Acts: The Spread of the Gospel

This study is taken from John MacArthur's "Acts: The Spread of the Gospel." My prayer and goal for this devo is that we will learn more about how the early church laid the foundation for what we possess today, and that we would allow God to use us to turn our world upside for Him!

This will be an exciting journey, so encourage others to join you! I'm looking forward to the interaction we will have on this blog as we study the book of Acts!

The devos will differ in format from day to day, but two things are constant: 1) a daily reading, and 2) additional Scripture passages that are in bold. Be sure to read any and all of the readings/bold verses that appear so that you can see the full picture of what is taught that day.

Remember, you can access any of the previous devos that have been posted from the "Blog Archive" section on the left side of this page.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Chapter One - Seeing the Invisible - Devo for 10/21/08

READING
Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27

QUESTIONS
1. In both the Old and New Testaments, Scriptures tells us over and over how to love God. Why do you think we are told to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind? (Why didn't God just say, "love me a lot"?)

In this Bible Study, the author is going to help us understand how loving God with our soul and mind is so important. When we love with our heart, it is based more on how we feel at the moment. But when we love with our soul and mind, we are loving with knowledge...with eyes that "see" Who God is and what He is like. God never intended for Christians to be "dumb" followers who don't know how to think. In fact, in the last 100 years, Christians have settled for mental laziness like never before in history. And because of our ignorance, we are losing battles (seen and unseen) all the time. Get ready to be mentally stretched and challenged! God has great things for those who love Him with all their heart, soul, and mind!

2. Look up and write the definition for illumination. If you need a website to find it, try webster.com.

Tomorrow we will look at the following formula: Reflection - Illumination = Despair
(Or in other words, life without illuminated knowledge and love of God)
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

1.because when you say love me alot it might not be all we can give. so when you say love god with all our heart, soul, and mind we can truelly say we love god wit everything?
2.illumination- spiritual or intellectual enlightenment

October 21, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Anonymous said...

1. Because he wanted to show us examples of people that loved God with all their heart, soul, and mind.
2. illumination means- spiritual or intellectual enlightenment

October 21, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Anonymous said...

1. because God has a way of doing things and he wanted us to know that "I love you with all my heart soul and mind that is the way you need to love me."
2. spiritual or intellectual enlightenment

October 22, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Anonymous said...

questions:

1.because we need to give God all of us, not just 25%, we need to love Him 100% so he can do great things with us.

2.illmination- spiritual or intellectual enlightment.

October 23, 2008 at 4:59 PM

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