FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022
TEXT: Acts
13:13-25
13.
Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and came to Perga, a city in
Pamphylia, where John Mark left them and went back Jerusalem.
14.
They went on from Perga and arrived in Antioch in Pisidia, and on the Sabbath
they went into the Synagogue and sat down.
15.
After reading from the Law of Moses and from the writings of the prophets, the
officials of the synagogue sent them a message: “Friends, we want you to speak
to the people if you have a message of encouragement for them.”
16. Paul
stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Fellow Israelites and
all Gentiles here who worship God: hear me!
17. The
God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people a great
nation during the time they lived as foreigners inn Egypt. God brought them out
of Egypt by his great power,
18. and
for forty years he endured them in the desert.
19. He
destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and made his people the owners of
the land.
20. All
of this took about 450 years. ”After this he gave them judges until the time of
the prophet Samuel.”
21. And
when they asked for a king, God gave them Saul son of Kish from the tribe of
Benjamin, to be their king for forty years.
22.
After removing him, God made David their king. This is what God said about him:
‘I have found that David son of Jesse is the kind of man I like, a man who will
do all I want him to do.’
23. It
was Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Savior of the people of Israel,
as he had promised.
24.
Before Jesus began his work, John preached to all the people of Israel that
they should turn from their sins and be baptized.
25. And
as John was about to finish his mission, he said to the people, ‘Who do you
think I am? I am not the one you are waiting for. But listen! He is coming
after me, and I am not good enough to take his sandals off his feet.’
(Good
News Translation Holy Bible)
TOPIC: TESTIMONY
ABOUT THE SAVIOR
Paul, speaking under the
power of the Holy Spirit, made the people in Antioch know how God had been taking
care of the Israelites and further narrowed the testimony to what Jesus did. He
also talked about the message of John who testified that he was not the
Messiah.
John’s confession further clarified
and confirmed the incomparable greatness of Jesus Christ. John had said that he
was nor worthy to be His slave to untie the sandals o His feet.
Through the power of the
Holy Spirit, Paul, Barnabas, John and others testified about Jesus, the savior
of the world. The closer you are to Jesus, the more you’ll be able to testify
about Him as the savior of the world.
QUESTION:
What do you have to say about the Savior of the world?
PRAYER: Help
me Lord to be closer to You on a daily basis and to let people know that You are
the savior of the world.
Remain
Blessed
ECWA Food For The Day, 2022.
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