The Powerlessness of his Enemies
Acts 3 presents the power of the name of Christ, Acts 4 exposes the powerlessness of Christ’s enemies to resist it
The Power of his Name
Acts 4 focuses on the power of the name of Christ in which Peter and John heal a man born lame. But what is the name of Christ?
First Principles
The Church in Acts 2 is small, immature, and incomplete. But for that very reason it serves as the perfect example of the indispensable first principles upon which everything else must rest. They are a devotion to: The apostles’ preaching Fellowship Breaking Bread Prayer
The Demand of Christ
Although we often talk of the ‘offer’ of the gospel, the truth is that, at it’s heart, it’s a demand – God demands that we repent and turn to Christ. That is the substance of Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost. And as he makes that demand he makes two things clear: Nothing will ever be the same again The only one we can turn to, is the one we have betrayed
Harvest!
The opening verses of Acts 2 describe the seminal event in the book in which God comes to indwell his people as once he indwelt his Temple, and before that the Tabernacle. In doing so Jesus … presents the first fruits of his harvest restores his people’s power to speak addresses himself to all nations