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OBS: ACTS - The Transition (Part 6 - Pentecost vs. the New Covenant)

OBS:
ACTS, The Transition
(Part 6)

The focus is not so much on studying Acts, as it is on using the book to teach us about dispensation truths.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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Pentecost vs. the New Covenant

OBS: ACTS - The Transition (Part 5 - Insights into the New Covenant)

OBS:
ACTS, The Transition
(Part 5)

The focus is not so much on studying Acts, as it is on using the book to teach us about dispensation truths.

Acts 1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

See the video lesson of this study here.

Insights into the New Covenant

Paul's Credibility (P3)

Paul's Credibility
(Part 3)

Paul made some incredible claims in his writings. He claims to be the "mater builder", "the Apostle to the Gentiles" and encourages his converts that they should "imitate and follow him". In this short series we will investigate these claims and determine how Paul could say such bold things.

This study will bring validity and confirmation to the credibility of Paul and to the scriptures he was inspired to write to the Body of Christ.

This is Part 3 of the series. To gain the full context of this article, please start in Part 1 here.

The Progressive Content of Paul's Epistles

The Progressive Content of Paul's Epistles

After Acts 28:28, when Paul turns his focus wholly to the Gentiles, one sees a change in the content of his epistles. With careful study one finds much less references to Old Testament quotes and to Jewish customs and traditions. This post will provide some insights as to why.

Interesting Fact: In Paul's writings from after Acts 28, —that is in his "Prison Epistles - Ephesians to Colossians", —one finds minimal references to Old Testament quotes or any mention of Jewish customs or traditions. Why is this? My answer would be that in Acts 28:28 he mentions that his attention will now turn to the Gentiles as they were receptive to his message. Paul spent years in his early ministry trying to bring the Jews to salvation through the grace gospel, but they would not hear. The fact that there is little in the subsequent prison epistles regarding the Jewish prophetic program and their customs validates for me that his heart was now set solely on a 'pure' grace message alone.


OBS: ACTS - The Transition (Part 4 - To the Jews First)

OBS:
ACTS, The Transition
(Part 4)

The focus is not so much on studying Acts, as it is on using the book to teach us about dispensation truths.

Acts 1:4 ... And, being assembled together with them, [He] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. ...

See the video lesson of this study here.

All Jews had to be saved first!

Paul's Credibility (P2)

Paul's Credibility
(Part 2)

Paul made some incredible claims in his writings. He claims to be the "mater builder", "the Apostle to the Gentiles" and encourages his converts that they should "imitate and follow him". In this short series we will investigate these claims and determine how Paul could say such bold things.

This study will bring validity and confirmation to the credibility of Paul and to the scriptures he was inspired to write to the Body of Christ.

This is Part 2, and a continuation of Part 1 of the study started here. (Please read Part 1 for context).

OBS: ACTS - The Transition (Part 3 - The Kingdom vs Grace Way of Living)

OBS:
ACTS, The Transition
(Part 3)

The focus is not so much on studying Acts, as it is on using the book to teach us about dispensation truths.

Acts 1:3 ... To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: ...

See the video lesson of this study here.

The Kingdom vs Grace Way of Living

Paul's Credibility (P1)

Paul's Credibility
(Part 1)

Paul made some incredible claims in his writings. He claims to be the "mater builder", "the Apostle to the Gentiles" and encourages his converts that they should "imitate and follow him". In this short series we will investigate these claims and determine how Paul could say such bold things.

Below are a few scriptures taken from Paul's epistles. In these are some very bold and very strong claims. I'd like you to slow down and take your time to read through each scripture below to see if you can identify the part in it that presents a bold claim or assertion or statement that Paul makes. We will briefly analyze each statement below and then resume in other posts within this series to prove how Paul could say these radical things. This study will bring validity and confirmation to the credibility of Paul and to the scriptures he was inspired to write to the Body of Christ.

OBS: ACTS - The Transition (Part 2 - The Great Commission and Water Baptism)

OBS:
ACTS, The Transition
(Part 2)

The focus is not so much on studying Acts, as it is on using the book to teach us about dispensation truths.

Acts 1:2 ... until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: ...

See the video lesson of this study here.

The Great Commission and Baptism