Tag: Acts
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Ascending to heaven
It seems to me that ascending to heaven is more than merely vertical travel. I wonder how it must look for those who witness it. What do they see to convey the destination of travel?
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The prints of the nails
Is it universally true that whoever Jesus appeared to as Himself after His resurrection, He showed the prints of the nails and the wound of the spear? He didn’t when he appeared to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, although he didn’t reveal his identity to them either. As far as I can tell,…
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Take the name of Christ
The first covenant that we make is to take the name of Christ upon us. While the act of baptism formalizes it, those who truly seek to take his name will be accepted even if they were not properly baptized in mortality for they will gratefully accept the proxy baptisms which will be performed for…
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No hidden truth
There is nothing about the plan of salvation which was done in the dark. While no man may know the hour of His coming, yet He was openly declared before, during, and after his mortal mission.
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A solid place
Christ is the solid place upon which men can build safely. He alone is the destination upon which they can land in the seat of spiritual storm and not be sweet away if they will cling to Him. Any other foundation will crumble in the storm sooner or later.
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A testimony of the resurrection
A testimony of Christ is incomplete at best of it does not include a testimony of his resurrection from the dead. When the apostles sought to replace Judas they made a testimony of the resurrection of Christ one of the defining characteristics of who they would choose. A testimony today cannot be that He lived,…
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Christ always pleased His Father
Jesus testifies that he always did that which was pleasing to Heavenly Father. That fits with the testimony of Heavenly Father that He was well pleased with Christ.
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The central figure of prophecy
Yesterday only scratched the surface of the best of sources prophesying of Christ.
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We prophesy of Christ
The scriptures are replete with prophecies of Christ. There can be no doubt that the law of Moses was meant to point toward a Redeemer.