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[Jesus said] “I tell you this timeless truth: The person who follows me in faith, believing in me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do—even greater miracles than these because I go to be with my Father!” – John 14:12 TPT
One of my favourite books in the Bible right up there with Genesis is the Book of Acts. It’s the beginning of the miracles Jesus promised as God poured His Spirit out on the Day of Pentecost. Along with the birth of the church, we see documented miracles and “acts” that followed as believers shared this great news of Jesus’ resurrection everywhere they went.
As we look deeper into this book, we begin to see repeated patterns emerge. It’s a lot like viewing a stereogram[1] or magic eye image. Take a look at the stereogram below as if you are looking through it and tell me if this doesn’t look cool:
Once our eyes adjust, the image transforms into 3D and the colour patterns become richer and more vivid. This is what it’s like when we choose to go deeper in our study of scripture. In fact, going deeper lets us to see things we would never pick up on with just a quick scan.
Look into this next image and see if you notice anything:
The leafy green picture looks pretty amazing when we finally see the 3D butterfly! In the same way, a close look at the Book of Acts reveals an amazing cycle that repeats not only throughout the life of early Christians, but forms a pattern for us in the 21st century as well.
Now let’s look at the cycle of five distinct patterns I’ve noticed in the Book of Acts (Shout out to my Wednesday night E-Life Group for helping me come up with the “P’s” to describe these patterns):
[1] Stereogram: a diagram or computer-generated image giving a three-dimensional representation of a solid object or surface
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