I know that the lord jesus said that paul would stand before kings and give. Therefore, when a church begins to dwindle, lose its power, and turn dull and drab in its witness, it needs desperately to get back into the spirit, expectation, knowledge and teaching of the book of acts. He begins to carry on his work through the reincarnated body of jesus christ the church the body by which the lord intends to reach out to the uttermost parts of the earth. The believers in the acts were not monks or ascetics. Now, in acts 9, we are viewing that second stage wherein the gospel is going. Stedman library plus 67 messages in mp3 format is available on a free cd from. Jesus, the risen lord the message of acts part of the series. The unique contribution of the book of acts, part of a series. Acts is the book that reveals the power of the church. He wrote two books of the new testament, the gospel according to luke, and the book of acts. The book of acts is unfinished, says stedman, in the sense that the church today continues to write new chapters as it moves into the 21st century. Join this beloved preacher and teacher as he shares insights and principles from these ancient pages that will transform your life. A graduate of dallas theological seminary, ray served 40 years as pastor of the peninsula bible church in palo alto, california, before retiring in 1990. Stedman refers to a christians walking in holy separation as monasticism, but that is unfair.
In this book, the principles of the exchanged life not i, but christ is. Packed with charts, maps, timelines, and images, this handy paperback is a great tool for digging into and really understanding the history and message of the new testament. An unfinished story this months daily devotional from your friends at. First paul appears before a pagan roman governor, the second such governor he has appeared before. The book of acts records the events that made the gospel burst out of its confines in judaism and the city of. It is striking that 25 years ago many people would not have believed that the book of revelation could be literally fulfilled. In the book of acts, the holy spirit now begins to fulfill the designed program of god. Therefore there follows, in chapter 7, the longest sermon in the book of acts.
Lets read the account together and comment as we go along. The one to whom this book is written is a young man named theophilus. Today we begin the last series of our studies together in the book of acts. Stedman has 1 books on goodreads with 2586 ratings. I invite you to resume our studies together in the book of acts.
The book opens, therefore, with the genealogy of the king. This part of the story serves as an introduction to his appearance before king agrippa, upon which luke, the writer of the book of acts, largely focuses. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The book of acts is the action book of the new testament, and it constitutes.
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