"In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.” Acts 1:1-2
The former book is the gospel of Luke, where we first see the name of Theophilus, which means 'lover of God'. Theophilus may be real or a reference to all God-lovers. Regardless, Luke writes Acts as a continuation of his gospel account, focusing now on the early church and chronicling the acts of the faithful in the spread of the good news of Jesus Christ.
As we now embark on a verse by verse devotional series for the many months ahead I hope the Bible becomes even more alive and real to you. I am looking forward to fresh inspiration and perspective on what we can learn from His Apostles as we seek to be better disciples.
Luke concludes his gospel with the ascension of Jesus and Acts begins setting the stage as the early believers await the Holy Spirit to come. May you sense that we believers are in essence the 29th chapter of Acts as we learn together from this inspiring book of the Bible.
In Him,
Pastor Fred
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