Category: Acts
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Gentiles Reconciled
(Acts 10:44-48) Here we see the culmination of all the preparation work The Lord had been doing with both the Jews and the Gentiles to bring about the great reconciliation work of the new covenant. As Peter was preaching we see the final changes take place that forever levels the playing field between the Jews…
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Peter First Speaks to the Gentiles
(Acts10:34-43) The time had come! The Gentiles were about to receive the word of The Lord for the first time from the mouth of Peter. The household and friends of Cornelius the Roman centurion had come together as directed by the angel of The Lord and Peter had come to them also as directed by…
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Breaking Down The Barriers
(Acts 10:17-33) While Simon Peter was pondering the vision of the many unclean animals lowered for him to kill and eat, the men sent by the Roman centurion Cornelius arrived at the house of Simon the tanner asking for Peter. The Lord then instructed Peter through the Holy Spirit to go with these men without…
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Rise Peter, Kill and Eat
(Acts 10:9-16) In my last post we looked at the way The Lord was preparing to unlock the secrets of the gospel and the promises for the Gentiles that were promised. Jesus was spoken of as being a light to the Gentiles and in Him the Gentiles would have hope. In this section we now…
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Unlocking the Promises of God to the Gentiles
(Acts 10:1-8) The time had now come in this section of the scripture where the next set of old prophecies concerning the new covenant were about to commence being fulfilled. While Simon Peter was lodging with Simon the tanner in Joppa, the roman centurion Cornelius was having a vision. An angel appeared to him at…
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Nothing Impossible
(Acts 9:36-43) What is it that man seeks more than anything else? And what is it that in spite of all the advances in medicine and science he simply cannot achieve? In a word…LIFE! Man has learned how to prolong life and repair many sicknesses, illnesses and physical conditions, but once a person is dead,…
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Healing Aeneas
(Acts 9:32-39) There were many healings and miracles done by the hands of the apostles and here again we see The Lord working through Peter to heal Aeneas. Aeneas was a very sick man. He had been bed ridden for eight years and unable to stand as ha was paralysed. We need to,understand too in…
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A Question of Trust
(Acts 9:26-31) I can imagine the conversation Paul must have had when he came to Jerusalem after he had been secreted out of Damascus by being let down over the wall at night. Paul had been out of circulation for about three years and this was his first visit back to Jerusalem since his Damascus…
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Proving Jesus Was The Christ
(Acts 9:19-25) After the Damascus road experience Saul who became Paul was a changed man. Turned around 180 degrees from being the greatest opponent of Christianity to become one of the most fervent proponents of the faith. Those who saw him in those early days after his conversion were astounded. His fame had already spread…
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A Chosen Instrument
(Acts 9:10-18) Saul who became Paul had just been through the Damascus road experience and his life had been turned on its head in an instant. The Lord Jesus appeared to him in a bright light and spoke to him showing how he was hurting himself by continuing to oppose The Lord. Paul at this…
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The Conversion of Saul
(Acts 9:1-9) One of the most amazing events in the book of Acts was the transformation that took place in the life of Saul who became the apostle Paul. The mechanism of his conversion was so amazing hat it is no wonder he was rocked to the very core and spun about one hundred and…
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Baptising the Ethiopian
(Acts 8:26-40) Philip had spent some time in Samaria but was then directed by The Lord through the Holy Spirit to move on. He was instructed to go down the road from Jerusalem to Gaza as there was more work for him to do. This was a significant road and there were people moving along…
