Of the Acts of the Holy Spirit (through the Apostles) is a deep well of Biblical doctrine and this pastor does recommend that we drink from it often. The Acts covers the establishment of the church that the Lord Jesus had said, “upon this rock I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18c). In the book of Acts we find the early church on full display. We can find its historical presentation, and the modern church will do well to learn from its precepts. Consider, the early church began with the infusion of the Holy Spirit. A shortcoming of the church of 2023 is its failure to adhere to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Hear the word of the Lord: “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit: and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.” (Gal. 5:16, 17) Also, consider the sense of community in the early church: “And all that believed were together and had all things common;” (Acts 2:44). This is consistent with Psalm 133:1: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
Harmony is important because (1) it makes the church a positive example to the world and helps draw others to the Lord; (2) it helps us cooperate as a body of believers as God meant us to do. And then, the book of Acts instructs us in church polity, i.e. church government. “And by the hands of the of the apostles were many sign and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in the in Solomon’s porch. And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) (Acts 5:12-14)
Let me invite you to drink deeply from the well of doctrine, which is the Acts of the Holy Spirit.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
