Acts 13: Paul’s Missionary Journeys
Acts 13 describes a pivotal point in the history of the church. Now the gospel begins spreading through Paul’s missionary journeys.
Acts 13 describes a pivotal point in the history of the church. Now the gospel begins spreading through Paul’s missionary journeys.
Acts is a book of transitions. One of the biggest of these transitions is the inclusion of non-Jews in God’s plan of salvation. Not only did God bring salvation to both Jews and Gentiles, but He made them one body together in Christ.
God grants His ordinary disciples the privilege of being involved in His work. It’s not fame but faithfulness that God calls us to. Even a small, unknown person can be used by God in magnificent ways.
No one asks for persecution. But God in His wisdom has made it so that when anyone persecutes His Church, it is like taking seed and scattering it so that it goes everywhere.
In a world where critical scholars argue that the resurrection is an invented doctrine, the earliest eyewitnesses tell us otherwise.
What happened to the disciples after Jesus’ resurrection? Acts 1 continues the narrative.
The apostle Paul was adamant that all who put their faith in Christ were free from sin and death and are now free to live a life in the Spirit.
Is Jesus the basis for your being made right before God, or is He not? Do you simply have to believe, or are there certain things you have to do to be saved?
“In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” (Genesis 22:18). God keeps His promises. As Acts unfolds we learn precisely how this promise is fulfilled.
How is it that one of early Christianity’s most ardent enemies would become one of its most significant evangelists?
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