The Apostles Heal Many

 Meditations on The Acts of the Apostles

January 28, 2021

The Apostles Heal Many

Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.

Acts 5:16

Read: Acts 5:12-16

The church, the New Community of Believers, continued to grow. Luke notes that the normal ebb and flow of people within the Temple were not participating as the Believers met in Solomon’s Colonnade, “but more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.” (v. 14)

As I read today’s passage, I recalled what I wrote on January 19. A Bishop complained that he was not having the same impact in his ministry as did the first apostles. He said, “Everywhere Paul went, there was a riot. Everywhere I go, they serve tea.” In our churches, what is said is important, but what happens is also important. On Epiphany, Cheryl and I attended a worship service in an Anglican church. When the service was over, the priest met with us, He anointed Cheryl, and then he and I laid hands on her and prayed for her healing. (She is been experiencing a good deal of pain from degenerative disc disease.)

My Takeaway:  Luke described an extraordinary time as the Apostles were finding their footing. But it was not a time without consequences, as we will read tomorrow. For now, I want to tarry a bit longer in wonder of our God, for whom, nothing is impossible.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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