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When Alexander Dowie was a pastor in Sydney a bubonic plague killed many people. More than 40 of his congregation were dead already and three more ready to be buried. He was talking to God and asking is it the same God he reads about in both Old and New Testament who does miracles? Then, the Holy Spirit brought to his heart Acts 10:38. Immediately Dowie saw that Jesus is the healer while Devil is...

Gospel was spreading very fast, due to persecution it began to go all over Roman Empire, and God used Philip to share the gospel to the Ethiopian eunuch, into Samaria etc. But the church has not got the vision to take the gospel to gentiles. So, the Lord sends an angel to talk to Cornelius and the Holy Spirit communicates to Peter through a trance. The big wall dividing Jews and Gentiles is broken...

Peter's two miracles have something for us to know. While he was quick to command healing saying "Aeneus, Jesus Christ heals you. take care of your bed", he was not so quick with dead Tabitha. He knelt down and prayed. What can we learn from this? Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching blesses you! Please contact us via the links below if you have any need for healing or prayer...

This is why Paul could claim absolute authority for his teachings. He said, “If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of him. Do not associate with him, in order that he may feel ashamed” (2 Thess. 3:14). Again, “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!” (Gal. 1:8). He separ...

The story of Saul continues from 8:3. Saul hates this new faith of Christians with all his heart and soul and wants to demonstrate it with all his strength! He goes from door to door to arrest Christians and put them in jail. He encounters living Jesus Christ. That has turned his world upside down. What he thought as blasphemy turned out to be true. scales of false religion fell off from his eyes....

Last week we learnt about Philip preaching the Christ in Samaria and the revival broke out there. The church in Jerusalem sent Peter and John to check it out. Philip was being a normal Christian full of the Holy Spirit and signs and miracles were done through him. Even though it is not mentioned Holy Spirit is guiding Philip. In continuation of it, we see an angel instructing Philip to go the the...

After the martyrdom of Stephen, Saul became more bold, more zealous to obliterate the name of Jesus Christ. It brought a clear separation between the old Jewish religion and the Church. The apostles are yet to get the vision of preaching the gospel to the whole world. So, the Lord used persecution to spread the gospel. The Greek speaking Jewish converts like Stephen, Philip God began to use. The H...

Stephen is accused in chapter 6. He gives a lengthy defence when he was asked by the High Priest, who was the same high priest who condemned Jesus to be crucified. Did he really defend himself? or did he turn the tables on their head. Several themes are intermingled: Israel's rejection of Joseph, Moses, Jesus, Stephen himself; God is not limited to reveal himself only in the land of Israel; th...

Qualifications of apostles is they were full of wisdom and Holy Spirit. You see this in chapter 2, 4 and 6. When the dispute arose about distribution of food to the widows, apostles asked them to present seven men full of wisdom and the Holy Spirit. They presented Stephen, Philip and five others. Stephen is the first to be mentioned because Luke is going to talk about him at length. Where was he a...

After the judgement of the Lord on Ananias and Sapphire people were afraid to join the apostles. But they held them in high esteem. Those who are genuine in their faith were being added to the church. The people swing to the other extreme and bring the sick and laid them on the street so that Peter's shadow might fall on them and heal them! The scripture affirms that "all were healed&quot...

Joseph Barnabas sold his property and brought the money and put it at the feet of Apostle Peter. Ananias and Sapphira wanted to do the same to get same recognition but wanted to keep back some of the proceeds. Peter confronted Ananias with the truth. When Ananias was exposed, he had a heart attack and fell down dead. Ooops! Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching blesses you! Please contact us...

v23 Peter and John went back to their own people. That was the group not consisting of 3000 or 5000 people. That is the core group of praying people. That is the centre of power. We might think of White House as a place of power or some capital city of a country. But, that band of praying people for the centre of power. Their unselfish prayer moved the hand of God and the place where they prayed s...

If we read 2 Samuel 23, we see a list of mighty men who were in David's service. How did they become mighty men? When they came to him they were destitutes, in debt and threatened by king Saul. Because of their association with David, they were gradually changed into mighty men. That is what happened to the apostles. They were recognised as men who were with Jesus. That accounted for their sma...

How did Peter and John heal the crippled man? He said, why are you astonished? As though we have made this man whole by our power or godliness. He moved their attention from themselves to Jesus Christ. By faith in His name you see this man healed. There is power in the name of Jesus. Secondly, we who believe are in union with Jesus Christ. That union is just not positional, but it has practical ap...

Acts 2:43 many miracles were done through the hands of the apostles. So, in Acts 3, Luke gives us such an event which was significant and had more impact and consequences. He was born crippled and his family would set him down at the stairway to the temple called 'Beautiful'. Peter and John spoke to him and Peter spoke those memorable words, "silver and gold have I none, such as I hav...

Most of the religious leaders were Sadducees who did not believe in resurrection, angels etc. So they wanted to trap Jesus and posed a hypothetical question. Jesus responded saying you neither know the power of God not do you understand scriptures. St. Paul has much to say about resurrection but it all came from his encounter with resurrected Jesus. Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching bles...

When Peter preached this Jesus whom you crucified, God raised Him from the dead. They were cut to heart and asked the apostles "what should we do?". Peter said to them, "repent and be baptised in the name of Jesus..." Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching blesses you! Please contact us via the links below if you have any need for healing or prayer requests! Omega Church i...

In these verses, Peter's explanation of the phenomena of tongues continues. He builds his case by proving that Jesus rose again from the dead. He demonstrates how God (Elohim) approved Jesus by raising him from the dead. He goes on to prove that the resurrection of Jesus is in fulfilment of prophecy by King David. In verse 32 Peter makes the statement that he is willing to pay for this truth b...

When the people saw the disciples speaking in tongues they concluded they were drunk with sweet wine. Peter perceived what is being said and decided to give a defence about the reality. It was a festival season, people were fasting, praying to celebrate the barley harvest. They would drink mostly with dinner. It was 9am too early to be drunk. So, Peter says, what you are seeing is fulfilment of th...

What prophet Ezekiel saw in chapter 37 and how a vast army was raised for God has no fulfilment apart from how it made a beginning in Acts 2 on the day of Pentecost. Condition of the world is like valley of dry bones! Now, slowly the church is looking like a valley of dry bones. We need that invasion of the Holy Spirit! Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching blesses you! Please contact us via...

Pastor Theo Nayagam is the Director of Foursquare Ministries in New Zealand. He shares how unity of the early church has played a key role in God pouring out His Spirit on the Pentecost! Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching blesses you! Please contact us via the links below if you have any need for healing or prayer requests! Omega Church is a Foursquare church in Christchurch New Zealand....

Every word Luke uses in his first chapter is very precious. Jesus being taken up into heaven is mentioned three times in the first chapter (vs 2,9,11). It gives an insight into ending of Jesus life on the earth and beginning of his life in Heaven, it gives a closure to the matter unlike Elijah after being caught up into heaven by a chariot of fire, the men of the school of prophets wanted to searc...

The message for a large part is my testimony of how being afraid of Holy Spirit and doubting His work has hindered my progress in my life. It took me decades to enjoy the Holy Spirit: hearing his voice, receiving direction, seeing healings and casting out demons etc Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching blesses you! Please contact us via the links below if you have any need for healing or pr...

Jesus appeared to his disciples over a period of 40 days to convince them that he is risen from the dead! His main purpose is to help them to transition from knowing a physical and material Jesus to knowing the Holy Spirit. They had to know that he is alive far beyond any doubt. On that faith will either the would be church remain standing or fall! Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching bless...

What is the purpose of Luke writing a second account after writing the Gospel? He wrote about what he heard in the first treatise and what he has seen in this part. What did he want to prove? What is the effect of the book on the church? According to Luke 9:51 Jesus looked forward to the ascension, why was he doing it? and many more things! Please stay tuned in. We pray this teaching blesses you!...