CHRIST THE FOUNDATION
(Acts 4: 10-12) WE find a remarkable prophecy in Ps. 118 : 22. Re- peated by Jesus (Matt. 21:42). Explained fully by Peter in Acts 4 : 10-12. The Jews were the builders. Jesus Christ was the stone, which, rejected…
CHRIST THE PROPHET
(Acts 3: 22, 23) JESUS of Nazareth the central figure of all ages. Was born and reared in the city of Nazareth, with- out any opportunity of acquiring an extensive learn- ing, yet His marvelous wisdom has startled the world….
CONVERSION
(Acts 3: 19) IN our text Peter says: 6 ‘Repent ye, therefore, and be converted.” In the American Revised Version, it reads: ” Repent ye, therefore, and turn.” Conversion is the process of turning to God. As three distinct changes…
Humility
(Acts 3 : 12) THE spirit of Christianity, or the law of Christ, differs strikingly from that of the Mosaic law. The old covenant was the ministration of death, written and engraven upon tables of stone; while the new cov-…
Miracles in the Christian Dispensation
(Acts 3:1-11) IT is not the purpose of this discourse to prove that miracles were performed. We are going to accept without question the testimony of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They were on the ground at the time the…
The Divine Body
(Acts 2:47) AMONG all the religious bodies in the world to-day, can we find and identify the body of Christ ? Has it been in existence throughout all the centuries? Is it in existence to-day? Seeds that were buried in…
CONTINUING STEADFASTLY
(Acts 2:42) THE church at Jerusalem, typical in that it was the first church of Christ, serves as a pattern. Those who believed, repented, and were baptized, constituted this church (Acts 2:41, 47). How about the evangelism of modern…
The Origin of the Church
(Acts 2:37-47) SOME say that the church was established in the Garden of Eden; others, at the time when God called Abraham to become the father of a chosen peo- ple; others, when the Jews were given the law under…
THE CONVERSION OF THE THREE THOUSAND
THE Book of Acts is a record of the preaching of the apostles, and the conversions that ensued as a result. The apostles were guided at all times by the Spirit of God. These conversions are recorded as ex- amples…
THE DAY OF PENTECOST
(Acts 2) BY way of introduction, we will consider a few facts of prophetic nature: 1. The word of the Lord was to go forth from Jeru- salem (Isa. 2:3). 2. In the last days of the Jewish economy, He…