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Acts: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

When we want to know about the life of Christ, we can look to four different inspired records: the Gospels. But Luke alone gives us the biblical history of the next thirty years: the book of Acts. Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection offer the finished work of Christ. Yet, Jesus was just beginning his ministry of reaching the world. In Acts 1:8, Jesus told his followers, “You will be my witnesses...

(see, for example, Exodus 31:1–5, where God told Moses of two skilled craftsmen, whom God specially filled with His Spirit for their work in the construction of the Tabernacle). Since the first Pentecost, God has freely offered His Spirit to all people for all time. The first Pentecost forever changed the history of the world. The Old Testament prophet Isaiah looked forward to the day of Emmanuel, “God with us.” With the coming of Jesus, God revealed himself to His people as He never had before.
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