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Paul Speaks to the Elders
In today's passage we have an important event in Acts: the only recorded speech that Paul gives to other believers. I think that one of the things that makes it most interesting is that it is very clear that Luke is incredibly accurate in recording the speech. How do we know that? Compare this speech others in Acts, then compare it to Paul's letters. This section of Acts just sounds so incredibly...Paul-ish. He has a very particular way of writing (and speaking evidently), using common phrases and ideas, and a lot the things that we read in the Pastoral Epistles (1 & 2 Timothy and Titus) we see here in this speech as well.
One simple reflection on what Paul says to them here: Paul is very concerned with false teachers. As a matter of fact, in reading the NT (as we move on soon to the letters) this is something you see over and over and over again - beware of false teachers! I find it interesting that in the midst of sometimes very severe persecution the main concern is to watch out for false teachers. Paul warns them: Be alert!
Which brings us to today. With YouTube and so many other ways to spread messages cheaply, easily, and worldwide, there are so, so, so many false teachers. We need now more than ever to be alert and to always be checking what people preach against the Bible (like the Bereans did - Acts 17:11). There are now and there will always be false teachers that say what people want to hear. BEWARE!!!! If you ever have any questions about anything that you've heard, please ask me if you're confused or concerned. We need to take Paul's warning just as seriously as the Ephesian elders did. Pray that God will reveal TRUTH to us and that it will change us.
Paul Speaks to the Elders
In today's passage we have an important event in Acts: the only recorded speech that Paul gives to other believers. I think that one of the things that makes it most interesting is that it is very clear that Luke is incredibly accurate in recording the speech. How do we know that? Compare this speech others in Acts, then compare it to Paul's letters. This section of Acts just sounds so incredibly...Paul-ish. He has a very particular way of writing (and speaking evidently), using common phrases and ideas, and a lot the things that we read in the Pastoral Epistles (1 & 2 Timothy and Titus) we see here in this speech as well.
One simple reflection on what Paul says to them here: Paul is very concerned with false teachers. As a matter of fact, in reading the NT (as we move on soon to the letters) this is something you see over and over and over again - beware of false teachers! I find it interesting that in the midst of sometimes very severe persecution the main concern is to watch out for false teachers. Paul warns them: Be alert!
Which brings us to today. With YouTube and so many other ways to spread messages cheaply, easily, and worldwide, there are so, so, so many false teachers. We need now more than ever to be alert and to always be checking what people preach against the Bible (like the Bereans did - Acts 17:11). There are now and there will always be false teachers that say what people want to hear. BEWARE!!!! If you ever have any questions about anything that you've heard, please ask me if you're confused or concerned. We need to take Paul's warning just as seriously as the Ephesian elders did. Pray that God will reveal TRUTH to us and that it will change us.
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