A Devotional Study of the Living Word of God

Psalm 119:73 Many people struggle with knowing that they are fashioned by the Hand of God. I wonder? Could it be that they fail at some point to asked Him for the wisdom and understanding to learn of His wholesome commandments that govern Creation!

Good Morning

Louis Chevrolet, born on Christmas Day in Switzerland in 1878, he died in 1941 at his home in Detroit on June 6^th. He was an inventor even as a child, inventing a wine pump. Later he invented a machine that made tires. He manufactured bicycles, even put motors on them but never produced them for sale. A man by the name of Harley Davidson noticed what Louis was doing and you know the rest of that story. Louis put a motor on a boat and made it work with a propeller on the end of the shaft. Mr. Chevrolet did not follow through with this invention, but Mr. Evinrude did. After Louis Chevrolet got into the automobile industry in 1911 he got involved with a man by the name of Billy Durant who had just lost control of the General Motors Corporation. Three years later, Louis would walk away from his Chevrolet Company as Mr. Durant gained control. Then, Billy Durant temporally regained control of GM and when he did he brought the Chevrolet car company with him. Before Mr. Chevrolet's death, he had been working in an auto repair shop as a mechanic. His accomplishments are beyond reproach, a great man, inventor, race car driver, engineer and designer. Ecclesiastes 9:11 “I returned and saw under the sun that – The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill. The race, the battle, the bread, the riches and the favor all belongs to God, who abides above the sun. Our earthly eyes cannot see above the sun, but our soul is equipped with eyes to see the Son. Only; justification and sanctification through the blood of Christ will give our soul the 20/20 vision to see the glorification that awaits all of those who call upon the name of the LORD to be saved. Romans 10:8-13.

Acts 23

Acts 23:1-10 I should take a lesson here about striking out at people before all of the facts are in. When I read this, I think that the apostle was perfectly in the right to respond to being slapped. But, Paul quickly acknowledges his wrong and reconciles in verse 5. Paul then notices an avenue of escape, he perceives that the council is divided with Pharisees and Sadducees and with a quick comment about the resurrection of the dead, dissension gathers over the two belief systems and the Roman commander and soldiers grab hold of Paul and take him to safety.

Acts 23:11-22 Paul had always wanted to go to Rome; Acts 19:21 and Romans 1:7-11, here in Acts the LORD Jesus confirms that Paul will go to Rome. This is a great encouragement to the apostle as it will carry him through some very tough events that are life-threatening to say the least. The first of which are men who vow to kill him. Nephews are great, they always protect your backside, they are good golfers too.

Acts 23:23-24 I want to take some time with the verses following these. Paul is sent for safety sake to Felix the governor. In this section though we see something interesting about the writer Luke, a gentile. He describes the time of Paul's departure as the third hour of the night. (Midnight) but he uses the Jewish timetable which is broken down into 8 equal parts. The first watch; sunset to 9 pm. The second watch; 9 to midnight The third; 12 to 3am. The fourth 3 to 6am. The fifth; 6 to 9am. The sixth; 9 to noon. The seventh; 12 to 3pm and the eighth; 3 to sunset. Hope I got that right!