BibleTalk with Jeff Asher

Conversions at Lydda, Sharon, and Joppa

After the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, Peter and other of the Apostles were able to leave Jerusalem and visit the churches that had been established as a result of the great dispersion recorded in Acts 8:3-4. Peter comes to Lydda, Sharon, and Joppa confirming the churches and preaching the Gospel and many are converted.

Micah 5:1-15

Micah continues to announce the Messianic kingdom by revealing the place, time, and nature of the Messiah's birth. He will be a great Shepherd-King over all the nations. Micah also describes the character of the remnant as a people determined to worship the one true God alone forsaking wealth, men and idols.

Micah 4:1-13

Micah announces the coming kingdom of Messiah. A kingdom of peace where the nations no longer oppose one another but serve the one true God. This kingdom will be composed of the remnant of Judah whom Jehovah will restore from those whom He sends captive into Babylon.  

Micah 3:1-12

The prophet announces judgment upon the nation of Judah for the oppression of the princes, the lying of the prophets, and the corruption of the priesthood. God will destroy Jerusalem a city built upon bloodguiltiness. It will be plowed like a field and the Temple Mount will be overgrown like the high places of the forests.

Jesus Claims Equality with God (John 5:17-30)

After healing the cripple at Bethesda on the Sabbath, Jesus is confronted in the Temple by the establishment Jews. In the subsequent dialogue Jesus makes several claims regarding Himself and His relationship to the Father.

Micah 2:1-13

The prophet Micah continues to make the case against Judat that they have violated the covenant. In chapter one, they were guilty of breaking those commandments that pertained to the worship of the One True God. Now, Micah convinces them of their sins against their fellow man: theft, adultery murder, covetousness and false swearing.  

Adam & Eve

The creation of mankind is arguably the climax of the creation week. In the first six days all that God created and made was good. Only with the the creation of the woman was it complete and "very good." In this study  we seek to know the nature, design and purpose of our creation. 

Love One Another

We are members one of another (Romans 12:4-5); therefore, we must have the same care for one another and function according our differing abilities (1 Corinthians 12:25). That which knits these diverse members into a functioning whole, like the sinews of the body frame, is love the love of God (Colossians 2:2, 19). In this study od 1 John 4, we consider the what, the how, and the why of the Christ's command "love one another."    

MIcah 1:2-16

Micah walks stripped and naked like a captive throughout the coastal plain of Palestine wailing like a screeching owl and howling like a wild dog. This  demonstration signifies the incurable wound that is upon impenitent and idolatrous Samaria, and which will come even to Jerusalem. 

The Lame Man at Bethesda (John 5:1-16)

During the second Passover of Jesus' personal ministry, the Lord encounters a man which had been lame for 38 years at the pool of Bethesda. Jesus filled with compassiuon healed this man on the Sabbath day. The miracle becomes the center of a long running controversy with the Jews. In this study, we consider the miracle as it relates to John's stated purpose, "these thinsg are written that ye might believe."