Dr Paul Allen

Image via Wikipedia The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea , and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue .  Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica ; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.  ( Acts 17:10-11 ) Why were the Bereans more noble than those in Thessalonica?  2 reasons: 1) They received the word with all eagerness. 2) They went back home and examined the Scriptures to see if what Paul and Silas preached lined up with the word of God. We should always receive God’s word preached to us with all eagerness. We shouldn’t sit there, arms crossed with an “I dare you to try to teach me something” attitude. At the same time that doesn’t mean we must accept everything a pastor says without question. We can be both eager to hear God’s word preached, yet at the same time be discerning. It’s not wrong see if what a pastor preaches lines up with the Bible. A

Image via Wikipedia “[The Bereans ] were more noble- minded than those in Thessalonica , for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so” ( Acts 17:11). God honors spiritual discernment . On his second missionary journey Paul, accompanied by Silas , preached the gospel of Jesus Christ in the city of Thessalonica. They weren’t there long before the gospel took root and many turned from their idolatry “to serve a true and living God” ( 1 Thess. 1:9). In 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Paul says, “We also constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God’s message, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God.” Their open r Image via Wikipedia esponse to God’s Word made them an example to all the believers in that area (1 Thess. 1:7). But as exemplary as the Thessalonians were, their fellow-believers in Berea were even more so. God called them “noble-minded” (Act