”Receiving the Word with Eagerness” | Acts 17:1-15

This Sunday, we studied Acts 17:1-15. In this section, Luke makes a clear distinction between the Jews in Thessalonica who heard Paul reasoning from the Scriptures and the Jews from Berea. He writes, “Now these Jews (the Bereans) were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were true.” 

Our message this week is called “Receiving the Word with Eagerness.” Do you receive God’s Word with eagerness? There is probably no greater indication of a person’s deep love for Christ than their delight in the Word of God. People who fall in love with Jesus recognize that the subject of all Scripture is the Lord Jesus Christ. To know Christ and to grow in Christ requires continually feeding on the riches of God’s Word. Like a lover who pours over every word that their loved one writes to them in a note or a letter, the true believer pours over the Word of God to learn more of the beauty, the wisdom, and the splendor of Jesus Christ. The late Dr. John MacArthur once wrote, “Genuine spirituality, genuine godliness, is always marked by a love for and a delight in God's truth.” The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119 which is completely about the psalmist delight in God’s Word.

Come each Sunday as we look at how to fuel our love for Christ through a zeal for His Word. If you are struggling to be in the Word of God consistently or if you haven’t understood your need for a deepening passion for a knowledge of the Bible, pray for God to open up your heart and put a fire in you to know God better! Let’s pray that for all of us.  Pray for one another.

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