Passages to read this week:

• Dec 10 Romans 11-13
• Dec 11 Romans 14-16
• Dec 12 Acts 20:4-23:35
• Dec 13 Acts 24-26
• Dec 14 Acts 27-28
• Dec 15 Colossians 1-4, Philemon 1
• Dec 16 Ephesians 1-6

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Brief overview of the passages for this week:

Romans 11-15

• God did not abandon the Jews when he extended his mercy to the Gentiles
• Christians should offer their bodies as living sacrifices to God by living holy lives for him.
• Spiritual gifts – the body of Christ has many members with different gifts.
• Love sincerely, even those who persecute you.
• Respect authority
• Clothe yourself with Christ’s presence and avoid indulging in evil desires

Acts 20-28

• Paul continues his third missionary journey in Macedonia, Greece, and Troas.
• Young man falls asleep in window listening to Paul preach all night, and falls three stories to the ground. Paul revives him.
• Paul’s last visit and farewell with the Ephesian leaders.
• Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem
• Paul appears before the High Council.
• Plot to have Paul killed intervened by the Roman commander who escorted him to Caesarea in the middle of the night accompanied by soldiers and mounted troops.
• Paul appears before Felix, Festus, and Agrippa. None found fault with him. Paul appeals to Caesar in Rome.
• Paul sails for Rome as a prisoner, and becomes shipwrecked on the Island of Malta.
• Paul in Rome under house arrest with a guard.

Colossians

• Paul wrote this letter while a prisoner in Rome to the Gentile Christian church at Colosse, a city located in what is now known as Turkey.
• Concerns over false teachers, especially teaching the worship of angels and encouraging them to take on Jewish customs.

Philemon

• Paul’s letter written to Philemon while a prisoner in Rome.
• Paul is returning Philemon’s run-away slave, Onesimus, to him asking Philemon to accept Onesimus as a brother and not as a criminal.

Ephesians

• Paul’s letter to Ephesus, written while a prisoner in Rome. Includes several themes . . .
• Paul’s prayer for Spiritual wisdom for the Ephesians – a great model prayer for us to pray over one another.
• Salvation comes through believing in Christ, not as a reward for deeds we have done.
• Salvation available to Jews and to Gentiles.
• Paul’s prayer for Spiritual growth.
• Paul addresses the need for unity in the body of Christ.
• Guidance on how to live as Christians.
• Husbands and wives living by the Spirit
• Children and parents
• Slaves and masters
• The whole armor of God

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