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Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts 8: Humility and Boldness

Acts 4:1-22; Exodus 34:29-35; Deuteronomy 13:2-4; Psalm 118; Isaiah 43:11, 45:21-23; Luke 20:1-17; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6; Philippians 2:5-11. When Moses came down from receiving the Law on Mount Sinai, and whenever he spoke with God in the Tabernacle, his face shone afterwards, terrifying the Hebrew people (Ex 34:29-35). People knew without a doubt that heContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts 8: Humility and Boldness”

Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts 7: The Name, the Faith, and the Healing

Acts 3:11-26; Genesis chapters 15, 18, 22, 26, and 28; Deuteronomy 18. As with the great signs of the Spirit at Pentecost, which attracted a crowd, Peter uses the sign of the healed paralytic as an occasion to preach to the astounded crowds who had gathered on Solomon’s Porch—the outer rim of the Temple. HeContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts 7: The Name, the Faith, and the Healing”

Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts 5: The Communion of Saints

Acts 2:37-47; Deut 30:6, 32:5; Joel 2:28-32; Ezekiel 36:26-27 There are probably no homilists who have not yearned for the kind of response that followed Peter’s sermon on that first Christian Pentecost—it was both deep and dramatic.  Luke explains the heartfelt response of the crowd, tells us of the huge number that turned to Christ,Continue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts 5: The Communion of Saints”

Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts, Episode 4: Witnessing to Jesus

Acts 2:22-36; Psalm 15 LXX/16:8-11; Psalm 109 LXX/10:1; Luke 24:13-45; Phil. 2:5-11, 2 Peter 1:19 In this past week, we rejoiced in God’s promise of Pentecost, and the enlivening of the apostles when the Holy Spirit made the fishermen “most wise.”  We have a tendency, though, to gloss over a major part of the firstContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament Upon the Acts, Episode 4: Witnessing to Jesus”

Light from the Old Testament On Acts 2: the Guidance of the LORD

Acts 1:15-26, Josh 18:10, 1 Kingdoms/Samuel 10:20–21, 1 Chronicles 24:5, 25:8, Psalms LXX 68, 108 (MT 69, 109), Proverbs 16:33, Luke 24:3, 1 Cor 8:6, and 2 Peter 1:16-20. This week’s passage, Acts 1:15-26, contains both echoes and direct quotations from the Old Testament. It comes directly after Jesus’ Ascension, and after Luke’s narrative concerningContinue reading “Light from the Old Testament On Acts 2: the Guidance of the LORD”