Daily Devotion
Lord and Christ
SCRIPTURE : ACTS 2:22-36 Here is a passage full of the thought of the early preachers. It insists that the Cross was no accident. It belonged to the eternal plan of God (verse 23). Over and over again Acts states this same thing (3:18; 4:28;...
The First Christian Preaching
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 2:14-42 This is one of the most interesting passages in the New Testament because it is an account of the first Christian sermon ever preached. Acts tell of the proclamation of the facts of the gospel to those who never heard them...
The Breath of God
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 2:1-13 There were three great Jewish festivals to which every male Jew living within twenty miles of Jerusalem was legally bound to attend: the Passover, Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles. Pentecost means the "The Fiftieth."...
The Works of the Holy Spirit in Acts Continues
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 1:6-11 For another thing, all the leaders of the Church were men of the Holy Spirit. The SEVEN are men of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6:3); Stephen and Barnabas are full of the Spirit ( Acts 7:55 ). Paul tells the elders at Ephesus that...
The Coming of the Holy Spirit
SCRIPTURE : ACTS 1:1-5 ACTS has been called the Gospel of the Holy Spirit; so, before we turn to a detailed consideration of its second chapter, let us take a general view of what ACTS has to say about the Holy Spirit. It is unfortunate that we so...
The Qualifications of An Apostle
SCRIPTURE: ACTS 1:21-26 We will look briefly at the method used to choose someone to take Judas's place in the number of apostles. Amongst the Jews, it was the natural thing to do because all of the offices and duties in the Temple were settled...