Class 3 from this series was used for GCT Episode 253.<\/p>\n
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\nOur second period teachers,
\nbrother Jim Harper. <\/p>\n
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\nHis topic is the work of the
\nHoly Spirit in the New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament.
\nHis topic for today is the <\/p>\n
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\nactive role of heaven by the
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\nBefore I start, brothers and
\nsisters, I just have to say that<\/p>\n
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\nBible school committee members
\nhave to solve all kinds of <\/p>\n
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\nproblems.
\nAnd true to form, Brother Jeff <\/p>\n
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\nhas solved the problem getting
\nme through my material on time. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, he owns a remote like
\nthis as well, all right? <\/p>\n
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\nThe active role of heaven,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is something that has
\nthat really impressed itself on <\/p>\n
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\nme as I read through the book of
\nActs and just saw these things <\/p>\n
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\nhappening over and over again.
\nA couple of questions to give <\/p>\n
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\nourselves focus and direction.
\nFirst of all, how did the <\/p>\n
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\nglorified Jesus continue to work
\nthroughout New Testament times <\/p>\n
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\nfrom His ascension to God
\nonward? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd secondly, how did the
\napostles view their role in the <\/p>\n
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\nwork of the ascended Lord Jesus
\nChrist? <\/p>\n
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\nAll right.
\nAnd we’ll attempt to address <\/p>\n
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\nthose questions under these two
\nheadings. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of all, we’re going to
\nlook, God permitting, at <\/p>\n
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\npromises Jesus made to his
\ndisciples before his ascension <\/p>\n
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\nand how those play out in some
\nof the rest of the New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament.
\nAnd then we’re going to, if we <\/p>\n
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\nhave time, look at the testimony
\nof the apostles themselves as to<\/p>\n
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\nhow they perceived things.
\nAnd so the promises of Jesus, <\/p>\n
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\nand we begin, perhaps, with one
\nof the best known and and <\/p>\n
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\ngreatest of them, he says, as
\nrecorded at the end of Matthew’s<\/p>\n
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\nGospel.
\nGo there for and make disciples <\/p>\n
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\nof all the nations, baptizing
\nthem in the name of the Father, <\/p>\n
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\nand of the Son, and of the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
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\nTeaching them to observe all
\nthings that I have commanded <\/p>\n
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\nyou, and low I am with you
\nalways, even to the end of the <\/p>\n
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\nage.
\nAmen. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I don’t want now, brothers
\nand sisters, for us to digress <\/p>\n
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\ninto ways in which the Lord
\nobviously and clearly works in <\/p>\n
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\nour own lives, but rather we’re
\ndealing with the work of the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit of New Testament
\ntimes. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd these words were first of
\nall addressed to the apostles. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there is a very real sense
\nin which the New Testament times<\/p>\n
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\nwere an age unto themselves.
\nIt was an age of Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nempowerment, and it it it
\nendured for that period of time <\/p>\n
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\nin the Lord’s work through his
\napostles. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is a sweeping promise
\nby Jesus. <\/p>\n
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\nLo, I am with you always, even
\nto the end of the age. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a sweeping promise to his
\napostles. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it hardly suggests, at least
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\non the day of Pentecost.
\nIn his glory, Jesus would <\/p>\n
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\nactively work with his apostles
\nthroughout the rest of New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament times.
\nThe immediate objective has been<\/p>\n
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\ndefined there.
\nThe immediate objective of the <\/p>\n
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\nLord’s promise was to advance
\nthe cause of the Great <\/p>\n
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\nCommission.
\nIn a sense, that was Matthew’s <\/p>\n
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\nrecord of the Great Commission.
\nTo make disciples of all <\/p>\n
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\nnations, baptizing them,
\nteaching them the empowerment <\/p>\n
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\nthat Jesus gave on the day of
\nPentecost began to fulfill the <\/p>\n
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\npromise.
\nAnd it happened again and again <\/p>\n
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\nand again.
\nAnd this is what impressed <\/p>\n
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\nitself upon me as I simply read
\nthrough the book of Acts, set <\/p>\n
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\nthe baggage aside, and said what
\nis it saying to me? <\/p>\n
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\nPreaching the gospel of
\nsalvation, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n
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\nto a world that was dying,
\norchestrated, directed, <\/p>\n
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\nempowered by the Lord Jesus
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\nof Holy Spirit activity in New
\nTestament times, and edifying <\/p>\n
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\nthe body of believers quickly
\nbecame the second important <\/p>\n
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\nand around the first of these
\ntoday and. <\/p>\n
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\nGod permitting perhaps a bit
\nmore of the second of these <\/p>\n
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\npriorities in our our class
\ntomorrow, but giving eternal <\/p>\n
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\nlife in the power of the Holy
\nSpirit is still to come. <\/p>\n
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\nBaptisms.
\nThere were even multiple <\/p>\n
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\nbaptisms of the apostles, and
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\npair of these, at least today.
\nBut the baptism of the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit is still to come.
\nThe work of the Holy Spirit in <\/p>\n
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\nNew Testament times was a
\ndevelopmental work. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was not a work of completion.
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\nsaid to them.
\nAnd again, the context is the <\/p>\n
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\n11th from verse 14.
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\nthe gospel to every creature.
\nHe who believes in his baptized <\/p>\n
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\nwill be saved, but he who does
\nnot believe will be condemned. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there is Mark’s version of
\nthe Great Commission, and he <\/p>\n
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\ngoes on to say, or Mark goes on
\nto record, And they went out and<\/p>\n
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\npreached everywhere, the Lord
\nworking with them and confirming<\/p>\n
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\nthe word through the
\naccompanying signs. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is going to be a
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\nA partnership between these men
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\nin the name of Jesus and heaven
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\nempowering them as needed and
\nwhen needed and where needed. <\/p>\n
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\nThis again in Mark’s account, as
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\nAnd they took note that these
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\nIt’s not an age of the apostles.
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\nAnd so I no longer accept the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s at the end.
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\nApostolic Age.
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\nThat’s the way life works.
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\nThe best is yet to come.
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\nto its culmination, those things
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\napostles will die.
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\nWhat do we do now?
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\nNo, no, no, no.
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\nIt’s the way it worked with John
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\nWhen it was over, it was over
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\nAnd he understood that he must
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\nI must decrease.
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\nYou know, if the Lord’s work <\/p>\n
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\nThe best is yet to come.
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\naccomplished.
\nThrough them the gifts ceased <\/p>\n
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\nand the the last of the apostles
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\nThe Lord’s work was done with
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\nHe has much better things in
\nstore for them. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s all for now, and the
\nhistorical record here in March <\/p>\n
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\nseems deliberately qualified.
\nThe Lord working with them the <\/p>\n
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\nage of eternal life for all
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\nHas not yet come, and so now we
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\nWe want to look at promises
\nJesus made to His apostles while<\/p>\n
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\nHe was yet with them before the
\nAscension, before, even in many <\/p>\n
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\nrespects His crucifixion.
\nAnd then we want to see how <\/p>\n
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\nthese play out in their work
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\nTestament.
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\n12.
\nWe’ll start with a couple of <\/p>\n
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\npromises Jesus made in Luke’s
\ngospel, and we’ll go to Acts and<\/p>\n
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\nsee how Luke records the
\nfulfillment, the keeping of <\/p>\n
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\nthese promises.
\nYou’ll remember this now when <\/p>\n
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\nthey bring you to the synagogues
\nand magistrates and authorities.<\/p>\n
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\nDo not worry about how or what
\nyou should answer or what you <\/p>\n
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\nshould say, for the Holy Spirit
\nwill teach you in that very <\/p>\n
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\nhour.
\nWhat you ought to say, or this <\/p>\n
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\none again, in Luke chapter 21,
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\nand rulers for my name’s sake,
\nbut it will turn out for you as <\/p>\n
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\nan occasion for testimony.
\nTherefore settle it in your <\/p>\n
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\nhearts not to meditate
\nbeforehand on what you will <\/p>\n
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\nanswer for.
\nI will give you a mouth and <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom.
\nWhich all your adversaries will <\/p>\n
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\nnot be able to contradict or
\nresist. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s the promise.
\nAnd the Lord is saying this to <\/p>\n
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\nthem.
\nBe ever before His crucifixion. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, what the Lord understood,
\nIt’s just absolutely <\/p>\n
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\nin into the the age of of His
\nglory. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, the Holy
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\nought to say.
\nI will give you a mouth and <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom, their equivalent
\nstatements. <\/p>\n
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\nThe ad hoc work of the Holy
\nSpirit was in fact the ongoing <\/p>\n
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\nwork of the glorified Jesus.
\nAnd what I mean by that ad hoc, <\/p>\n
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\nwas needed, and then when it was
\nover, it was over. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was toward a specific end
\nthat these empowerments would <\/p>\n
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\nas only he would know when it
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\nmorning, brothers and sisters, I
\ndon’t envision them flexing <\/p>\n
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\nsaying let’s rattle off a few <\/p>\n
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\nYou remember that they were
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\nkings and rulers for my name’s
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\nThen Peter, filled with the Holy
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\nof the people and elders of
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\nbring them to the realization
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\nwhom they crucified both Lord
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\nThis man stands here before you
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\nare his hands, and they are his
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\nexpression, uneducated and <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s how they viewed them.
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\nThe punctuated empowerments that<\/p>\n
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\ncarry out the Great Commission, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, it had a
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\nmaking them full of the Holy
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\nshould we do to these men?
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\nbrothers and sisters, is both a <\/p>\n
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\nSamson.
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\nand still it is the soul here. <\/p>\n
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\nthe Mediterranean Sea and there <\/p>\n
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\nthey are fasting and praying for<\/p>\n
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\ndirection from heaven.
\nWhat do we do next? <\/p>\n
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\nWhere do we go next?
\nWhere do you want us to go To <\/p>\n
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\nworld? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then perhaps through the
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\nThere in Antioch the Holy Spirit
\nsays, separate to me, Barnabas <\/p>\n
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\nactive role of heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nisland to Pappas, they found a <\/p>\n
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\ncertain sorcerer, a false
\nprophet, a Jew whose name was <\/p>\n
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\nbar Jesus, who was with the pro
\nconsul, Sergeus Paulus, an <\/p>\n
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\nBut Elimus the sorcerer, so his <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit, looked intently at him
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\nMathias.
\nBut it applies to Paul as well. <\/p>\n
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\nThere is the Greek. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:04,100 –> 00:22:06,180
\nAnd except that we’ve got Saul
\nand Peter. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:06,660 –> 00:22:09,780
\nAll right, you take a look.
\nFilled with the Holy Spirit, <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:09,780 –> 00:22:12,740
\nfilled with spirit, holy.
\nHere, brothers and sisters, same<\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:12,740 –> 00:22:15,340
\nGreek word, right down to the
\nverb parsing. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:15,340 –> 00:22:18,380
\nExactly the same.
\nHere we’ll see a similar kind of<\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:18,380 –> 00:22:20,580
\ncomparison.
\nAnd another time in the book of <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:20,580 –> 00:22:22,940
\nActs.
\nThis is a very, very similar <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:22,940 –> 00:22:25,100
\nexperience to what Peter had
\nbefore the Council. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:26,310 –> 00:22:28,870
\nAnd the just to to fill out this
\nverb parsing. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:28,870 –> 00:22:30,470
\nIt’s the aoris tense we spoke
\nof. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:30,470 –> 00:22:33,470
\nIt’s the passive voice.
\nSo it’s done to Peter, it’s done<\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:33,470 –> 00:22:35,830
\nto Paul.
\nIt’s the participle. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:35,830 –> 00:22:40,870
\nThey’re filled at that moment
\nwith the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:41,950 –> 00:22:45,150
\nThe Greek is exactly the same,
\nand the language is that of Holy<\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:45,150 –> 00:22:50,870
\nSpirit, baptism and ad hoc
\ninspiration in New Testament <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:50,870 –> 00:22:54,950
\ntimes when it applies to special
\nempowerment. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:57,000 –> 00:23:01,800
\nAnd so Paul says something that
\nnone of us would dare to say. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:03,280 –> 00:23:12,600
\nHe has sensed this empowerment.
\nHe has sensed the connection <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:12,680 –> 00:23:17,520
\nwith heaven.
\nHis will is entirely In Sync <\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:17,760 –> 00:23:21,240
\nwith that of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, and when he opens his <\/p>\n
359
\n00:23:21,240 –> 00:23:24,720
\nmouth, it’ll be the Lord, the
\nLord’s words that He speaks. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:25,200 –> 00:23:29,120
\nAnd he says to Elimus the hand
\nof the Lord is upon you. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:29,640 –> 00:23:32,400
\nHe’s not saying I’m going to put
\nmy hands on you. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:35,920 –> 00:23:39,800
\nHe already has had by
\ninspiration, a knowledge of the <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:39,800 –> 00:23:42,920
\njudgment that Jesus is going to
\ncarry out. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:43,200 –> 00:23:46,920
\nThe hand of the Lord is upon
\nyou, and you shall be blind, not<\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:46,920 –> 00:23:51,640
\nseeing the sun for a time.
\nAnd immediately a dark mist fell<\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:51,640 –> 00:23:55,220
\non him.
\nPaul’s put his neck in the noose<\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:55,220 –> 00:24:00,100
\nhere, and Jesus doesn’t let him
\nget hung. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:03,340 –> 00:24:08,340
\nImmediately a dark mist fell on
\nhim, fell on him. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:08,980 –> 00:24:12,780
\nRemember yesterday?
\nNot all right. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:13,540 –> 00:24:18,860
\nWhere did it come from?
\nAnd he went around seeking <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:18,860 –> 00:24:23,530
\nsomeone to lead him by the hand
\nprophecy, the immediate <\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:23,530 –> 00:24:26,730
\nfulfillment of prophecy.
\nUnder inspiration, Paul <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:26,730 –> 00:24:29,690
\nprophesied this judgment of
\nElimus. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:30,090 –> 00:24:32,410
\nAnd Jesus carried out the
\njudgment. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:35,330 –> 00:24:40,170
\nPaul was given a mouth and
\nwisdom, and his adversary was <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:40,170 –> 00:24:42,690
\nnot able to contradict or
\nresist. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:42,970 –> 00:24:46,410
\nAnd he went around groping for
\nsomebody to lead him by the hand<\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:49,310 –> 00:24:52,990
\nA man made blind, you know.
\nThere we are. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:52,990 –> 00:24:56,030
\nIsn’t it because he had
\nresisted? <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:56,030 –> 00:25:00,670
\nThe truth just occurred to me.
\nThank you, Brother Nitro. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:00,790 –> 00:25:03,750
\nThank you.
\nA dark mist fell on him. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:04,350 –> 00:25:06,270
\nAnd it uses Holy Spirit baptism
\nlanguage. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:06,270 –> 00:25:09,310
\nExcept that this intervention of
\nheaven came in the form of a <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:09,310 –> 00:25:13,470
\nmiraculous judgment rather than
\na gift that promised life. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:15,240 –> 00:25:17,920
\nThis is the great thing we see
\nof these events in the New <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:17,920 –> 00:25:22,000
\nTestament, brothers and sisters.
\nWe see Jesus as the Savior of <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:22,000 –> 00:25:24,040
\nmen through the power of the
\nHoly Spirit, and we also see <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:24,040 –> 00:25:29,280
\nthem as the judge of men.
\nAnd if our friends in the <\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:29,280 –> 00:25:32,680
\nreligious world around us want
\nto claim those kind of powers <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:32,680 –> 00:25:35,920
\nfor themselves, show us both
\nsides of the coin, <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:36,160 –> 00:25:42,040
\ncategorically, unequivocally,
\nwithout any question, not just <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:42,040 –> 00:25:47,130
\nthe saving power, but the
\njudgment power striking Anonizer<\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:47,130 –> 00:25:49,610
\nSafira dead, would they dare do
\nit? <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:51,690 –> 00:25:57,090
\nNeither did Peter.
\nHe pronounced the judgment and <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:57,090 –> 00:26:00,690
\nChrist did it.
\nAnd same here, the council <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:00,690 –> 00:26:04,570
\nbelieved, when he saw what had
\nbeen done, being astonished at <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:04,570 –> 00:26:07,930
\nthe teaching of the Lord.
\nAnd it’s this praising that just<\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:07,930 –> 00:26:12,720
\nsays to me, this man is
\nintelligent because he’s <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:12,720 –> 00:26:15,840
\nperceived.
\nThis is not just the preaching <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:15,840 –> 00:26:20,560
\nof Saul and Barnabas.
\nIt’s not just their teaching <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:20,560 –> 00:26:24,720
\nabout the Lord.
\nHe has, I think, perceived and <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:24,720 –> 00:26:26,320
\ngotten right to the heart of the
\nmatter. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:26,560 –> 00:26:29,080
\nThis is the teaching of the Lord
\nthat he’s hearing. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:30,960 –> 00:26:33,280
\nI will give you a mouth and
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:34,160 –> 00:26:37,600
\nThis man, Sergeus Paulus, was an
\nintelligent man, and I think he <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:37,600 –> 00:26:41,120
\nrecognized this truth in some
\nway. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:41,600 –> 00:26:45,000
\nThese were the words of heaven,
\nthat he was hearing another <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:45,000 –> 00:26:46,960
\npromise.
\nBrothers and sisters, going back<\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:46,960 –> 00:26:51,560
\nnow again to the Gospels before
\nthe Lord’s crucifixion, going to<\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:51,560 –> 00:26:55,160
\nthat series of of of chapters
\nJohn 14 to 16. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:56,720 –> 00:27:00,520
\nAnd Jesus promises to his
\napostles, whatever you ask in my<\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:00,520 –> 00:27:04,760
\nname that I will do, that the
\nFather may be glorified in the <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:04,760 –> 00:27:07,640
\nSon.
\nIf you ask anything in my name, <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:07,640 –> 00:27:13,440
\nI will do it.
\nOr in John 16 most assuredly I <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:13,440 –> 00:27:17,160
\nsay to you, whatever you ask the
\nFather in my name, he will give <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:17,160 –> 00:27:18,840
\nyou.
\nAnd I just want to highlight <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:18,840 –> 00:27:21,600
\nthat that is again one of those
\nHoly Spirit baptism words that <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:21,600 –> 00:27:24,520
\nwe looked at on Monday.
\nBut I want for us to also see <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:24,520 –> 00:27:27,800
\nthat this word is going to come
\nback in a moment in exactly this<\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:27,800 –> 00:27:33,260
\nkind of setting in Acts, because
\nJesus is inviting his apostles <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:33,260 –> 00:27:38,780
\nto pray, to pray for the help
\nthat would come from his Father <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:39,020 –> 00:27:43,420
\nin Christ’s name.
\nUntil now you’ve asked nothing <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:43,420 –> 00:27:45,820
\nin my name.
\nAsk and you will receive that. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:45,820 –> 00:27:49,260
\nYour joy may be full.
\nAnd before we go over to Acts, I<\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:49,260 –> 00:27:50,820
\njust want you to notice
\nsomething. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:50,940 –> 00:27:54,380
\nThere’s been a changing of the
\nguard here, in a sense. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:56,060 –> 00:27:58,860
\nPreviously, we looked at
\npromises that Luke recorded in <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:58,860 –> 00:28:02,840
\nhis Gospel, and we look at his
\nfulfillment of those, or his <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:02,840 –> 00:28:04,760
\nrecord of the fulfillment and
\nacts. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:05,560 –> 00:28:08,600
\nNow we’re going back and looking
\nat promises that Jesus made <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:08,600 –> 00:28:12,200
\nrecorded in John’s Gospel, and
\nLuke will show us the <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:12,200 –> 00:28:14,840
\nfulfillment and Acts, and the
\nchanging of the guard is <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:14,840 –> 00:28:19,760
\nseamless, such as the integrity
\nof the Gospels in the book of <\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:19,760 –> 00:28:22,760
\nActs, such as the integrity of
\nthe New Testament, though the <\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:22,760 –> 00:28:26,920
\npromise is recorded by John,
\nLuke will show us the keeping of<\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:26,920 –> 00:28:32,960
\nthe promise and we come to
\nJerusalem and we come to Acts <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:32,960 –> 00:28:37,760
\nchapter 4, and we come to the
\nsequel to the healing of the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:37,760 –> 00:28:42,480
\nlame man and the interrogation
\nof the council, who threaten the<\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:42,680 –> 00:28:48,080
\nPeter and John and send them on
\ntheir way and they come back to <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:48,080 –> 00:28:51,320
\ntheir companions.
\nIt picks up about verse 23 or <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:51,320 –> 00:28:54,760
\nthereabouts, and in verse 29, I
\nwant you to see what they’re <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:54,760 –> 00:28:58,640
\ndoing.
\nThey are praying. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:00,170 –> 00:29:04,890
\nWhatever you ask the Father in
\nmy name, he will give you. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:06,970 –> 00:29:11,730
\nAnd so they pray.
\nNow, Lord, look on their <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:11,730 –> 00:29:19,050
\nthreats, and give the same word.
\nGrant to your servants that with<\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:19,050 –> 00:29:22,970
\nall boldness they may speak your
\nword, and as their profile <\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:22,970 –> 00:29:27,540
\ngrows, so brothers and sisters
\ndoes the threat of persecution <\/p>\n
448
\n00:29:27,540 –> 00:29:31,500
\nfrom the rulers, and by the
\ngrace of God they will remain <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:31,500 –> 00:29:34,140
\nuntouchable.
\nAt least the apostles will for <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:34,140 –> 00:29:36,220
\nsome time yet to come.
\nJames. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:36,220 –> 00:29:41,140
\nNo, ultimately he’s slain by
\nHerod, but the Apostolic College<\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:41,140 –> 00:29:44,660
\nwill remain largely intact up
\nuntil the time of the Jerusalem <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:44,660 –> 00:29:49,340
\nconference.
\nWith their center in Jerusalem, <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:50,180 –> 00:29:54,620
\nthey will remain untouchable in
\nin in most regards, not <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:54,620 –> 00:29:58,940
\nentirely, but in most regards.
\nWhile even the persecution of <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:58,940 –> 00:30:02,620
\nSol of Tarsus will drive others
\nout, the apostles remain <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:02,620 –> 00:30:06,020
\nuntouchable in many, many
\nrespects, and will perhaps try <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:06,020 –> 00:30:09,220
\nto come back and and comment on
\nthat if if time allows. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:10,580 –> 00:30:13,460
\nBut here’s what they’re doing.
\nThey’re they’re asking grant to <\/p>\n
460
\n00:30:13,460 –> 00:30:17,980
\nyour servants that with all
\nboldness with their men like us,<\/p>\n
461
\n00:30:19,550 –> 00:30:24,190
\nthey’ve just been threatened.
\nAnd they realize that along with<\/p>\n
462
\n00:30:24,190 –> 00:30:27,790
\nthe power to speak the word,
\nthey need to have the <\/p>\n
463
\n00:30:27,790 –> 00:30:32,470
\nreassurances of heaven that give
\nthem the boldness to do this. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:33,230 –> 00:30:36,590
\nAnd so grant to your servants
\nthat with all boldness they may <\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:36,590 –> 00:30:40,230
\nspeak your word by stretching
\nout your hand to heal marvelous <\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:40,230 –> 00:30:41,870
\necho of the healing of the lame
\nman there. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:42,030 –> 00:30:45,150
\nWhen Peter stretched out his
\nhand to help that man up, that <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:45,150 –> 00:30:49,710
\nwas the hand of Jesus at that
\nmoment. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:50,430 –> 00:30:56,070
\nLifting that man up by
\nstretching out your hand to heal<\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:56,270 –> 00:30:59,430
\nand that signs and wonders may
\nbe done through the name of your<\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:59,430 –> 00:31:03,870
\nholy servant, Jesus, whatever
\nyou ask in my name. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:04,310 –> 00:31:06,310
\nAnd we’re getting an
\ninterpretation of this now. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:06,510 –> 00:31:08,350
\nWe’re getting an interpretation
\nof this now. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:08,910 –> 00:31:12,750
\nPreaching in the name of Jesus
\nin Jerusalem was dangerous work.<\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:14,350 –> 00:31:18,860
\nThe apostles needed boldness.
\nThey asked for boldness. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:19,020 –> 00:31:24,700
\nThey were given boldness.
\nThis prayer in the name of Jesus<\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:24,700 –> 00:31:28,540
\nwas not so much a formula of
\nwords, brothers and sisters, as <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:28,540 –> 00:31:33,980
\nit was a request for help as the
\napostles preached salvation in <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:33,980 –> 00:31:36,580
\nthe name of the glorified
\nSavior. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:31:37,380 –> 00:31:48,670
\nOr to put it another way, prayer
\nin the name of Jesus is prayer <\/p>\n
481
\n00:31:48,870 –> 00:31:55,590
\ndedicated to his service.
\nWhen I began to realize that, <\/p>\n
482
\n00:31:55,630 –> 00:32:00,710
\nthinking these things through,
\nI’ve had perhaps to examine my <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:00,710 –> 00:32:04,510
\nown prayers a bit more
\ncarefully, Are they truly, <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:04,510 –> 00:32:08,870
\ngenuinely from my heart?
\nPrayers dedicated to his service<\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:09,230 –> 00:32:12,150
\nthat I can legitimately offer in
\nhis name. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:12,870 –> 00:32:15,230
\nNot just prayers that
\nincorporate his name and the <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:15,230 –> 00:32:20,510
\nphrasing.
\nWe’ll come back to that promise <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:20,510 –> 00:32:24,070
\nkept.
\nAnd so they said grant, Lord. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:24,070 –> 00:32:27,630
\nAnd when they had prayed, the
\nplace where they were assembled <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:27,630 –> 00:32:32,430
\ntogether was shaken, and they
\nwere all filled with the Holy <\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:32,430 –> 00:32:34,830
\nSpirit.
\nNow this is Peter and John and <\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:34,830 –> 00:32:38,310
\ntheir companions who almost
\ncertainly must have include <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:38,510 –> 00:32:40,910
\nincluded the rest of the
\napostles and perhaps some <\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:40,910 –> 00:32:43,850
\nothers.
\nBut they were all filled with <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:43,850 –> 00:32:47,130
\nthe Holy Spirit and they spoke
\nthe word of God with boldness. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:32:47,130 –> 00:32:49,250
\nAnd this is Holy Spirit baptism
\nlanguage. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:32:49,410 –> 00:32:52,970
\nI’m going to ask you to to to
\nbear with me on this for another<\/p>\n
498
\n00:32:52,970 –> 00:32:58,330
\nmoment.
\nThey spoke the word of God with <\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:58,330 –> 00:33:05,250
\nboldness, and that is going to
\nplay out now through Acts 5 and <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:05,250 –> 00:33:07,890
\nover into to to the end of Acts
\n5. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:11,020 –> 00:33:14,660
\nBoldness came with the
\ninspirations, the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:14,660 –> 00:33:20,980
\nbaptisms strengthening them to
\ncontinue preaching in Jerusalem,<\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:21,220 –> 00:33:24,660
\nand the results, brothers and
\nsisters, of Acts 4 versus 29 to <\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:24,660 –> 00:33:29,980
\n31 and the following verses into
\nchapter five were nothing less <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:29,980 –> 00:33:38,020
\nthan a replication of Pentecost.
\nThere was a Theophony on the day<\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:38,020 –> 00:33:39,940
\nof Pentecost.
\nThere was the rushing mighty <\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:39,940 –> 00:33:44,060
\nwind and the tongues as a fire.
\nAnd now there is Earthquake. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:45,540 –> 00:33:49,620
\nLet’s make no mistake about it.
\nWhen they had prayed, the place <\/p>\n
509
\n00:33:49,620 –> 00:33:52,100
\nwhere they were assembled
\ntogether was shaken. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:33:54,700 –> 00:33:57,300
\nThere were the inspirations that
\ncame. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:57,710 –> 00:33:59,990
\nHere’s Acts Two Day of
\nPentecost. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:00,150 –> 00:34:02,030
\nThey were all filled with the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:02,190 –> 00:34:05,710
\nHere’s Acts 4 after Pentecost,
\nthey were all filled with the <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:05,710 –> 00:34:08,830
\nHoly Spirit.
\nAnd it is not just the same in <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:08,830 –> 00:34:11,710
\nEnglish.
\nThere’s the Greek. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:15,230 –> 00:34:18,670
\nYou find a way to fit a file
\ncard edgewise between those. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:20,670 –> 00:34:24,230
\nIt’s exactly the same, exactly
\nthe same phrasing. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:24,920 –> 00:34:28,520
\nThere’s the word filled.
\nAgain, there is the parsing of <\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:28,520 –> 00:34:30,920
\nthe verb.
\nIt is aorist. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:31,000 –> 00:34:32,920
\nIt is passive.
\nIt is indicative. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:32,920 –> 00:34:36,280
\nIn both cases, as simple as
\nstatement of past action <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:36,639 –> 00:34:39,159
\nperformed on the apostles, as
\nyou can have. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:39,360 –> 00:34:42,639
\nI don’t understand, but I’m not
\na language expert and as I said <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:42,639 –> 00:34:45,960
\nyesterday, just a simple physics
\nteacher, in fact a retread <\/p>\n
525
\n00:34:45,960 –> 00:34:48,840
\nengineer.
\nAll right, so I don’t understand<\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:48,840 –> 00:34:50,600
\nthings of language.
\nYou tell me how those are <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:50,600 –> 00:34:53,889
\ndifferent.
\nOur theology makes them <\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:53,889 –> 00:34:56,449
\ndifferent.
\nOur theology says this is the <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:56,449 –> 00:34:58,890
\nbaptism of the Holy Spirit, and
\nthis is something different. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:00,290 –> 00:35:02,890
\nAnd I thought that brothers and
\nsisters, I don’t see that. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:02,930 –> 00:35:06,450
\nI just don’t see it.
\nThe baptism of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:06,450 –> 00:35:09,610
\nYes, it came on Pentecost.
\nJesus said categorically that it<\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:09,610 –> 00:35:12,090
\nwould.
\nBut hasn’t it again happened? <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:13,450 –> 00:35:17,330
\nI believe it has, because I
\nbelieve all of those events, as <\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:17,330 –> 00:35:20,290
\nwe saw from a totally different
\ndirection yesterday, were <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:20,290 –> 00:35:24,720
\nincipient events for the
\npromulgation of the gospel, the <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:24,720 –> 00:35:28,560
\nGreat Commission, and ultimately
\nfor the edifying of believers. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:30,720 –> 00:35:36,040
\nBut the best has yet to come,
\nand the outcome’s the same. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:36,600 –> 00:35:38,760
\nThey began to speak the Word
\nwith other tongues. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:39,150 –> 00:35:40,990
\nThey spoke the word of God with
\nboldness. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:40,990 –> 00:35:44,670
\nAnd on Friday, God willing, will
\nattempt to make some connections<\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:44,670 –> 00:35:47,830
\nhere between speaking with other
\ntongues and speaking the word of<\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:47,830 –> 00:35:49,310
\nGod.
\nBecause I believe on the day of <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:49,310 –> 00:35:53,230
\nPentecost, this is very much
\nwhat was was embodied in what <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:53,230 –> 00:35:58,750
\nthey spoke with tongues to the
\nJewish people who understood, <\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:59,110 –> 00:36:00,710
\nwho understood what they were
\nhearing. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:03,110 –> 00:36:09,010
\nBefore we proceed, they often
\nneed the same inspiration, the <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:09,010 –> 00:36:11,890
\nsame outcome, the same.
\nThe apostles are involved in <\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:11,890 –> 00:36:15,690
\nboth cases, so that’s the same.
\nAnd may I also say, brothers and<\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:15,690 –> 00:36:18,970
\nsisters, that the greater
\nspiritual lesson in both Acts 2 <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:18,970 –> 00:36:22,890
\nand Acts 4 is the same.
\nEven Acts 2, the Spirit filled <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:22,890 –> 00:36:24,330
\nthe whole house where they were
\nsitting. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:24,530 –> 00:36:28,970
\nAnd as we said on Monday, that’s
\nOld Testament temple language. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:30,490 –> 00:36:35,330
\nAnd so they are now, in a sense,
\nthe house in which God dwells by<\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:35,330 –> 00:36:38,820
\nhis spirit.
\nYou take a look at Acts 4. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:38,820 –> 00:36:42,140
\nStarting at verse 23, you’ll be
\nable to find at least a handful <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:42,140 –> 00:36:46,660
\nof details that also tell us
\nthat this Harkins back to the <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:46,660 –> 00:36:49,380
\ndedication of the temple.
\nIn Second Chronicles chapter <\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:49,380 –> 00:36:52,180
\nfive and Second Chronicles
\nchapter 6, you’ll see those <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:52,180 –> 00:36:54,700
\ndetails.
\nThis again is telling us that <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:54,700 –> 00:36:58,700
\nthese men are the House of God
\nin whom God wishes to dwell. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:59,820 –> 00:37:02,700
\nSo even the spiritual lessons
\nare the same in Acts 2 and Acts <\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:02,700 –> 00:37:07,320
\n4I fail in my simplicity to see
\nhow they are different in what <\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:07,320 –> 00:37:14,720
\nthey have to to, to to mean and
\nto and to teach us and the <\/p>\n
565
\n00:37:14,720 –> 00:37:18,680
\napostles prayer.
\nLord grant to your servants <\/p>\n
566
\n00:37:19,160 –> 00:37:23,000
\ncontinued to be answered.
\nGod continued to stretch out his<\/p>\n
567
\n00:37:23,000 –> 00:37:26,520
\nhand, granting signs and wonders
\nto be done in the name of the <\/p>\n
568
\n00:37:26,520 –> 00:37:29,440
\nglorified Jesus.
\nThe active role of heaven <\/p>\n
569
\n00:37:29,440 –> 00:37:31,240
\ncontinued and continued and
\ncontinued. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:37:31,400 –> 00:37:37,520
\nWe go on to Acts 5 through the
\nhands of the apostles. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:38,200 –> 00:37:42,360
\nI like the phrasing there.
\nI particularly like the choice <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:42,360 –> 00:37:46,160
\nof the preposition.
\nIt isn’t just by the hands of <\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:46,160 –> 00:37:49,960
\nthe apostles.
\nIt’s through the hands who’s <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:49,960 –> 00:37:52,720
\ndoing it through the hands of
\nthe apostles. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:53,560 –> 00:37:57,960
\nI believe it’s the glorified
\nLord Jesus Christ that this is <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:57,960 –> 00:38:03,960
\nhis work and they are his men
\nand they are recognized. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:04,560 –> 00:38:08,920
\nThey have been with Jesus
\nthrough the hands of the <\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:08,920 –> 00:38:10,960
\napostles.
\nMany signs and wonders were done<\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:10,960 –> 00:38:14,760
\namong the people and they were
\nwith one accord in Solomon’s <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:14,760 –> 00:38:18,480
\nporch.
\nAnytime we see this one Greek <\/p>\n
581
\n00:38:18,480 –> 00:38:21,880
\nword 1 accord in the early
\nchapters of Acts, it’s a <\/p>\n
582
\n00:38:21,880 –> 00:38:25,360
\nreference to the apostles.
\nBrothers and sisters, you go <\/p>\n
583
\n00:38:25,360 –> 00:38:28,800
\nback and look at Acts 1 long
\nabout verse 1415. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:28,960 –> 00:38:32,080
\nLook at Acts 2 verse one.
\nLook at the antecedents. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:38:32,280 –> 00:38:35,180
\nLook at the antecedent here
\nthrough the hands of the <\/p>\n
586
\n00:38:35,180 –> 00:38:37,180
\napostles.
\nMany signs and wonders were done<\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:37,180 –> 00:38:40,180
\namong the people, and they were
\nall with one accord in Solomon <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:40,180 –> 00:38:42,100
\nsports.
\nAnd in a sense it plays off <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:42,100 –> 00:38:46,460
\nagainst what we saw on Acts 1.
\nJudas was not with one accord <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:46,460 –> 00:38:49,020
\nwith them, and he went to his
\nown place. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:51,540 –> 00:38:55,260
\nAnd when the day of Pentecost
\ncomes, Matthias and the Eleven <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:55,460 –> 00:38:57,820
\nare in one place with one
\naccord. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:00,090 –> 00:39:04,010
\nThese are the ones that that
\nLuke is showing us that and are <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:04,010 –> 00:39:07,490
\nbeing magnified to carry forth
\nthe work of the Great <\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:07,490 –> 00:39:09,850
\nCommission.
\nSo through the hands of the <\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:09,850 –> 00:39:12,490
\nApostles, many signs and wonders
\nwere done among the people. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:12,570 –> 00:39:16,090
\nThey were all with one accord in
\nSolomon’s Porch, yet none of the<\/p>\n
598
\n00:39:16,090 –> 00:39:20,370
\nrest dared join them.
\nBut the people esteemed them <\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:20,370 –> 00:39:23,690
\nhighly.
\nAnd if you read 1\/2 a dozen <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:23,690 –> 00:39:26,770
\ndifferent expositors on verse
\n13, you’ll get a half a dozen <\/p>\n
601
\n00:39:26,770 –> 00:39:28,890
\ndifferent ideas as to what that
\nmeans. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:31,410 –> 00:39:36,850
\nNone of them, right.
\nThat’s an arrogant statement. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:36,930 –> 00:39:39,450
\nThat is an arrogant statement,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:39,930 –> 00:39:45,370
\nAnd I may just as well be wrong,
\nbut I believe what that’s saying<\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:45,370 –> 00:39:54,370
\nis this was scary work, and it
\nwas the work that Christ granted<\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:54,370 –> 00:39:57,570
\nthe gift of boldness to his
\napostles to carry out. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:58,050 –> 00:40:02,490
\nAnd the rest of the ecclesia
\ndoes not have to join them in <\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:02,490 –> 00:40:05,850
\nthis work.
\nIt’s going to be bad enough when<\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:05,850 –> 00:40:13,610
\nSaul of Tarsus has to track down
\nmoving targets for them to have <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:13,610 –> 00:40:16,170
\nbeen stationary targets,
\nstanding there with the rest of <\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:16,170 –> 00:40:21,260
\nthe apostles.
\nThe apostles are untouchable for<\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:21,260 –> 00:40:24,220
\na couple of reasons.
\nThe people esteemed them highly,<\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:24,220 –> 00:40:26,620
\nand you remember how they, even
\nthe rulers, were afraid to take <\/p>\n
614
\n00:40:26,740 –> 00:40:30,900
\nJesus for the very same reason
\nthey have to do it secretly. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:40:32,740 –> 00:40:34,740
\nAll right.
\nAnd there’s another reason <\/p>\n
616
\n00:40:35,500 –> 00:40:39,900
\nbecause Saul of Tarsus, who
\nwould ultimately spearhead the <\/p>\n
617
\n00:40:39,900 –> 00:40:43,820
\npurge of Christians in
\nJerusalem, had a mentor and his <\/p>\n
618
\n00:40:43,820 –> 00:40:46,620
\nname was Camellia.
\nAnd very shortly Camellia is <\/p>\n
619
\n00:40:46,620 –> 00:40:51,280
\ngoing to say, leave these men
\nalone, Leave these men alone. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:40:52,720 –> 00:40:57,040
\nAnd so Paul may have honored the
\nthe edict of his mentor, but I <\/p>\n
621
\n00:40:57,040 –> 00:41:00,000
\nthink he was bound and
\ndetermined to prove him wrong as<\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:00,000 –> 00:41:03,120
\nhe went after the the other
\nbelievers in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:03,120 –> 00:41:07,000
\nThis was dangerous work and none
\nof them dared join with the <\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:07,000 –> 00:41:10,480
\napostles there in Solomon’s
\ncourt to do this at Solomon’s <\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:10,480 –> 00:41:12,160
\nporch.
\nAnd they didn’t have to. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:41:13,250 –> 00:41:15,450
\nChrist was working through them.
\nThat doesn’t mean that the <\/p>\n
627
\n00:41:15,450 –> 00:41:19,170
\nlovely old sister who learned
\nthe truth from the apostles <\/p>\n
628
\n00:41:19,290 –> 00:41:22,410
\ndidn’t tell their neighbor,
\ndidn’t tell their relatives, <\/p>\n
629
\n00:41:22,410 –> 00:41:25,450
\ndidn’t tell their friends.
\nI’m sure the truth went forward <\/p>\n
630
\n00:41:25,450 –> 00:41:28,770
\nthat way, as it does today.
\nBut they didn’t have to stand up<\/p>\n
631
\n00:41:28,770 –> 00:41:32,450
\nthere with the apostles in
\nSolomon’s porch and be counted <\/p>\n
632
\n00:41:33,650 –> 00:41:37,490
\nas those amongst the preachers
\nwho are growing in their <\/p>\n
633
\n00:41:37,490 –> 00:41:40,370
\nmagnitude, because the Lord is
\nmagnifying them. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:41:41,730 –> 00:41:45,130
\nAnd with that growth of
\nmagnitude comes the dangers as <\/p>\n
635
\n00:41:45,130 –> 00:41:48,170
\nwell.
\nThe people esteemed them highly,<\/p>\n
636
\n00:41:48,450 –> 00:41:54,450
\nand believers were added to the
\nto the, to the, to the body. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:41:54,850 –> 00:41:57,650
\nPreaching was the work of the
\napostles who asked for and <\/p>\n
638
\n00:41:57,650 –> 00:42:00,290
\nreceived having special gift of
\nboldness. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:01,930 –> 00:42:06,170
\nAnd believers were increasingly
\nadded to the Lord multitudes of <\/p>\n
640
\n00:42:06,170 –> 00:42:08,890
\nboth men and women.
\nAnd that’s the language of <\/p>\n
641
\n00:42:08,890 –> 00:42:14,050
\nPentecost all over again.
\nIt’s a language of Pentecost all<\/p>\n
642
\n00:42:14,050 –> 00:42:17,530
\nover again.
\nThe apostles seem brothers and <\/p>\n
643
\n00:42:17,530 –> 00:42:23,250
\nsisters, at least from a
\nmiraculous empowerment point of <\/p>\n
644
\n00:42:23,250 –> 00:42:26,250
\nview.
\nThe apostles seem to have had <\/p>\n
645
\n00:42:26,250 –> 00:42:30,530
\ncontinuous access to God and His
\nHoly Spirit power. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:42:30,690 –> 00:42:40,360
\nWhatever you ask, he will give
\nin my name, and we’ve seen the <\/p>\n
647
\n00:42:40,360 –> 00:42:44,760
\ncontext now of how that works
\nout in the preaching of <\/p>\n
648
\n00:42:44,760 –> 00:42:48,320
\nsalvation.
\nThere is no other name given <\/p>\n
649
\n00:42:48,360 –> 00:42:51,960
\nunder heaven amongst men whereby
\nwe must be saved. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:42:52,320 –> 00:42:55,880
\nThe apostles have had access
\ncontinuously to God and his Holy<\/p>\n
651
\n00:42:55,880 –> 00:42:59,560
\nSpirit power, rather than
\ncontinuous possession of <\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:59,560 –> 00:43:03,200
\nmiraculous power.
\nTheir work was a work of ongoing<\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:03,200 –> 00:43:07,680
\npartnership with God, in which
\ntheir will and the will of God <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:07,800 –> 00:43:11,770
\nbecame fully aligned.
\nThey were all with one accord <\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:13,170 –> 00:43:21,290
\nwith God, and God was
\nexceedingly active and evident <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:21,450 –> 00:43:24,930
\nand fulfilling his role in the
\npartnership. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:43:25,170 –> 00:43:29,050
\nIn fact, he is the initiator of
\nthese roles. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:43:31,170 –> 00:43:35,750
\nAnd so they brought the sick
\nonto the streets and laid them <\/p>\n
659
\n00:43:35,750 –> 00:43:39,030
\non beds and couches that at
\nleast the shadow of Peter <\/p>\n
660
\n00:43:39,030 –> 00:43:41,030
\npassing by might fall on some of
\nthem. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:43:41,470 –> 00:43:47,390
\nThere’s no Holy Spirit power in
\nPeter’s shadow, any more than <\/p>\n
662
\n00:43:47,390 –> 00:43:50,070
\nthere will be in Paul’s
\nhandkerchiefs and aprons and <\/p>\n
663
\n00:43:50,070 –> 00:43:55,430
\nActs. 19 So who knows and has
\nthe wisdom to heal these people <\/p>\n
664
\n00:43:55,510 –> 00:43:58,950
\nwhen Peter’s shadow falls on
\nthem, or when the handkerchiefs <\/p>\n
665
\n00:43:58,950 –> 00:44:01,990
\nand aprons come to the afflicted
\nin in Asia? <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:04,670 –> 00:44:07,350
\nIt’s the work of heaven,
\nbrothers and sisters, in my <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:07,350 –> 00:44:11,990
\nestimation, it’s the work of the
\nglorified Lord Jesus Christ, and<\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:11,990 –> 00:44:15,550
\nalso a multitude gathered from
\nthe surrounding cities to <\/p>\n
669
\n00:44:15,550 –> 00:44:20,030
\nJerusalem, bringing sick people
\nand those who were tormented by <\/p>\n
670
\n00:44:20,030 –> 00:44:23,670
\nunclean spirits.
\nAnd they were all healed by <\/p>\n
671
\n00:44:23,670 –> 00:44:31,870
\nstretching out your hand to heal
\nwhatever you ask in my name. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:44:33,870 –> 00:44:37,430
\nAnd when they, that is the high
\npriest and council, had called <\/p>\n
673
\n00:44:37,430 –> 00:44:40,190
\nfor the apostles and beaten
\nthem, they commanded that they <\/p>\n
674
\n00:44:40,190 –> 00:44:43,710
\nshould not speak in the name of
\nJesus and let them go. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:44:44,590 –> 00:44:46,950
\nSo they departed.
\nAnd now Gamalia has given his <\/p>\n
676
\n00:44:46,950 –> 00:44:48,950
\nadvice.
\nLeave these men alone. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:44:49,190 –> 00:44:51,350
\nSo they departed from the
\npresence of the council, <\/p>\n
678
\n00:44:51,510 –> 00:44:55,470
\nrejoicing.
\nComparing Acts, brothers and <\/p>\n
679
\n00:44:55,470 –> 00:44:59,430
\nsisters with John, it’s evident
\nthat prayer in the name of Jesus<\/p>\n
680
\n00:44:59,590 –> 00:45:03,640
\nwas petition related to serving
\nGod. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:45:04,440 –> 00:45:09,680
\nIn the name of Jesus more than
\nit was a formula of words. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:45:13,760 –> 00:45:17,560
\nThey let them go, and so they
\ndeparted from the presence of <\/p>\n
683
\n00:45:17,560 –> 00:45:22,360
\nthe council, rejoicing that they
\nwere counted worthy to suffer <\/p>\n
684
\n00:45:22,360 –> 00:45:25,160
\nshame for his name.
\nWhat did Jesus said about the <\/p>\n
685
\n00:45:25,160 –> 00:45:32,310
\npromise?
\nThat your joy may be full and <\/p>\n
686
\n00:45:32,310 –> 00:45:36,630
\nthis causes us, brothers and
\nsisters, to stop and entirely <\/p>\n
687
\n00:45:36,950 –> 00:45:43,630
\nredefine what joy means?
\nWe have a wonderful time here at<\/p>\n
688
\n00:45:43,630 –> 00:45:47,590
\nBible school.
\nWe can have a wonderful time in <\/p>\n
689
\n00:45:47,590 –> 00:45:49,270
\nmany of the things we do in
\nlife. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:45:50,310 –> 00:45:55,910
\nBut here is joy that transcends.
\nAnd they were suffering shame <\/p>\n
691
\n00:45:55,910 –> 00:46:02,870
\nfor the name of Jesus, and daily
\nin the temple and in every <\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:02,870 –> 00:46:06,310
\nhouse.
\nThey, the apostles, did not <\/p>\n
693
\n00:46:06,310 –> 00:46:08,590
\ncease.
\nHere’s the wonderful answer to <\/p>\n
694
\n00:46:08,590 –> 00:46:11,110
\nthat prayer.
\nLord, grant your servants, and <\/p>\n
695
\n00:46:11,110 –> 00:46:15,590
\nhe does, and daily in the temple
\nand in every house. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:46:15,710 –> 00:46:18,150
\nThey did not cease teaching and
\npreaching. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:46:18,270 –> 00:46:21,150
\nJesus is the Christ.
\nCome what may come whatever the <\/p>\n
698
\n00:46:21,270 –> 00:46:23,270
\nthe rulers might bring against
\nthem. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:46:23,550 –> 00:46:28,580
\nBoldness, indeed.
\nBoldness indeed. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:46:30,340 –> 00:46:34,980
\nAnd our time is gone.
\nYou’ll have to look in your own <\/p>\n
701
\n00:46:34,980 –> 00:46:38,500
\nnotes, brothers and sisters, to
\nsee how the apostles themselves <\/p>\n
702
\n00:46:38,500 –> 00:46:42,380
\nwill bear testimony to the way
\nthat they were instruments in <\/p>\n
703
\n00:46:42,380 –> 00:46:45,620
\nthe hands of the Lord Jesus and
\nall the work that they did. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:46:45,860 –> 00:46:49,380
\nThere’s some comprehensive
\nstatements, but let’s just turn <\/p>\n
705
\n00:46:49,380 –> 00:46:53,460
\nto page 12 and we’ll we’ll bring
\nit to a conclusion here. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:46:53,460 –> 00:47:02,340
\nBrothers and sisters, page 312.
\nThe summary, Jeff, you just <\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:02,340 –> 00:47:04,500
\ndidn’t use that remote control
\nfast enough today. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:04,620 –> 00:47:07,060
\nI don’t know.
\nHere we are. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:09,180 –> 00:47:14,180
\nEvery day in the life of an
\napostle was an adventure in <\/p>\n
710
\n00:47:14,220 –> 00:47:19,700
\nfaith.
\nPeter, Paul, and the rest <\/p>\n
711
\n00:47:20,180 –> 00:47:25,220
\nventured forth prayerfully to
\nserve in the name of Jesus, <\/p>\n
712
\n00:47:26,370 –> 00:47:31,530
\nrelying on the fact that God
\nwould grant the power when <\/p>\n
713
\n00:47:31,530 –> 00:47:35,050
\nneeded to advance the cause of
\nthe Great Commission. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:47:36,530 –> 00:47:40,610
\nThe entire New Testament period
\ncan be characterized as an <\/p>\n
715
\n00:47:40,650 –> 00:47:47,090
\nongoing, dynamic partnership
\nbetween God and Christ in heaven<\/p>\n
716
\n00:47:47,810 –> 00:47:50,450
\nand the Friends of Jesus on
\nearth. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:47:51,250 –> 00:47:56,340
\nThey took note that these men
\nhad been with Jesus, and it’s <\/p>\n
718
\n00:47:56,340 –> 00:48:00,460
\nfor the purpose of offering the
\ngospel of salvation to a <\/p>\n
719
\n00:48:00,460 –> 00:48:04,980
\nperishing world.
\nPentecost was simply day one of <\/p>\n
720
\n00:48:04,980 –> 00:48:09,220
\nthe process, the day on which
\nthe New Covenant was first <\/p>\n
721
\n00:48:09,220 –> 00:48:13,460
\noffered to Israel as an Old
\nCovenant had been offered to <\/p>\n
722
\n00:48:13,460 –> 00:48:18,180
\ntheir fathers at Mount Sinai on
\nthe first Pentecost of their <\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:18,180 –> 00:48:18,620
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