After their Lord ascended into heaven, the disciples stared into the sky, having just have receiving instruction to remain in Jerusalem until they were immersed by the promised Holy Spirit. They had to wait for this, because in order for Christ to continue acting on the earth even though He was in heaven, He had to… Continue Reading
We have begun a series looking at characteristics of the founders of the first church that we should emulate in our churches today. The first characteristics that we should seek to emulate is described in verse 14: They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and… Continue Reading
Last week we discovered that the founders of the first church were characterized by united, fervent prayer. But prayer is not the only thing with which these founders of the first Church occupied their time, and Luke uses the event of choosing Judas’ replacement to highlight the second characteristic of these men. What was it that… Continue Reading
We have already seen that the founders of the first Church used study of biblical principles and logical deduction to choose two possibilities as Judas’ replacement. But they did not stop there. They did not leave the Lord out of the equation as they made their choice. They very clearly desired to seek the Lord’s… Continue Reading