{"id":12457,"date":"2024-06-26T07:40:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=12457"},"modified":"2024-06-26T07:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:40:27","slug":"be-like-the-bereans","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/be-like-the-bereans","title":{"rendered":"BE LIKE THE BEREANS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<cite>&#8220;The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue&#8230; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so&#8221; (Acts 17:10-11 ESV).<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Those in Berea who heard Paul&#8217;s message, listened and compared it to Scripture &#8220;to see if these things were so.&#8221; As a result, many of the Bereans, both Jew and Gentile, believed the gospel and became followers of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This should always be our response to any teaching. Does it align with God&#8217;s Word? If it does, it can be believed. If it does not, it should be rejected. This response of the Bereans has been recorded for our benefit, so that with the Holy Spirit&#8217;s help, we can discern the truth and know what to believe and what to reject (See 1 John 4:1-3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRAYER: Dear Father, we love Your Word. We want to be like the Bereans, examining the Scriptures daily to hear a clear word from You. For Your Word is life to us. Fill us afresh this day. In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue&#8230; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so&#8221; (Acts 17:10-11 ESV). Those in Berea who heard Paul&#8217;s message, listened and compared it to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1311],"scripture-chapter":[1350],"oyb_day":[1704],"location":[],"class_list":["post-12457","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-acts","scripture-chapter-1350","oyb_day-june-26"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/12457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12457"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=12457"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=12457"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=12457"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=12457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}