Cornelius wasn’t the only one having a vision. Notice the difference in the type of visions, though. While Cornelius’ vision was straightforward, with an angel delivering a message, Peter’s was more s...  Read More

This is a significant event, as it represents a transition from the message being preached primarily to the Jews to now including the Gentiles; although, as we will see in the coming days, Peter neede...  Read More

This is quite a miracle. Just imagine for a moment that this is your mother, your sister, or your daughter. She is dead. You are in mourning, and Peter is brought in to pray for her. It doesn’t say wh...  Read More

There is a key here that we must not miss. Peter didn’t heal this man—Jesus did! Peter was simply the messenger. What prevents us from going up to someone and saying, “Jesus Christ heals you”? He paid...  Read More

What a pickle Saul finds himself in. The believers understandably were hesitant about meeting Saul; for all they knew, it was a setup to get them all arrested. And Saul couldn’t really go back to the ...  Read More

It appears Saul had experienced a complete change of heart, for as boldly as he marched toward Damascus to arrest the followers of the Way, he was now wasting no time boldly proclaiming Jesus.The beli...  Read More

How would you like to be Ananias, given an assignment like this from the Lord? This required some serious trust on Ananias’ part. In fact, so much so that Ananias questioned whether the Lord really kn...  Read More

Imagine being so zealous for the Lord that in the name of God, you feel you are somehow commissioned to kill the very ones He came to save. Welcome to the dangers of religion. Unfortunately, religion ...  Read More

Picking up from yesterday, Philip was instructed by an angel to head south on a desert road leading from Jerusalem toward Gaza. He encountered an Ethiopian eunuch who happened to be reading aloud from...  Read More

Continuing on in Acts 8, the Word of the Lord has been preached in Samaria and is spreading. The apostles, Peter and John, head back toward Jerusalem, but we see here that the Lord is not finished wit...  Read More

While Jesus was here, He stated that it was better for Him to go because if He didn’t, the Holy Spirit would not come. In fact, as He left, He commanded the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they w...  Read More

Some have maintained that signs and wonders were only performed by the apostles. Yet here we have Philip—a non-apostle, simply one of the believers who was scattered—sharing the Good News about Jesus ...  Read More