THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - Acts Part 2

Acts 4:25-26  

"You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David:

" 'Why do the nations rage

    and the people plot in vain?

The kings of the earth rise up

    and the rulers band together

against the Lord

    and against his anointed one.' "  (Psalm 2:1-2)

Acts 4:31  

    After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.  (see all Acts 4)

Acts 5:29-32  

    Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than human beings! The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead--whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins. We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."  (see all Acts 5)

Acts 6:5-7  

    This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

    So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.  (see all Acts 6)

Acts 7:55-56  

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."  (see all Acts 7)

Acts 8:38-39  

And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. When he came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.  (see all Acts 8) 

 

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