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…
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…
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-…
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…
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….
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…
THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM
(Acts 1-7) THE Jerusalem church is worthy of special mention 1 because it bears the distinction of having been the first church of Christ. It was established and nurtured under the direct supervision of the apostles, who were guided into…
THE SIN OF ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA
(Acts 5:1-11) THERE were two classes of miracles in the divine economy: those that evinced God’s approval of the right, and those that evinced His disapproval of the wrong. An example of the former class is that miracle which occurred…
THE DEACONSHIP
(Acts 6:1-7) IN a similar discourse, relating to the eldership, we have set down a few facts concerning the two dis- tinct classes of congregational officers — elders and deacons. The first four propositions treated in said sermons — (1)…
THE HOLY SPIRIT IN CONVERSION
(Acts 7:51-53; 8:26-40) WE are treating this subject from the viewpoint of the eunuch’s conversion. However, we shall make it a general Scriptural discussion. Every one believes that an individual must be con- verted to enjoy remission of sins. Without…