Commissioned to Witness Everywhere Luke starts by connecting Luke and Acts (vv. 1-2). At the
close of Luke’s Gospel, the believers were in the temple
praising God. Acts is the story of what came next. Luke
tells what Jesus did and said in His human body; Acts tells
what He did and said through His spiritual body, the church
...
Commissioned to Witness Everywhere “Witness” is a key word in the book of Acts, and is used 29
times as either a verb or a noun.
Instead of knowing the times or
dates, the Apostles were to be Christ’s witnesses to the
ends of the earth (v. 8). A witness is
someone who tells what he has
seen
and h …
Peter takes the Lead in Prayer Following Christ’s instruction (v. 4), the disciples returned
to Jerusalem to wait and pray (v. 12). When faced with an
important task or decision, we should not rush in and hope
for the best. Instead, prayer for the Holy Spirit’s power
and guidance should be our first step. They assembled in
the ...
Peter Leads The Prayer Meeting After the Lord Jesus ascended Peter became the
recognized leader of the disciples. He was
bothered by the empty space
left by
the treachery and suicide of Judas, and had decided that
someone must replace the missing
member of the Apostolic
ranks.
With
this mind a prayer meeting w …
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Commissioned to Witness Everywhere
Luke starts by connecting Luke and Acts (vv. 1-2). At the close of Luke’s Gospel, the believers were in the temple praising God. Acts is the story of what came next. Luke tells what Jesus did and said in His human body; Acts tells what He did and said through His spiritual body, the church ...
Commissioned to Witness Everywhere
“Witness” is a key word in the book of Acts, and is used 29 times as either a verb or a noun. Instead of knowing the times or dates, the Apostles were to be Christ’s witnesses to the ends of the earth (v. 8). A witness is someone who tells what he has seen and h …
Peter takes the Lead in Prayer
Following Christ’s instruction (v. 4), the disciples returned to Jerusalem to wait and pray (v. 12). When faced with an important task or decision, we should not rush in and hope for the best. Instead, prayer for the Holy Spirit’s power and guidance should be our first step. They assembled in the ...
Peter Leads The Prayer Meeting
After the Lord Jesus ascended Peter became the recognized leader of the disciples. He was bothered by the empty space left by the treachery and suicide of Judas, and had decided that someone must replace the missing member of the Apostolic ranks. With this mind a prayer meeting w …