And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all then which are sanctified (Acts 20:32).
What a commendation is this, commended to God! When asked which was his favorite language, Emperor Charles IV said that in the daily affairs of the home he spoke German; in business, English; in diplomacy, French; but when he prayed, he used Spanish. In that beautiful language the word of farewell is adios ("unto God").
So the apostle commends his friends not only to God but to the word of God's grace, which is able to build them up; and it is able to build us up too.
Over the fireplace of a clubhouse belonging to a group of Alcoholics Anonymous is a plaque bearing this inscription: "But for the grace of God." We may have no other support on earth, but if God's grace is ours we shall have an inheritance, and the right kind of inheritance too--"among all them which are sanctified." "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God" (Eph. 2:8).
The word of God's grace is our teacher, "for the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" (Titus 2:11, 12).
In the days of Moses God proclaimed His name, and in truly Christian lives toady we are to proclaim the name of the Lord--"the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth" (Ex. 34:6).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!" (Ps. 31:19).
What a commendation is this, commended to God! When asked which was his favorite language, Emperor Charles IV said that in the daily affairs of the home he spoke German; in business, English; in diplomacy, French; but when he prayed, he used Spanish. In that beautiful language the word of farewell is adios ("unto God").
So the apostle commends his friends not only to God but to the word of God's grace, which is able to build them up; and it is able to build us up too.
Over the fireplace of a clubhouse belonging to a group of Alcoholics Anonymous is a plaque bearing this inscription: "But for the grace of God." We may have no other support on earth, but if God's grace is ours we shall have an inheritance, and the right kind of inheritance too--"among all them which are sanctified." "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God" (Eph. 2:8).
The word of God's grace is our teacher, "for the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" (Titus 2:11, 12).
In the days of Moses God proclaimed His name, and in truly Christian lives toady we are to proclaim the name of the Lord--"the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth" (Ex. 34:6).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!" (Ps. 31:19).
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