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Acts 1:15

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One day there were about one hundred twenty of the Lord's followers meeting together, and Peter stood up to speak to them.

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Jesus told them another story: The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a farmer plants a mustard seed in a field.

But Simon, I have prayed that your faith will be strong. And when you have come back to me, help the others."

I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things that I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am going back to the Father.

So the rumor spread among the other disciples that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say he would not die. He simply said, "What is it to you, if I want him to live until I return?"

Peter invited them to spend the night. The next morning, Peter and some of the Lord's followers in Joppa left with the men who had come from Cornelius.

The apostles and the followers in Judea heard that Gentiles had accepted God's message.

The Holy Spirit told me to go with them and not to worry. Then six of the Lord's followers went with me to the home of a man

He found Saul and brought him to Antioch, where they met with the church for a whole year and taught many of its people. There in Antioch the Lord's followers were first called Christians.

The followers in Antioch decided to send whatever help they could to the followers in Judea.

Peter motioned for them to keep quiet. Then he told how the Lord had led him out of jail. He also said, "Tell James and the others what has happened." After that, he left and went somewhere else.

But the Jews who did not have faith in him made the other Gentiles angry and turned them against the Lord's followers.

Some people came from Judea and started teaching the Lord's followers that they could not be saved, unless they were circumcised as Moses had taught.

The men who were sent by the church went through Phoenicia and Samaria, telling how the Gentiles had turned to God. This news made the Lord's followers very happy.

The Lord's followers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy,

But Paul and Silas went straight to the home of Lydia, where they saw the Lord's followers and encouraged them. Then they left.

That same night the Lord's followers sent Paul and Silas on to Berea, and after they arrived, they went to the Jewish meeting place.

Right away the followers sent Paul down to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.

But when they did not find them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the Lord's followers. They took them to the city authorities and shouted, "Paul and Silas have been upsetting things everywhere. Now they have come here,

After Paul had stayed for a while with the Lord's followers in Corinth, he told them good-by and sailed on to Syria with Aquila and Priscilla. But before he left, he had his head shaved at Cenchreae because he had made a promise to God.

Apollos decided to travel through Achaia. So the Lord's followers wrote letters, encouraging the followers there to welcome him. After Apollos arrived in Achaia, he was a great help to everyone who had put their faith in the Lord Jesus because of God's kindness.

When we arrived in Jerusalem, the Lord's followers gladly welcomed us.

Everyone who heard this praised God and said to Paul: My friend, you can see how many tens of thousands of the Jewish people have become followers! And all of them are eager to obey the Law of Moses.

We sailed from Tyre to Ptolemais, where we greeted the followers and stayed with them for a day.

The high priest and all the council members can tell you that this is true. They even gave me letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus, so that I could arrest people there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

There we found some of the Lord's followers, who begged us to stay with them. A week later we left for the city of Rome.

After this, he appeared to more than five hundred other followers. Most of them are still alive, but some have died.

At that same moment there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. Seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were frightened and praised the God who rules in heaven.

A few of you in Sardis have not dirtied your clothes with sin. You will walk with me in white clothes, because you are worthy.




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