What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?
The book of Acts records eyewitness accounts of the early Church from Christ's resurrection until about A.D. 60. Chapter 2 records the beginning of the Church.
This special event began when the place in which the apostles and other disciples were gathered suddenly was filled with the sound of a mighty wind and "tongues, as of fire," that appeared to alight on them. They went out and almost immediately began to speak to the crowds gathered in Jerusalem, for these events occurred on the biblical Feast of Pentecost. Miraculously, the apostles' preaching was comprehensible to all people from many lands so that all understood their words in their own language.
Often overlooked in this account is the significance of these events occurring on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1). This was one of the festivals God commanded for His people many centuries before (Leviticus 23). In revealing these festivals, God exclaimed, "... These are My feasts ... the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations ..." (verses 2,4). Then God proclaimed them to be "a statute forever" (verses 14,21,31,41).
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Apostles:
- _What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?
- _Introduction (CJ)
- _What is the True Gospel?
- _Did Jesus Really Die and Live Again?
- _The Apostles, the Old Testament and God's Law
- _Why Is the Sabbath Commandment Not Repeated in the New Testament
- _Chapter 3: What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?
- _Chapter 3: Following in the Footsteps of the Apostles
- _The New Testament Writers
- _The Bible & Archaeology - The Book of Acts: The Church Begins
- _Profiles of Faith - Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles
- _Introduction (CJ)
- _Acts Shows What the Early Church Believed and Practiced
- _The Bible & Archaeology - The Book of Acts: The Message Spreads
- _Profiles of Faith - Luke: Paul's Beloved Friend and Companion
- _Can You Believe the Bible? (3/2002)
- _The 'Feasts of the Lord' in the Book of Acts
- _Archaeology in Acts, Part 1
- _The Bible & Archaeology - The Book of Acts: The Message Spreads
- _The Apostles: A Case Study in Conversion
- _The Feast of Pentecost: The Firstfruits of God's Harvest
- _The New Testament Church Begins
- _Pentecost
- _The Lesson of the Feast of Firstfruits
- _The Wave-Sheaf Offering
- _Living a Great Miracle - Being Led by God's Spirit
- _The Biblical Festivals That Teach Us About Jesus Christ
- _What Religious Days Did Jesus Observe?
- _What Is a True Christian?
- _A Pentecost Message: It's Your Church Too!
- _Pentecost: The POWER to Change Your Life
- _Pentecost and the Book of Ruth
- _The Feast of Pentecost: The Firstfruits of God's Harvest
- _Introduction (LF)
- _Crucial Questions
- _God's Days of Worship
- _Fertility Symbols: Beneath the Dignity ofGod
- _Introduction (SS)
- _God's Sabbath in Today's World
- _Which Day Is the Sabbath?
- _Was Sunday the New Testament Day of Worship?
- _What Is True Worship?
- _What Is God Like?
- _Chapter 2: Preparing a People
- _The Godly Way of Life
- _A Close Encounter
- _Who Is the Center of Our Worship?
- _Should You Attend Church?
- _Feast Days God Despises
- _Crucial Questions
- _We Read to Know We Are Not Alone
- _Europe and the Church, Part 3: The Early Church
- _Europe and the Church Part 4: Union of Church and State
- _A World Lit Only by Fire
- _'Church' and 'Congregation' in the Scriptures
- _The Rise of a Counterfeit Christianity
- _Early Trends That Affected the Future of the Church
- _The Historical Background of the Term Church
- _Did Paul Expect to be conscious in Heaven Right After Dying?
- _The Corruption of Apostolic Christianity
- _Was the Sabbath Changed in the New Testament?
- _The Two Women of Revelation
- _What Is the Church?
- _A Chosen People
- _A Counterfeit Gospel Arises
- _Reexamining the Roots of Christianity
- _Rediscovering Christianity: Scholars Have Second Thoughts
- _Modern Christianity's Forgotten Roots
- _Teachings and Practices of the Early Church
- _The Unexplained Success of the Church
- _From Sabbath to Sunday
- _Profiles of Faith: James: Half Brother of Jesus
- _College Professor Discusses Differences in Christianity
- _Europe and the Church, Part 3: The Early Church
- _Biblical Holy Days in the New Testament
- _How to Observe God's Holy Days
- _Colossians 2:16 Shows Gentile Christians Kept the Holy Days
- _Are God's Holy Days Relevant Today?
- _God's Festivals in the New Testament
- _Jesus Christ and the Festivals of the Bible
- _Galatians 4:9-10: Are God's Laws Bondage?
- _The Calendar Used by the Earliest Gentile Christians
- _Colossians 2:16-17: Are God's Laws Obsolete?
- _The Ascetic Philosophy Affecting the Colossians
- _What Does 'Shadow of Things to Come' Mean?
- _Are the Biblical Holy Days Christian Festivals?
- _What Did Paul Really Say in Colossians 2:16?
- _Points to Ponder (bsc12)
- _TheKeys to Humanity's Future: Feast of Unleavened Bread
- _What Do the Holy Days Mean for Christians Today?
- _Feast Days: God's or Man's?
- _Are the Biblical Holy Days for New Testament Christians?
- _Are All Spiritual 'Shadows' Obsolete?
- _Should You Keep the Festivals Jesus Observed?
- _Why Should Christians Keep the Passover?
- _Questions and Answers - Sep/Oct 2004
- _How Were Original Biblical Practices Replaced in Christianity?
- _Why Would the Apostle to the Gentiles Keep the "Jewish" Holy Days?
- _Practicing What We Preach
- _How to Observe God's Holy Days
- _Pride of America's Power: Approaching the Breaking Point?
- _Genesis 1 and the Days of Creation
- _The Sabbath Day
- _The Chronology of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection
- _Jesus' Teaching on God's Law
- _Did the Ten Commandments Exist Before Moses?
- _Did Paul Tell the Romans One Thing and the Corinthians the Opposite?
- _Did Paul's Words to the Galatians Contradict His Actions?
- _When Is the Sabbath to Be Kept?
- _Jesus Christ and the Sabbath
- _Was God's Law Abolished in the New Testament?
- _There Remains a Sabbath Rest
- _The Sabbath: In the Beginning
- _Key to a Relationship With Our God
- _What Is 'the Lord's Day'?
- _Did the Apostle Paul Abolish the Sabbath?
- _The Sabbath in Acts: Luke's Record of Paul's Understanding
- _Letters From Our Readers - Jul/Aug 2002
- _The Sabbath in the Scriptures
- _God's Test Commandment
- _Letters From Our Readers - Nov/Dec 2002
- _The Sabbath Day in Summary
- _Letters From Our Readers - May/Jun 2004
- _Do All Churches Get Their Teaching From the Bible?
- _What Does the Bible Say About... The Sabbath Day?
- _Are You Missing Out on a Blessing From God?
- _God's Appointment With You
- _Genesis 1 and the Days of Creation
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