It took me nearly 20 minutes to read this passage. The boldness of the apostles was equaled by the wonders that God was working in their lives. The people in Jerusalem were exercising their faith in God by drawing near to Peter and the other apostles just as they had drawn near to Jesus. This was all in response to the prayer that the believers offered in Acts 4:24-30. And the results of their faith was identical as during Jesus’ ministry in the flesh “they all were healed.” (Acts 5:16) But Luke describes the changes in people’s lives brought about through the direct, and providential, presence of the Holy Spirit; the believers were one in heart towards God and their possessions. The believers were “dying to self” in very practical ways; “not a person among them was needy.” (Acts 4:34) That is just as powerful as the miracles that God worked in their presence.
Stuart
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