The Acts Church Hour

We are all guilty of sin and legally we stand before Christ condemned (Romans 3:19-20). God is the avenger who will bring about judgment and wrath on the Last Day. However, there is an escape for as there was for those fleeing to a city of refuge. Those who realize their sin and guilt which comes through regeneration run to Christ as He is the only escape as He is our only refuge. Those who run to...

Jesus wore a crown of thorns that was to inflict pain and to mock Him. However, there is great depth, symbolism, and importance to Him wearing the crown of thorns. The curse placed on the ground after the fall in the garden was that it would produce thorns. Thorns were representative of the curse from the fall due to sin. Now Christ the King of Kings is wearing not a crown of gold, but rather a cr...

Jesus was innocent and without sin but was sentenced to death as was ordained in the eternal plan of redemption. He entered into His creation to testify to truth and everyone who is of the truth which are His sheep hears His voice. His sheep were guilty and deserved to die and suffer the wrath and judgment of the Father. However, Christ the eternal only begotten Son of God the Father died in place...

The wall of Jericho falling are a shadow pointing the Lord conquering the kingdom of the world on the last day to establish His eternal kingdom in the eternal promised land. All those who believe and are in union with the true Vine, the true Israel of God which is Christ will after their wilderness journey enter the eternal promised land on the new earth. Now as we live and walk on this earth we a...

The examination and questioning of Jesus has begun as they will look to find a way to bring Him to death. There are no credible witnesses against Jesus because He is the spotless, unblemished Lamb of God who is without sin. As Jesus stands before the high priest for questioning, what the high priest does not realize is that the One who they are questioning is God in flesh, the true eternal High Pr...

The place and timing of the arrest of Christ was ordained before the foundation of the world as this was part of the eternal plan of redemption. With the sound of His voice all those who came to arrest Him could have been struck dead as the breath that He gives could have been taken away by His sovereign hand. All the soldiers and officers who came to seize Him did not overpower Him and arrest Him...

The nation of Israel was led out of Egypt, passed through the water, led into the wilderness to be tempted, failed in their temptation and testing, and failed to keep the law perfectly. Christ, the true Israel of God came of Egypt, was baptized in the Jordan river, tempted in the wilderness but did not sin, and then succeeded in keeping the Law perfectly. As a result of our union with the true Isr...

John 17 is a unique chapter in the Bible as we see an intertrinitatian prayer from God the Son to God the Father. The hour has come and the cross is in sight. As He is nearing the final moment of His life, the eternal Son lifts His eyes to Heaven and prays to the eternal Father. And what is on His mind? What is of importance in these movements before His arrest in the garden? The Father is on His...

The Ark of the Covenant is pointing to Christ. The manna speaks of Him being the Bread of Life. Aaron’s rod speaks to Christ being our High Priest. The 10 commandments represent the holy Law of God that no one could keep perfectly except Christ. He would meet the perfect requirement of the Law so that requirement of the Law and His perfect righteousness would be imputed to all who believe. The mer...

After Christ our Passover Lamb's blood is applied in faith, believers are set free from slavery to sin, death, and the devil. We are baptized into Christ and begin our journey with Him. Our spiritual thirst and hunger are satisfied in Christ as we travel in this life as His gives living water and is the Bread of Life. Our bodies, which are our earthly tents that we travel and dwell in as we jo...

Christ is hours away from His death and as He is approaching the Garden of Gethsemane with His disciples He begins to pray to God the Father. The curtains of this prayer are pulled back and we have the transcripts of this inter-trinitarian prayer between the eternal Father and the eternal Son. In this prayer we see the heart of Christ and what is of the most importance to Him as His hour has come...

Christ is hours away from His death and as He is approaching the Garden of Gethsemane with His disciples He begins to pray to God the Father. The curtains of this prayer are pulled back and we have the transcripts of this inter-trinitarian prayer between the eternal Father and the eternal Son. In this prayer we see the heart of Christ and what is of the most importance to Him as His hour has come...

When the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption as sons. The exact time for Christ to take on flesh and to enter His creation was ordained and determined before the foundation of the world. The exact date and time that the eternal Son of God would be slain on a cross as the true...

On the day of His resurrection as He was hanging in agony, the world thought they had won. When Jesus took His final breath, the world thought they had won. When they carried Jesus lifeless body from the cross and was placed in the tomb, the world thought they had won. What the world did not realize was the very act that they believed was the moment of weakness and defeat for Christ was the very a...

The sorrow, weeping, and lamenting of the disciples as a result of the death of Christ was for a little while and then they were made to rejoice with great joy in what Christ's death, resurrection, and ascension meant and accomplished. They rejoiced and had great joy in seeing Him after His resurrection and in His ascension as it demonstrated His victory, His authority, and validated all He ha...

Moses is pointing to someone greater as he is a type and shadow pointing to Jesus. Jesus left His place of reign and glory to become a servant and a shepherd to set His people (spiritual Israel) free from slavery of the enemy and sin. As He is the Passover Lamb who was sacrificed to set His people free, Christ is the mediator of a better covenant and now intercedes for His people as they journey t...

The disciples were going to begin to spread the Gospel to the world. They were declaring the words of God with the help of the Holy Spirit to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. All the world is found guilty against the evidence of who we are in comparison to who God is as revealed in His word. Only through the power and the supernatural work of the God the Holy Spirit can the u...

God is Triune and His works are Triune in nature including our salvation. Without the ascension the life of Christ, the death of Christ, and the resurrection of Christ are of no benefit. It is in His ascension that He would take His seat of rule, reign, and power as King and as High Priest. It is through His going to the Father that He would send the Holy Spirit to apply the accomplishment of Chri...

Joseph is a type and shadow of Christ as Jesus would be the greater Joseph. Joseph was in charge of supplying the physical bread to save the lives of many people. Jesus supplies us Himself as He is the Bread of Life who satisfies the spiritual hunger of all who come to Him (John 6:37) both Jew and Gentile and as a result gives them eternal life. Joseph's brothers in an attempt to destroy Josep...

It is an unfathomable honor and privilege to be called a friend of God. There is no greater love than a man lay down His life for His friends and this greatest love was displayed by Christ on the cross as He was dying for His friends. There is however a price to pay for being a friend of God and the price is hatred and persecution from the world as they are enemies of God. The world and the unrigh...

It is an unfathomable honor and privilege to be called a friend of God. There is no greater love than a man lay down His life for His friends and this greatest love was displayed by Christ on the cross as He was dying for His friends. There is however a price to pay for being a friend of God and the price is hatred and persecution from the world as they are enemies of God. The world and the unrigh...

Jacob’s dream is pointing to the Messiah (the anointed one) who would be the rock and cornerstone upon which the house of God would be built and who access to Heaven would come through. Through His humiliation(descension) and exaltation(ascension), He is forever the mediator between Heaven and earth and between God and man.  We were all at one time separated from God, but all who believe have been...

The only way we can ever choose God is because He chose us first before the foundation of the world. He chose the elect not based on any merit of ourselves, but rather according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace. All those who are chosen are called friends of God as Christ has laid down His life for them and revealed Himself to them. We are to follow Christ...

Those who are in Christ and producing fruit as a result of abiding in the true Vine are those whom the Father has loved with the same love as His Son. He is being glorified by the fruit they produce and in their obedience. Abiding in Christ and being obedient to God is where joy is found can never be found outside of Christ. Disobedience will never bring joy. Sin and disobedience will bring tempor...

God the Father has chosen a bride for His Son and appointed them before the foundation of the world. The Holy Spirit is sent by the Father to those chosen to be the bride of His Son to bring them to the Son. The Holy Spirit regenerates, indwells, seals, and leads the bride though the wilderness journey and will guide us on this journey until one day our eyes behold our Bridegroom for the first tim...