A Special Sign for the Early Church There were three great Jewish festivals to which every male
Jew living within twenty miles of Jerusalem was legally bound to
come—the Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
Pentecost was so called because it fell on the fiftieth day, a
week of weeks, after the Passover. At ...
Peter Preaches On Prophecy This passage brings us face to face with The Day of the Lord. In
both the Old and New Testaments there is much that is not fully
understood unless we know the basic principles underlying this
time period. The Jews divided time into two ages. There was
The Present Age, which was utterly evil ...
Peter Proclaims Jesus’s Resurrection Power Peter proclaimed to the crowd that Jesus is Messiah (vv. 22). He
insisted that the Cross was no accident, as it belonged to God’s
eternal plan (v. 23), a fact that is stated multiple times in Acts
(3:18; 4:28; 13:29). However, those who crucified Him were
still guilty of murder (v. 23). The ...
Four proofs of the Resurrection and Ascension These verses include four proofs of the Lord’s Resurrection and
Ascension: The empty tomb (vv.
29-31)The witness of the
Resurrection (v. 32) The witness of the believers (v. 33) The
presence of the Holy Spirit (vv. 34-
36)If the Holy Spirit is in the
world,
then God mu …
Characteristics of the early Church Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they questioned what
they should do (v. 37). Notice how the Holy Spirit took Peter’s
message and caused the listeners to be angry about their sin.
He told them they must repent, turn to God, and be baptized
(v. 38). Repenting means to change our mind ...
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A Special Sign for the Early Church
There were three great Jewish festivals to which every male Jew living within twenty miles of Jerusalem was legally bound to come—the Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Pentecost was so called because it fell on the fiftieth day, a week of weeks, after the Passover. At ...
Peter Preaches On Prophecy
This passage brings us face to face with The Day of the Lord. In both the Old and New Testaments there is much that is not fully understood unless we know the basic principles underlying this time period. The Jews divided time into two ages. There was The Present Age, which was utterly evil ...
Peter Proclaims Jesus’s Resurrection Power
Peter proclaimed to the crowd that Jesus is Messiah (vv. 22). He insisted that the Cross was no accident, as it belonged to God’s eternal plan (v. 23), a fact that is stated multiple times in Acts (3:18; 4:28; 13:29). However, those who crucified Him were still guilty of murder (v. 23). The ...
Four proofs of the Resurrection and Ascension
These verses include four proofs of the Lord’s Resurrection and Ascension: The empty tomb (vv. 29-31)The witness of the Resurrection (v. 32) The witness of the believers (v. 33) The presence of the Holy Spirit (vv. 34- 36)If the Holy Spirit is in the world, then God mu …
Characteristics of the early Church
Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they questioned what they should do (v. 37). Notice how the Holy Spirit took Peter’s message and caused the listeners to be angry about their sin. He told them they must repent, turn to God, and be baptized (v. 38). Repenting means to change our mind ...