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!
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Message to the Churches, Part 1 - Part 3 - Devo for 01/07/2009
Revelation 2:1-29
Questions
1. What commendations did Christ have for the church at Ephesus? For what sin did He rebuke them?
(Verses to consider: Acts 18:19-21; 19:1-35; 20:17-38)
2. What situation did the church at Smyrna face? What did God promise them? How do these facts square with the expectations of most Western Christians?
(Verses to consider: Acts 14:22; 2 Timothy 3:12; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 5:10)
3. What was the great sin of the church of Pergamos?
4 comments:
1. They were patient and right and learned to distinguish b/w good and evil.But, they have left their first love.
2. They were undergoing tribulation and poverty.He told them that if they remain faithful he will give them the crown of life.This really shows that the Christian life is not as easy as people think it is.
3. They allowed people from oder religions to come in, and they allow those that had the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes.
1.in the past they had stayed strong for God and stayed with him through the hard times but now they have sort of forgotten their first true love.
2.some were put in prision and persecuted for 10 days.God said he would give them the crown of life.
i dont get the last part of the question.
3.they toguht false teaching, ate animals that were suppost to be sacrificed and committed sexual immorality.
QUESTION: if the third church did ll those terrible things then like when did they stick with God? i dont get how someone can like be on God's side, then turn around and teach about other gods to other people.
1. That Jesus knows everything about them, their lies.
2. tribulation, and poverty to be faithful unto death it shows that Christian don't have it easy.
3. they did not repent.
1. What commendations did Christ have for the church at Ephesus? For what sin did He rebuke them?
They were very well manered and patient with others, but they left their true doctirine(love).
2. What situation did the church at Smyrna face? What did God promise them? How do these facts square with the expectations of most Western Christians?
They were going threw rough times, the Christian Life is hard.
3. What was the great sin of the church of Pergamos?
they mixed pagan tradition with the original christian doctorine
THUS COME THE VIRGINE MARY FROM THE MOTHER GODESS.
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