Gary Gleans

                                                                                            Acts 9:10-19 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision,  “Ananias!”   “Yes, Lord,” he answered.    The Lord told him,   “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.   12  In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on   him to restore his sight.” “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people   in Jerusalem.     And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest...

                                                                                            Acts 9:1-9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest   and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.    As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.   He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”   “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. ...

                                                                                  Acts 8:26-40 Now   an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south   to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.     And he rose and went. And there was an   Ethiopian, a   eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians,   who was in charge of all her treasure.   He had come to Jerusalem to worship   and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.   And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.”   So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you ar...

                                                                                       Acts 8:14-25 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,   because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.   Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hand...

                                                                                  Acts 8:9-13 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,  10  and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”  11  They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.  12  But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.  13  Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, a...

                                                                                       Acts 8:4-8 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.  5  Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.  6  When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said.  7  For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed. 8  So there was great joy in that city.   The Gospel, according to the promise and command of Jesus was to spread to the Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth.  This text demonstrates how it spreads to Samaria. ...

                                                                                  Acts 8:1-3 And   Saul   approved of his execution.  And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and   they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.   Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.   But   Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he   dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. Jesus had promised His disciples that they would be persecuted as He was persecuted.  The early days of the church were marked by the conversion of thousands of people.  Multitudes wer...