We are taught that we must become upright people who, in God’s sight, are blameless and fully keep His commandments. “In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly” [(Modern Translation: “When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah of the division of Abijah, and his wife Elizabeth also came from the family of Aaron. They were righteous before God and faithfully kept all the Lord’s commandments and regulations without fault”)] (Luke 1:5–6). While meditating on this passage, I would like to draw out the lessons given to us: (1) The author of Luke’s Gospel, Luke, first wrote to Theophilus about John the Baptist’s parents. The father’s name was “Zechariah” (meaning, “The LORD remembers...
Saul vs. Philip [Acts 8:1-8] In Pastor Aidan Tozer's "Tozer speaks to students,” Chapter 1, titled "Spiritual Power," the following words are written: ‘A life lived in companionship with God can only clash with the world, because the ways of God and the ways of the world cannot walk together. They intersect and cut across each other. In this process, friction, hostility, conflict, and even persecution can arise. However, the blessed Holy Spirit vehemently opposes the comfortable ways of the world. We are living in a corrupt age. In my view, Christianity today is comfortably coexisting with the easy ways of the world without friction. The Holy Spirit says to the Christianity that is deeply asleep, Awaken now!. How can we, as deeply asleep Christians, awaken spiritually? We must live a life filled with the Holy Spirit and walk in a manner worthy of the Spirit's will. The Holy Spirit is a hol...