We will focus mostly on the last half of Acts 5, where the persecution of Christians for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ continues. But first I’ll briefly give a summary of the first half of chapter 5 where a Christian couple is punished for lying, and the church continues to grow. (more…)
July 8, 2008
July 7, 2008
Acts 4
Acts chapter 4 picks up the story right where chapter 3 left off, with Peter and John preaching the resurrection of Jesus to the people gathered in amazement at the healing of a crippled man. The Sadducees, a group of Jewish religious leaders who did not believe in a resurrection of the dead, arrested Peter and John for their preaching and put them in prison for the night. Nevertheless, a good number of men believed in the message that Peter and John preached and the number of believing men in Jerusalem grew to about five thousand (more…)
April 28, 2008
Matthew 9
In Matthew chapter 9 we are shown four examples of people’s faith in Jesus and two examples of Jesus telling the need for Christians to share the Gospel of Christ. We’ll cover them quickly, one at a time. (more…)