II. Designed by, INVERSORES! Strikingly, beautiful it is to see the devoted simplicity with which he answers to the call of his Master. WebTHE POWER OF PRAYER. 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. It was so ordered of God that the Holy Ghost should not at first be conferred on the disciples at Samaria: I do not mean merely on such as Simon or false brethren, but even on those that were true. Fergeteges lagzi volt tnyleg, a kemny mag is aktvan tncolt, gondoskodtak a j hangulatrl. It was even, and urgently, pressed on them, but they refused with disdain the message, and rejected the messengers to blood. There are, of course, imperfect expressions, inasmuch as the truth itself is but partially apprehended; but one is glad to see views so decidedly in advance of ordinary evangelicalism, with equal decision against more churchism. When King Herod mistreated the believers in Jerusalem and had James put to death, he saw that it pleased the Jews, many of whom hated the Christians and considered them a cult. 1Ki 21:1 Near King Ahabs palace in Jezreel there was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth. He is the Herod of Matthew 2:1-23, who was in power when Jesus was born, who received the Wise Men from the East and who massacred the children. 3. As there was need in the church at Antioch, he goes and finds him. Man, Israel, not merely Saul, was altogether blinded: the flesh never knows God. It was the obliterating of mere fleshly distinction between Jew and Gentile. (v) Herod the Great had another son called Aristobulus (see Aristoboulos G711) ; his mother was Mariamne, a princess who was descended from the great Maccabaean heroes. From this family history it may be seen that Herod Agrippa of this chapter was a direct descendant of the Maccabees through his mother Mariamne. The Passover Feast was on 14th Nisan; for that day and the seven following no leaven must be used and the week was called the days of unleavened bread. . To pray like that, is to pray with Gods love on our hearts. Luke recorded the events in this section to illustrate Gods supernatural protection and blessing of the church, even though the Christians suffered increased persecution, and Israels continued rejection of her Messiah. It appears that the scattered men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who had gone in consequence of the persecution everywhere, and among other places to Antioch, preaching the word to none but the Jews, took courage now and spoke (not to the Grecians - for this had been done long ago, but) unto the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus." what had high priest or Sanhedrim done for him? Preaching. She was a direct descendant of the Maccabeans, which made her a Jewess, but she was married to Herod the Great and so Herod Agrippa I was sort of half Jewish in a sense. Whether this was the ease among the Jews scripture does not say; but that there were persons who had this responsible place among them, as among the Gentile churches afterwards, we see clearly. Great workman as Peter was, he required the intervention of God in a vision to send him to do a work that these unnamed brethren undertook in their confidence of His grace, without any vision or sign whatsoever. so gross was his darkness even as to the general point of the chapter. Lord give me the spirit of humility to say SORRY when I am wrong,23:1-5. Now about that time: This phrase refers to the time Saul and Barnabus make their trip to take the collection gathered by the saints in Antioch to the famine stricken brethren in Jerusalem. But they said unto her, [You're crazy.] Mi sem egyszerbb, meghvunk minden bartot s bulizunk egy jt. I. "About that time was A.D. 44, as Herods death occurred in this year" (Boles 187). So there were sixteen soldiers altogether watching Peter in three-hour shifts, at all times chained to two of them while two were watching the door. This was what attracted him; and, as it is said here, "he continued with Philip" (there was no other bond of connection), "and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done." Vannak, akik gy gondoljk, hogy ezekben a pillanatokban nem kell a trsasg s plne nem egy idegen fots..(mondjuk nlam biztos nem lesz idegen rzs, inkbb haveri Lteznek, olyan prok, akik TovbbMirt is kell az eskvi fots a kszldsnl? 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. (2.) A Christian society which should openly profess to dispense with discipline, and tolerate on principle open and notorious evil doers [or still worse heretics, Antichrists, or their abettors] within its pale, would thereby renounce its title to one of the essential attributes of the Church; it would sever all ostensible connection between itself and the true Church [or rather Christ and His sacrifice: see1 Corinthians 5:1-13; 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 ], of which sanctity is an inseparable property; in short, it would unchurch itself. These essential conditions of the existence of any regular society we find from the very first in being in the Church: the Apostles were the officers, and, collectively, the organ of the community; members were admitted into it by baptism; and they testified their continuance therein by participating in the sacrament of Christ's body and blood. WebVerse 12. Ha klnlegesre s egyedire vgysz, ltogass el az oldalamra. God does not suggest a doubt of His own grace to them, or of the efficacy of Christ's sacrifice for them: unbelief does. The Church neither preaches nor teaches, but Christ sends those who evangelize the world and teach the Church. He was the second husband of Herodias (see G2266) and consented to the death of John the Baptist. Herod Agrippa I had Jewish blood in his veins and consistently sought to maintain favor with and the support of the Jews over whom he ruled, which he did effectively. Alas! It was now guilty of resisting unto blood, not merely as their fathers had done, but the heavenly testimony of Jesus. How blessed it is to see the free activity of the Holy Ghost without any kind of communication of man! This phraseology would have been somewhat like this, 'The church had rest throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria,' i.e., the part of the church that lies in these countries." Merrill F. Unger gives the following comment on the name Herod: It belonged alike to all the Herodian house as known to the Scriptures. To Philip was left Iturea and Trachonitis. But for some reason, God did not see fit to deliver James, but allowed James to fall prey to Herod's sword. 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. He did so. But he had heard the voice of His mouth, and His words were spirit and life, eternal life, to his soul. This, to me, is quite fascinating. "It has already been remarked that, far from intending to establish a mere invisible fellowship of the Spirit, our Lord contemplated His Church as having a visible existence, His followers as collected into societies [that society called the Church or assembly of God]. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." He made an appearance to his half brother and after that point his half brother James and His half brother Jude became pillars in the early church. . TUESDAY Pray we Demonstrate genuine love What in our Lord's discourses is a matter of anticipation or prophecy, here appears as a matter of fact. It is thought that her house was pretty much the headquarters of the church in Jerusalem. In fact, it is thought by some that the upper room was actually in the house of Mary the mother of Mark. Crushed the Jewish revolt against Rome (A.D. 66-70).His son, Titus, destroyed Jerusalem (A.D. 70). Now when Peter was come to himself, he said, I know of a surety, that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews ( Acts 12:10-11 ). This precisely Cornelius had not known, nor could any one have known it till the work of redemption was done. It was, no doubt, a Gentile title. But it was a thoroughly illegal trial. And he was highly respected by the Jews. "But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ." Here I would be glad to know how this can be interpreted upon any other principle than that church in the single number was solely appropriated to a single congregation, when applied to an assembly of Christ's disciples. And yet the scripture said, "And when they shall have finished their testimony," then the antichrist has power to put them to death, but not until they have finished their testimony.So obviously God was not yet through with Peter. There was the revelation now of Christ as an object for the Christian in heaven, and the revelation of Him too in a way entirely outside the narrow boundaries of Judaism. This is an essential feature of Christianity. 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 his chains fell off of his hands. But Luke distinguisheth them from those, whom he calleth afterward [this is precisely where he is mistaken; his reasoning is sound, but his knowledge defective]. He dared not doubt longer: to him it was self-evident. Nevertheless we learn hence that they had prayer-meetings in those days; and so they gave themselves up to this special prayer for the servant of the Lord, who did not fail to appear by an agent of His providential power. Paul had it not more suddenly than with a heavenly splendour which was peculiar to himself; and thus there was a vast work soon wrought. Where, whither, when, in what place. For courage to witness for Christ (Acts 4:2331) 3. 20 Prayer Points With Bible Verses | PRAYER POINTS - prayerguide "Whosoever believeth on him shall receive remission of sins." Thus was the plot laid, and both Herod and the people long to have the feast over, that they may gratify themselves with this barbarous entertainment. ], 4. Here the Lord alone gives, alone calls, alone sends forth. Nevertheless, the Lord suffered him whom he had furnished with constancy to be put to death, that by death he might get the victory as a strong and invincible champion. They had not those powers only, but this divine person given to them. Oh Lord, deliver Peter" and all. And very ambitious surely he was to please the people who was willing thus to please them! When Herod had sought for him and did not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be led away to execution. Surely it can't be Peter!". He said, "Tell these tidings to James and to the brethren." But if the church were distrustful, the Lord was not unmindful, and knew how to give courage to the heart of His servant. Ask God for your specific requests for yourself and other. Scripture is clear and unequivocal as to the truth of the case. Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. Agabus had come to Antioch and predicted a great drought was going to come, and so they took up a collection to take back to the saints in Jerusalem. And although its character had to be yet more brought out by another and far greater witness of divine things who was still in the blindness of Jewish unbelief at this very moment himself taking his own miserable part, though with a good natural conscience, in the death of Stephen, all told powerfully upon the Jews, but lacerated their feelings to the utmost. It was not enough that they had rejected the Messiah, nor even that He was made Lord and Christ on high. A menyasszony ton a fodrszhoz s a sminkeshez, a vlegny pedig felkszl a nagy napra testben s fejben. He was one of the twelve who were commissioned to disciple all nations; and to take him off now, before he had removed from Jerusalem, was like Cain's killing Abel when the world was to be peopled, and one man was then more than many at another time. But she constantly affirmed that it was true. It was a action that you would take in order that you might have greater freedom of movement. 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. Luke calleth this games which was slain the brother of John, that he may distinguish him from the son of Alpheus. 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). It may be interesting to many readers to read as follows from Mr. Edward A. Litton's work on "The Church of Christ in its Idea, Attributes, and Ministry; with a particular reference to the Controversy between Romanists and Protestants." 12:12-19 When Peter had grasped what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark. Nem okozott csaldst, hiszen a sajt eskvmn TovbbEskvi fotzs Gyrben, Garantlom nektek a laza, spontn, ktttsg nlkli fotzst, j kedvvel trstva, illetve kitn fnykpekkel gazdagodhattok. . For courage to witness for Christ (Acts 4:2331), 3. Then we learn another important lesson. There can be little doubt that, even in the apostolic age, the church of each considerable city such as Rome or Ephesus consisted, not of one congregation, but of several, who were collectively styled the church of that place; certain it is that such was the case towards the close of the first century. 1. The gospel of Luke also describes what is similar; that is to say, a faith not insincere but human, not wrought of the Spirit but founded on the mind yielding to reasons, proofs, evidences, which are to it overpowering; but there is nothing of God in it: there is no meeting between the soul and God. It was wrought not by those that had previously been always the great spiritual witnesses; for we hear of none ministering but the apostles, and indeed not even of all the apostles speaking, though it may be that they did. If he must have meant something more than this; if his own faith and his own sanctity were living and real, the effect of the Holy Spirit's operation; then, inasmuch as he makes no distinction as regards this point between himself and those whom he addresses, we must suppose that he looked upon them also as real saints and believers. He did this because he saw it pleased the Jews. IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE ( Acts 12:1-11 ), 12:1-11 About this time Herod the king began to take hostile action to inflict injury on certain men of the Church. When Peter had knocked at the door of the entrance a maidservant called Rhoda came to answer the door. 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. 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. 2. It is the message of life, but it is also the means of peace. IDEAL OPORTUNIDAD DE INVERSION, CODIGO 4803 OPORTUNIDAD!! This Herod was not so courteous, that he would stick to win peace or the peoples favor with the punishment of an hundred men or more. 4. 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. 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. There was more work for him to do. For it must be remembered that, however far his profession may be from being a true one, every professor of Christianity professes to be a true, not a mere nominal, Christian. Why didn't God intervene and miraculously deliver James? What I am suggesting is that Acts 12 illustrates not profound unbelief in prayer, but the churchs early experience of a truth later enunciated by Paul: God is able to (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Herod Agrippa was a direct descendant of the Maccabees, through his mother Mariamne. Prayers Against The Spirit Of Backwardness 17. He was murdered by his own father but he had a son called Herod Agrippa. 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 enough. . How then could so fatal an error have been committed? 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. How continually too where we least think they do! Because it is not connected with events in the chapters immediately before and after it, however, it may seem rather isolated and unimportant for Acts as a whole. With a gesture of his hand he bade them be silent and he told them the whole story of how the Lord had brought him out of prison. At first they were more timid; they spoke only to Jews. on the Acts, i. pp. They were not about to let that happen again. Veszprm is a szvem cscske, rengeteg emlk kt oda s milli lehetsget rejt egy j e-session vagy eskv fotzshoz. At the same time scripture shows there might be and often was an interval after the gospel did go forth. The facts were notorious; but of this we may be sure, that never had they been put together before the mind of the Ethiopian as then, never connected with the living Word and His grace. For whereas some make him a third cousin of Christs, who was only some one of the disciples, I do not like of that, because I am by strong reasons persuaded to think that there were no more. They gained the ear of Blastus the king's chamberlain and sued for peace because their country was dependent for its sustenance on the king's territory. Gird yourself up and tie on your sandals. But the close lets us see more than this. There was the free action of His Spirit towards Samaria without the apostles, but the Holy Ghost was given by the laying on of their hands. Azeskvi fotzst, eskvi szolgltatk munkjt rendszerint a felszn alapjn tlik meg, de elmeslem a valsgot megmutatni mindenfle kdsts nlkl. To pray, pray for, offer prayer. Their lands lay to the north of Palestine and in two ways Herod could make things very difficult for them. Oh, what a blessing it is to have and know such a Saviour! According to Josephus, Herod came into the theater there in Caesarea. And these people depended upon Palestine for their food supplies, and so they were pretty much a vassal to Palestine at this time. There was indeed the unmistakable action of the Spirit of God on this occasion the power that cast out unclean spirits and healed the sick, as well as the means of spreading joy throughout that city for the souls of men. The following extract from the late Dr. Carson's Letters in reply to Dr. John Brown's Vindication of Presbyterianism will show how far an able and excellent man went astray in defending Congregationalism through not knowing that his argument was based, not on God's word, but on man's corruption of it. 3. ", Even here the intimation is sufficiently plain that the Gentiles were in the foreground of the work designed for Saul of Tarsus. Prayer Points From The Book Of Acts Pray that God will bring the people of Israel to repentance (Acts 3:19). So Peter was continuously guarded in prison. Verse Acts 12:1. How often our words show where we are! He was the father of Salome (see G4539) . A quaternion was a squad of four. What a joy to be warranted to proclaim Him to others without stint, even to a soul as dark as the Ethiopian, who was then and there baptized! How could he resist the heavenly vision? (1) Herod harasses the church. It was not a question of being saved in the day of judgment; nor is this the meaning of the term "salvation" in the New Testament. The Spirit given to the believer was a privilege over and above faith, and supposed, therefore, their repentance unto life. And every word was made good. Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our personsbut they are helpless against our prayers. (J. Sidlow Baxter). Simon can only answer, "Pray ye to the Lord for me." In the reign of Claudius also, the dominions of Herod Agrippa were still further enlarged. This is why the church advanced more dramatically in Gentile territory, as the rest of Acts shows. Had he not read or heard those words in the prophets? James was the second Christian martyr whom Luke identified (cf. Herod had James, the brother of John, killed (v. 2) which pleased the Jewish leaders immensely (v. 3). Undoubtedly the cruelty of this mad man was restrained and bridled by the secret power of God. But not so the word of God. But there was another reason too. He caused the chains to fall from his wrists, kept the guards asleep, and opened the iron gates (vv. By means of this discipline, they having been separated from the society whose overt acts were contrary to their Christian profession, the apostle, not being endowed with the divine prerogative of inspecting the heart, was compelled to take the rest at their profession, and to deal with them as real Christians so long as there was no visible, tangible proof to the contrary . Little did the great apostle of the circumcision anticipate what was before him as he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. But at the same time to my own mind it seems to be only homage to God's word to affirm positively that of which I am sure. Nor is there a more painful want of it than that kind of restiveness which is so ready to take offence at the smallest fear or anxiety on the part of others. She despised the Holy Ghost as she had despised the Messiah; and no wonder therefore that he who had gone up to Jerusalem to worship was returning with the yearnings of his heart still unsatisfied. Sok felkrst kapok Gyr vrosbl, rendszerint eskv fnykpezs miatt, de szvesen fotzom ms tmban is. James the brother of John has been put to death by Herod. And now those words of Christ were made good in him; but it was in order to his sitting at Christ's right hand; for if we suffer with him, we shall reign with him. 50 Days Fasting & Prayer Guide for RCCG 2023 Fasting and Prayer. And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him ( Acts 12:4 ); Now a quaternion was actually four soldiers. Except on this assumption the apostle could not have proceeded to enforce Christian duties by Christian motives" (pp. Legtbb ismersm s jmagam is egy ltszlag teljesen idegen szakterletrl rkeztnk. And they "made great lamentation over him." Peter was the one then, not Paul, that announced the gospel to Cornelius, who by the Holy Ghost received it, and was not merely safe but saved. Now Rhoda comes running in and says, "Peter's out at the gate." It is therefore our wisdom to take heed of the beginnings of sin. Sopron, gynyr vros, az osztrk hatr eltti utols lloms. If this took place in A.D. 46, and Herod died in A.D. 44, then the event Luke related in chapter 12 antedated the famine visit, and probably all of Acts 11:27-30, by about two years. Vissza a szlvrosomba, mghozz eskv miatt. That, to me, is very interesting how close the spiritual world was to these men. * Thenceforth the Church becomes a matter of history; and its history is nothing less than that of the vicissitudes, prosperous and adverse, which the kingdom of God upon earth has in the lapse of ages passed through. He began with vexing them only, or afflicting them, imprisoning them, fining them, spoiling their houses and goods, and other ways molesting them; but afterwards he proceeded to greater instances of cruelty. 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. All who are informed in these matters are aware that the best authorities reject the entire verse. He handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard, for he wished to bring him before the people after the Passover Feast. In this passage we come on the first mention of the man who was the real leader of the Christian Church in Jerusalem. Holy Spirit cause a great confusion among my antagonists today in Jesus name,23:6-10. Now all of you that have visited the Holy Land are familiar with the theater that is in Caesarea. 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. He was not entitled to take the peace of the gospel till God warranted Peter to bring it to him. Thus Cornelius was aware that God had sent the gospel to the Jews; but there was precisely where he necessarily stopped short. 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. At the same time there is the pity that belongs to one who knew the grace of God, and saw the end of all in His judgment. The persecution of the Jerusalem church 12:1-24. It is noteworthy that the Christians evidently did not seek to perpetuate the apostalate by selecting a replacement for James as they had for Judas (ch. And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying ( Acts 12:12 ). Such was the emphatic and characteristic presentation of His person assigned to the apostle, and this at once. (These were the days of unleavened bread). They went out and proceeded along one street; and thereupon the angel left him. ACTS Prayers (Adoration, Confession, T In this exciting drama of Acts chapter 12 you can see the reality of this statement. Ha szeretntek, ott vagyok, de ha nem, akkor szrevehetetlenl teszem a dolgom. And, both. So he went to another place.Now, here we have an interesting enigma. All these things were pressed home by Stephen; indeed, I have simply touched on a very small part of his most telling address. 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. Mvsz belltottsg s egyben riport jelleg kpekkel gazdagthatlak benneteket. It was not only right, but recorded of God that we might see and profit by it. In this case Peter had God's own direct warrant in the vision, not of the church (for this was not the meaning of the sheet let down from heaven), but decidedly of the call of the Gentiles. - And were praying for praying, A.V. The Gentiles were sinners: why should they not dare to speak to the Gentiles? When this To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. This certainly demonstrates how the power of God, in direct answer to prayer, is greater than that of any Herod. He figured that they would be coming to Mary's house looking for him and so he, no doubt, went to hide out from Herod. stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church; Beza's ancient copy adds, "in Judea": it seems to be the church at Jerusalem; perhaps some of the principal members of them; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, the rulers of the house of God.
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