SOME BELIEVED AND SOME BELIEVED NOT
The Book of Acts ends with these two verses, Acts 28:30-31:
"And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no man forbidding him."
Paul never stopped preaching and teaching the Kingdom of God. He also was said to have written a large part of the New Testament while in prison in Rome (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon and possibly Hebrews). The Bible is not clear about what happened after the two years. It is said that Paul was released and went right on preaching and teaching until he was arrested again and possibly beheaded in AD 67.
No matter what the opposition, Paul stayed true to his mission, stayed true to Jesus. He preached the truth no matter how many believed it. Paul was a mighty man of God. Many refused to believe, turned their backs on the truth, on Jesus. Many were the Jewish leaders of the day. We know that Jesus was born into the Jewish Nation and they rejected Him, which opened up salvation unto the Gentiles, that they may hear it. That we may hear it. The same fate awaits us today as it does the Jews of old who rejected Jesus. Rejecting Jesus means death no matter who you are. The last few verses of Acts say Paul has many into his quarters all day teaching and preaching the Kingdom of God, and some believed and some believed not. The same holds true today i believe. We teach and preach and never give up whether it is to one or many, and some will believe and some will believe not. And still today those who do not believe as Isaiah the Prophet foresaw, shall hear and not understand, see and not perceive, for their heart is waxed gross. Yet for us who love Jesus, with our dying breath unto our dying day we will go and teach and preach the Kingdom of God. Amen.
"And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves." Acts 28:23-29
"And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no man forbidding him."
Paul never stopped preaching and teaching the Kingdom of God. He also was said to have written a large part of the New Testament while in prison in Rome (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon and possibly Hebrews). The Bible is not clear about what happened after the two years. It is said that Paul was released and went right on preaching and teaching until he was arrested again and possibly beheaded in AD 67.
No matter what the opposition, Paul stayed true to his mission, stayed true to Jesus. He preached the truth no matter how many believed it. Paul was a mighty man of God. Many refused to believe, turned their backs on the truth, on Jesus. Many were the Jewish leaders of the day. We know that Jesus was born into the Jewish Nation and they rejected Him, which opened up salvation unto the Gentiles, that they may hear it. That we may hear it. The same fate awaits us today as it does the Jews of old who rejected Jesus. Rejecting Jesus means death no matter who you are. The last few verses of Acts say Paul has many into his quarters all day teaching and preaching the Kingdom of God, and some believed and some believed not. The same holds true today i believe. We teach and preach and never give up whether it is to one or many, and some will believe and some will believe not. And still today those who do not believe as Isaiah the Prophet foresaw, shall hear and not understand, see and not perceive, for their heart is waxed gross. Yet for us who love Jesus, with our dying breath unto our dying day we will go and teach and preach the Kingdom of God. Amen.
"And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves." Acts 28:23-29
JESUS IS LORD OF ALL
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Thanks for the encouragement. We will go no matter what the apparent outcome. We will put our faith in God. We had a great week on the streets the week before, and this last week was hard!
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