He was truly in earnest before God. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526), 2. They did not know anything about Easter in the early church. Let us see briefly the various ramifications of the family of the Herods in their New Testament connections. Leadership. Nowhere in the New Testament does the intervention of Almighty God on behalf of his church appear any more timely and dramatic than in this chapter. 407.]. If God had given them the Holy Ghost, as was manifest in sensible results, it was very evident that they must have by God's grace had repentance unto life. 1Ki 21:2 One day Ahab said to Naboth, Let me have your vineyard; it is close to my palace, and I want to use the land for a vegetable garden. Of this we heard nothing in the divine history of the day of Pentecost; and I think that scripture is abundantly plain that there could have been nothing of the kind then and there. How these elders were appointed, if indeed they were so formally, does not appear.
Lets all Pray through Romans 12 and 13 this week Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. We see such in the gospels. So when we see that the enemies of godliness, being full of fury, do not commit horrible slaughters, that they may mix and imbrue all things with blood, let us know that we need not thank their moderation and clemency for this; but because, when the Lord doth spare his sheep, he doth not suffer them to do so much hurt as they would. 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ;' 'that I may be comforted by the mutual faith both of you and me;' did St. Paul, when he thus wrote, regard himself as but nominally interested in the blessings of redemption? The Spread of the Gospel in Jerusalem (Acts 1-7), B. God knows exactly the day and the circumstances by which He's going to take me home. He would no more have perished, had it pleased God to have taken him away in this state, than any Old Testament saint, whether Jew or Gentile. As the Christian Jews became increasingly offensive to their racial brethren (cf. It was the Lord undoubtedly, and the Lord declared He was Jesus, and Jesus was Jehovah. Surely it can't be Peter!". The Spread of the Gospel in Judaea and Samaria (Acts 8-12), C. The Spread of the Gospel to the Uttermost Part of the earth (Acts 13-28), How did the Gospel? They said to her, "You are mad." Water baptism is neither slighted nor is it put forward as a command or condition. At first they were more timid; they spoke only to Jews. He was the ruler of Galilee and Peraea. Salvation means that the heart enters into deliverance by grace as a present known public standing in the world. I can understand difficulties in the minds of believers; and no one would wish to force or hurry the convictions of any; nor would it be of the slightest value to receive even a truth without the faith that is produced, and exercised, and cleared by the word of God. The King James translators just translated this word Easter because it does signify that same time of the year. For hence the Lord called him to a new sphere a task which, to a Jewish mind, was beyond measure strange. A man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the queen of the Ethiopians, was returning after having gone up to Jerusalem to worship. There were four such squads because the day and the night were divided into four watches each of three hours duration; and each squad was on duty for three hours at a time. When redemption was accomplished, it was the seal of the faith and the life which they already had. But this manifestation and fruit of gracious power silenced even the unruly and hard spirits of the circumcision. "Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness, and pray God if, perhaps, the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee; for I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity." For all that God took precaution to bind up together the work at Samaria with that which He had wrought at Jerusalem. I am out! 3. Also help me to bring to my mind some urgentprayerrequests. Then Peter says to them, "Can any man forbid water?" He was the first husband of the Herodias ( G2266) who was responsible for the death of John the Baptist. He was delivered to four quaternions of soldiers, that is, to sixteen, who were to be a guard upon him, four at a time, that he should not make his escape, nor be rescued by his friends. ". And he commanded us to preach unto the people." The expansive power of Christianity called it to break forth on all sides; and speedily the original congregation, or in modern language the mother church, of each city gave birth to other societies of Christians in the surrounding neighbourhood. . When he had considered; better, with Meyer and Alford, when he perceived it, viz. It was now guilty of resisting unto blood, not merely as their fathers had done, but the heavenly testimony of Jesus.
Verse Acts 12:1. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword ( Acts 12:2 ). The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper constituted the visible symbol of their profession, and the pledge of their union with Christ and with each other; but the governing function in the assembly was the ministry of the Word, whether it assumed the extraordinary forms of 'tongues' or a 'revelation,' or 'prophecy,' or 'the interpretation of tongues,' or consisted of the stated instruction of regular pastors and teachers. Web1. I will not pretend to say that it cost him little, but am sure it would have been a heavy trial to many a man of God to leave that which was so bright, where He had wrought powerfully in using himself for His own glory. Peter then, with this new-born conviction in his soul, reads the prophets with entirely fresh light and other eyes. But before Aristopollis was murdered, he had this son Herod Agrippa. He is mentioned in Matthew 2:22. Oh why should any confessor of Christ why should any child of God shrink from rendering godly satisfaction to those that seek it? but they came with one accord to him, because they had made a friend of Blastus the king's chamberlain, and they desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country [or by Palestine]. To vex - To injure, to do evil to - kakosai. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular. Undoubtedly they could not have believed the gospel, had there not been the quickening operation of the Holy Ghost; but we must distinguish between the Holy Ghost giving life and the Holy Ghost Himself given. A zene vegyes felhozatal volt egy kivl Dj-vel. They were praying. "To him give all the prophets witness." WebThe following are prayer points for personal revival and spiritual awakening that you can use to pray and bring back the fire of the Spirit into your life, church and community. ( Acts 12:1) Herod harasses the church. 466, 467. So far from it, as we shall find by and by inActs 10:1-48; Acts 10:1-48, the Holy Ghost was given while he was yet speaking, before they were so much as baptized. . Unlike the law, it addresses all; there is no narrowness in a rejected heavenly Christ. What a wonderful change for these poor Gentiles to know Christ for themselves, and to be called after Christ! Could it be otherwise, when, spite of proud unbelief and conceit of distinctive privilege, they were forced to feel that they were none the less the constant resisters of the Holy Ghost like their fathers, who had been guilty themselves, and suffered the consequence of their guilt in their prostration to the Gentiles; to feel now that they themselves were no better, but rather worse; that there was the same unbelief bringing out its effects even more tremendously; that they were guilty of the blood of their own Messiah, who was now risen and exalted in the highest seat of heaven? WebActs 12 One Martyred, One Rescued A. James the apostle dies as a martyr. How often our words show where we are! It could not be otherwise. May our hearts and minds be fully He would have Saul to return good for what I may venture to call a measure of evil towards him. A. So he said, "Gird yourself up. At any rate, the Lord now graciously interferes, and as he gives Cornelius to see a vision most instructive to him, so next day also there is to Peter another vision from the Lord. Szabadtri eskvk esetn: Van tet a fejnk felett, lehetsg es esetre? 4. Nevertheless, being a good man and full of the Holy Ghost, he seeks out and takes Saul to the apostles when others stood aloof, and declared unto them "how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus; and he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem." Question. It is not merely that the absence of it operates injuriously upon the tone and standard of piety within the Church; it affects the claims of the society as such to be a legitimate member of the visible Church Catholic. A mother. He would direct attention to the fact, that the ordinary greeting of St. Paul, at the beginning of each epistle, is to the 'saints and faithful brethren' constituting the Church of such a place, fellow-heirs with himself of eternal life; and that throughout these compositions, the members of the Church are presumed to be in living union with Christ, reasonings and exhortations being addressed to them, the force of which cannot be supposed to be admitted, except by those who are led by the Spirit of God; in short, that the members of the Corinthian or the Ephesian Church are addressed as Christians; and a Christian is one who is in saving union with Christ.". And now Paul and Barnabas are returning back to Antioch, and John Mark, who is a nephew to Barnabas, is returning with them. When they opened the door and saw him they were amazed. Eskv fotzsa Sopronban Egy fergetes buli a hatr mellett, Eskvi fotzs Veszprm Egy ess nap sem ronthatja el az eskv napjt, Egy gynyr ifj pr legszebb napja kpekkel EskvI fotzs Tapolcn, Eskv fotzs Pr fontos krds eskv szervezs idejn 2. rsz. . to 1 B.C. So that the attempts of tyrants notwithstanding, God maketh choice of sweet-smelling sacrifices to establish the faith of his gospel. He struck Peter's side and wakened him and said, "Rise quickly." ( Acts 12:3 ). Evidently it was power in external display, then so richly manifested, which acted on the fleshly mind of Simon, himself having the reputation of a great one, and before this the vessel of some kind of demoniacal power the miserable power of Satan, with which he dazzled the eyes of men. And his chains fell off of his hands. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. See Luke 3:1; see also an account of the Herod family, see in Clarke's note on "Matthew 2:1". 2.
Prayer for Acts 13 - Knowing Jesus We are told of another who also built for the Jews their synagogue. In earnest emphasizing the seriousness of prayer. Three days and nights he neither eats nor drinks. The Spirit given to the believer was a privilege over and above faith, and supposed, therefore, their repentance unto life. The church has economic diversity. Kedves Ltogat! Acts 7:54-60). She recognized Peter's voice and, in her joy, she did not open the door but ran and told them that Peter stood before the entrance. Ha szeretntek, ott vagyok, de ha nem, akkor szrevehetetlenl teszem a dolgom. On the greatest occasions, when the Holy Ghost was given, we have no ground to believe that hands were laid on any. He would meet them in grace, stopping complaints, and showing that He honours and confides in their suitable choice. And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the. WebPraying through Acts 1:10. Then we find Simon struck not so much by an individual's endowment with miraculous power, as by the fact that others received it by the apostles' laying on of hands. Finally, when the angel left and Peter was standing on the street, he said, "Hey, it wasn't a dream. What kind of death he suffered: He was slain with the sword, that is, his head was cut off with a sword, which was looked upon by the Romans to be a more disgraceful way of being beheaded than with an axe; so Lorinus. After all, though it seems so simple as to be a truism, though nothing can well be conceived more certain; nevertheless, practically it is not always the plainest and surest truth that carries all before it in our souls. A nevem Hring Attila, profi fotogrfus vagyok. Tjkoztatjuk, hogy a honlap felhasznli lmny fokozsnak rdekben stiket alkalmazunk. In fact, it tells us much about prayer. He stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church,Acts 12:1; Acts 12:1. He was led into no small perplexity by the reading current in his day, and, to the shame of Christendom, still tolerated as the received reading. WebActs 12 shows that Peter and James put God first in their lives, regardless of the punishment they might receive. The church, not merely in a city but in a province or country, is intelligible enough to man; but it soon became more difficult to see its unity in various and differing provinces. ". It was no longer simply a cleaving to a God of goodness who could not deceive and would not disappoint the soul that hoped in His mercy, "but the conscious joy of knowing his sins all one, and himself distinctly put on the ground of accomplished redemption as a known present thing for his own soul in this world. And he goes, the Lord communicating another vision to the apostle himself, in which he sees Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him that he might receive his sight. So about this time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. Finally, after the call of Saul of Tarsus, Peter himself (as well for other reasons as in order to cut off the semblance of discord in the various instruments of His grace) is brought in to show the perfect balance of divine truth and the wonderful harmony of His ways. This is why the church advanced more dramatically in Gentile territory, as the rest of Acts shows. WebPraying through Acts 13:22 Heavenly Father, I pray that I may be quick to confess my own sin, eager to trust Your word and faithful to obey Your commands.. and that I abide in You But it is still more strange as evidence of the slipshod criticism of the Reformers that Beza, who was more of a scholar than his predecessors, uniformly edits , and writes a blundering note to the effect that it is here used in the sense of . Let this suffice them if the Lord grant them some time wherein they may recover their strength. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Lord, help me to think about some real answers toprayerI have had. "Whosoever believeth on him shall receive remission of sins." WebActs 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. In the midst of a storm, Paul prayed for Gods blessing (Acts 27:35), and after a storm, he prayed that God would heal a sick man (Acts 28:8). Cornelius was not in ignorance of the gospel going out to the children of Israel, but it was precisely because he was a lowly-minded believer that he did not therefore arrogate the blessing to himself.
The voice that said, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" . And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhoda. Normally a prisoner was chained by his right hand to his guard's left hand; but Peter was chained by both hands to a guard on each side of him, while the two remaining soldiers of the quaternion kept watch at the door. His stretching forth his hands to it intimates that his hands had been tied up by the restraints which perhaps his own conscience held him under in this matter; but now he broke through them, and stretched forth his hands deliberately, and of malice prepense. This brought the question to a simple issue; but here again, let it be noticed that the gift of the Holy Ghost belongs to those that believe. It was not enough that they had rejected the Messiah, nor even that He was made Lord and Christ on high. So John often speaks of it; and the very one that tells us most of the divinely given character of true faith who most of all lets us into its secret power and blessedness, even eternal life as bound up with it, that same John is the one who more than any other furnishes instances of a mere humanly produced faith. Clearly they were not Christians; but God has all hearts in His keeping. In Peter's case, because they wanted to keep him sure, he was chained on both sides to guards, and then there were two guards who would stand watch at the door and four quaternions would mean that there were four groups of four soldiers. (b) Bernice (see Bernike G959) , who appeared with him when Paul was under examination. 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." He killed James, John's brother, with the sword. Acts 6:1-15; Acts 6:1-15 shows us the party in question murmuring. He said to him, "Wrap your cloak round about you and follow me." It was as thoroughly according to God that the apostle should not lay his hands on any this day, as it was according to His wisdom that they should lay their hands on the Samaritans. If Christ were the object of our souls, we should bow as one did called of God with incomparably better tokens of the Lord's favour than any other, this blessed man, Saul of Tarsus. If you don't have faith, God's not going to answer your prayers. . The soldiers who were the guards over Peter were put to death, taking the sentence that was to be placed upon Peter. Acts 16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. The answer is, "How can I, except some man should guide me?" In His name I pray, AMEN. To regard him as unawakened at that time is to mistake a great deal of the teaching of the chapter. He was very interested in the Jewish customs and daily offered a sacrifice according to the Jewish law. Azt lltjk rlam, sokoldal fots vagyok, s minden helyzetben kiismerem magam Tbb ves hazai s klfldi referencival rendelkezem. Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. They had not those powers only, but this divine person given to them. The change of reading here seems to prove it was too much for the copyists of this book. I merely make this remark lest any should draw from this the inference that there is a necessity for men commissioned from God to lay on hands now in order to confer such a spiritual blessing. I refer to this just to show how far scripture is from countenancing the cramped ideas of men, and that the only way of truth is to believe all the word of God, searching out the special principle of God by which He instructs us in the different characters of His action. The civil power, not now, as usual (for aught that appears) stirred up by the ecclesiastics, acts by itself in the persecution. This was precisely what God was now doing; and the remarkable fact appears, that God did not wait for the apostle of the Gentiles to bring the good news to Cornelius. The angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." the Jews did not believe in Him; but whosoever did, let him be Jew or Gentile, "shall receive remission of sins." Without pronouncing upon the state of individuals in the sight of God, he assumed the whole body to be what they professed to be a body of real Christians. But as far as the record in the book of Acts, it shifts now from the church in Jerusalem and beginning in with chapter 13, Antioch becomes the center of church activity. Isn't it interesting how much emphasis we often put on faith. The man just now so ignorant is not the channel that God was about to use for bringing out the remarkable confession that is introduced prematurely here.
Prayer This is an essential feature of Christianity. For courage to witness for Christ (Acts 4:2331), 3. But even this short mention of the thing is sufficient to let us know that the first preachers of the gospel were so well assured of the truth of it that they sealed it with their blood, and thereby have encouraged us, if at any time we are called to it, to resist unto blood too. So James is now following his Lord in martyrdom, the brother of John. In fact, it is thought by some that the upper room was actually in the house of Mary the mother of Mark. Nevertheless even he, apostle though he were, must enter by the same lowly gate as another. But they lived very close to the spiritual world, to the spirit world. She strenuously insisted that it was so; but they kept saying, "It is his angel." Christ's suffering servants are thus trained up by less troubles for greater, that tribulation may work patience, and patience experience. . Full of the truth himself, he speaks with the utmost simplicity to Cornelius, who with his household hears the blessed word. It was not to be done by mere systematic rule of a human pattern. Not that one would deny that a mighty work was then wrought in Cornelius. "Then had the church rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria." And if anybody should try to take them, they can call down fire from heaven and consume them. 'Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria,' etc. There was among them a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, of whom we have had a happy report before, as we shall hear many (though not altogether unmingled) good tidings to the end. But as we are told here, "When they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women; and Simon himself believed also." It was at a prayer meeting in Philippi that God opened Lydias heart (Acts 16:13), and another prayer meeting in Philippi that opened the prison doors (Acts 16:25ff), 13. Legtbb ismersm s jmagam is egy ltszlag teljesen idegen szakterletrl rkeztnk. It must be his spirit. A quaternion was a squad of four. How painful must it be to the Spirit of God if the old pride of Samaria were to rise up against Jerusalem! For he appealed to Caesar when he realized that he was getting the royal run-around by Festus, a political pawn, and he appealed to Caesar. "All that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord." It says Easter there, and that's a King James translation. A menyasszony ton a fodrszhoz s a sminkeshez, a vlegny pedig felkszl a nagy napra testben s fejben. Keep me from reading into the Scriptures what I think it is saying, rather than understanding it in its correct context. The two things are both brought us in the gospel life brought to light, and the peace preached that was made by the blood of the cross. He imprisoned Peter, of whom he had heard most, as making the greatest figure among the apostles and whom therefore he would be proud of the honour of taking off. For bloody persecutors, when they perceive themselves applauded for that which every one ought to cry shame upon them for, are encouraged to go on, and have their hands strengthened and their hearts hardened, and the checks of their own consciences smothered; nay, it is as strong a temptation to them to do the like as it was here to Herod, because he saw it pleased the Jews. It is little wonder that this Herod has murderous intentions toward the people of God. "That word ye know," says Peter, "which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him . was from Jesus. 1. Back in Jerusalem the church was experiencing much difficulty. But in the sense in which they supposed themselves to be Christians, do they, to all appearance, apply that title to those to whom they write" (pp. Stephen speaks of Him as Son of man. whom they slew and hanged on a tree: him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly" (not to all the people, but) "unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. "Suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? The end of the chapter shows us the progress of Peter. Except on this assumption the apostle could not have proceeded to enforce Christian duties by Christian motives" (pp. And because this was translated by the King James translators in 1600 and by this time this pagan celebration of Ashtar had invaded the church and was changed slightly to Easter instead of Ashtar. (EntityRef: expecting ';' at line 50, column 103) in /var/www/html/familytimes/includes/magpie6-1/rss_fetch.inc on line 230 And he did not know that what was happening through the angel was real but thought that he was seeing a vision, They went through the first and the second guard and they came to the iron door that led into the city and it opened to them of its own accord. grace of God to sinners of the Gentiles as certainly as to the Jews to those who, in the judgment of the Jews, were nothing but refuse, vile, and unclean. Herod the king This was Herod Agrippa, the son of Aristobulus, and grandson of Herod the Great; he was nephew to Herod Antipas, who beheaded John they Baptist, and brother to Herodias. On the night before Herod was going to bring him before the people, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains; and guards kept continuous watch before the door. Heavenly Father, I pray that I may be quick to confess my own sin, eager to trust Your word and faithful to obey Your commands.. and that I abide in You and You in me, so that I may be a 'man' after Your own heart - to Your praise and glory.