44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. The end of Chapter 2 presents somewhat of an aside, detailing the nature of the early church, and is worth quoting directly here:Ĥ2 “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Specifically, my wife Cheryl and I were re-reading our notes yesterday from Acts 3-4, the events following on the miraculous appearance of the Holy Spirit, the subsequent filling of the Apostles (with the Holy Spirit) and the first sermon preached by Peter where the Jewish listeners from all over the known world miraculously heard the Apostles and Peter speaking in their native language. But its subject matter is the real meat of the Bible, and deals not only with the procedural and doctrinal points in the formation of the new church, but also with prophecy and how that relates to the believer in Jesus Christ. The book is variously titled sometimes as “The Acts of the Apostles” as well as just “Acts”. The book deals generally with the founding of Jesus’ Church on earth. At Hope Chapel this year, so far, we have been going through the Book of Acts.

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