Raised Up to Move Up 1. If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. 2. Set your affection on things above and not on things of the earth. 3. For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3 […]
Do You Remember? 59. About the space of one hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Of a truth this fellow was also with Him: for he is a Galilean.” 60. And Peter said, “Man, I know not what you are saying.” And immediately, while he was yet speaking, the rooster crowed. 61. And the Lord turned and looked […]
The Power to Get Up 1. One day, Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the time of prayer (at three o’clock in the afternoon). 2. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the Temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going […]
The Signs of Pentecost 12. The Apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon’s Colonnade. 13. But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them. 14. Yet, more and more […]
Problems at Pentecost 1. And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple, and the Sadducees came upon them. 2. They were grieved that they taught the people and preached through Jesus, the Resurrection from the dead. 3. And they laid their hands on them and put them in hold until the […]
The People of Pentecost 5. At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. 6. When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers. 7. They were completely amazed. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from […]
The Power of Pentecost 1. On the day of Pentecost, all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2. Suddenly there was a sound from Heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3. Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each […]
The Judas Issue 15. In those days, Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty), 16. And said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as a guide for those who arrested Jesus.” 17. “He was […]
This Same Jesus 8. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9. After He said this, He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid Him from their […]
Preparing for the Next Level 6. So when the Apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking Him, “Lord, has the time come for You to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” 7. He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.” 8. “But you will […]