Acts 6:8-8:1Last Sunday Elliot preached about the apostles choosing seven men to assist them with caring for the growing numbers of followers of Jesus. Among those men was Stephen, “a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit.” This is followed by the first of five verses in Acts that speak of the continuing…
Acts 5:12-42 After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, Luke writes his first summary of the church in Acts 2:42-47. It begins with:They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.And ends with,And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being…
Acts 4:36 – 5:11 A preacher was preaching on our text today, about Ananias and Sapphira who were struck dead when they told a lie. He said to his congregation, “God doesn’t strike people dead for lying in these modern times. If he did, where would I be?” The people in the congregation smiled and…
Acts 4:32-37 As we move along in our series of sermons from Acts, it is important to remember where we have been, where we are going, and what the theme of the book is. Luke wrote his gospel to Theophilus to give him an account of the earthly ministry of Jesus. In the second part…
Acts 4:23-31 We are in the midst of the story of the first miracle of the first church, at least the first miracle that is recorded by Luke in his telling the story of the early church. After the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, they went out into the world teaching…