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Oct 28, 2026
Kyle SefcikHOST
What does the scripture say, Lord? We want to know the truth.
Kyle SefcikHOST
And what Alex brings up is how so many other people along all these different denominations that were highly esteemed, I guess you want to say, that were looked at as people of true Bereans, true study of the word.
Kyle SefcikHOST
They brought this up and studied it.
Kyle SefcikHOST
Why would we be fools not to study things just because we don't like it or some other worldly things got in the way of it? I'm willing to study anything.
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Kyle SefcikHOST
Lord, I thank you just for our journey alone.
Kyle SefcikHOST
Today really gets us thinking about other parts of scriptures, other parts of our studies where we thought we knew something and we didn't.
Kyle SefcikHOST
So no matter what, Lord, I know you're speaking to each and every one of us that we need to make sure that we're being Bereans of the word, that scripture is matching the scripture line upon line.
Kyle SefcikHOST
I thank you that we're able to be in a team, a fellowship, a family of people that want to just draw out the truth, Lord.
Ashley KeyHOST
Like, what are your thoughts on that? You know, because I understand, like correction is needed, right? But yeah, just curious what your thoughts are on all that.
Ruslan KDGUEST
Yeah, I think there's a passage in Acts where it talks about them being good Bereans.
Ruslan KDGUEST
They were hearing what the disciples were saying, the apostles were teaching, and then they were taking it back and trying to wrestle with the scriptures.
Ruslan KDGUEST
I think there's a degree of like we need to have biblical discernment.
Jenn KokalHOST
It's so funny how the book of 1 and 2 Peter is lining up so perfectly with the book of Job right now.
Jenn KokalHOST
But we talked about how these people called the Bereans ended up searching through the scriptures to make sure that the teachings of Paul were accurate.
Jenn KokalHOST
And they were considered to be noble individuals for doing that.
Jenn KokalHOST
So you have to make sure that everybody you're consuming, me included, that we line up with the truth.
Jenn KokalHOST
And I encourage all of you guys, don't take what I'm saying as the final authority or the final truth.
Jenn KokalHOST
Scripture is to be your final authority and your final truth.
Jenn KokalHOST
Be like the Bereans and not just with me, but with everybody, everything that is considered spiritual, everyone that comes to you with some sort of teaching, take it back to scripture.
Jenn KokalHOST
That is your final authority.
Russell EvansGUEST
We need to distinguish between what the Bible describes and what it commands.
Russell EvansGUEST
You know, in Acts 17, there's this group of people, they're called the Bereans.
Russell EvansGUEST
And I've heard people talk about them and try to use them to be critics, the Bereans.
Russell EvansGUEST
And the Bereans examined the Scripture daily to see whether Paul's teaching was true.
Russell EvansGUEST
Think about that.
Russell EvansGUEST
They were checking the teaching of the Apostle Paul against Scripture.
CraigAUDIENCE
When somebody comes up, approaches them with some type of worship statement or trying to uplift us.
CraigAUDIENCE
Because what did Paul do to the Bereans? He said, well, I'm glad that you went and searched these things up for yourself.
CraigAUDIENCE
And Jesus, he even removed himself from the crowd who was going to take him to make him a king.
CraigAUDIENCE
So when you don't speak out against it, just put a stop and stop that.
Hank HanegraaffHOST
And that's why we put this debate format together in print so that a person can get it and look at the texts that are used by the Calvinist and the texts that are used by the non-Calvinist and come to a good understanding of what's going on in terms of the biblical text itself.
Hank HanegraaffHOST
And you ought to be a Berean in this sense, which is to say the Bereans were counted as more noble by the Apostle Paul because daily they examined the scriptures to see if what the Apostle Paul was saying was actually true.
Hank HanegraaffHOST
And instead of wrapping them on the knuckles and saying, don't you realize I'm the great apostle Paul? Don't test me.
Hank HanegraaffHOST
He counted them as being noble because they were testing him in light of what God had already said.
Jenn KokalHOST
Teachers clearly are important because it's one of the spiritual gifts.
Jenn KokalHOST
But you have to be like the Bereans talked about in Acts 17, 11, which says, Paul went and visited the Bereans.
Jenn KokalHOST
He was bringing them a gospel that they had never heard before.
Jenn KokalHOST
Essentially, the gospel of Jesus, that he is the Messiah.
Jenn KokalHOST
And the Bereans loved this teaching.
Jenn KokalHOST
They gained information from this teaching and were encouraged by it.
Jenn KokalHOST
But here is specifically what it says.
Jenn KokalHOST
And they discovered that what Paul was saying about Jesus was actually the truth, because as we've been discussing in 1 and 2 Peter, Jesus was prophesied about in the Old Testament.
Lisa LaizureHOST
He's trying to save their life for all eternity.
Lisa LaizureHOST
Now, the cool thing about Berea right here is that the Bereans in verse 11 were more noble character than the Thessalonians.
Lisa LaizureHOST
For they received the message with great eagerness and examined the scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Lisa LaizureHOST
This is a great group of people.
Dave JenkinsHOST
The disciples repeatedly ask Jesus questions.
Dave JenkinsHOST
And the Bereans examine Paul's teaching against the Word of God.
Dave JenkinsHOST
You see, the Bible doesn't portray mature faith as a refusal to think.
Dave JenkinsHOST
Jesus commands us to love the Lord our God with all of our mind, with all of our heart, with all of our soul.
Bill ArnoldHOST
So, Doug, let's just remind everyone how important it is to know what you believe and why and not rely on what you've heard other people say.
Bill ArnoldHOST
It's important to be like the Bereans and take everything you hear and read and hear in conversations and measure it against what the Word of God says.
Doug GroothuisGUEST
Well, absolutely.
Doug GroothuisGUEST
We need to know what we believe and and why, not just have experiences or give reports of our religious life, but be able to explain what the Bible teaches.
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