“After a few decades, the movement would begin to take hold in the commercial and cultural centers of the Greco-Roman world.
And within a few centuries, what began as a grass-roots movement of Jewish peasants would become a powerful institution and a dominant force in the Western world.”

“When God’s Son comes, the winds of God are blowing, the streams of living water are flowing, and the Son of God is smiling.”

- Dr. Helmut Thielicke (1908-1986)

2. Because a Holy Spirit Empowered Apostle Peter Made the Truth Clear

TRUTH #1
The Spirit is Poured Out So You Can Be Saved

TRUTH #2
Jesus Isn’t Going Away!

“…death was no match for Him”
- The Message

“…death could not keep this man within its grip”
- The Living Bible

“…death could not hold Him”
- The New Century Version

TRUTH #3
You Crucified God’s Lord & Christ!

"You have to look people straight in the eye…and make them feel guilty!"

“The purpose of being guilty is to bring us to Jesus. Once we are there, then the purpose of guilt is finished.”
-Corrie ten Boom
(1892-1983)

“Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning”
- Cardinal John Henry Newman
(1801-1890)