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February 14, 2018

February 14, 2018 churchintampa Uncategorized

Romans 1:24 — Romans 2:16

24 Therefore God 1gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, so that they dishonor their bodies among themselves,

25 Who exchanged the 1truth of God for the lie, and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is ablessed forever. Amen.

26 Therefore God gave them up to passions of dishonor; for their females exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature;

27 And likewise also the males, leaving the natural use of the female, burned in their craving toward one another, males with males committing unseemliness and fully receiving in themselves the retribution of their error which was due.

28 And even as they did not approve of holding God in their full knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things which are not fitting,

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;

30 Whisperers, slanderers, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Senseless, faithless, affectionless, merciless;

32 Who, though fully knowing the 1righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also have fellow delight in those who practice them.

CHAPTER 2

1 Therefore you are without excuse, O every man who 1judges, for in what you judge another you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

2 But we know that the 1judgment of God is according to 2truth upon those who practice such things.

3 And do you consider this, O man, who judge those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the 1judgment of God?

4 Or do you despise the riches of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that God’s kindness is leading you to repentance?

5 But, according to your hardness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the arighteous judgment of God,

6 Who will render to each according to his works:

7 1To those who by endurance in good work seek glory and honor and incorruptibility, life eternal;

8 But to those who are selfishly contentious and disobedient to the 1truth and obey unrighteousness, wrath and fury.

9 Tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who commits evil, both of Jew first and of Greek;

10 But glory and honor and peace to everyone who works good, both to Jew first and to Greek.

11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

12 For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned 1under the law shall be judged by the law

13 (For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

14 For when Gentiles, who have no law, do 1by nature the things of the law, these, though they have no law, are a law to themselves,

15 Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their 1conscience bearing witness with it and their reasonings, one with the other, accusing or even excusing them.)

16 In the day when God judges the secrets of men according to my gospel athrough Jesus Christ.

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January 25, 2018

January 25, 2018 churchintampa Uncategorized

Acts 18:1 — Acts 18:20

1 After these things he departed from aAthens and came to bCorinth.

2 And having found a certain Jew named aAquila, a native of bPontus, recently come from cItaly, and Priscilla his wife (because 1dClaudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from eRome), he went to them.

3 And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and aworked; for they were tentmakers by trade.

4 And he reasoned 1in the 2asynagogue every 3Sabbath, persuading both Jews and 4bGreeks.

5 And 1when both Silas and aTimothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was 2constrained by the word, solemnly btestifying to the Jews that Jesus was the cChrist.

6 But when they resisted and ablasphemed, he bshook out his garments and said to them, Your cblood be upon your head; I am clean. From now on I will 1go to the dGentiles.

7 And he left there and went into the house of one named Titius Justus, one who aworshipped God, whose house was next to the synagogue.

8 And aCrispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with his whole 1bhousehold; and many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

9 And the Lord said to Paul in the anight by a 1vision, Do bnot be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;

10 Because I Myself am awith you, and no one will assail you to harm you, because I have many bpeople in this city.

11 And he 1remained there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But while Gallio was aproconsul of Achaia, the bJews rose up against Paul with one accord and cbrought him to the judgment seat,

13 Saying, This man incites men to worship God contrary to the law.

14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrongdoing or some wicked crime, O Jews, I would for that reason tolerate you;

15 But if there are aquestions concerning words and names and your own blaw, look after it yourselves. A judge of these things I do not intend to be.

16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

17 And they all laid hold of 1Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

18 And Paul, having remained there yet a considerable number of days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and aAquila, having bshorn his head in cCenchrea, for he had a 1vow.

19 And they arrived at aEphesus, and he left them there; but he 1entered into the bsynagogue and reasoned with the JEWS.

20 And when they asked him to remain for a longer time, he did not consent;

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January 2, 2018

January 2, 2018 churchintampa Uncategorized

Acts 5:17 — Acts 5:40

17 And the high priest and all those with him, the local sect of the Sadducees, rose up and were filled with jealousy;

18 And they laid their hands on the apostles and put them in public custody.

19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said,

20 Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.

21 And when they heard this, they entered about daybreak into the temple and began to teach. And the high priest and those with him came up and called together the Sanhedrin, even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent men to the prison for them to be brought.

22 But when the officers arrived, they did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported,

23 Saying, The prison we found locked with all security, and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened the doors, we found no one inside.

24 Now when they heard these words, both the captain of the temple and the chief priests were utterly perplexed concerning them as to what this would come to.

25 And someone came up and reported to them, Behold, the men whom you put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.

26 Then the captain with the officers went away and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they would be stoned.

27 And having brought them, they stood them in the Sanhedrin. And the high priest questioned them,

28 Saying, We strictly charged you not to teach based upon this name; and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

29 But Peter and the apostles answered and said, It is necessary to obey God rather than men.

30 The God of our fathers has raised Jesus, whom you slew by hanging Him on a tree.

31 This One God has exalted to His bright hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

32 And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.

33 But when they heard this, they were exasperated and intended to do away with them.

34 But a certain Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law honored by all the people, stood up and commanded that they put the men outside for a little while.

35 And he said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves, with regard to these men, in what you are about to do.

36 For before these days Theudas rose up, saying that he was somebody, with whom a number of men, about four hundred, took sides. And he was done away with, and all who were persuaded by him were dispersed and came to nothing.

37 After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the enrollment and drew away a group of people after him. And that man perished, and all who were persuaded by him were scattered.

38 And now I say to you, withdraw from these men and leave them alone; for should this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown;

39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you be found to be even fighters against God.

40 And they were persuaded by him. And having called the apostles to them, they beat them and charged them not to speak based upon the name of Jesus; and they released them.

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