The Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 6 – At the Temple Gate
Chapter 6—At the Temple Gate This chapter is based on Acts 3; Acts 4:1-31. The disciples of Christ had a deep sense of their own inefficiency, and with humiliation and prayer they joined their weakness to His strength, their ignorance to His wisdom, their unworthiness to His righteousness, their poverty to His exhaustless wealth. Thus…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 5 – The Gift of the Spirit
Chapter 5—The Gift of the Spirit When Christ gave His disciples the promise of the Spirit, He was nearing the close of His earthly ministry. He was standing in the shadow of the cross, with a full realization of the load of guilt that was to rest upon Him as the Sin Bearer. Before offering…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 4 – Pentecost
Chapter 4—Pentecost This chapter is based on Acts 2:1-39. As the disciples returned from Olivet to Jerusalem, the people looked on them, expecting to see on their faces expressions of sorrow, confusion, and defeat; but they saw there gladness and triumph. The disciples did not now mourn over disappointed hopes. They had seen the risen…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 3 – The Great Commission
Chapter 3—The Great Commission After the death of Christ the disciples were well-nigh overcome by discouragement. Their Master had been rejected, condemned, and crucified. The priests and rulers had declared scornfully, “He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 2 – The Training of the Twelve
Chapter 2—The Training of the Twelve For the carrying on of His work, Christ did not choose the learning or eloquence of the Jewish Sanhedrin or the power of Rome. Passing by the self-righteous Jewish teachers, the Master Worker chose humble, unlearned men to proclaim the truths that were to move the world. These men…
Read MoreProphets and Kings: Chapter 60 – Visions of Future Glory
Chapter 60—Visions of Future Glory In the darkest days of her long conflict with evil, the church of God has been given revelations of the eternal purpose of Jehovah. His people have been permitted to look beyond the trials of the present to the triumphs of the future, when, the warfare having been accomplished, the…
Read MoreProphets and Kings: Chapter 59 – “The House of Israel”
Chapter 59—“The House of Israel” In proclaiming the truths of the everlasting gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, God’s church on earth today is fulfilling the ancient prophecy, “Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.” Isaiah 27:6. The followers of Jesus, in co-operation with heavenly intelligences,…
Read MoreProphets and Kings: Chapter 58 – The Coming of a Deliverer
Chapter 58—The Coming of a Deliverer Through the long centuries of “trouble and darkness” and “dimness of anguish” (Isaiah 8:22) marking the history of mankind from the day our first parents lost their Eden home, to the time the Son of God appeared as the Saviour of sinners, the hope of the fallen race was…
Read MoreProphets and Kings: Chapter 57 – Reformation
Chapter 57—Reformation This chapter is based on Nehemiah 13. Solemnly and publicly the people of Judah had pledged themselves to obey the law of God. But when the influence of Ezra and Nehemiah was for a time withdrawn, there were many who departed from the Lord. Nehemiah had returned to Persia. During his absence from…
Read MoreProphets and Kings: Chapter 56 – Instructed in the Law of God
Chapter 56—Instructed in the Law of God This chapter is based on Nehemiah 8; 9; and 10. It was the time of the Feast of Trumpets. Many were gathered at Jerusalem. The scene was one of mournful interest. The wall of Jerusalem had been rebuilt and the gates set up, but a large part of…
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