With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
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… So that's one point where we see prayer mentioned as something they were devoted to. Back in the first chapter though, Acts chapter 1 verse 14. And let me encourage you just to kind of get your pens or pencils ready and just mark all over the book of Acts in your Bible this morning where you see the importance and the centrality of prayer and the life of the early church. Look at Acts 1, verse 14. This is before Pentecost, after Jesus ascended into heaven, and it says in verse 14, they all joined together constantly in what? In prayer. Same words there that's used in Acts 2.42. They joined together constantly. They devoted themselves. They continued steadfastly in prayer. So we see it in Acts 1.14. We see it in Acts 2, verse 42. They devoted themselves to prayer. And then you get over to Acts chapter 6. Look at Acts chapter 6 with me. Look at verse 3 and 4. We'll see it at the end of verse 4, but just to kind of get the picture going. …
… and he will ascend, that John, the beloved disciple, will care for Jesus' mother. And then we read in Acts 1.14, perhaps you've missed this before. It's talking about the disciples gathered in Jerusalem, choosing a replacement for Judas, and they're going to wait for the Holy Spirit. And it says, all these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer together with the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. So why is that significant? It reminds us, Mary was not only Jesus' mother, she would become his disciple. She was a believer in Christ. She is there gathered with the hundred or so group of disciples mentioned by name that Mary understands as well as anyone who Jesus is and has put faith in Christ. Just as here, she puts astonishing faith in the message that Gabriel gives us. Mary, from the very beginning, is an exemplar of faith. She says there in verse 38, Let it be to me according to your word. Now, you may be tempted to think that the Beatles song, Let it be, Mother Mary comes to me, it was about Paul's mom named Mary. …
… John 7, 5 says His brothers did not believe in Him. Months later, if you look at Acts chapter 1 and verse 14, you read this. This is in the upper room just before the day of Pentecost. Verse 14, they were all with one mind, continually devoting themselves to prayer, that's the apostles, along with the women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. Sometime between the days of their unbelief and the upper room the day before Pentecost, they had been converted. The resurrection had made the difference. So eventually His brothers would be transformed, and they became a part of His forever family, and so did His sisters. So the first option you have with Jesus is He's delusional, and that was the attitude of His family. But it doesn't make sense because of the miracles. How do you explain them? The second option appears in verses 22 and following in the same account. This is the option that He's demonic. That was the attitude of His foes. …