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Day 7: Acts 3:6       "what I have I give you“     "The words 'Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk' give us valuable lessons about evangelism.     The first lesson is that we should first pay attention to the desperate souls God brings into our lives.   For Peter and John, the person they needed to focus on was the man who was lame from birth.   The second lesson is that we must be clear about what we do not possess.   In other words, there is no need to pretend to have silver and gold if we don't.   It would be unwise to give false hope and ultimately lead to greater disappointment.   The final lesson is that we must know and give what we do have.   For Peter and for us, it is the name of Jesus Christ.   We should proclaim the gospel in the name of salvation, a name of honor and glory, a name of power. In doing so, the h...

The glory that will be revealed to us             [Romans 8:18-25]       Chapter 17 of the Westminster Confession of Faith, “On the Perseverance of the Saints,” says: “They whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace; but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.”   This doctrine is that those whom God has chosen by His eternal providence and regenerated by the Holy Spirit will never lose their status as God's children because they are protected by God's grace.   This means that such people will not lose their qualifications for adoption, their status as righteous will not be taken away, and their souls will not be destroyed (Jn. 10:27-29; Rom. 8:35-39; Phil 1:6).   John 10:28, one of the New Testament sources for this, says: “and I give eternal life to them, and they w...

Present sufferings and future glory             [Romans 8:18]                        Look at Romans 8:18 – “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”   I would like to think about two things based on this verse: (1) “the sufferings of this present time” and (2) “the glory that is to be revealed”.               First, let us think about “the sufferings of this present time”.                   The Apostle Paul speaks of “the sufferings of this present time” in Romans 8:18, and “this present” here refers to this world.   Therefore, “the suffering of this present time” refer to the sufferings of this world.   There are many suf...