DCLM Higher Everyday 8 June 2024 — The Berean Believers
Topic: The Berean Believers
Text: Acts 17:10-12
10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Key Verse: “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” (Acts 17:11).
Message
The Berean Christians were known for their passion for God’s Word which brought them some commendation. It was Thomas Jefferson who declared that, “I have always said, and always will say, that the studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands.” The Berean Jews were most famous for receiving the gospel with eagerness and the way they diligently cross-examined Paul’s message about Jesus with the Scriptures.
As Christian youths, citizens of heaven, we are expected to be like the Berean Christians. They ensured they cross-checked the word of God, daily. We should daily search the Scriptures and compare scriptures with scriptures so that we will not be tossed to and fro by false prophets (Ephesians 4:14).Youths are to search the Scriptures after every church programme, Bible Study and any youth programme they attend and search the Bible to confirm whether those things they heard from the preachers are so. We are expected to always receive the word with readiness of mind and be doers of it and not hearers only.
Quote: They cross-checked the word
Challenge: Search the Scriptures daily
Prayer for today: Oh Lord, through your word, reveal your mind to me.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
