Acts 22:12-16 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelled there,… From this we see — I. WHAT THE PREACHER MUST BRING ALONG WITH HIM into the ministry. 1. The knowledge of the Divine will. 2. The experience of Divine grace. II. WHAT THE PREACHER IS TO DO in the ministry — to be a witness to all men in word and deed of what he has seen and heard. III. ON WHAT THE PREACHER MAY DEPEND in his ministry — on the grace of God which has appointed him to the office and will strengthen him in it. (K. Gerok.) Parallel Verses KJV: And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, |
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