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Power for Abundant Living

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The <strong>Power</strong> of Believingbe this known unto you, and hearken to my words."Where did he get that boldness? What changed himfrom being a man full of fear to being a great man ofconfidence?48Acts 2: 22,23:Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus ofNazareth, a man approved of God among you bymiracles and wonders and signs, which God didby him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves alsoknow:Him, being delivered by the determinate counseland <strong>for</strong>eknowledge of God, ye have taken, andby wicked hands have crucified and slain.Fifty days previously Peter certainly would nothave said this. Why is he not afraid to say it now?When I was attending seminaries and being instructedin homiletics and other arts of the ministry,I was told that when a person preaches asermon he should never say you, but to always saywe. Peter must have gone to the wrong seminary becausewhen he was preaching here he said, "You havecrucified Him and you have slain Him."Acts 3 contains a record of events after the day ofPentecost.

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