Category: Acts for a 21st c. Church
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Why DO the nations rage?
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves,and the rulers take counsel together,against the Lord and against his Anointed Psalm 2:1b-2 ACTS of the disciples of the Apostles 4: If you READ this section of Acts 4 carefully, you will discover that unlike the earlier…
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Constant Faith: They lifted up their voice to God
When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported everything that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. ACTS of the APOSTLES (Peter & John) 4:23 NASB20 Constant companions of the Church We might easily dismiss the community to which John, Peter and the forty-plus year old healed…
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By what power? Political prowess by the powers that be
“By what power, or in what name, have you done this?” ACTS of the Apostles of Jesus Christ 4:7b Previously and Prior to that.. Their Previous Scene at the Temple Solomon’s Porch (portico) among the grand columns of HEROD’S temple, lasting project of a previous administration also pretentiously guarding what little power Rome would allow,…
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Peter Replied: Signs Preached from Solomon’s Porch
..all the people ran together to them at the portico named Solomon’s, completely astonished. But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people.. Acts of the Apostles 3:11b-12a NASB20 It’s MASSIVE and Magnificent! Herod the Great left a temple to Jerusalem’s elite where MULTITUDES could enter stadium-sized courts rivaling Rome’s great temples. Jewish religious…
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We are Beggars in the House of God
Begging for Blessing You may have had a beggar at your door recently. My new neighbor asked me if he should expect any ‘trick or treaters’ invading our neighborhood. Probably not, I responded. We generally have sweets here for ourselves that I could give away to a beggar, I assured. But he thought it might…
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Building a New Synagogue of Simon – שִׁמְעוֹן
(I know you’re thinking ‘church’ and not ‘synagogue’ and Christians always think like a gentile only calling the Apostle Peter, but today we need to look at ACTS through first century eyes, having ears to hear Simon Peter preach the Person of Christ Jesus who he knew and loved personally.) Today’s look at ACTS OF…
