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ACTS 2:1-4 THE ACTS OF CHRIST THROUGH THE APOSTLES BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (4) THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE FILLING(S) OF THE SPIRIT

"John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." (Acts 1:5) "When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a … Continue reading

ACTS 1:12-26 THE ACTS OF CHRIST THROUGH THE APOSTLES BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (3) PREPARATION FOR THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH

As God's people await the promise of the Father, their preparation for the coming of the Spirit is a great example for us as well as their on-going example after the church was birthed. 1)They were obedient to Jesus' last … Continue reading

ACTS 1:1-11 THE ACTS OF CHRIST THROUGH THE APOSTLES BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

 "The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had … Continue reading

THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

  OVERCOMING HOPELESSNESS, FUTILITY, DEATH AND HELL In 1 Corinthians 15 Paul deals with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though there are many questions he answers and explanations he gives, I want to focus on four key blessings … Continue reading

JUDE 22-25 ACTS OF THE APOSTATES – PART VI

Verses 22-23 show the amazing mercy of God. We have felt His righteous anger toward these apostates expressed through Jude yet now He calls us to reach out to them to lead them to salvation. And we see our Lord … Continue reading

JUDE 17-21 ACTS OF THE APOSTATES – PART V

"But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, "In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts." … Continue reading

JUDE 12-16 ACTS OF THE APOSTATES – PART IV

"These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; wild waves of the … Continue reading

JUDE 8-11 ACTS OF THE APOSTATES – PART III

["In verses 5-7 we saw three cases of past apostates who were judged. In verses 4 and 8-10 we see three characteristics of the apostates' nature: immorality, insubordination, and irreverence. They are immoral, verse 8, they defile the flesh (sexual … Continue reading

JUDE 4-8 ACTS OF THE APOSTATES – PART II

  V.4 – "For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, (Gr. pareisduein, to enter secretly and to slip in stealthily) those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into … Continue reading

JUDE 1-4 ACTS OF THE APOSTATES – PART 1

  This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] … Continue reading

A SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS – TRIVIAL PURSUITS OR SEEKING HARD AFTER GOD

  ["To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul's paradox of love, scorned indeed by the too-easily-satisfied religionist, but justified in happy experience by the children of the burning heart. Come near to the holy men … Continue reading

HEBREWS 13:20-25 LET THE WORD OF GOD DEFINE YOU, DIRECT YOU AND DELIGHT YOU AND ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH TRUTH AND WITH PEOPLE

  "Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,  Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working … Continue reading