Paul is accused and because of the outcry of the crowd in the city, the military tribune takes Paul into custody. Paul asks to speak to the crowd and gives testimony of his life beginning with his persecution of Christians…
Tag: Acts
This Is What The Holy Spirit Says
The Lord says that he will show us things to come and Paul has heard from the Holy Spirit as he says that he is in Acts 20:22–23 “bound by the Spirit I am traveling to Jerusalem”. Yet along the…
In Generations That Are Past
Speaking Boldly For the Lord Acts 14:1–7 He Leaped Up and Began Walking Acts 14:8–13 In Generations That Are Past Acts 14:14–20 They Reported All That God Had Done Acts 14:21–28 He Made No Distinction Between Us…
Proclaim To The People All The Words Of This Life
Peter and John were commissioned to preach this gospel of the kingdom and to be witnesses of what they had experienced in their relationship with Jesus Christ. But this was threatening to the religious authority who questioned them in Acts…
I Saw The Lord
This is the day of Pentecost and as the Holy Spirit has come, a crowd has gathered and Peter begins to speak. Peter quotes from the Psalms of David, who the Jewish people respected as a great king and that…
Everyone Who Calls Upon The Name of The Lord Will Be Saved
After the crucifixion of Jesus, there had been some stir about his empty tomb but it was now fifty days later, the day of Pentecost. This was the day that Israel celebrated the firstfruits of the harvest. This was a…
You Will Receive Power When The Holy Spirit Has Come Upon You
The religious leaders of Israel thought they had put an end to Jesus. They sealed his tomb and placed guards around it, yet when it was time, Jesus rose, and an angel rolled away the stone. Jesus met with his…
Because of the Hope of Israel
During what seems to be a certain disaster, as the ship Paul is traveling in is driven by a storm for fourteen days, the Lord uses him to maintain hope and in Acts 27:35–36 “And after he said these things…
Do You Believe The Prophets?
Paul has been sent specifically, as we are all sent generally, to take the gospel in Acts 26:20 “to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles”. And he has faithfully…
According to the Way So I Worship
Paul’s trip to Jerusalem comes some twenty years after Jesus was crucified there. And the Roman Governor Felix was struggling to keep peace in the region although, by some reports, his abuses only made the situation worse. So when the…
In All Good Conscience Before God
Paul is in Jerusalem and has been accused in Acts 21:28 “This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place!” and is held in chains until he is brought before the…
Shepherd the Church of God
Paul is beginning a new direction, to take the gospel to the Gentiles in Rome. As he heads to Jerusalem, he summons the leaders of the Church in Ephesus and gives them a warning. As oversseers, they have a responsibility,…
The gods Made By Hands Are Not gods
Paul is teaching for two years in Ephesus Acts 19:10 “so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks”. Then something else happens, people separate themselves from magic. The gospel is first…
God Has Overlooked the Times of Ignorance
In every place, Paul shares the message of life through faith in Jesus Christ. In Athens, Paul speaks to them about the unknown God, the God that many only recognize as a shadowy concept that they can’t really understand. But…