Teacher, Teacher!



1. What Famous rabbi was Paul's teacher? (Acts 22:3)


2. Who commissioned Ezra to teach the Law to Israel? (Ezra 7:25)


3. According to Jesus, Who would teach his disciples all they needed to know? (John 14:26)


4. What two men were to instruct the people involved in the construction of the tabernacle? (Exodus 35:30-35)


5. What King of Judah sent his princes throughout the land to teach the law to the people? (2 Chronicles 17:7-9)


6. What learned Greek taught in the synagogue at Ephesus, but was himself instructed by Aquila and Priscilla? (Acts 18:24-26)


7. What king sent an exiled priest back to Samaria to teach the Gentiles there how to follow God? (2 Kings 17:28)


8. What Apostle taught and disputed in the lecture hall of a man named Tyrannus? (Acts 19:9)


9. Who was supposed to teach the Israelites how to deal with lepers? (Deuteronomy 24:8)


10. What New Testament word means "teacher"? (John 1:38)





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1. What Famous rabbi was Paul's teacher? (Acts 22:3)


Gama'liel. (recompense of God).


A celebrated Pharisee in the generation after Christ, a doctor of the law, and member of the Sanhedrin.
He possessed great influence among the Jews,
and is said by some to have presided over the Sanhedrin during the reigns of Tiberius, Cains, and Claudius.

The Talmundists say
that he was the son of Rabbi Simeon, and grandson of Hillel, the celebrated teacher of the law,
and that upon his death the glory of the law departed.

His noble intervention before the Sanhedrin saved the apostles from an ignominious death,
and shows that he was gifted with great wisdom and tolerance, if not strongly inclined towards the gospel, Act_5:33-40.

The apostle Paul thought it a high honor to have been one of his pupils, Act_22:3,
and no doubt received from him not only a zealous enthusiasm for the Jewish law,
but many lessons of candor, impartiality, and liberality. His high renown, however,
among the Jewish rabbins of later ages, seems inconsistent with the tradition that he embraced Christianity.

2. Who commissioned Ezra to teach the Law to Israel? (Ezra 7:25)

Artaxerxes the king of Persia


Ezra 7:6-28:



6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

7 And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

8 And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

9 For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was on him.

10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe,
a man learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:


12 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest,
the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace.
And now

13 I make a decree that anyone of the people of Israel
or their priests or Levites in my kingdom,
who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.

14 For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors
to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem
according to the Law of your God,
which is in your hand,

15 and also to carry the silver and gold
that the king and his counselors have freely offered
to the God of Israel,
whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

16 with all the silver and gold
that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia,
and with the freewill offerings
of the people and the priests,
vowed willingly for the house of their God
that is in Jerusalem.

17 With this money, then, you shall with all diligence
buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings
and their drink offerings,
and you shall offer them on the altar
of the house of your God that is in Jerusalem.

18 Whatever seems good to you and your brothers
to do with the rest of the silver and gold,
you may do, according to the will of your God.

19 The vessels that have been given you
for the service of the house of your God,
you shall deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

20 And whatever else is required for the house of your God,
which it falls to you to provide,
you may provide it out of the king’s treasury.

21 “And I, Artaxerxes the king,
make a decree to all the treasurers
in the province Beyond the River:

Whatever Ezra the priest,
the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you,
let it be done with all diligence,

22 up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat,
100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil,
and salt without prescribing how much.

23 Whatever is decreed by the God of heaven,
let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven,
lest his wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.

24 We also notify you that it shall not be lawful
to impose tribute, custom, or toll on anyone of the priests,
the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers,
the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

25 “And you, Ezra,
according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand,
appoint magistrates and judges
who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River,
all such as know the laws of your God.
And those who do not know them, you shall teach.

26 Whoever will not obey the law of your God
and the law of the king,
let judgment be strictly executed on him,
whether for death or for banishment
or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment.”

27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king,
to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem,

28 and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers.
I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.


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God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.
When magistrates are moved to encourage the work of the church, we should thank God
who put it into their hearts to do so.

Great bible study thread, CeriseRose !!!

3. According to Jesus, Who would teach his disciples all they needed to know? (John 14:26)


Comforter


Greek PARACLETE, an advocate, teacher, or consoler.


This title is given to our Savior:

"We have an advocate (paraclete) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, " 1Jo_2:1.

But more frequently it designates the Holy Spirit.






He is the "other Comforter, " succeeding Christ, the great promised blessing of the Christian church,
Joh_14:16, Joh_14:17, Joh_14:26, Joh_15:1-27, Joh_16:1-33 Luk_24:29 Act_1:4.

The English word Comforter does not adequately describe the office of the Paraclete, who was not only to console,

but to aid and direct them, as Christ had done.


The disciples found the promise fulfilled to them.

The Comforter aided them when called before councils;

guided them into all truth respecting the plan of salvation;

brought to their remembrance the words and deeds of Christ;

and revealed to them things to come.


His presence was accompanied by signal triumphs of grace, and made amends for the absences of Christ.

The church is still under the dispensation of the Comforter, and still he convinces the world of sin,

of righteousness, and of the judgement to come.




Luke 24:49 "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
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John 1:33 I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'
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John 2:22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
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John 12:16 At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
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John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--
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John 14:25 "All this I have spoken while still with you.
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John 15:26 "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me.
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John 16:7 "But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you."
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John 16:13 "But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."
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Acts 1:4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.
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Acts 2:33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
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1 Corinthians 2:10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
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1 John 2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
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1 John 2:27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you.
But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--
just as it has taught you, remain in him.


New International Version ©1984 by Biblica

4. What two men were to instruct the people involved in the construction of the tabernacle? (Exodus 35:30-35)


Bezaleel and Aholiab

Exodus 35:30-35


30, "And Moses said unto the children of Israel,
See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

31, And he hath filled him with the spirit of God,
in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

32, And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

33, And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

34, And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan.

35, Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver,
and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen,
and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work."



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God loves a cheerful giver and is best pleased with a free-will offering.
Our gifts are our acknowledgment that we receive all from Him and dedicate all to Him.


If we cannot do what others do for God, we are not to sit still and do nothing.
Though our offering gains us no reputation with men, if given according to ability,
it does not fail of acceptance with Him. (2Co_8:12).

5. What King of Judah sent his princes throughout the land to teach the law to the people? (2 Chronicles 17:7-9)

Jehoshaphat King of Judah



2 Chronicles 17:

Jehoshaphat Succeeds Asa


1, And Jehoshaphat [Asa's] son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

2, And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah,
and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

3, And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David,
and sought not unto Baalim;

4, But sought to the LORD God of his father, and walked in his commandments,
and not after the doings of Israel.

5, Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents;
and he had riches and honour in abundance.

6, And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.

7, Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah,
and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

8, And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel,
and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites;
and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

9, And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them,
and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

10, And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah,
so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

11, Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver;
and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams,
and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.

12, And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.

13, And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.

14, And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah,
the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.

15, And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.

16, And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD;
and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.

17, And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

18, And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.

19, These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.


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Valley of Jehoshaphat overlooking the Jewish cemetery.

Jehoshaphat in Hebrew means 'God Shall Judge', and this will be the place where is said that the Day of Judgement will occur.
There are a series of tombs in this valley, but one of the most notable has to be the Tomb of Jehoshaphat.






The tomb of King Jehoshaphat.

6. What learned Greek taught in the synagogue at Ephesus, but was himself instructed by Aquila and Priscilla? (Acts 18:24-26)
Apollos



A certain Jew named Apollos. A native of Alexandria, a city where there were tens of thousands of Jews.
He was an eloquent rabbi, learned in the Scriptures, a disciple of John the Baptist,
but had not yet learned fully the gospel of Christ.

He spake diligently the things of the Lord. That is, all that John understood.
He believed that Jesus was the one coming after John,
but he had learned only the gospel of the Lord's first commission (Matt. chap. 10).

He was ignorant of the gospel of the second commission (Mat_28:19), and of Pentecost.
In my opinion his position was about that of the disciples of the Lord before the Great Commission was given.
He had the gospel in part, but needed to be shown the way of God more perfectly.
Aquila and Priscilla supplied this need, and equipped him for gospel work.
When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. Greece, the province of which Corinth was the Roman capital.
The brethren wrote.
This is the first instance of church letters.
This was written to show the brethren at Corinth that the bearer was worthy of their confidence.
They no doubt testified to his soundness in the faith and Christian character.

Paul alludes to such letters in 2Co_3:1.

He helped them much. The believers at Corinth. Apollos was God's instrument to help them.
Through grace. Through the Divine favor.
For he mightily convinced the Jews.

That he was a man of God of great power is shown by Paul's allusions to him. See 1Co_1:12; 1Co_3:4-6.


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Apollos is a shortened version of Apollonius.

He was a Hellenized Jewish Christian who hailed from Alexandria, which was the second largest city in the Roman Empire.

He is introduced in Acts 18:24-25, where it states that he came to Ephesus. It probably was around 52-54 CE.

Apollos was a learned man and an eloquent speaker.
He may have been proficient in teaching “wisdom” in the allegorical style of Philo,
who was a Jewish philosopher living in Alexandria and a great intellectual teacher.

Apollos came from an environment that was conducive to studying and learning the Scriptures.
Alexandria had a library with over half a million scrolls.

Apollos might have been a commercial traveler who had a trade,
yet it is likely that he came to Ephesus for the purpose of doing mission work.

It says that he taught about Jesus accurately, but that he only knew the baptism of John
and nothing about the salvation of Christ.

He spoke boldly in the synagogue, just as the disciples had done.

That is where he met Priscilla and Aquila, who heard him preaching and teaching there.
But when his information fell short, they thoroughly instructed him.

They apparently corrected his incomplete knowledge of Christian doctrine.

To his credit, Apollos was very teachable and willing to learn.

He did not, however, need to be re-baptized.

Having this correct information only increased his fervor.

It says he was “of great help to those who by grace had believed.” (See Acts 18:27 ff)

His Alexandrian education stood him in good stead.
He had a special talent for debate and “he vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate,
proving from the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.”

He became very popular in Ephesus, but after a time, he wanted to move forward and went to Corinth.
He left just before Paul arrived in Ephesus.

The brothers in Ephesus wrote letters of introduction for him for the Corinthian church.
We read in I Corinthians that he was “a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the scriptures,
having been instructed in the way of the Lord.”

Apparently, he learned his lessons well.

Nonetheless, after he left Corinth, Chloe’s people told Paul that there were quarrels in the Corinthian Church.

People were lining up behind their favorite leaders.
Some were choosing to follow Apollos, others Cephas, or Paul, or Christ.

Scholars would love to know what is meant by or who is represented by the "Christ" group.
Was this perhaps a fourth group, comprised of those who refused to join the fray?
Did they reject all the leaders? No one knows, but it surely indicates that smaller groups existed.

There is reason to consider these groups in terms of their social implications.

Since Apollos hailed from Alexandria, he is thought to have been well-versed in the arts of eloquence and argument.
As a learned man, he would be the sort of leader a cultured, wealthy individual might want to follow.

Cephas has traditionally been aligned with the Jewish Christians
and could easily have been the leader of preference
for those who were unwilling to totally depart from their Jewish heritage.

Paul, while making himself "all things to everyone," was likely favored by the gentiles.

In any event, now there are divisions and people are quarrelling, shouting at each other,
each claiming to belong to separate leaders.

Paul wants them to be “knit together” --
not to be clones of each other, but to share the same basic convictions and to be together in the goals of the community.

He makes no suggestion that one is "right" and the others are "wrong,"
but asks that they each bring what they have to further the good of the community.

In 1 Corinthians 3-4, Paul is adamant that both he and Apollos are on the same page.
They are both engaged in building up the church. Both are “servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.”

Fourth century Jerome stated that Apollos was so unhappy with the divisions at Corinth that he retired to Crete,
where he lived until the schisms were healed.

Only then did he return to the city to become its bishop.

Other traditions have him living in Duras or Iconium or Caesarea.

He is mentioned in the Epistle to Titus as carrying a letter to Crete.

Some scholars have speculated that Apollos might have been the author of Hebrews. (Others think it was Barnabas.)

Either way, there are no known texts written by Apollos.
He is considered a saint in several Christian churches.


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Let the Gospel be propagated, not by force, but by fair argument,
meeting the reasonings of sinners with ready answers from the Scriptures.
It is always our duty to testify with all solemnity to Christ's deity, especially where men speak reproachfully of Him,
thus making ourselves clean from the blood of their souls.

Those who have Christ with them need not shrink from pleading the cause of heaven with boldness.



Too much cannot be said of the necessity, in our preaching or witnessing, of preaching "not ourselves,
but Christ Jesus, the Lord," teaching men from the Scriptures the great fundamental doctrine of His deity.

7. What king sent an exiled priest back to Samaria to teach the Gentiles there how to follow God? (2 Kings 17:28)

Assyrian King[Emperor] Shalmaneser


2 Kings 17

King Hoshea of Israel

1 In the twelfth year of the reign of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel,
and he ruled in Samaria for nine years.

2 He sinned against the Lord, but not as much as the kings who had ruled Israel before him.

3 Emperor Shalmaneser of Assyria made war against him; Hoshea surrendered to Shalmaneser
and paid him tribute every year.

4 But one year Hoshea sent messengers to So, king of Egypt,[a] asking for his help,
and stopped paying the annual tribute to Assyria.
When Shalmaneser learned of this, he had Hoshea arrested and put in prison.

The Fall of Samaria

5 Then Shalmaneser invaded Israel and besieged Samaria. In the third year of the siege,

6 which was the ninth year of the reign of Hoshea, the Assyrian emperor captured Samaria,
took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners, and settled some of them in the city of Halah,
some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan and some in the cities of Media.

7 Samaria fell because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God,
who had rescued them from the king of Egypt and had led them out of Egypt. They worshiped other gods,

8 followed the customs of the people whom the Lord had driven out as his people advanced,
and adopted customs introduced by the kings of Israel.

9 The Israelites did things that the Lord their God disapproved of.
They built pagan places of worship in all their towns, from the smallest village to the largest city.

10 On all the hills and under every shady tree they put up stone pillars and images of the goddess Asherah,

11 and they burned incense on all the pagan altars,
following the practice of the people whom the Lord had driven out of the land.
They aroused the Lord's anger with all their wicked deeds12 and disobeyed the Lord's command not to worship idols.

13 The Lord had sent his messengers and prophets to warn Israel and Judah:
"Abandon your evil ways and obey my commands,
which are contained in the Law I gave to your ancestors and which I handed on to you through my servants the prophets."

14 But they would not obey; they were stubborn like their ancestors, who had not trusted in the Lord their God.

15 They refused to obey his instructions,
they did not keep the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they disregarded his warnings.
They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves, and they followed the customs of the surrounding nations,
disobeying the Lord's command not to imitate them.

16 They broke all the laws of the Lord their God and made two metal bull-calves to worship;
they also made an image of the goddess Asherah, worshiped the stars, and served the god Baal.

17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters as burnt offerings to pagan gods;
they consulted mediums and fortunetellers,
and they devoted themselves completely to doing what is wrong in the Lord's sight, and so aroused his anger.

18 The Lord was angry with the Israelites and banished them from his sight, leaving only the kingdom of Judah.


19 But even the people of Judah did not obey the laws of the Lord their God;
they imitated the customs adopted by the people of Israel.

20 The Lord rejected all the Israelites, punishing them and handing them over to cruel enemies
until at last he had banished them from his sight.

21 After the Lord had separated Israel from Judah, the Israelites made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king.
Jeroboam caused them to abandon the Lord and led them into terrible sins.

22 They followed Jeroboam and continued to practice all the sins he had committed,

23 until at last the Lord banished them from his sight,
as he had warned through his servants the prophets that he would do.
So the people of Israel were taken into exile to Assyria, where they still live.

The Assyrians Settle in Israel

24 The emperor of Assyria took people from the cities of Babylon, Cuth, Ivvah, Hamath, and Sepharvaim,
and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the exiled Israelites.
They took possession of these cities and lived there.

25 When they first settled there, they did not worship the Lord, and so he sent lions, which killed some of them.

26 The emperor of Assyria was told
that the people he had settled in the cities of Samaria did not know the law of the god of that land,
and so the god had sent lions, which were killing them.

27 So the emperor commanded:
Send back one of the priests we brought as prisoners; have him[f] go back and live there,
in order to teach the people the law of the god of that land.

28 So an Israelite priest who had been deported from Samaria went and lived in Bethel,
where he taught the people how to worship the Lord.

29 But the people who settled in Samaria continued to make their own idols,
and they placed them in the shrines that the Israelites had built. Each different group made idols in the cities they were living in:

30 the people of Babylon made idols of the god Succoth Benoth; the people of Cuth, idols of Nergal;
the people of Hamath, idols of Ashima;

31 the people of Ivvah, idols of Nibhaz and Tartak;
and the people of Sepharvaim sacrificed their children as burnt offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.

32 These people also worshiped the Lord and chose from among their own number all sorts of people
to serve as priests at the pagan places of worship and to offer sacrifices for them there.

33 So they worshiped the Lord, but they also worshiped their own gods
according to the customs of the countries from which they had come.

34 They still carry on their old customs to this day.
They do not worship the Lord nor do they obey the laws and commands which he gave to the descendants of Jacob,
whom he named Israel.

35The Lord had made a covenant with them and had ordered them:
"Do not worship other gods; do not bow down to them or serve them or offer sacrifices to them.

36 You shall obey me, the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt with great power and strength;
you are to bow down to me and offer sacrifices to me.

37 You shall always obey the laws and commands that I wrote for you. You shall not obey other gods,

38 and you shall not forget the covenant I made with you.

39 You shall obey me, the Lord your God,
and I will rescue you from your enemies.

40 But those people would not listen, and they continued to follow their old customs.

41 So those people worshiped the Lord, but they also worshiped their idols; and to this day their descendants continue to do the same.


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Those who forget God may themselves expect to be forgotten.
Those who try to be like the world may expect to be swallowed up by the world.
Those who will not serve God in their own land
need not be surprised if they are forced to serve enemies in a strange land.




Future restoration and conversion of Israel.

"And I will gather the remnant of my flock
from all countries where I have driven them,
and will bring them again to their folds;
and they shall be fruitful and increase."

Jerremiah 23:3

8. What Apostle taught and disputed in the lecture hall of a man named Tyrannus? (Acts 19:9)

Apostle Paul


Acts 19



1."And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country
and came to Ephesus.

There he found some disciples.

2.And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

3.And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?”

They said, “Into John's baptism.”

4.And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance,
telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”

5.On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6.And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues
and prophesying.

7.There were about twelve men in all.

8.And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly,
reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

9.But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation,
he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him,
reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

10.This continued for two years,
so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

(Acts 19:1-10 ESV)


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Let Christ's witnesses speak undauntedly with holy resolution,
as those who have not the least doubt of the things they speak of, nor the least distrust
of the power of Him they speak from, nor the least dread of those they speak to.

While some will oppose the Gospel because it calls many off from their sinful employments,
it will lead many to true contrition for sin and confession of Christ.


The Gospel is Christ's Word.
To preach from the Scriptures without preaching Christ is to miss the result in Acts 19:20("So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed."),
the prevailing mightily in the hearts of men.

It is Christ in our preaching Who goes on conquering and to conquer.

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But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works: that you may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

9. Who was supposed to teach the Israelites how to deal with lepers? (Deuteronomy 24:8)
The Levite Priests




"Take heed in the plague of leprosy,
that thou observe diligently,
and do according to all
that the priests the Levites shall teach you:
as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.

Remember what the LORD thy God did
unto Miriam by the way,
after that ye were come forth out of Egypt."

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Leprosy is a vivid and graphic physical picture of the spiritual defilement of sin.
Sin is ugly, loathsome, incurable, and contaminating; it separates men from God and makes them outcasts.

The instructions given to the priests in Leviticus 13 help us understand the nature of sin:
Sin is inside us, deeper than the skin (Lev. 13:3); sin also spreads (Lev. 13:8);
sin always defiles and isolates (Lev. 13:45-46); and just as leprous garments are fit only for the fire (Lev. 13:52, 57),
so those who die clothed in sin will burn forever.

But then came Jesus [Mark 1:40-45]. When the untouchable is touched by Jesus (cf. Lev. 13:42),
"Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured."


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Matthew 8:
Jesus Cleanses a Leper

1, When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

2, And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3, And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean.
And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4, And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest,
and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.




2-4 In these verses we have an account of Christ's cleansing a leper, who came and worshipped him,
as one clothed with Divine power.

This cleansing directs us, not only to apply to Christ, who has power over bodily diseases,
for the cure of them, but it also teaches us in what manner to apply to him.

When we cannot be sure of God's will,
we may be sure of his wisdom and mercy.

No guilt is so great, but there is that in Christ's blood which atones for it;
no corruption so strong, but there is that in his grace which can subdue it.

To be made clean we must commend ourselves to his pity; we cannot demand it as a debt,
but we must humbly request it as a favour.

Those who by faith apply to Christ for mercy and grace,
may be sure that he is freely willing to give them the mercy and grace they thus seek.

And those afflictions are blessed that bring us to know Christ, and cause us to seek help and salvation from him.

Let those who are cleansed from their spiritual leprosy, go to Christ's ministers and open their case,
that they may advise, comfort, and pray for them.

10. What New Testament word means "teacher"? (John 1:38)

Rabbi. A term meaning teacher, or master.




37, And the two disciples heard him speak,
and they followed Jesus.
38, Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye?
They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39, He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.



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John 3:1,2


1, "There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus,
a ruler of the Jews:
2, The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:
for no man can do these miracles that thou doest,
except God be with him."




Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God.
Nicodemus confesses, not only his belief, but that of his fellow Pharisees and rulers.
The miracles of Jesus convinced them, even if they would not admit it, that he was a teacher sent from God.
He came for information, and Jesus recognized it in what follows.