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“Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.” (Acts 5:42 NIV84) The leaders of the new Christian Church had been thrown into jail a couple times, questioned and harassed, and now flogged because of their continual pronouncement…
“Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” (Acts 5:38-39 NIV84) For…
“They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’” (Luke 24:32 NIV84) I just love this encounter between Jesus and the disciples on the way to Emmaus. Here we have Jesus appearing (but hiding His identity) to a couple…
“Then Peter said, ‘Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your…
“After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” (Acts 4:31, NIV84) Peter and John had just been released from prison and all the believers gathered in “one mind” to pray for the leaders of this new…
“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.” (Acts 4:13, NIV84) The strangest things happen to those who come into contact with Jesus! The Bible rightfully says that Christians are “peculiar” people….
“These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.” (Acts 1:14, NASB95, emphasis mine) “Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness…
“Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, ‘Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.’ ”…
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12, NIV84) But why? Why can’t there be more ways to heaven than one? Why can’t we all find our own personal way to God and to truth? Are you…
“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” (Acts 3:19, NIV84) When our lives jump off the tracks of God’s will for us and we begin to cruise according to our will, we soon realize that life gets tough. The…