As Peter preached the gospel message to the household of Cornelius, the Holy Spirit fell upon them. Luke’s account in Acts described the surprise of the circumcised believers that the Gentiles also received the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:44-45). Later when Peter explained it to the apostles and circumcised brothers in Jerusalem, he [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Fellowship’
September 22, 2008
FORMATIVE STATEMENT TWO ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
The story of Cornelius as recorded by Luke in the Acts of the Apostles, provides several formative statements by Peter for the foundational teaching of the church on acceptance and the Holy Spirit. The lesson that Peter learned, recorded in Acts 10:34-35, is that God shows no partiality, but anyone anywhere who fears Him and [...]
September 17, 2008
FORMATIVE STATEMENT ONE ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
Luke’s historical account of the Acts of the Apostles is also an account of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh and of the dynamic fulfillment of the Lord’s promise of power for witness. Acts is like that one uncle that stands out from the rest of the family. Everyone likes his [...]
February 19, 2008
TWO OR THREE GATHERED IN JESUS’ NAME
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. Matthew 18:19-20 (ESV).
A poem from the 1770s, entitled AWAKE, by Lawrence Tribble, [...]
November 18, 2007
Christ Expressing Christ
“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body though many are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – Jews or Greeks, slaves or free – and all were made to drink [...]
