by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 21, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Holiness
Any man-centered thinking brought to the biblical text blows a fuse at Acts 5. Why did God treat the lying of Ananias and Sapphira as such a threat? What’s really at stake here? Would anyone else even know? It’s hard to say. Would anyone be hurt be this...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 14, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Giving, Grace
How did Luke know that great grace was being poured out in Acts 4:33, since grace does not visibly fall from heaven like rain? Grace was evident because all needs in the body were being met. Those less fortunate were not being ignored because any who owned land or...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 7, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Boldness
What led these Christians in Acts 4 to press on through hostility and not take a step backwards and cool it? The content of their prayer provides the answer. They had a proper biblical expectation in that if the world took a raging disposition against the Messiah,...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 24, 2017 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Faith, Peace, Repentance, Salvation
So, Christ’s first coming brought peace to the soul, but his second coming will also bring peace to the earth. No matter what then, our hope must always remain fixed on the Prince of Peace, lest we try to obtain peace superficially by thinking that peace is tied to...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 17, 2017 | Adversity, Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Gospel
In Acts 4, Luke makes it very clear that the gospel advances through the midst of adversity, instead of through the removal of adversity. So in the end, it doesn’t matter who rejects Jesus Christ or treats him with contempt; it doesn’t matter what the world says...
