The Bible is such a realistic Book. And even early in the Acts of the Apostles (the New Testament's Book of history) that reality is seen. Two problems in a row, three if you consider persecution from outside! First … the hypocrisy of Ananias and … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … THE EARLY CHURCH AND ITS FIRST INSTANCE OF HYPOCRISY!
The Church as founded on the Day of Pentecost was a "giving" organism! Generous to the core! I mean to this extent: "And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … AND PREACHING!
As I mentioned earlier in this Acts study, Simon Peter is the leading (human) character in the first half of the Book. Particularly in Acts chapters 1-12 … Peter is the protagonist. (I used the word "human" because the Real Mover in the Book of Acts … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … THE POWER OF TESTIMONY!
Acts 4:20 gives the Apostles' genuine (innermost) conviction … "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." Things about Jesus, of course! In Scripture there are a number of inviolable (Latin meaning "not to be … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … LAME MAN LEAPING!
As every Bible student knows, the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament, time after time. Prophecy becoming reality. Today's Text illustrates the fact that even the Book of Acts participates in this miraculous phenomena. Peter has … [Continue reading]
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