To a reflecting believer it will be plain that the reasons for this do not hold at the present time. 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. Holy Spirit cause a great confusion among my antagonists today in Jesus name,23:6-10. His aim was not Christ; it was all for himself. Here is an account of Peter's imprisonment (Acts 12:4; Acts 12:4): When he had laid hands on him, and, it is likely, examined him, he put him in prison, into the inner prison; some say, into the same prison into which he and the other apostles were cast some years before, and were rescued out of it by an angel, Acts 5:18; Acts 5:18. The ACTS prayer ensures that you are praising God for who He is, confessing sin on your heart that could otherwise hinder your prayers, and thanking Him for all He is The doctrine of His Sonship did not in the smallest degree, of course, set aside the Messiahship. He kept the Jewish customs. But this was not enough for God. Herod Antipas was driven as an exile also into Gaul, and then into Spain, and Herod Agrippa received also his tetrarchy. But they lived very close to the spiritual world, to the spirit world. "And he arose and went." 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. "But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ." The governor at that time, Herod Agrippa I (a grandson of Herod the Great), knew it was not wise to let the Jews become too excited. "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 . I quote from the original edition (Edinburgh, 1807): "Acts 11: 31. He would meet them in grace, stopping complaints, and showing that He honours and confides in their suitable choice. The same event doomed secular Israel. Lesson 90: Acts 12 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Such is salvation. Contrasts mark Acts 12:1-23: James dies, God delivers Peter, and Herod dies. And in the present case this requirement is the more reasonable from the circumstance that the Apostles uniformly identify themselves, as regards their Christian standing and hopes, with those to whom they write. Three days and nights he neither eats nor drinks. PRAYER POINTS For courage to witness for Christ (Acts 4:2331), 3. With their friend on the throne, the Jewish hierarchy decided to exterminate Christianity; and there was no reason why they could not have succeeded, except for the intervention of the Father in heaven. 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. Cornelius was one of those who, among the Gentiles, had abandoned idolatry; but more than this was sometimes found. And we hear almost daily of the tensions that exists with the Israeli occupation forces and the people of Sidon and Tyre today. This Herod was Agrippa the greater, [elder,] the son of Aristobulus, whom his father slew. ", Let me tell you something. "Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the very same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus." intending after Easter [or really after Passover] to bring him forth to the people. They were not about to let that happen again. "Whosoever believeth on him shall receive remission of sins." On the day of Pentecost they were baptized first, and then they received the gift of the Holy Ghost. III. It is not the church of Judea, the church of Galilee, and the church of Samaria, but the churches of Judea, etc. 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. And he realized that God had delivered him from the hand of Herod. Such was the man to whom God was about to send the gospel by Peter. Precautions could go no further. Vissza a szlvrosomba, mghozz eskv miatt. Herod the king; not Herod the great that slew the infants at Bethlehem, nor Herod Antipas that beheaded John, but Herod Agrippa; and so the Syriac version adds here, "who is surnamed Agrippa"; he was a grandson of Herod the great, and the son of Aristobulus: this prince. It may well be the story of a thrilling rescue; but, however it happened, the hand of God was most definitely in it. When this Father, I declare that I pray thatI may read its pages with wisdom and understanding. Take, as the most solemn moment of all, the day of Pentecost. arise and bring an end to the plaques on the land as a result of these evil acts in Jesus name. Peter had not long learnt it himself. Herod's design was, after Easter, to bring him forth unto the people. But that branch of criticism which consists in a full knowledge of the sources, a nice discrimination of the various readings, and a sound judgment in deciding the preferable text, as it is rarely found, so it certainly was not the forte of Dr. C. One hundred and fifty years ago, Dr. E. Wells, in his "Help for the more easy and clear understanding of the Scriptures" (Oxford, 1718), not only adopted the singular in his Greek text and his English paraphrase, but pointed out in his Annotations the great weakness of the argument drawn by dissenters from the plural , as if it favoured their system of separate churches. 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. characteristic of Christendom. Even his conduct in the arrest of Peter shows his desire to conciliate the Jews. The tradition that they have in the Romish church, that this James had been before this in Spain, and had planted the gospel there, is altogether groundless; nor is there any certainty of it, or good authority for it. It was plain enough to see the Christian assembly in a city, even if it were as numerous as in Jerusalem, where it must have met in not a few different localities and chambers. "Saul arose and was baptized, and when he had received meat he was strengthened, and remained with the disciples for some time.". Herod accepted the praise as if he was God, and was punished for it (20-23). 1. Kezdjk azzal, hogyan is szletik azeskvi fots. For indeed he was but man. he cried, and hears, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." We see such in the gospels. Herod the Great had ten wives. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Apostles: Acts 12:12 Thinking about that he came to (Acts of the Apostles Ac). 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 . It is a perilous mode of reasoning and likely to lead to universal scepticism, to maintain, for the sake of theoretical consistency, that the visible fruits of the Spirit do not possess a sufficiently distinctive character to enable us to pronounce where they are and where they are not: not to mention that the sin of denying the evident operation of the Holy Spirit is spoken of by our Lord in terms far too awful not to make us tremble at the thought of verging towards it. [Note: See Longenecker, pp. To regard him as unawakened at that time is to mistake a great deal of the teaching of the chapter. The reading of the Sinai MS. ( ) is a mere blunder, not uncommon in that most ancient but not very accurate document, arising from confusion through a contiguous word; it would give the sense of "unto the preachers, preaching the Lord Jesus." But there was another reason too. The apostle died a martyr, to show the rest of them what they must expect, that they might prepare accordingly. The believers in John Marks house prayed for Peter when he was in prison, and the Lord delivered him both from prison and from death (Acts 12:111), 11. At the precise instant when one apostle was already dead, another imprisoned and condemned, and the entire Twelve proscribed by an all-powerful ruler acting as a Jewish deputy in the whole procedure, out of a desire to please his subjects, at that very moment God sent an angel to release Peter and shortly thereafter struck Agrippa dead. Why didn't God intervene and miraculously deliver James? A honlapunk hasznlatval n a tjkoztatsunkat tudomsul veszi. 3. Nevertheless, care was taken to hinder all appearance of independence or indifference to unity. Chapter 15 he'll speak up and again tell how God had led him to the Gentiles, but Peter passes on from the picture. Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural. "When Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple." We are told of another who also built for the Jews their synagogue. 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. By the Holy Ghost there is imparted all the firmness of a divine bond, and all the intimacy of a real living relationship of the nearest kind. 4. Prayer 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]. I've never really tried it, but I can imagine it would be difficult to run in a robe. "In the opening chapters of the Acts of the Apostles, the Christian dispensation is seen in actual operation; for that with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost that dispensation properly commences will probably be admitted by all parties. The presence of the Holy Ghost was a new and quite unexampled thing even among believers. He handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard, for he wished to bring him before the people after the Passover Feast. We have only to extend this undoubted principle of interpretation to the Jewish people itself in its national that is, its legal-character, to perceive that the terms by which, in the Old Testament, its privileges are expressed, assume, when applied to Christians, a different meaning, or rather betoken the spiritual realities of which the former were but the types" (pp. And because he did not give God glory, he was smitten by an angel and there died.So the end of Herod Agrippa I. The purposes of God are going to stand. 407-8, for a brief biography of Herod Agrippa I.] This Is the Day 12 Prayer Points as Released by The Redeemed Christian Church of God Directorate of Prayer. EXCELENTE OPORTUNIDAD DEPARTAMENTO CNTRICO EN COSQUIN, OPORTUNIDAD CHALET VILLA MIRADOR DEL LAGO. The Spread of the Gospel in Jerusalem (Acts 1-7), B. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. For all that God took precaution to bind up together the work at Samaria with that which He had wrought at Jerusalem. Where. 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. Clearly the Jew is meant. What in our Lord's discourses is a matter of anticipation or prophecy, here appears as a matter of fact. Therefore, in an effort to please them he took action against the apostles by having one of them, James, executed (12:1-2).The execution of James pleased the Jews more than Herod expected, so next time he planned to kill the leading apostle, Peter (3-5). James sheds his blood, as Stephen had before; for this Peter was destined by man, but the Lord disappointed him.
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