Berean is Believin’
by Wendy Elizabeth Middleton
Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11
Paul was a traveling preacher. He traveled form town to town and spoke at various churches, synagogues, along the way. He spoke in the synagogue at Thessalonica on three Sabbath days, which means he was there for three weeks. In the synagogue he reasoned with the people from the Scriptures. They already knew that the Messiah, the Christ, had been promised, but they were expecting a David, a soldier, someone who would overthrow their oppressors and set up the kingdom of Israel on earth. Paul argued that Jesus was this Christ, he explained why the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead and he used the scriptures to prove his point.
