Category: Acts
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When Words Are Added
As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. Acts 21:25 (KJV) They observe no such thing, save only – Have you ever studied this verse? Most…
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Sabbath Day’s Journey
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey. Acts 1:12 (KJV) Sabbath day’s journey – Wow, that sounds like a long distance, doesn’t it? Walking from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem must have taken a very long time. A Sabbath day’s journey appears to…
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Confusion of Good and Evil
And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. Acts 15:1 (KJV) Ye cannot be saved – The great contest is not between God fearing believers and unrighteous unbelievers. In this world, it seems, good and evil are…
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The Lost Desire of Obedience
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? Acts 8: 36 (KJV) What doth hinder me – What’s going on here? We have an Ethiopian man reading the scroll of Isaiah. First, he’s a Gentile.…
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Devout Men
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Acts 2:5 (KJV) Men – This is a description of the day of Pentecost when the Spirit descended upon the followers of the Way. It wasn’t a fluke that so many people were gathered this day in Jerusalem. Who were…
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The Troublesome Law
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: Acts 15:19 (KJV) Trouble – Don’t trouble the Gentiles with the law, right? They don’t need this because they have Jesus! And so James establishes an edict stating that the Gentiles just need to adhere to 4 things:…
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Pentecost’s Other Names
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 2:1 (KJV) Pentecost – It’s the name we Christians are most familiar with. Pentecost literally means “the 50th day”, but do we understand what it’s referring to here? Yes, Pentecost is the day that God poured…
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Yeshua’s Purpose
Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Acts 3:26 (KJV) To bless – Why was Yeshua sent in the flesh? It’s such a basic question, and more often than not our immediate reaction is that He came…
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The Priests Nobody Talks About
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. Acts 6:7 (KJV) Priests – Do you have all the facts? Are you sure it was the Jewish nation as a whole that sacrificed Christ? It seems to…
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And Thy House
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31 (NASB) And thy house – Does this strike you odd? This prison keeper asked Paul what he must do to be saved. And Paul’s answer is that if he would believe on Yeshua, then not only he…