Witness to Christ (Why We Need the Church, Part 4)
Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. Acts 6.7
The first Church
It is unlikely that believers, even really sincere and growing believers, practicing their faith as individuals only, could have had the kind of impact in the first century that we see in the Book of Acts.
Romans 14:7-13
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that […]
The Serpent, Satan
Foundations of a Worldview
Genesis 3.1
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORDGod had made.
Once More – for Emphasis
Ecclesiastes 7.19-24
19Wisdom strengthens the wise
More than ten rulers of the city.
20For there isnot a just man on earth who does good
And does not sin.
21Also do not take to heart everything people say,
Lest you hear your servant cursing you.
22For many times, also, your own heart has known
That even you have cursed others.
23All this I have proved by wisdom.
I said, “I will be wise”:
But it was far from me.
24As for that which is far off, and exceedingly deep,
Who can find it out?
