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Acts 2:47

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They praised God and were liked by all the people. Every day the Lord added those who were being saved to the group of believers.

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But they did not know how they could do it, because all the people were listening closely to him.

Jesus became wiser and grew physically. People liked him, and he pleased God.

The Lord was helping the believers, and a large group of people believed and turned to the Lord.

When those who were not Jewish heard Paul say this, they were happy and gave honor to the message of the Lord. And the people who were chosen to have life forever believed the message.

In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual to the synagogue. They spoke so well that a great many Jews and Greeks believed.

Paul and Barnabas told the Good News in Derbe, and many became followers. Paul and Barnabas returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

So the churches became stronger in the faith and grew larger every day.

So, many of them believed, as well as many important Greek women and men.

This promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Then those people who accepted what Peter said were baptized. About three thousand people were added to the number of believers that day.

The leaders warned the apostles again and let them go free. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had been done.

With great power the apostles were telling people that the Lord Jesus was truly raised from the dead. And God blessed all the believers very much.

But many of those who had heard Peter and John preach believed the things they said. There were now about five thousand in the group of believers.

The number of followers was growing. But during this same time, the Greek-speaking followers had an argument with the other followers. The Greek-speaking widows were not getting their share of the food that was given out every day.

The word of God was continuing to spread. The group of followers in Jerusalem increased, and a great number of the Jewish priests believed and obeyed.

The church everywhere in Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had a time of peace and became stronger. Respecting the Lord by the way they lived, and being encouraged by the Holy Spirit, the group of believers continued to grow.

All the people living in Lydda and on the Plain of Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.

Anyone who serves Christ by living this way is pleasing God and will be accepted by other people.

God planned for them to be like his Son; and those he planned to be like his Son, he also called; and those he called, he also made right with him; and those he made right, he also glorified.

And Isaiah cries out about Israel: “The people of Israel are many, like the grains of sand by the sea. But only a few of them will be saved,

The teaching about the cross is foolishness to those who are being lost, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.




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