The speech of the Apostle Peter to those who marveled at this healing... About the power of faith in Jesus Christ.

Art. 19. Repent and be converted, that you may be cleansed from your sins.

Hl. 4, Article 12. There is no other name under heaven, given to men, in whom it behooves us to be saved...

Hl. 5, Article 29. ... To obey God is more befitting than man.

Hl. 7, pp. 48-50. The Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as the prophet saith: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what temple shall ye build for me, saith the Lord, or what place of my rest; Is it not My hand that hath made all this?

Hl. 8. Saul, the future Paul, the Apostle, deigned to kill a holy man such as Stephen. What wonderful transformations! The moral world is rich in such examples.

Art. 5 and so on. The Apostle preaches the gospel in Samaria, works miracles. About Simon the Sorcerer. Believers in Samaria; the sorcerer himself believes, is baptized, and lives with Philip; terrified by the powers and signs wrought by the hands of the apostles, he is amazed. The Apostles James and John bring down the Holy Spirit upon the inhabitants of Samaria, the believers. The madness of Simon, who thought to buy the gift of the Holy Spirit for money. Angel's words to Philip. He is on an empty road from Jerusalem to Gaza. At the word of the Holy Spirit, Philip approached the chariot of the eunuch of the Ethiopian queen Candace, who was returning from Jerusalem, and molested her. He hears that the eunuch reads a passage from the prophet Isaiah: "Like a sheep to the slaughter... He asks if he understands what he is reading. Negative. Philip preaches the gospel of Jesus. The Kazhennik crosses himself. The Holy Spirit attacks the clerk, and the Angel of the Lord carries away Philip, who soon finds himself in Azot.

Wondrous is God's providence for the salvation of people. The Lord Jesus saw the disposition of the thoughts and heart of the pagan eunuch to accept faith in Christ, and behold, He chose His Apostle as the instrument of His grace. The Holy Spirit commands His Angel to tell Philip to go south, to the path leading from Jerusalem to Gaza, along which, unknown to Philip, the said eunuch was returning back from the holy city, who came there to worship. It is said that Philip goes and finds him. The Holy Spirit, Who works our salvation in Christ, commands us to approach and cleave to the chariot of the eunuch. A little time – the pagan is baptized, the deed is done, and Philip is transported in spirit to Azotus.

Hl. 9, art. 6. Trembling and terrified, he said (Saul): Lord, what wilt thou do me; And the Lord said to him, "Arise, and enter into the city," and it is said to thee, that it behooveth thee to do.

While the Lord is in heaven, He is at the same time on earth; therefore the vision and voice of the Lord to Saul were from heaven, and at the same time the same Lord on earth instructs Ananias how he should receive the converted Saul and what to say to him. The Lord appeared to Saul not on earth, but in heaven:

(1) Because He did ascend with the flesh to heaven without being separated from us, and we believe that He will sit in heaven at the right hand of the Father;

(2) Because the appearance from heaven is more striking than the appearance on earth.

Art. 33 and 34. The Apostle Peter found there (in Lydda) a certain man named Enea, who had been lying on his bed from eight years, who had been weakened. And Peter said to him, "Ene, Jesus Christ healeth thee, arise from thy bed. And he arose.

Such is the power of faith in the Divinity of Jesus Christ. What unity there is between the Apostle and the Lord: what Peter wants, the Lord wills; what Peter does, so is Jesus Christ: cleaving to the Lord, the Spirit is one with the Lord. This means that he who clings to the Lord is in some way omnipotent, just as the Lord is omnipotent.