"Essentials: Bibliology 201"

Acts 15:12-22
"The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. When they finished, James spoke up: "Brothers, listen to me. Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself. The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written: " 'After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things' that have been known for ages.
"It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. For Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers."

Notes taken from Isaac Hunter's sermon...
*"We all want to know what God wants us to do with our live." Use Scriptures to form and shape us."
*"Don't get frustrated with God because He does not give us insight into the future...it is actually by God's grace." Proverbs 3:5-6 says "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
*"We can give our life to God, not just our days."
*"God will use us in spite of our past. There is no condemnation (Romans 12:1)."
*"Chief desire of God...to learn who God is."
*"When reading the Bible, read it in the context it was meant for that time period."
*"Are you willing and do you desire to let the Scriptures speak into your life?"
*"When we isolate ourself from God, our desires become chief desires in our life."
*"David repents of his sin in Psalm 51"

Romans 11:34, 36
"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen."

Psalm 14:2
"The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God."