Aim: To bless God for His many special mercies shown to Christ’s faithful church.
Doctrine: God shields His churchmen from manifold plots and schemes. These are often ''hatched'' by _ people who love their _, but hate Christ.
Exegesis: Some of the _ God uses in sparing His children: His _—by which He superintends all things (vv. 12-15), _ humans—who (by grace) have a sense of justice (vv. 16-21), and _ grace—which serves Christ and His church (v. 22).
Further application: How the true church _ gratitude to God for His thwarting of conspiracies against us: by _ Him for His many deliverances of us (all in Christ), and through _ service—borne out of a living faith in Jesus.
Key verses: vv. 12-13 ''When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
