praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
These first believers were diligent in the apostles' teaching, constant in prayer and the fellowship of saints, meeting daily with one accord. Where you saw one disciple, you would see more, like birds of a feather, bound by mutual affection and concern for one another's interests.
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Commenting on Acts 2:42-47
Favor with strangers is the fruit of innocent living, though we need not suppose they were loved by all, only by that part of the people sound and uncorrupted. The Lord alone brings people into His sheepfold; our labor plants and waters, but He makes it effectual by His Spirit. Outside the Church there is neither remission of sins nor any hope of salvation.
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Three thousand baptized in one day, a fitting inauguration of the new kingdom under the Spirit's economy. The difficulty of submersion in so short a time and with so little water at hand suggests they may have already employed sprinkling or baptism in houses with large vessels.
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Commenting on Acts 2:41-47