While most common people welcomed Jesus and His messages, the Jewish leaders did not. They became envious of the attention and they feared that He might cause a disruption of their favored position with the Romans and upset their apple cart. Jesus didn’t hesitate to point out the hypocrisy and shortcomings of those who were supposed to lead others closer to God. As a result, they began looking for an opportunity to bring Him down. They were about to get it.

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How do we deal with life’s new and pervasive challenges? The best place to look for answers to life’s hardest questions is, of course, the Bible.

Today we’re actually going to discuss something that will reduce demand for toilet paper as well as what you and I can do to help solve this problem beyond self-quarantine, social distancing, and sanitizing. Keep doing that. But there is actually something you and I can do to help solve this pandemic even though we’re not on the President’s Task Force.

Happy Birthday Church! Acts 2 January 12, 2020

Today, we’re going to see how this verse is even more powerful than an ax and 2 38s. Last week we started our adventure in the Book of Acts and found that who was the author? Dr. Luke. The same one who wrote the Gospel of Luke. And we found out that a better title for the book would be the Acts of the Holy Spirit for He is found throughout it. We also discovered the theme of bearing witness for Jesus with the dynamite power of the Holy Spirit and that the disciples were to do this in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. And they did. And we are to continue their work. We also discovered the importance of prayer in our witnessing and I hope that you’ve prayed for the people on your Andrew List this week and that you will continue pray them out of hell and into Heaven! The early disciples met together constantly in prayer. By the time we finished Acts 1, the promised Power and Spirit had not yet arrived so they are still looking for Him expectantly. All of Acts 1 sets the stage for what will happen in Acts 2.

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Be My Witness

Senior Pastor George Bowers shared this message, What Jesus Did, at Antioch Church of the Brethren on Sunday, January 27, 2019.

Senior Pastor George Bowers shared this message, What Jesus Did, at Antioch Church of the Brethren on Sunday, January 27, 2019.

Senior Pastor George Bowers shared this message, Who Jesus Is, at Antioch Church of the Brethren on Sunday, January 20, 2019.

Senior Pastor George Bowers shared this message, God the Father Almighty, on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Antioch Church of the Brethren in Woodstock, VA.

Senior Pastor George Bowers shared this message titled, God’s Faithfulness, on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at Antioch Church of the Brethren in Woodstock, VA.