by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
As Peter continues highlighting the preeminence of Christ in his sermon in Acts 3, he cites Moses’ prophecy about a future prophet found in Deut. 18. The only acceptable response to this prophet (Jesus Christ) appears at the end of v.22 and that is to listen...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
A biblical understanding of how God’s promises relate to repentance will not only prevent us from presuming on God’s promises apart from a turning to him, but also guard us from taking credit for any of our repentance. Accordingly, Acts 3:19-21 will answer a...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
How Peter addresses the crowd in Acts 3:12 leads us to the conclusion that God has determined that true, spiritual work requires God’s power so that he gets all the glory. Now there are no apostles today and even the miraculous works of the apostles were distinguished...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
The early church’s unity and togetherness was was very apparent and affected all aspects of their lives, according to Acts 2:44-45. Additionally, Luke writes at the end of v.46, that they were doing this with joyful and sincere or humble hearts. This indicates...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Here is a statement that I believe is implied in Acts 2:40 and is undeniably found all over the NT: The certainty of the Spirit’s activity in a church is based on the church’s conformity to Christ, which is directly tied to how much the church separates herself from...
