Study Desk

"Moses said to the Jews, ‘God will give you one who speaks for Him like me from among your brothers.'

This is the man who was with the Jewish nation in the desert. The angel talked to him on Mount Sinai. Moses told it to our early fathers. He also received the living Words of God to give to us.

"In those days they made a calf of gold. They put gifts down in front of their god in worship. They were happy with what they had made with their hands.

But God turned from them and let them worship the stars of heaven. This is written in the book of the early preachers, ‘Nation of Jews, was it to Me you gave gifts of sheep and cattle on the altar for forty years in the desert?

No, you set up the tent to worship the god of Molock and the star of your god Rompha. You made gods to worship them. I will carry you away to the other side of the country of Babylon.'

"Our early fathers had the tent to worship in. They used it in the desert. God told Moses to make it like the plan which he had seen.

This was received by our early fathers. They brought it here when they won the wars with the people who were not Jews. It was when Joshua was our leader. God made those people leave as our early fathers took the land. The tent was here until the time of David.

David pleased God and wanted to build a house for worship for the God of Jacob.

But Solomon was the one who built the house of God for Him.

Which of the early preachers was not beaten and hurt by your early fathers? They killed those who told of the coming of the One Right with God. Now you have handed Him over and killed Him.

He was filled with the Holy Spirit. As he looked up to heaven, he saw the shining-greatness of God and Jesus standing at the right side of God.

He said, "See! I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

All the people watched and listened to him. They said, "This man must be that great power of God."

Philip told the Good News of the holy nation of God and of Jesus Christ. Both men and women put their trust in Christ and were baptized.

The missionaries in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had received the Word of God. They sent Peter and John to them.

Peter said to him, "May your money be destroyed with you because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

(*Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." The man said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.")

At once Saul began to preach in the Jewish places of worship that Jesus is the Son of God.

He and his family were good people and honored God. He gave much money to the people and prayed always to God.

One afternoon about three o'clock he saw in a dream what God wanted him to see. An angel of God came to him and said, "Cornelius."