147 Stories Spread Like Wildfire

Acts 19:4-22, TBC Book Two, Chapter 147
No one could refute the evidence of God’s Holy Spirit, which Jesus had promised to impart to his disciples. Believers in Christ began their faith journey by responding to the call to repent (just as John the Baptist had preached), and they signified their decision through their baptism by water. In a similar way, God demonstrated his acceptance of them by baptizing believers with his Holy Spirit—and the changes that brought were dramatic.

Paul prayed as he laid his hands on the 12 believers he had just met. One by one, each man received the Holy Spirit, evidenced by an ability to speak in tongues and prophesy. What had happened to the believers at Pentecost was now happening to the Ephesian believers.

As was his custom, Paul went to the synagogue on his first Sabbath in Ephesus, and for the next three months, he spoke boldly to the Jews gathered there, presenting the kingdom of God just as Jesus had taught. A number of the Jews, however, resisted so strongly that they spoke out against Paul’s teachings about the Way. . . .

Stories spread as well about amazing miracles that God performed through Paul. It was said that handkerchiefs and scarf-like cloths touched by Paul were blessed with dynamic power. When these cloths were taken to the sick, healing was imparted. When offered to those possessed by evil spirits, their tormenting power was broken and the spirits fled.

This activity captured the attention of some Jews who thought they could imitate Paul as exorcists. . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 147, for the rest of the story.)
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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: Not all are called to teach, but everyone touched by the Spirit has a story to tell. What’s yours?
     A promise to cling to: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 NIV
     A praise to fill you: Testify to Love  Wynonna Judd     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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