Jesus Appears to Saul on the Road to Damascus - Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He went
In the context of Acts 22, Paul recounts his conversion experience on the road to Damascus. The urgency reflects the importance of responding to God's call without delay. This mirrors the urgency seen in other biblical calls to action, such as Jesus' call to His disciples (Matthew 4:19-...
The historical context of Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9) is a powerful backdrop, illustrating how Christ's intervention in his life was both transformative and purposeful, setting a pattern for all believers to seek and fulfill their divine calling. Brothers, I do not ...
it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven” (KJV). Likewise,1 Corinthians 1:10-11says, “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you ...
4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, 5 as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were...
In addition toLancashire, the tuneEllacombefits the hymn nicely. As well as being a hymn writer, John of Damascus was a prominent theologian, and late in life he became the bishop of the church in Jerusalem. Neale described him as, “The last but one of the Fathers of the Eastern Chur...
Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. When I first reread this passage in Amos, a few things struck me. First of all the Lord is bringing judgment on Israel for carrying on religious ceremony without true dedication ...
the Covenant (Walton,Acts 1-9:42, 466). The result of rejecting Moses was the Babylonian exile. Stephen changes the wording of Amos from exile “beyond Damascus” to Babylon to make Amos’s prophecy to the northern kingdom of Israel apply to Jerusalem (which went into exile in Babylon)....
We know about the conversion of the church’s fiercest and most-feared persecutor – Saul. When Saul could no longer work for the Lord in Damascus because of the opposition of the Jews, he came back to Jerusalem hoping to be received by the apostles and the church (Acts 9). But the ...
“I see the good in all denominations and hope that all will be…not wasting strength and vitality on spasmodic emotions, not relying on creed and dogma, but on faithful obedience to the voice of God in the soul.” This ecumenical spirit finds its expression in the fifth stanza of the pr...