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Philip, who had been appointed by the apostles at the choice of the multitude of the disciples to care for the distribution to the poor, goes down to the cities of Samaria preaching Christ. Herod the Great had ten wives. On believing they were baptized, as we are told in Acts 8:1-40; but they received the Holy Ghost after an interval, through the action of the apostles. Acts 12:24-25 take us back to Acts 11:27-30. In the New Testament he is called Philip and is mentioned in Luke 3:1. 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. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and they passed through one street; and then the angel departed from him. "The Lord hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost." 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. Such is salvation. WebVerse Acts 12:1. WebPRAYER POINTS FROM ACTS 23. WebFirst, there was unity in prayer many were gathered together praying (12:12), any differences that might have separated people from one another were now completely lost Herod the Great was married ten times. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and he stayed there. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God." . 4. (Acts 10:1-48). He was a grandson of Herod the Great, and one of the sons of Aristobulus, whom Herod put to death (Josephus, Antiq., 18, 5). arise and bring an end to the plaques on the land as a result of these evil acts in Jesus name. And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. His grandfather was the Herod who had the babies of Bethlehem slaughtered in hopes he would destroy the baby Jesus. This I ask in Jesus name, AMEN. The true text,* which has sufficient if not the most ancient authority, tells us that they spoke to Greeks or Gentiles. Of course, they were seeking to flatter him in order that they might gain his favor and his help. No doubt he had read them many a time, but no better than we have read them, and many other words likewise; and how little we understood any of them to profit until the mighty power of God gave it efficacy in our souls! the Jews did not believe in Him; but whosoever did, let him be Jew or Gentile, "shall receive remission of sins." Therefore, the more godly Cornelius was, the less would he dare to put forth his hand for the blessing before the Lord told him to stretch it out. As there was need in the church at Antioch, he goes and finds him. Acts 4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. Loving Father, thank You for the hope of our resurrection and rapture knowing that the Lord Jesus is the firstborn from the dead. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Nobody could have this till the gospel, and even after its publication God Himself sent specifically to the Gentiles; for He has His ways, as well as His times and seasons. So from experience we know there is many a man that you cannot doubt to be truly looking to the Lord, yet far from resting in the peace of God. He spent some thirty years of his early life in Rome, but then came back and loved living in Jerusalem and was seeking to curry the favor of the Jews, living as the Jews lived. The Gentiles were sinners: why should they not dare to speak to the Gentiles? Two soldiers were chained to him and two watched the doors. 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. Unbelief here is alas! 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. 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. But what a rebuke is this to those that would make the church to be merely a creature of government, or in any wise to be of man's will, which is still worse, How blessed to see that it is a real organic whole, not only a living thing, but that He who is the spring of its life is the Holy Ghost Himself a divine person, who cannot but answer to the grace of the Lord Jesus whom He is come down to glorify. The profound moral work of God proceeded in that converted heart. As there was a Job in the Old Testament, independent of the law and perhaps before it, so we find a Cornelius before the glad tidings in the New Testament had been formally sent to the nations. Pray we exercise our gifts according to the grace given us (12:6-8). and to the brethren. Pray we hate evil and cling to what is good (12:9). 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." And he realized that God had delivered him from the hand of Herod. It may be observed passingly, that thus plainly baptizing is in no way a necessarily ministerial act. 1. In the reign of Claudius also, the dominions of Herod Agrippa were still further enlarged. After this wonderful working of God the church had rest. Contrasts mark Acts 12:1-23: James dies, God delivers Peter, and Herod dies. Is this too much to ask? And when Herod Agrippa saw this pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. Note what the Christians were doing. Saul of Tarsus prayed after his conversion (Acts 9:11), 7. For assuredly he would never have been content with one or two murders, and so have abstained from persecuting the rest, but he would rather have piled up martyrs upon heaps, unless God had set his hand against him, and defended his flock. Power of Prayer (Acts 12:1-12) Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. II. One of his wives, Miriam, had a son, Aristopollis that was murdered by Herod the Great, as was Miriam. Paul tells us in Galatians how he came to the church in Antioch, caused some trouble that Paul had to rebuke him for. On the contrary, the grand bearing of this chapter is that now the tide of blessing is flowing away from Jerusalem. Azeskvi fotzst, eskvi szolgltatk munkjt rendszerint a felszn alapjn tlik meg, de elmeslem a valsgot megmutatni mindenfle kdsts nlkl. But they said unto her, [You're crazy.] They're all inside praying, "Oh God, help Peter! "Then had the church rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria." This Is the Day 12 Prayer Points as Released by The Redeemed Christian Church of God Directorate of Prayer. ", Even here the intimation is sufficiently plain that the Gentiles were in the foreground of the work designed for Saul of Tarsus. 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? He stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church,Acts 12:1; Acts 12:1. Veszprm a bulik vrosa.. Persze nem csak a partyk, hanem az eskvk is igen npszerek a vrosban. Acts 12:23), and moved his headquarters to Jerusalem. James sheds his blood, as Stephen had before; for this Peter was destined by man, but the Lord disappointed him. At this point we come to the history of the call of another and yet more honoured witness of divine grace and Christ's glory. Kezdjk azzal, hogyan is szletik azeskvi fots. As the Christian Jews became increasingly offensive to their racial brethren (cf. If Jesus was Jehovah, what then had his religion been? But this was not enough for God. When he had seized Peter, he put him under arrest. The persecutor died but the church continued to grow (24-25). But Saul does arise from the earth. A. 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. Herod had James, the brother of John, killed (v. 2) which pleased the Jewish leaders immensely (v. 3). God answered prayer and gave a It is of interest to see, and should be better known, that among the Gentiles were not wanting such as worshipped no idols but served the true and living God. 1.Here followeth new persecution raised 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. We must recollect that in the Apostolic Church an effective discipline the very idea of which seems to be lost amongst us existed. Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /var/www/html/familytimes/includes/rss/esvLookup.php on line 15, View this passage in NIV (Bible Gateway) , Acts 9:32-43Peter Used by God in Joppa to Heal Beloved Dorcas, Acts 10:1-8Cornelius on a Mission for God, Acts 10:9-22Gods Message to Peter through a Vision, Acts 10:34-48Peter Preaches to Cornelius Household, Acts 11:1-18Peters Defense to the Legalists, Acts 11:19-26Barnabas Seeks Saul to Help with Discipleship, Acts 11:27-2Antioch Believers Send Encouragement to Jerusalem, Acts 12:3-11Continual Prayer Brings Results, Acts 12:18-25Gods Judgment on King Herod, Acts 13:1-12Paul Confronts a Sorcerer at Cyprus, Acts 13:4-12Saul (Paul) Confronts a Sorcerer at Cyprus, Acts 13:13-25Paul and Barnabas Say Farewell to John Mark, Acts 13:26-41Paul Preaches the Gospel of the Resurrection, Acts 13:42-52Gentiles are Receptive to Pauls Message, Acts 14:13-20From God to Stoning Paul Still Committed to Preach, Acts 15:6-11Jerusalem CouncilDiscussion Re: Moses Law, Acts 15:12-21A Decision based on Gods Word, Acts 15:30-41A Disagreement about John Mark, Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our personsbut they are helpless against our prayers. (. Unquestionably it was. A believer would have wondered more at the grace of God, and bowed in adoration before Him. Was his faith nothing more than a profession of Christian doctrine? * 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. The final result of what took place when God sent an angel to destroy Herod Agrippa was realized some 20 years later when Titus and Vespasian destroyed Jerusalem. Surely it can't be Peter!". Where they really didn't know if it was reality or just some spiritual revelation. "The Church of Christ was not properly in existence before the day of Pentecost; much less did she, before that era, go forth on her mission to evangelize* the world. So he came in like a shining god, making this speech to the people and, of course, the people began to cry, "It's the voice of a god, not of a man!" Then we find that if the church at Jerusalem had become impoverished, the Gentiles minister of their carnal things to them. After his death, the word of God prospers. A fotzsban az emberbrzolst tekintem a legnagyobb kihvsnak.Fontosnak tartom a folyamatos nkpzst, hogy megismerjem a legjabb trendeket s irnyzatokat, igyekszem mindig napraksz jdonsgokkal szolglni. Or it was to show that though the apostles were appointed to plant the gospel in the world, yet if they were taken off God could do his work without them, and would do it. Theirs was not the joy that saw into the presence of God. A quaternion was a squad of four. Correct, good students! Rengeteg kivl tterem alkalmas a nagy nap lebonyoltsra. Now at this point we are introduced to James, who became one of the leaders in the early church, who was a half brother to Jesus. And not the angel but the Spirit guides now. On the fourteenth of Nissan they began the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and so it was during this Feast of Passover that Peter was arrested. But Herod, though originally of an Edomite family, yet seems to have been a proselyte to the Jewish religion; for Josephus says he was zealous for the Mosaic rites, a bigot for the ceremonies. Persecution of the Christians now swung from religious to include political motivation. There was at this time some quarrel between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon, for whom the quarrel was a serious matter. When the earthly fortunes of the Christians seemed the most precarious, however, providential events took place with sudden finality, lifting the threat completely. Worse, Tyre and Sidon were dependent for their food supplies on Palestine and if these supplies were cut off their case would be serious indeed. Perhaps God intended hereby to awaken the rest of the apostles to disperse themselves among the nations, and not to nestle any longer at Jerusalem. The Old Testament saints were just as safe before the work of Christ as they were afterwards, but this work put them on a ground of conscious salvation before God. Their lands lay to the north of Palestine and in two ways Herod could make things very difficult for them. . The common text and translations have "the churches;" but I believe that this faulty form crept in here, because the sense of the oneness of the church so speedily passed away. 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. Then follows another grave fact. 12:1-17. Now, look you, the Angel of the Lord stood by and a light shone in the house. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. A body of believers indeed had been by Christ gathered out of the Jewish people to be the first recipients of the Pentecostal effusion; but before that event, this body could not be called distinctively His Church. (vi) To complete the list we may note that Herod Agrippa ( G67) , was the father of (a) Agrippa the Second, before whom Paul was examined and before whom he made his famous speech ( Acts 25:1-27; Acts 26:1-32). He said, "He's beside Himself" and they came down to rescue Him. "One visible manifestation, then, of the sanctity of the Church is the holy walk and conversation of individual Christians; but there is another, and more formal, mode in which she professes herself to be holy, and that is, by the exercise of discipline. It was, no doubt, a Gentile title. It was the obliterating of mere fleshly distinction between Jew and Gentile. Salvation means that the heart enters into deliverance by grace as a present known public standing in the world. I therefore must say that the gift of the Holy Ghost here is, in my judgment, clearly distinct from anything in the way of either a spiritual gift for souls or a miraculous power, as it is called. So at this day there is no cause why the faithful, having borne the brunts of one or two conflicts, should promise themselves rest, (748) or should desire such a calling (749) as old overworn soldiers use to have. 1). They served in three-hour shifts around the clock in guarding the prisoner. Settle it invariably that God is wiser than we. God's going to do what God wants to do whether you have faith or not. At the same time, along with this is seen universality in the going out of both the truth and grace of God, which could not but be foreign to the law. Thus we find the utmost simplicity and quietness. There is no question of a Jew, but "Whosoever believeth in him." 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. It is not His operation in enabling souls to believe, but a precious boon given to such as believed. "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." Ha klnlegesre s egyedire vgysz, ltogass el az oldalamra. He is mentioned, under the name of Philip ( G5376) , in Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19. Perhaps you have heard it said, Never underestimate the power ofprayer. In this exciting drama of Acts chapter 12 you can see the reality of this statement. ., 19:8:2; idem, The Wars . Supplicate, worship. And interestingly enough, Jesus, after His resurrection, did appear unto James as Paul tells us in I Corinthians Acts 15:7 . But Peter just kept knocking: and so when they opened the door, they saw him, and they were astonished. 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. Thus on the great Gentile occasion, as before on the Jewish at Pentecost, the medium of man completely disappears. Therefore some say that those came of the Jews, yet did they inhabit Greece [and these would be right if the reading had been really and not ]; which I do not allow. . Copyright 2023 ec Estudio Integral. One of the chief means was prayer. He had been educated at Rome, but he sedulously cultivated the good graces of the Jewish people by meticulously keeping the Law and all Jewish observances. "When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." The Holy Ghost came upon them, not merely, it will be observed, certain spiritual powers, but the Holy Ghost Himself. Thus it might seem incredible, if it were not the notorious fact, that the only two known manuscripts in favour of that which is here most certainly requisite are the Alexandrian and the Cambridge Graeco-Latin of Beza. So that the attempts of tyrants notwithstanding, God maketh choice of sweet-smelling sacrifices to establish the faith of his gospel. Herod stretched forth his hand against the church and he killed James the brother of John with the sword. With the apostles becoming more involved with matters outside Jerusalem, James the brother of Jesus was now the most prominent leader in the Jerusalem church (Acts 12:17; Acts 15:13; Galatians 1:18-19; Galatians 2:9,Galatians 2:12). Accordingly Peter and John, two of the chiefs among the apostles, come down from Jerusalem. He was truly in earnest before God. 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. The personal holiness of the Christian is a property of the individual, not of the society as such; hence a professing Christian society, however large a proportion of holy men it may contain, does not predicate of itself that it is a part of Christ's holy Church as long as it exercises no formal official act implying that assumption. "In proportion to the apparent simplicity of the question, would be his surprise to hear it affirmed that he is mistaken, and that, in addressing a Christian society as a congregation of Christians, St. Paul merely regards it as a society of men professing the same faith, and participating outwardly in the same sacraments (it being immaterial to the idea whether they possess saving faith or not); a society invested with spiritual privileges, but not necessarily realizing those privileges, and that, consequently, we must lower the import of the terms, 'saints' and 'faithful in Christ Jesus,' to signify outwardly dedicated to God, and professing with the lips the doctrines of Christianity . Those that take one bold step in a sinful way give Satan advantage against them to tempt them to take another, and provoke God to leave them to themselves, to go from bad to worse. The fruits of the Spirit, whether they be produced within our own inclosure or beyond it, are always the same, and always to be recognized; otherwise our Lord would never have given us the simple test whereby we are to distinguish false from true prophets 'by their fruits ye shall know them.' To Antipas, Galilee and Perea; and to Archclaus, Judea, Idumea, and Samaria. 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." Three days and nights he neither eats nor drinks. 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]. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) The gospel goes forth elsewhere; it is in no way bound to Jerusalem. They did not know anything about Easter in the early church. Verse Acts 12:1. When they were up against it, they turned to God. It gives teaching on how to face trials and temptations, on the character of true faith, and on many practical matters such as the control of the tongue, the use of wealth and the exercise of patience (James 1:3,James 1:12; James 2:14-17; James 3:2,James 3:13; James 4:1-2; James 5:8). Accordingly we find, as the testimony had gone forth throughout Jerusalem at least, so now the old rival of Jerusalem comes within the dealings of God. The disciples gave themselves to prayer, yet they little believed their own prayers.