Examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

 Acts 17:1-15

When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said.

But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.

As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

Why?

Paul and his companies went to many places. First, they entered a Jewish synagogue, for Jews are there; they are the people of the Lord, but more pressure and jealousy arose among them. It became a pressure for Paul and Silas to preach the Gospel.

Many Greek women and many Greek men believed what Paul preached about Jesus Christ.

The Jews obeyed the words of the Lord, but refused to accept Jesus as the Messiah.

Most of us have the concept in our minds, and we believe I am right. Somehow, there are biases in our minds, for we are sinners.

How?

Humble myself and be careful to listen to the Holy Spirit shine the light on me! and understand what the truth is.