And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, Good Master, do the same with us tonight!
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. This gospel message was to be proclaimed among all nations, “beginning at Jerusalem”, but not ending there. It has...
And ye are witnesses of these things. We also are called to be “witnesses of these things.” May the Lord make us to be faithful and true witnesses, for his name’s sake! Amen.
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. The promise of the Father was, as you know, the gift of the Holy Spirit. By this gift our Lord’s rising again into glory was celebrated. The Holy Spirit was the heavenly largess of the great King by which he did...
And he led them out as far as to Bethany,” — The ruling passion was strong in the hour of his departure. Well did he know that place, Bethany, — the place of love, where he had received a welcome such as he had experienced nowhere else on earth, — where lived Mary, and Martha, and Lazarus; — there did he bid “Good-bye” to his disciples. Luk_24:50....
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, — Then they were not Unitarians — “They worshipped him,” — and there were angels present at the time who would have been sure to have rebuked them if it had been a wrong thing for them to worship him. Indeed, they themselves,...
And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. So bold were they that the very central spot for the worship of Jehovah we made the place where Christ’s divine sovereignty was proclaimed. This exposition consisted of readings from Luk_24:49-53; and Act_1:1-12