Sometimes it feels like God is not as real as He used to be in times past. Miracles are written off as coincidences and healing as the result of man’s medical accomplishments.
The Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John records and tells us what Jesus began to do and teach with his physical body. In fact Luke records in Acts 1:1-2 reads, “The former treatise have I made O The-oph-i-lus, of ALL that Jesus began both to do and teach until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen. The book of Acts (of the apostles) records what Jesus continued to do and teach with his Spiritual body, the Church.
We who believe in the Name of Jesus, who love Him (Theophilus means a lover of God) are sent out (an apostle means being sent out) as lambs among wolves (a world that does not necessarily accept the Lordship of Jesus Christ). Just as the apostles in the time of Jesus on earth were empowered, commanded and chosen, God has empowered us by breathing into us His Holy Spirit (John 20:22), commissioned us (Matthew 28:19) and chosen us (John 15:19) to be his witnesses. This implies that the account that began in the book of Acts is not over yet. We are the empowered; we are the commanded; we are the chosen; we are His apostles; and we are His church; His Spiritual body. The question then remains, “Is the work of God (Jesus) continuing through us?” Just as Jesus began to do and teach the work and will of God, are we doing and teaching the same? In other words, can it still be said, that Jesus continues to do and teach (with us his Spiritual body) or are we living in such a manner, where the world looks at us (His apostles) and asks “Has God stopped working?”
Acts 1:1-2 (KJV)
1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
