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important things you need to
know. First, you need to know exactly what has happened to you. Second,
you need to know God's provisions for your future growth and service to Him.
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The entire world today is seeking wisdom! Education is prevalent in every
city. Literally thousands of young and old alike are attending universities.
But how many of them really know the meaning of wisdom? Wisdom is seeing
things from God's point of view.
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The following testimony is that of a man by the name of Andre.
I WAS IN PRISON, AND YOU CAME TO ME (Matthew 25:36c)
"My testimony to my Christian Brothers and believers in Jesus Christ our
Savior. I want to thank the Lord for saving me from the life I was once
leading. First of all, I was living in darkness and I thought that I truly
loved the way I was.
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1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent,
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of
the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil.
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Today's Bible Study
From the very beginning, Paul was warned by the
From the very beginning, Paul was warned by the
Holy Spirit not to go to Jerusalem (see chapters 20:23;
21:4; 21:10,11). Luke had also asked him not to go (Luke
21:12). It was settled in Paul's mind, though, that even
if it meant death, he would make the journey to
Jerusalem.
The Jews in Jerusalem hated him; and, after he
had been there for just a short time, they recognized
him and began to yell at him, and a mob attacked him
like a pack of wild dogs. It is ironic that on the same
stairway to the Roman castle where Pilate had condemned
Jesus to death 28 years before, Paul was given the
opportunity to make a speech to the mob. This speech was
Paul's testimony of how Christ had appeared to him on
the road to Damascus and how he had been saved from
being the chief persecutor of the Christians to a
preacher of the Gospel.
Acts 20:21 records these words: "Testifying both
to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward
God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." This verse
explains so explicitly the two points of salvation. One
is repentance (Luke 13:5); the other is faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8,9). Without repentance,
Jesus says we should all likewise perish, and without
faith it is impossible to please God.
Chapter 21 records Paul's return to Jerusalem.
One purpose for the journey was to deliver the offerings
which he had gathered from Gentile churches in Greece
and Asia Minor for the poor saints in Jerusalem. It was
a great offering, for Paul had spent over a year in
gathering it. Again, we see the spirit of brotherly
kindness as the offering is given from the Gentile
churches to the church at Jerusalem.
Madam Guyon
