January 29, 2023
Fear Not!—Revelation 1:17–20
Rev. Scott Wright
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.”
(Revelation 1:17–18 ESV)
January 29, 2023
The Sons of Sceva—Acts 19:13–17
Rev. Scott Wright
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.
(Acts 19:13–14 ESV)
January 22, 2023
The Son of Man—Revelation 1:12–16
Rev. Scott Wright
Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.
(Revelation 1:12–13 ESV)
January 22, 2023
In The School of Tyrannus—Acts 19:8–12
Rev. Scott Wright
And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
(Acts 19:8–9 ESV)
January 15, 2023
A Three-Fold Partnership—Revelation 1:9–11
Rev. Scott Wright
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
(Revelation 1:9 ESV)
January 15, 2023
Pearls of Pentecost—Acts 19:1–7
Rev. Scott Wright
And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”
(Acts 19:4 ESV)
January 8, 2023
Christ’s Return—Revelation 1:7–8
Rev. Scott Wright
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
(Revelation 1:7–8 ESV)
January 8, 2023
Apollos—Acts 18:24–28
Rev. Scott Wright
Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures.
(Acts 18:24 ESV)