To Vs 42 The Apostles

According to vs 42 they continued steadfastly in the apostles ' doctrine”. This tells me that we are to continually search the Word. The KJV said they continued steadfastly, The Expanded Bible puts it as “They spent [devoted] their time learning the apostles’ teaching” ,the Amplified Bible said They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves to the instruction of the apostles and the Message Bible said They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles. I read of all that for us to note the adjective used; steadfast, continually and faithfully, committed and devoted. This tells me that they did not have a lack lustre, any old how , if I feel like approach but one with a passion, devotion as if they really love and want to know …show more content…
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. You get the gest? Saints, we need to know more about God. We need to study the Bible. The period of examinations has just end and a lot of you were studying to get promoted to a new forms and many of us did it. This is done because we want to graduate with ‘subjects” so we can fulfil the basic requirement for entering college, university or the world of work. In order to achieve this a lot of time was spent studying the various subject areas to become competent so we can say we are knowledgeable, we understand it and in some cases say we mastered the disciple. You/we spend a lot of time studying, burning the midnight oil, develop time table, going lessons, buying the necessary books etc in preparation to succeed. In the same way, we must put effort and I should say be strategic to study the Word of God because it’s by the Word that we get to know God, His plan for us, and how to deal with life’s