John 21
Sea of Tiberias
:7 - Peter put on his clothes to go swimming!
:14 - Jesus appeared thrice to his disciples after rising from the dead.
Acts 1
Matthias replaces Judas as part of the 12 disciples.
Acts 2
Pentecost was an event before the cloven tonghtes of fire experience...and yet when we talk about Pentacost, all we mean are the tongues of fire. (Usually)
:41 - First massively successful altar call
Acts 3
Did Jesus leave that lame man for Peter and John to deliver healing?
Acts 4
:13 - Ha! Unlearned and ignorant, those disciples still blew them away. Power of presence. Past and present. Jesus and then Spirit. That does loads more than all their colleges. Ok, this is not a preaching blog. Ok ok.
:31 - Pray until the room shakes!
Acts 5
Lying to the Holy Ghost resulted in death even in the New Testament.
:29 - Obey God rather than men.
Acts 6
7 Holy Waiters are chosen
:8 - A waiter full of miracles! Stephen!
Acts 7
:38 - Church in the wilderness
Stephen recounts OT stories to his accusors - saying people have always gone against God's chosen deliverers.
:58 - What is the significance of this? That they laid their clothes down at Saul's feet at Stephen's execution?
Acts 8
:13 - Simon the sorcerer gets saved, but then tries to buy the Holy Ghost power with money
:38 - The eunuch that believes on Jesus must have been high up towards royalty status to have been able to make a command
Acts 9
:7 - The people with Saul heard the voice but didn't see anyone
:9 - Saul didn't see, eat, or drink for 3 days.
:36 - Joppa - Tabitha/Dorcas
Acts 10
:4 - God can still send angels to convert unbelievers
:30 - Cornelius was visited by an angel in a fast
Acts 11
:26 - Disciples were first called Christians in Antioch
Acts 12
Peter escapes death!
:23 - Too bad God didn't get rid of Herod this way a long time ago!
Acts 13
God shows Himself greater than the NT sorcerers, witches, and warlocks. Even the Jewish ones.
:44 - Wouldn't that be a miracle today?!
Acts 14
Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, Antioch, Pisidia, Pamphylia, Perga, Attalia: cities preached in and/or travelled through by Paul in just this chapter!
:22 - we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God
Acts 15
Peter and James address the Jewish priests.
:39 - Contention between preachers sometimes just separates people to go different directions, which gets the Gospel out into more places.
