Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by verse

study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck

continues his message, the success of the early church as we pick up in Acts chapter 16 verse 5.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

The early church was a powerful church. It was a successful church. And as we will soon see,

it was a church that was under the direct governing power of the Holy Spirit. He was guiding the activities of the early church, and I believe that

that was the reason for success. It was a tragic day when in the church, man decided to substitute the

work of the Holy Spirit with his own work. Paul wrote to the Galatians later,

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you would so soon turn from the truth?

Having begun in the spirit, will you now be made perfect in the flesh?

And I'm sure if Paul were writing to the general church today, the whole church,

he would write an epistle to the church of Jesus Christ of the 20th century.

O foolish people, who hath bewitched you,

that you should turn from the truth?

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