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Acts chapter 5, verse 14, and more than ever, believers were added to the Lord,

multitudes of both men and women. Oh, that is a great and encouraging, inspiring,

emboldening verse. This picture of the gospel spreading in the book of Acts in such a way that

it says more than ever, Acts 5, 14, believers were added to the Lord.

Don't you hear that phrase and think, I want that to be true today, more than ever,

more than ever. I want to see believers added to the Lord, which is a whole

another part of this phrase that is mind-boggling and encouraging and inspiring and emboldening,

like who was adding them to the Lord? Well, the Lord was adding them to himself.

That's the whole picture, this passive voice here. It's awesome. We see the same thing in Acts

chapter 2, the Lord added to their number, daily those who were being saved. That's the picture

in Acts chapter 2, and here, more than ever, believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of

both men and women. God is drawing people to himself as his people are proclaiming his word as we

prayed about in Acts chapter 4, verse 29-31. What a picture. And I think about today, you and I

have opportunities to proclaim the gospel, to share the gospel in so many different places today,

with faith, with trust, and power of the name of Jesus, like we were praying about according to

Acts chapter 3, to save people. So don't you just want to pray, God, do it today. And in our day

around the world, we pray all the time on this podcast for unreach people in the world.

Do we realize the day we're living in and we have more opportunities today to spread the gospel

in the world than ever before? Just think about the travel we're able to do. Like Paul and Peter,

they could have never imagined getting on a machine. They will pick you up and fly you anywhere

in the world in 24 hours. This is amazing the travel opportunities we have to get the gospel to

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