How did the Apostles know when the hearers of the gospel were ready to be baptized? When is a person a true candidate for scriptural baptism into Christ?
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It is easier to rejoice when everything is going well. There are few Christians who will “sing in the pain”, but we’re going to remember two who did (Acts 16).
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If any man had reasons to be a success it was King Saul; he had many apparent advantages, and yet his life was an utter failure (1 Sam 28, 31). How do we explain this? Saul failed because he lived on substitutes; there are five substitutes that ruined his life.
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Paul endured and suffered through a variety of perils in order to fulfill his commission as an apostle of Jesus Christ. Yet Paul’s command to the Thessalonian church applied equally to himself, “In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus.”
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In Romans 4, Paul said Abraham was justified by faith; in James 2, James said Abraham was justified by works - is there a contradiction? Since God is not the Author of confusion (1 Cor 14:33), our aim will be to reconcile James with Paul.
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The word “influence” has to do with the power of persons or things to affect (shape or change) others. This lesson is about the power of imitating a good influence, and how greatly it affects our spiritual condition.
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Philip, after taking the gospel to the Samaritans, was sent to preach to an Ethiopian nobleman. What we learn from this event will clear up some common misconceptions regarding salvation.
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In Acts chapter eight we have a record of the first preaching of the gospel to those who were not fully Jews. Samaritans were a mixed race and held in utter contempt by most Jews (cf. Jn 4:9). The conversion of the Samaritans to Jesus Christ will teach us several great lessons.
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Sporadic attendance to church assemblies is a common problem among many Christians. We can take at least two approaches to the problem. We can either remind those who are negligent of God’s warnings regarding forsaking the assembly, or we can show them the benifits they miss by not being present. What did Thomas miss when Jesus appeared to the disciples after His resurrection? We don’t know the reasons, but we do know Thomas missed some valuable things.
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The apostle Thomas has been unfairly branded as a doubter of Jesus Christ. As we will see in this lesson, Thomas became a great man of faith in Christ, and a great apostle for the cause of Christ. Let’s look away from his moment of doubt to see what we can learn from Thomas when he was at his best.
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