Acts 2:43 - Everyone was filled with awe...

Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.

And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

Do you feel awe in your faith? Are you confronted by wonders and miraculous signs that God is active in the world today? This was the earmark of the first Century church and it hasn't stopped since.

We were made for the awesomeness of God. English writers of the 19th Century talked often of the awful God - which back then meant "full of awe". It happens with every life that comes alive to God's word, every heart that is healed from pain, every life that is NOT healed and yet, miraculously, sees their suffering as a glory to God.

We live in an awe filled world. May God open our eyes to see it, and let it fill us!

Today's Commentary by:
David Whitehead, Pastor, Grace NYC

Acts 2:42 - They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

When the Spirit was poured out at Pentecost one of the effects was that the early Christians devoted themselves to the teaching of the Scripture.

There is a difference between devotion and learning. The early believers laid their views on the altar of God's Word. They allowed it to shape them.

How do you view the Scripture? Are you willing to devote yourself to it? To simply learn is not enough.

Today's Commentary by:
David Whitehead, Pastor, Grace NYC