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IN THE MEANTIME

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  Acts 1:12-26 The famous words! The Doctor will be with you shortly…. Please Hold, while you wait in another room for another extended period of time.   It here we see there are times in life when we are asked to wait that are much more….   Waiting for that special someone to come into our life. Waiting for employment doors to open up for you. Waiting for direction in a life decision, whether single or married. Waiting for the test results to say, “You’re pregnant!” Waiting for God to heal and comfort you in your illness. Waiting for God to meet a financial need or burden. Waiting to see whether there will be peace or war in the coming days.   Here the beginning of the church is told to wait patiently for the coming of the Holy Spirit and now we see they are 10 days since Jesus’ ascension.  We read very clearly that the duty of the apostles and those with them were to wait .  We are told that all them went into Jerusalem and met ...
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THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH AGE

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  Intro into the book of Acts   Kent Hughes wrote in his commentary on Acts, he said, “One reason I love to study the book of Acts is its uniqueness. It is the sourcebook for the spread of early Christianity.”   The birth of the church is God’s mission for the world to know the gospel.   The work is finished, but unfinished!  In the sense Christ has conquered sin and death completely, so that sinners can enter in, through repentance and faith, and nothing may be added to it .  But now God has purposed the church to be His hands and feet with the gospel that saves to uttermost parts.  The Book of Acts is the beautiful beginnings of His church, God’s plan, for God’s people to grow in the Scriptures, and to worship Him in the new birth.  Luke writes to his dear friend Theophilus (his name means “friend of God” we don’t know much about this man, but we do know according to Luke he is “most excellent”  We read in Luke’s first letter, ...
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