And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
YOU HEARD IT FIRST AT ANTIOCH
And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
JESUS' REACTION TO THOMAS' DOUBT
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
JESUS' RESPONSE TO THOMAS' DOUBT
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:28-29 (ESV)
PROMISES, PRONOUNCEMENT, PROOF
God's blessing refers to His purpose, pronouncement, and process of bringing about a person's good ''And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.'' Romans 8:28 (ESV)
AN OPEN STUDY ON ACTS 2
OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES
God gives us opportunities every day to do good and to succeed. Your obstacle is an opportunity for you to experience God and for Him to do the Impossible.
CHARGES AND CHANGES
8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts— 9 but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics.(ESV)
Mark 6:8–9
CHARGES AND CHANGES
Stephen does respond to the underlying charge that he is a renegade Jew, and by extension, that the Messianic church is composed of apostate Jews. He does this by asserting that Israelite history (from the call of Abraham to the building of Solomon’s temple) proves that his listeners are the real defectors from God. Stephen is on the offense, not trying to win any favors!
God has compassion for the troubles of his church, and the groans of his persecuted people; and their deliverance takes rise from his pity. Acts 7 and 8 (ESV)
JESUS AT PRAYER
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Hebrews 5:7 (ESV)