthy of Eternal Life

    Acts unworthy of God–seeking men יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 49:6  וַיֹּאמֶר נָקֵל מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ לִי עֶבֶד לְהָקִים אֶת־שִׁבְטֵי יַעֲקֹב ונצירי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהָשִׁיב וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם לִֽהְיוֹת יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ ס Acts 13: in Pisidian Antioch This scene unfolds on a second Sabbath when Saul of Tarsus and Joseph of Cypress have been invited back to share their GOOD NEWS of Israel’s Messiah at the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch. On the the previous Sabbath: When the congregation was…

    ruins of Pisidian Antioch where Saul and Barnabas told some Jews that they are unworthy of eternal life for rejecting the Messiah Jesus
  • Who has believed our message?

    יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 53 ::  מִי הֶאֱמִין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ וּזְרוֹעַ יְהוָה עַל־מִי נִגְלָֽתָה׃ and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Paul and Barnabas SENT with the Gospel Now in the church that was at Antioch [Syria].. .. the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” ACTS of the…

    Acts of the Apostles Paul and Barnabas sent by the Holy Spirit on a mission to the gentiles
  • An Apostolic Model: Ministering to a Growing Church

    How did Twelve Apostles minister to multitudes of disciples of a growing Church? Who would lead change after hearing their murmurings, (And THAT, knowing that some came to Christ from one TRADITION, while others came to the Lord from diverse ethnic standards of community, family and worship of God.) How can WE help relieve so…

    Acts 6 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, maps of empires impacting the Jews