SCRIPTURE: Acts 5 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Jesus replied, ‘If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.’ [John 8:54] Any venture undertaken without God is doomed to fail. If God is not behind Jesus, then His teaching and miracles mean nothing. If God is not behind…
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Jesus makes us bold
SCRIPTURE: Acts 4 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 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] God is turning the world upside down through ordinary people. His kingdom comes through humble servants, starting with Jesus and…
times of refreshing
SCRIPTURE: Acts 3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: 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] As long as we remain closed to God, we will experience misery. The suffering in this world, including this man’s being crippled, is the consequence of our having…
Spirit-empowered witnessing
SCRIPTURE: Acts 2 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off–for all whom the Lord our God will…
baptized in the Spirit???
Hey everyone, time for another discussion. Here is the question. Feel free to answer this however you like. What does being baptized in the Spirit mean to you?
spiritual heart transplant needed (part 2)
Right now I feel that I need this spiritual heart transplant. Thing is, I already had my surgery, I have already been baptized by the Spirit of God. God is in me, with me, the Spirit of God is working to change me. The problem is in me, in the fact that I am quenching the…
spiritual heart transplant needed
SCRIPTURE: Acts 1 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. [ Acts 1:5] The book of Exodus finishes with the tabernacle being ‘baptized’ (filled, covered, anointed) by the glory cloud that represented God [Exodus 40:34-38]. God’s presence and power among them led and empowered them through…
reading Acts
For those participating in the SOAP Bible Reading schedule, here is an introduction to the readings from Acts (Taken from GotQuestions.org). Author: The Book of Acts does not specifically identify its author. From Luke 1:1-4 and Acts 1:1-3, it is clear that the same author wrote both Luke and Acts. The tradition from the earliest days of the church has been…
the Spirit of glory
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 40 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. [John 14:16-17] The…