The Temple of God
Acts 7:44-53 CSB “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. [45] Our ancestors in turn received it…
Category Spiritual Growth
Rebellion Against God
Acts 7:37-43 CSB “This is the Moses who said to the Israelites: God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. [38] He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with…
God’s Servant Rejected
Acts 7:17-36 CSB “As the time was approaching to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt [18] until a different king who did not know Joseph ruled over Egypt. [19] He…
Partriarchs in Egypt
Acts 7:9-16 CSB “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him [10] and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king…
Increasing in Number
Acts 6:1-7 CSB In those days, as the disciples were increasing in number, there arose a complaint by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution. [2] The Twelve summoned the…
Cannot fight God
Acts 5:33-42 CSB When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them. [34] But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered…
Exalted by the Father
Acts 5:27-32 CSB After they brought them in, they had them stand before the Sanhedrin, and the high priest asked, [28] “Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching…
Solomon’s Colonnade
Acts 5:12-16 CSB Many signs and wonders were being done among the people through the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s Colonnade. [13] No one else dared to join them, but the people spoke well of…
Test the Spirit
Acts 5:1-11 CSB But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property. [2] However, he kept back part of the proceeds with his wife’s knowledge, and brought a portion of it and laid it at…
One Heart and Mind
Acts 4:32-37 CSB Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common. [33] With great power…