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Acts 10

Bible Passage:  Acts 10 The chapter we are reading today records the first time the Gentiles received the grace of God. It tells of the story of the first Gentile convert, Cornelius, and how he and his household came to believe. It is indeed a beautiful story of grace and mercy freely given to those who seek God sincerely with a true heart. The Bible tells us that Cornelius was a devout man and one...

Acts 9

Bible Passage:  Acts 9 This chapter records the works of two powerful chosen vessels of God - Saul and Peter. I’ll like to focus my sharing on Saul. Let’s read Acts 9: Making his first appearance, Saul did not believe in the Lord growing up. He became a strong advocate of Judaism, and persecuted all the Christians who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. We read of his background in his...

Acts 8

Bible Passage:  Acts 8 Bro BiWei’s bible study on Tuesday night’s service gave us an outline of the book of Acts, which records the historical events of the church and how Christianity began and spread. Biblereadingcompanion, in his writeup about Acts 1 talks about the church of the apostolic times and how our church today must strive to emulate them. EVANGELISM AS A CHURCH For the...

Acts 7

Bible Passage:  Acts 7 I’m sure we’re rather familiar with this story. Stephen, one of the well-known martyrs mentioned in the Bible, gave a sermon, rebuking the Sanhedrin who were listening to him. And they weren’t exactly the happiest of audiences. When they could stand it no longer, they rushed at him, dragged him out, and did that ever popular act of punishment known as stoning...

Acts 6

Bible Passage:  Acts 6 “And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.” Acts 6:15 Stephen - the first martyr for Christ. He appeared in only a couple of chapter in Acts and yet, his legacy has a great impact that lasts even till today. Originally chosen as one of the Seven to minister to the needs of the members, Luke used interesting...

Acts 5

The three kinds of forces which are present since the beginning of world can be clearly seen in this chapter we are reading today; i.e. that of God’s, Satan’s and man’s. But Jesus said, These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16: 33 Yes indeed the force of...

Acts 4

Have you ever been persecuted for being a Christian before? The closest I’ve ever come to being persecuted was when a person refused to pay any attention to a few of us and shouted something along the lines of “You believe in your God and I’ll believe in mine” from within her house when we were doing door to door evangelism. This is hardly worth mentioning compared to what...

Acts 3

Bible Passage:  Acts 3 Everytime I read this passage, I want to sing the familiar children’s song “Peter and John Went to Pray” :)  But surprisingly, I am not able to find a Youtube video of it! So you can’t sing along with me! As I was reading, I was also reflecting on what new lessons that Jesus wants me to learn today from such an often read and refered to passage.  J ust...

Acts 2

The Book of Acts is also known as the Acts of the Apostles. However, it can also be read as the acts of the church, the acts of God as well as the acts of the Holy Spirit. Sadly, many people feel that it is merely a historical record which we cannot really rely on too much today. It is even more shocking when we find out that some of these people are Christians themselves. As Christians, shouldn’t...

Acts 1

We start on a new book today - Acts of the Apostles.  This is like the sequel to the Gospel according to Luke and introduces us to the second sub-theme of our main theme “What is Christianity?”. It is about the Church This is the subtheme we will explore as we read Acts and later Ephesians. Bible Passage:  Acts 1 We are often told that the church during the Acts of the Apostles is the...