Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
The Apostle addresses here a group of pagans. These are people used to worshipping idols and intent on giving that worship, through sacrifices, to Paul and Barnabas.
First, they plead for them to stop
They claimed they came to preach that they should turn from these vanities.
Second, they answered an anticipated objection
They had worshipped these “vanities” for generations and had never been the worse for it. The answer to the objection was that God had suffered them to walk in their own ways
Third, they told them any good they had experienced had been from God and not their vanities
- It was God who did them good.
- It was God who gave them rain.
- It was God who gave them fruitful seasons. And
- It was God who filled their hearts with food and gladness.
God did all of this for a witness. Consider it and you will see, anything good that has happened in your life has been because God has been merciful to you and not because good things and gladness come from vain idols, wickedness or worldliness.
Turn from them to God.
(Access more of my blogs by visiting the resource link on our church website at bbcpuyallup.org or my personal websites at marvinmckenzie.org.)
To my readers:
First of all, thank you! It is a great joy to me to know you read the thoughts and lessons God has given me in His word. Secondly, I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to leave comments.
Donate to Bible Baptist Church every time you make an Amazon purchase through this link, https://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1265824
For this and more than 5100 earlier Daily Visits with God visit https://mckenzie-visit-with-god.blogspot.com. There you will find daily visits going back to 2005.
If you have been blessed by this blog, please subscribe to my feed and share it with others.
For more resources from Pastor Marvin McKenzie visit http://puyallupbaptistchurch.com.
My books are available at:
https://marvinmckenzie.org
Acts 14:17 (KJV) God Did All This
photos from pexels.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment