Faith Bible Fellowship Church of York

The Magi come and visit Jesus. They give him gifts and worship. We too must come before Jesus and worship. We come before the one who is now exalted into heaven at the right hand of the Father.

An angel appears to Joseph to tell him that Mary's pregnancy is from the Holy Spirit. Jesus is Immanuel, God with us. He is going to die to save his people from their sins.

In Isaiah, God calls out the idols which are not gods at all. They have no power and cannot tell the future. Unlike the idols, God's purposes will stand. He will do what He has promised and He declares the end from the beginning.

"Blessed are the peacemakers". We need to make peace with other because God has made peace with us. We need to reconcile with others because God has reconciled us to Himself.

Paul gets shipwrecked and God in his grace save all on the ship. Sometimes the way God protects us is taking us through the hardship not exempting us from suffering.

"Blessed are the Pure in Heart for they shall see God"

Paul defends the gospel before King Agrippa. He describes how the Lord appeared to him, that the message he preaches is from the Old Testament that Jesus fulfills it, and that Paul is to be sent with the light of Jesus. So too, we are sent as the light to take the Light.

Paul is brought again before Festus and Festus now asks Paul to testify before Agrippa. Festus finds Paul innocent but will send him to Rome to testify before Caesar.

A plot is uncovered to kill Paul. God has promised that Paul would make it to Rome to testify and so the means by which the plot is discovered and the way Paul is protected is all apart of God's sovereign hand as He fulfills His Word.

When we are interacting with others about Jesus Christ and trying to share Christ, it is important that we calmly represent Jesus Christ. In this passage, Paul shows submission to his Roman captures but in the Sanhedrin lashes out at the high priest and has to apologize.