“The Berean Christians”
Sunday, July 27, 2025Key Verse
“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.” Acts 17:10
Text —Acts 17:10-15
Message
The Bible tells us of a remarkable group of people famously known today as the Berean Christians. These believers lived in a place called Berea and they possessed a remarkable character that each and every Christian today must have. Who are they and what can we learn from them?
Paul and Silas were making their way along different territories preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men. Upon arriving at Berea, they first looked for the Jews there. From here we see that the Bereans weren’t believers in Christ when Paul and Silas met them. They were Jews with good conscience. It is clear to us that the Bereans, though they hadn’t met Christ yet, had already established the all important habit and discipline of reading and studying the Bible daily. They were a people whose standard for truth was the very word of God.
So many Christians today run to sources other than the Bible. There’s no better, more accurate and unfailing source of godly instruction other than the Bible itself. Study the Bible daily and it will answer and meet all your needs.
Further Reading
John 5:38,39
Prayer for today
Help me Lord, to study the Bible daily to get answers to all my questions.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
