But the number of its adherents in that city swelled to upwards of three thousand ere its first day had closed. The birthplace, however, of the movement recorded in the Acts was really an upper room in Jerusalem, its time was the feast of Pentecost, and its first company numbered one hundred and twenty souls. We have read in the Gospel of Luke of the birth and life on earth of its Founder.
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It alone, it proclaimed, could furnish any inquirer with the full revelation vouchsafed by God, for the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Tim.
It had confessedly truth in common with Judaism, yet was jealous of any Judaising teaching. It claimed to be the true faith and, as such, alone offering that which was needful for everlasting salvation. It admitted of no compromise with any creed in the world. Threats, imprisonments, scourgings, tumults, legal prosecutions, and even the fear of martyrdom, were alike insufficient to cow its supporters, or to check their ardour in propagating their views. The great ones of the earth where it arose, and those who wielded the sword of government in different countries to which it spread, were none of them at first in its favour, but for the most part manifestly hostile. It spread without human patronage, and without the aid of human power. It started into life with all the energy of a giant, just when to human thoughts the mission inaugurated by its Founder had received its death-blow. If that is true of the many remarkable movements of which this world has been the theatre, what shall we say of the rise and early progress of Christianity? That must ever be to the Christian a study of intense interest.Ī movement like it has never been known.
And, whilst noticing results, we can trace the causes which conduced to its success. We learn something of the springs of the movement. We see then some of the original labourers at work. The rise and early progress of any remarkable movement must ever have an interest for the thoughtful and the inquiring. Some Passages of Scripture referred to in the Acts or illustrated by it. Marlborough, 51 Old Bailey, E.C., London.Ĩ The Kingdom of the Heavens opened to Gentilesĩ The Gospel at Antioch, and Peter's Deliverance at Jerusalemġ0 Paul's First Missionary Journey, by Divine Commandġ1 The First Missionary Journey continuedġ3 The Second Missionary Journey - Divine Guidanceġ4 The Second Missionary Journey continued - in Achaiaġ5 The Third Missionary Journey - Divine Powerġ6 The Third Missionary Journey continued - To Jerusalem STEM Publishing : C E Stuart : Acts Tracings from the Acts of the Apostles.