Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the MODERN ENGLISH VERSION ( MEV ). Acts 24:24-27 read as follows:
"24 After several days, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul and heard him speak concerning faith in Christ. 25 As he lectured about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix was afraid and answered, 'For now, leave! When time permits, I will send for you.' 26 At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him. So he sent for him more often and conversed with him. 27 But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix. And Felix, desiring to do the Jews a favor, left Paul imprisoned."
In Exodus 24:7 ( please read verses one through eight to get the immediate context ), God's covenant people said, "All that the LORD has said we will do, and we will be obedient." As God's covenant people today, Christians ( see Matthew 26:26-30 ( especially verse 28, for example ), Acts 2:38, 41, and 47; 8:26-40 ( especially verses 36-39, for example ); 11:19-30 ( especially verse 26, for example ), Romans 6:1-4 ( especially verses 3 and 4, for example ); 10:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ); 15:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ), Hebrews, chapter 8 ( especially verse 13 ( NKJV, for example ), for example ), Hebrews, chapter 9 ( especially verses 15-22, for example ), Hebrews, chapter 10 ( especially verses 1-18, and 22, for example ), 1 Peter 1:1, 2, and Revelation 1:4-6 ( especially verses 5 and 6, for example ), for example ), will do and be obedient to all that the heavenly Father ( see Matthew 5:9, 16; 6:9, 14, for example ) has said: the implication, here, is that we will not attempt to act on His silence.
Considering verses twenty-four and twenty-five ( above ), this portion of the sacred text indicates Scriptural authority for lectureships. Additionally, the words "admonish," "preach," "reason," and "scold," for example, are synonyms for the word "lecture." [ See NEW ILLUSTRATED WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY Including THESAURUS of SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS, PMC Publishing Company, Inc., 118 EAST 28th STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10016, dictionary portion: pages 1-1150, Copyright 1992, by J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, ( THESAURUS, p. TH-51. ). ] The New Testament church ( the church of Christ - see Matthew 16:17, 18 ( especially verse 18, for example ), Romans 16:16, and Ephesians 1:15-23 ( especially verses 22 and 23, for example ), for example ) would not hold lectureships if they were not authorized in the Scriptures ( see Matthew 21:42, for example ). Please study the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, 151, John 17:1, 3, 17, and 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, for example ).
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