Category Archives: Acts

“This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.” (Acts 2:32–33, AV) Years ago, when I ran my own business, IContinue reading “Positional Power (Acts 2:32-33)”

“this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.” (Acts 2:23–24, ESV) When I was a boy, I used toContinue reading “Prove It (Acts 2:22-24)”

““Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the handsContinue reading “Eye Openers (Acts 2:22-23)”

“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Acts 2:21, AV) While I was stationed in the U.S. Army Germany, our company spent 6 weeks at the combined Arms Training Center. One of the strange things that happened on one of our off daysContinue reading “Calling for Hope (Acts 2:21)”

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:” (Acts 2:17, AV) In the early 70s, I was assigned toContinue reading “Last Days (Acts 2:14-21)”

“Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.” (Acts 2:11–13, AV) Two people are driving down a four-lane highway. They areContinue reading “Mixed Reactions (Acts 2:11-13)”

“And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all theseContinue reading “Remarkable Signs (Acts 5-11)”

“And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts 2:3–4, AV) There is an expression, “Timing is everything.” The expression is used toContinue reading “Timing is Everything (Acts 2:1-4)”

“And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.” (Acts 1:26, AV) Theologians have debated the selection of Matthias to replace Judas Iscariot as an Apostle. The debate revolves around two key points. First, since Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem untilContinue reading “The Replacement (Acts 1:20b-26)”

“And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them thatContinue reading “Contrasts (1:15-20a)”