Christian leaders. At Pentecost the praying disciples were
filled with the Spirit and preached the gospel with power.
The seven men chosen as deacons were “full of the holy
ghost and wisdom.” Acts 6:3. It was the Holy Spirit who
led in the ordination of Saul (Acts 9:17); in the acceptance
of Gentiles into church fellowship (Acts 10:44-47); in the
separation of Barnabas and Saul for missionary work (Acts
13:2-4); in the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:28); and in
Paul’s missionary journeys (Acts 16:6, 7). Another time
when the church suffered intensely at the hands of Roman
and Jewish persecutors, it was the Spirit who sustained the
believers and kept them from error.
The Acts of the Apostles was one of the last books written
by Ellen G. White. It was published a few years before her
death. It is one of the most illuminating volumes that came
from her prolific pen. The average reader will find in it light
for Christian witnessing. The message of the book is up to
date, and its relevancy is reflected in the effort of the author
to show that the twentieth century will witness a bestowal of
spiritual power exceeding that of Pentecost. The work of the
gospel is not to close with a lesser display of the Holy Spirit’s
power than marked its beginning.
That the reader might participate in this re-enactment of
the glorious scenes of the early church and at the same time
be preserved from the subtle counterfeits of the enemy of
souls is the prayer and earnest wish of—
The Publishers