Points To Ponder 08/13/2005

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“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.” - A. W. Tozer

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BIBLE QUIZ:

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(New Testament/Book of Acts) And when Barnabas and Saul had gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze upon him, And said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and …………………….

What happened to Elymas the sorcerer when the hand of the Lord came upon him?

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For the answer to the quiz from yesterday see Acts 12:16ff.

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