WATCHFULNESS 3 - What does the Bible say?

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Devotional Thoughts about Acts 17:1.14

This passage, a page out of Paul’s missionary travelogue, spotlights a sharp contrast between two responses to a new message.

When most of the Jews in Thessalonica heard Paul argue from the Old Testament that someone named Jesus was the Christ whom God had promised to send, envy colored their reaction, and they rejected his words out of hand. They incited a riot to make things hot for the newcomers and get rid of them.

The Jews in the synagogue in Berea had probably never heard of Jesus, either, but they responded differently. After listening to Paul, they went to the trouble of studying the pertinent Old Testament passa­ges to see if what he said was actually true. Being convinced that it was, many of them believed on Jesus as did many non-Jews.

Some local churches even now have incorporated "Berea" into their church name to express their commitment to following the Bereans’ example of careful Bible study as the foundation for their belief and practice.

Lord, please help me cultivate the habit of digging into Your Word regularly and by it measuring everything I think, hear, see, read, say and do.

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