In The Word Read: Acts 11:1-18 Peter Reports in Jerusalem 11 Now the apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, the Jewish believers took issue with him, 3 saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and ate […]
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All Nations In The Harvest
In The Word Read: Acts 10:34-48 Gentiles Hear Good News 34 Opening his mouth, Peter said: “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, 35 but in every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.36 The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, […]
Full Counsel Of The Word
In The Word Read: Acts 9:43-10:33 43 And Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a tanner named Simon. Cornelius’ Vision 10 Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and made many charitable contributions […]
Authority In His Name
In The Word Read: Acts 9:32-42 Peter’s Ministry 32 Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he also came down to the saints who lived at Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas who had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. 34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; […]
Naysayers
In The Word Read: Acts 9:19b-31 19 and he took food and was strengthened. Saul Begins to Preach Christ Now for several days he was with the disciples who were in Damascus, 20 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” 21 All those hearing him continued to be […]
Saul’s Conversion
In The Word Read: Acts 9:1-19a The Conversion of Saul 9 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he might […]
The Ethiopian Eunuch
In The Word Read: Acts 8:26-40 26 But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Get ready and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.) 27 So he got ready and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the […]
Pure Motives
In The Word Read: Acts 8:5-25 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them. 6 The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what was being said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing. 7 For in the case of many who had […]
Suffering For His Namesake
In The Word Read: Acts 7:44-8:4 44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. 45 Our fathers in turn received it, and they also brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations that […]
Stephen The Preacher
In The Word Read: Acts 7:1-43 Stephen’s Defense 7 Now the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said, “Listen to me, brothers and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and He said to him, ‘Go from your country and […]