Christian Devotional – December 29, 2024

Take Action, Day 17

Prove it. Read Acts chapter 17.

As Paul was making this missionary journey, he encountered so many different types of people. Some people refused to believe the message of Jesus and became angry. Some people were simply uninterested in anything religious. Other people were excited to hear the message.

The people in the city of Berea were very interesting to me. They heard the message that Paul spoke and then they went back and they did their own study. They did their own research to understand and prove that what he was saying was true. Do we take the words of others for granted and accept them as truth or do we study ourselves to confirm the truth of the gospel in scriptures?

We hear messages often, and people will tell us, God says this and God means that. Do we go back and confirm it? We should be like the Bereans who go in and study everything to ensure that they are following exactly what God’s word has put before us. We don’t want to be led astray by people who are saying something that sounds good, but that doesn’t line up with scripture. Our job is to test everything against the scripture of Jesus Christ. Does that describe us?

Video devotional here: https://youtu.be/0GHcLHzNI0c