TBC Notes

What’s in a Title?

How about "The Berean Call"?

In our case it declares what our ministry has been called to do, that being: do as the Jews in the synagogue of the Greek city of Berea did (Acts:17:10-12 [10] And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. [11] These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. [12] Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
See All...). What was that? They received the Word of God as it was preached to them by the Apostle Paul. Furthermore, we're told that what the Apostle had to say captured their attention: "...they received the word with all readiness of mind." Additionally, those "noble" Jews were commended for their healthy skepticism: they "searched the scriptures daily, [to discern] whether those things were so." What was the outcome? "Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few."

 Lord, we pray the Holy Spirit will draw your church back to be like the Bereans, especially at a time when apostasy more and more abounds: "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables" (2 Timothy:4:3-4 [3] For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; [4] And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
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T. A. McMahon

Executive Director