03/16/2026
DAY 55 Acts 9-12 & JUDGES 6-8 Tuesday 3-10-2026
🔥Our summary of Acts 9-12 🔥 -●The conversion of Saul (Paul) on the road to Damascus.-●Peter and Cornelius proclaim the Gospel to the Gentiles.-●The Church of Antioch, through which the use of the term "Christian" originated.-●Herod Agrippa I persecutes and puts James to death, and the miraculous liberation of Peter.
🔥 -●Acts 9: Conversion of Saul and the beginning of his ministry.-A persecutor of Christians, he meets the resurrected Jesus on the road to Damascus, becomes blind, and is then healed by Ananias.-●Peter heals Aeneas and raises Tabitha (Dorcas) from the dead in Joppa.
🔥 -●Acts 10: The Gospel Opens to the Gentiles (Non-Jews) -●Cornelius, a Roman centurion, has a vision and sends for Peter. -●Peter receives a vision from God about unclean animals, teaching him not to discriminate against what God considers unclean. -●Peter preaches in Cornelius's house, the Holy Spirit comes upon them, and they are baptized.
🔥 -●Acts 11: Peter Justifies His Action. He explains in Jerusalem why he preached to the uncircumcised. -●The Church grows in Antioch of Syria, where the disciples are called "Christians" for the first time. Barnabas and Saul teach in Antioch, and a collection is taken up for the believers in Judea.
🔥 -●Acts 12:●King Herod Agrippa I has James (John's brother) killed and Peter imprisoned.-●Peter is freed from prison by an angel following the fervent prayers of the Church.-●Herod dies, struck down by God, while the word of God continues to grow.
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🔥 Our summary of Judges 6-8 describes the story of Gideon, called by God to deliver Israel from Midianite oppression. -●Despite his initial timidity, Gideon destroys the altar of Baal, “If Baal is a god, let him save himself!” Gideon asks God for signs with a fleece. With only 300 men, Gideon defeats the immense enemy army, demonstrating divine power. But Gideon ends his life by founding an idolatrous ephod.
🔥 -Chapter 6. -●Israel is oppressed by Midian because of its idolatry. The angel of the Lord calls Gideon, a timid man, a “valiant hero” to save the people. Gideon destroys his father’s altar to Baal (hence his nickname Jerubbaal).
🔥 -●Chapter 7: Gideon asks for two signs (the woolen fleece) to confirm God's will. The Lord God judges Gideon's army (32,000 men) to be too large. After two tests (those who are afraid, then the way they drink the water), only 300 men are kept. The army was reduced from 32,000 to just 300 men.
🔥 Chapter 8: -●Gideon and his 300 men win when they surprise the Midianite camp with trumpets and jugs, causing panic among the enemy. The people offer Gideon the throne, but he refuses, declaring that "the Lord will rule over you." -●Despite this victory, Gideon ends up making an idolatrous ephod, which displeases God at the end of his life.