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Acts - Defending A Miracle The man has been healed The people are amazed While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, much annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus there is the resurrection…

Acts - A Hebrew Sermon: Part 2 And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you. “And now, brothers and sisters, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also…

Acts - A Hebrew Sermon: Part 1 Last week we saw a man healed and rise…showing that rising is not constrained to Messiah, but can happen for others. The now healed man went ‘WITH THEM’ into Solomon’s Portico at the Temple in Jerusalem The people are utterly astonished! Now, I want to warn you that we…

Acts - Easter Evidence Happy Easter! Imagine being the disciples, who have seen Jesus’s crucifixion, and watched him rise from the grave, spending about seven weeks with him… And now he is gone, he has ascended to the heavens Here they are. What happens now? Often, that is where we find ourselves… We…

Acts - The Early Community Let’s recap quickly: Jesus leaves The disciples stay The Holy Spirit comes They hear in their language Peter addresses the crowd The Jews repent and receive the Spirit About 3,000 are added that day Many of those go home, and now we get our first insight into how they were…

Acts - The Sermon Part 2 Last week we were introduced to the miracle… Not healing people Not making people rich Not raising the dead It was the ability to speak with others in their language Peter is speaking to his kinsmen… Men [and] brothers, (29) it is permitted for me to speak with boldness to you…

Acts - The Sermon Part 1 Last week Jay introduced you to the reason we have people who are speaking other languages, it was to help all those visitors in Jerusalem understand that Jesus is the expected Messiah, the son of David. Now, there is an interesting detail that will catch the readers attention…

Acts - The Helper While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for the promise of the Father. “This,” he said, “is what you have heard from me; And when the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled, they were all together in the same place. And suddenly there came from…

Acts - Replacement “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, the one taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way you saw him going into heaven.” ( Acts 1:11 ) Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey…