““Where did you get “all believers” from?”
“Acts 1:8, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
Now let’s see, on whom did the Holy Spirit fall, Acts 2:18, “ And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:” Sounds like it was for all to be witnesses. It was the the christians that were dispersed because of the Stephen persecution that carried the Gospel to Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth.
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?" -- Acts 10:44-45;47"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
How does the Holy Ghost come to men? Through the Scriptures. "The Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word."
And who hears the word? Those to whom God has given new ears with which to hear and a new heart with which to understand.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
BD, you left out the most important thing: what +Peter said was what all the Apostles expected: they were convinced they were facing the end-opf-times apocalypse. +Peter was quoting Prophet Joel, not making long term plans for evangelism:
But we all know that Prophet Joel's prophesy did not apply, did it?