As we come to our last week in Acts, let me personally thank everyone who studied alongside me, Nikki Cunningham for all the technical work in posting the devotions each week, and all those who came to church and followed the sermon series.  I have thoroughly enjoyed our time in this study and have seen the growth in our people during our time together.  Let our time in Acts drive you to study other books in the Bible in the same manner.  Dig into each verse and pray over what God is speaking to you through what you learn.  

As we come to a close, how fitting is it that God would sum up what's been spoken each week for the last 9 months in just one verse.  Verse 24 says, "And some were persuaded by the things which we spoken, and some disbelieved."

"Some will be cut to the heart, and some will pick up stones to kill."

Acts is a wonderful picture of God's sovereignty and man's sanctification.  Also, Acts is just simply a picture of the realities of life through a daily walk in faith.  What the people of this time experienced, we experience today.  We saw that in what happened with Charlie Kirk during our study and also the people slaughtered in Africa for their faith during our time in Acts.  Today might look different culturally, but it's the exact same in what we are called to and how the world will respond.

Remember the message early on and throughout our study....

"The road is hard, God is with you, and Jesus is the way."

Nothing has changed,

Stay faithful church.  

Read the book of Romans to continue the story of Paul.