Acts 17:10,11

Acts 17:10,11 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Today is Sophie’s birthday! Happy birthday Sophie! Paul and Silas left Philippi, traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, and came to Thessalonica. As was his custom, Paul attended the local synagogue on the Sabbath day. What day of the week is the Sabbath day? The Jews worshiped God on Saturday, but the Christians worshiped God on the Lord’s Day. When is the Lord’s Day? Every Sunday that we go to church, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday morning! So Paul went to church on Saturday and on Sunday! But he went to the synagogue on Saturday to reason with the Jews about Jesus Christ, their Messiah. Some of the Jews believed, but some did not. Some of the Gentiles believed, but some did not. But the Jews who didn’t believe were angry with Paul and caused an uproar in the city. The authorities tried to calm things down and came looking for Paul and Silas, thinking that they were the source of the uproar. But when they couldn’t find them, they blamed Jason, one of the new Christians. The other Christians sent Paul and Silas away to Berea and to safety. I like the people at Berea. They heard Paul preach and then they opened their Scriptures and read for themselves to see if Paul was telling them the truth. That is our job. We need to read the Scriptures for ourselves and find out the truth for ourselves. We should be like those at Berea.