Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 265.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is the first in a series of
\nclasses for Brother Alfred <\/p>\n
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\nNorris.
\nHis subject Apostles, their <\/p>\n
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\nActs, and their words.
\nGood morning, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nI have to give notice that it <\/p>\n
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\nwill be necessary to extend the
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\nFor the next 11 and three
\nquarter months to finish, all <\/p>\n
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\nthat has to be said and each
\nclass will have to last two <\/p>\n
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\nhours.
\nHowever, just in case it’s not <\/p>\n
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\npossible to do that, I’ll give
\nyou a selection of the various <\/p>\n
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\nthings that are to be said and
\nhope that the appetite will be <\/p>\n
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\nwetted.
\nApostle is not a very common <\/p>\n
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\nword in Scripture and it’s most
\ncommon in the Gospels and the <\/p>\n
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\nActs, especially the Acts.
\nIt’s found once in Matthew and <\/p>\n
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\nonce in Mark.
\nHalf a dozen times or so in <\/p>\n
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\nLuke, not at all in John, some
\ndozens of times in the Acts, and<\/p>\n
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\nonce or more in almost every
\nletter, there’s some four or <\/p>\n
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\nfive that don’t use it.
\nIt means a person who is sent is<\/p>\n
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\nusually simply rendered into
\nEnglish by a variation of the <\/p>\n
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\nGreek letters apostle instead of
\nApostolos, but just occasionally<\/p>\n
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\nit’s translated in other ways.
\nIt’s almost always used of the <\/p>\n
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\nspecial company of 12 whom the
\nLord appointed, except that <\/p>\n
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\nafter the suicide of Judas,
\nMatthias takes his place, only <\/p>\n
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\nreferred to once and later the
\nApostle Paul specially chosen is<\/p>\n
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\ngiven that title.
\nAnd here and there you find the <\/p>\n
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\nword used of Barnabas, say, and
\nperhaps another or so, once the <\/p>\n
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\nWord is used of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist Himself, the Apostle and <\/p>\n
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\nHigh Priest of our profession.
\nIn Hebrews chapter 13, in its <\/p>\n
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\noriginal form, it represents a
\nselection from the body of the <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples and disciple. 2 is a
\nsomewhat specialised word in <\/p>\n
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\nScripture.
\nYou’ll find it in the Gospels <\/p>\n
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\nand in the Acts, and then you’ll
\nlose it all together. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s never used again after
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord Jesus Christ has
\nlearners who come to him to be <\/p>\n
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\ntaught, for the word matatez
\nmeans a learner. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re called by that name
\nalmost invariably in the Gospels<\/p>\n
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\nand commonly in the Acts.
\nBut by the time the ACT is over,<\/p>\n
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\nand by the time the letters are
\nwritten, the words that seem to <\/p>\n
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\ntake their place are brethren, I
\nsuppose, and Saints. <\/p>\n
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\nThe learning period isn’t
\nexactly over, but the <\/p>\n
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\ninstruction is now complete.
\nThe available material for the <\/p>\n
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\npreparation of the Saints of the
\nLord is there, and perhaps <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s why the word disciple
\ngoes, and words denoting <\/p>\n
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\nsanctified people or people in
\nbrotherly fellowship, one with <\/p>\n
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\nanother, take their place.
\nI want to begin by telling <\/p>\n
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\nretelling A brief story found in
\nMatthew, Mark and Luke and <\/p>\n
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\nletting it hang in the air until
\nwe find it later again in the <\/p>\n
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\nact of the apostles themselves.
\nAnd that’s the story given in <\/p>\n
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\nMatthew chapter 19 and Mark
\nchapter 10 of a certain rich <\/p>\n
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\nyoung man who came to Jesus and
\nsaid good master, what good <\/p>\n
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\nthing must I do that I may
\ninherit eternal life? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s told that he knows the
\ncommandments and invites the <\/p>\n
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\nLord to tell him which.
\nAnd the Lord gives him an <\/p>\n
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\nabbreviated list and some of the
\nmost important commandments and <\/p>\n
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\nthen professes.
\nAll these things have I observed<\/p>\n
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\nfrom my youth up, whereupon
\nJesus, looking at him and did <\/p>\n
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\nnot record loving him, says, If
\nthou wouldst be perfect, go and <\/p>\n
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\nsell all that thou hast, and
\ngifts to the poor, and the young<\/p>\n
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\nman goes away sorrowful, for he
\nhas great possession, a man who <\/p>\n
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\napparently wanted to be a
\ndisciple. <\/p>\n
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\nSo perhaps that wasn’t in the
\n1st place quite what he wanted, <\/p>\n
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\nbut found the conditions of
\ndiscipleship at that time at <\/p>\n
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\nleast too hard to be accepted.
\nHe was rich. <\/p>\n
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\nThe records tell us that he was
\nyoung, that also he was a ruler,<\/p>\n
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\nsays Luke.
\nHe came and bowed the knee <\/p>\n
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\nbefore Jesus, says Mark.
\nAnd as I said, the Lord loved <\/p>\n
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\nhim when he saw him.
\nWhat there was to be loved in <\/p>\n
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\nthat man may perhaps only later
\nappear, for his behaviour at <\/p>\n
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\nthat stage was at least short of
\nlovable in some particulars. <\/p>\n
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\nHe seemed to want more, shall we
\nsay, a pass on the head, than <\/p>\n
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\nloving.
\nHe came to ask the Lord what <\/p>\n
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\nwere the conditions of eternal
\nlife, hoping it would appear <\/p>\n
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\nthat the Lord would lay down
\nconditions he was already <\/p>\n
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\nkeeping.
\nAll these things have I observed<\/p>\n
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\nfrom my youth up.
\nWhat lack I yet? <\/p>\n
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\nHe came evaluating goodness in
\nterms of the good things you <\/p>\n
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\ndid, the commandments you kept
\nwell, the bad deeds you avoided.<\/p>\n
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\nAll these things have I kept
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\nHe wanted to judge the Lord in
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\nhimself.
\nGood Master, what good things <\/p>\n
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\nshall I do?
\nAnd was, it seems, not at once <\/p>\n
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\ndeterred by the fact that the
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\nfor himself?
\nWhy call us now me good? <\/p>\n
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\nThere is none good but one that
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\nAnd the Lord, who had done no
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\nno sin.
\nNeither was guile found in his <\/p>\n
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\nmouth, yet still would not take
\nto himself a title which he <\/p>\n
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\nThere is none good, but one that<\/p>\n
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\nHe’s under no peril of attack.
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\nfinally laying down his life.
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\ndescribed.
\nThis young man might perhaps, <\/p>\n
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\ngoodness in a balance.
\nYou don’t pour your good deeds <\/p>\n
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\nWhat you do is pour the goodness
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\ngoodness in another way.
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\nsorrowful, perhaps even
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\nwith that question mark hanging
\ninvitingly and there. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jesus, beholding him, loved
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\nWhat was to become of a man whom
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\nAt that time there were 12
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\nThe Lord had selected them
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\nthat his choice might be the
\nright choice, went up to the <\/p>\n
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\nmountain in prayer.
\nAnd when it was dawned, he chose<\/p>\n
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\nHis 12 apostles.
\nAnd if particular attention <\/p>\n
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\nattaches to the 1st and the last
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\nThe first Simon Peter and Judas
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\nWhich also betrayed him.
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\ndoubt in the full knowledge of
\nwhat that man would do when the <\/p>\n
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\ntime came to do it.
\nHave not I chosen you? <\/p>\n
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\n12 And one of you is a devil.
\nFor Jesus knew from the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning who it was that
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\nthat believed not, and who it
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\nother the 1st.
\nChosen in the knowledge of the <\/p>\n
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\nhard travail through which that
\nman must pass, before he became <\/p>\n
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\nthe fit vessel to introduce the
\ngospel to Jews and Samaritans <\/p>\n
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\nand Gentiles.
\nBefore he was the man to be <\/p>\n
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\ntrusted, and relied upon the
\nrock layer of the firm <\/p>\n
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\nfoundation upon which the
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\nA man who would be a great
\nsupport, a loyal follower, a <\/p>\n
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\nkeen learner, an ardent
\nspokesman. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet a man who would have his
\ncatastrophic failures not <\/p>\n
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\nbecause he was weaker than any
\nother, we assure he was stronger<\/p>\n
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\nthan most, but because he
\nventured into situations where <\/p>\n
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\nfailure was possible and
\nconspicuous. <\/p>\n
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\nOther disciples did not sink in
\nthe waters because they did not <\/p>\n
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\nwalk on them.
\nOther disciples were not seen to<\/p>\n
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\ndeny Christ because they were
\nnot there when the time for <\/p>\n
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\ndenial came.
\nPeter walked on water, and <\/p>\n
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\ntherefore also sank when his
\nfaith faltered. <\/p>\n
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\nBut great faith it was.
\nPeter denied the Lord three <\/p>\n
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\ntimes, but Peter was alone in
\nthe room with the pile in it. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen they placed his Lord on
\ntrial, the others were far away,<\/p>\n
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\nfleeing.
\nPeter was a man whom the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nprayed for, and for whom the
\nLord’s prayers were effectively <\/p>\n
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\nanswered.
\nSimon. <\/p>\n
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\nSimon.
\nSatan have desired to have you <\/p>\n
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\nall, that he may sift you all as
\nweak, but I have prayed for thee<\/p>\n
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\nthat thy faith fail not, and
\nwhen thou art converted, <\/p>\n
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\nstrengthen thy brethren.
\nThere should be no poor Peter in<\/p>\n
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\nour thinking, no weak, impulsive
\nPeter in the way we speak. <\/p>\n
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\nNo, that’s Peter.
\nPudding is put in it again in <\/p>\n
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\nthe way we think.
\nPeter amongst disciples was <\/p>\n
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\ngreat, and in the Lord’s faith
\nstrong speaking words of faith, <\/p>\n
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\nwhen no other would speak them.
\nSaying, We believe and are sure <\/p>\n
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\nthat that the Christ the Son of
\nthe living God, when the <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples were forsaking him in
\ntheir multitudes. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when it looks as though a
\nmovement even amongst the 12 was<\/p>\n
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\nbeginning, will ye also go away?
\nSaid the Lord, with Judas <\/p>\n
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\nperhaps as the role of leader in
\nthe retreat. <\/p>\n
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\nPeter it was who, when they
\nreached the coasts of Caesarea <\/p>\n
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\nPhilippi, near to down on the
\nextreme northern border of the <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord said, Whom say ye that
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\nrevealed this unto thee, but my
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\nLord chose well when he chose
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\nof the Simon son of Jonas,
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\nPentecost on Peter, at least he
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\nWhich have companied with us all
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\nnecessary experience, and we’re
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\nThat’s one.
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\nIs that how the Scripture <\/p>\n
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\nThe eligible candidates?
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\nbut the choice of an apostle
\nmust be Jesus, not theirs. <\/p>\n
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\nFor they were not there to
\nchoose Jesus’s man. <\/p>\n
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\nLord, that not the hearts of men
\nshow which of these two thou <\/p>\n
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\nhast chosen.
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\nAnd so they made a homemade orim
\nand Thummim, and they made their<\/p>\n
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\nchoice, and the lot fell upon
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\nAs Jesus, man chosen by Jesus.
\nAnd at that point another <\/p>\n
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\nhad designed him.
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\ntill the Lord gave the sign?
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\nabout Matthias.
\nHe comes into the picture and he<\/p>\n
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\nHe’s just a name taking a piece
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\nsee, nothing comes.
\nWas that a condemnation of what <\/p>\n
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\nthe apostles did?
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\nIt would be impossible to
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\nchoice as that in such
\ncircumstances as that standing <\/p>\n
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\nreason that Peter showed as <\/p>\n
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\nhaving exceeded their office.
\nIt’s our own thinking that tends<\/p>\n
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\nperhaps to make the apostles no
\nbetter men than we are. <\/p>\n
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\nOur own mistakes, which tends to
\nmake us like to think that even <\/p>\n
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\nthe 12 themselves could make
\nmistakes like ours. <\/p>\n
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\nThat leads us to think of them
\nas doing what they shouldn’t <\/p>\n
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\nhave been doing here.
\nIt’s an irrational thought that <\/p>\n
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\nthat record would be set out
\nwith no word of condemnation, <\/p>\n
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\nwith every indication that the
\nLord answered the prayer that <\/p>\n
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\nwas given to him.
\nIt’s the way in which this <\/p>\n
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\nrecord stands before us that
\nconvinces me, and I would think <\/p>\n
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\nwould convince you that the
\napostles were doing the right <\/p>\n
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\nthing when they made that.
\nOpportunity for the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Lord chose Matthias.
\nOh, it’s true, we don’t hear of <\/p>\n
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\nMatthias again, that’s a
\nperfectly fair statement. <\/p>\n
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\nBut then of the 12 whom do we
\nhear of again? <\/p>\n
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\nonly because he was slain by the<\/p>\n
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\nsword for no other reason and
\nnobody else. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Matthias joins the company of
\neight others, of whom we hear no<\/p>\n
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\nmore as the Acts of the Apostles
\ngo their way. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s no condemnation of their
\nchoice of him that he fades from<\/p>\n
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\nthe picture.
\nAll the same, the picture does <\/p>\n
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\npresent an intriguing little
\nspeculation for us. <\/p>\n
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\nTwo men are put forward and both
\ntheir names are given. <\/p>\n
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\nMatthias is 1, he’s the one
\nwho’s chosen, and the other is <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph.
\nBar Sabas. <\/p>\n
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\nJustice, it seems, doesn’t it at
\nfirst sight to lack a certain <\/p>\n
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\nsense of proportion.
\nWhy do you name the two <\/p>\n
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\ncandidates?
\nAnd knowing now by the time you <\/p>\n
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\nwrite your record which one has
\nbeen selected, give that 3 <\/p>\n
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\nhandles to the name of the man
\nwho’s not going to get chosen <\/p>\n
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\nanyway, and only one for the
\nname of the man who is. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy this elaboration of the name
\nof the second in the election <\/p>\n
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\nwho never takes up the office?
\nJoseph Bossabus Justice Luke is <\/p>\n
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\na shrewd, historic apart from
\nbeing an inspired man. <\/p>\n
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\nHe writes in a carefully
\ncalculated way, and also under <\/p>\n
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\nthe guidance of the spirits.
\nAnd we would think there was <\/p>\n
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\nsome reason that may have lain
\nbehind that elaboration of the <\/p>\n
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\nname of the man who wasn’t
\nchosen. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, perhaps there was.
\nBut can I leave that hanging <\/p>\n
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\nthere too for a moment, and
\ncontinue? <\/p>\n
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\nWe shall return to it, if God be
\nwilling. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now the day of Pentecost
\ncomes. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord has left the earth some
\nseven weeks ago. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the day when they gather
\nin their in gatherings. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the day of celebration,
\nand at this time the Lord sends <\/p>\n
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\ndown his power from on high, and
\nthe trolls speak with tongues. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the first, if not the only,
\nfulfilment of the prophecy of <\/p>\n
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\nJoel, It shall come to pass in
\nthe last days, that I will pour <\/p>\n
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\nout of my spirit upon all flesh.
\nYour young men shall see visions<\/p>\n
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\nand your old mental dream
\ndreams, and your sons and your <\/p>\n
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\ndaughters shall prophecy came
\nabout. <\/p>\n
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\nThese men are not drunken, as
\nyou suppose, seeing it is about <\/p>\n
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\n9:00 in the morning.
\nBut this is that that was spoken<\/p>\n
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\nby the prophet Joel.
\nThey heard them speak with <\/p>\n
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\ntongues wherever they came from.
\nThey heard them speak with <\/p>\n
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\ntongues, and they came.
\nIf, we may turn to the second of<\/p>\n
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\nthe acts.
\nFrom these places at least, <\/p>\n
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\nActs, chapter 2, verse 8, verse
\nseven, They were all amazed and <\/p>\n
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\nmarveled, saying one to another,
\nBehold, are not all these which <\/p>\n
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\nspeak Galileans, and how here we
\nevery man in our own tongue, <\/p>\n
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\nwherein we were born Parthians
\nand Medes, and Elamites, and the<\/p>\n
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\ndwellers in Mesopotamia, and in
\nJudea and Cappadocia, in Pontus <\/p>\n
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\nand Asia, in Phrygia and
\nPamphylia, in Egypt, and in the <\/p>\n
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\nparts of Libya about Sarini and
\nstrangers from Rome, Jews and <\/p>\n
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\nproselytes, Cretans and
\nArabians, We do hear them speak <\/p>\n
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\nin our tongues the wonderful
\nworks of God, and they were all <\/p>\n
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\namazed.
\nAnd we’re in doubt saying one to<\/p>\n
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\nanother.
\nWhat meaneth this? <\/p>\n
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\nI would think they were all in
\nJerusalem with a purpose that <\/p>\n
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\nwould not have been frustrated
\nby the fact that they had a <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent language from the
\nJewish language. <\/p>\n
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\nI would think they came there
\nperfectly able to get around and<\/p>\n
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\ndo what they came for and hear
\nwhat they came to hear, and <\/p>\n
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\nspeak with whom they came to
\nspeak in either Aramaic or more <\/p>\n
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\nprobably, Greek.
\nThese people who came to <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem at this time, they
\nwouldn’t be bewildered by not <\/p>\n
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\nknowing the language of the
\nplace. <\/p>\n
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\nSo they wouldn’t, I think, have
\nneeded for the sake of witness <\/p>\n
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\nthat Peter and the other should
\nspeak to them in their own <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:39,680 –> 00:21:43,680
\nnative dialects.
\nBut they would have recognized <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:43,680 –> 00:21:46,480
\nthem.
\nThey would have known that it <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:46,480 –> 00:21:50,320
\nwas a very surprising thing that
\nthese Galileans an indication <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:50,320 –> 00:21:53,080
\nthey did know the language they
\nwere talking about, an <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:53,080 –> 00:21:55,640
\nindication that these Galileans
\nwere able to do things that <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:55,640 –> 00:21:57,920
\nGalileans shouldn’t do, couldn’t
\ndo. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:57,960 –> 00:22:00,920
\nGalileans were Rustics.
\nThey knew their own dialects. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:00,920 –> 00:22:03,640
\nThey could speak with their own
\ncountry tongue, But these <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:03,640 –> 00:22:08,320
\nforeign languages not Galileans.
\nSo the wonder lay not in the <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:08,320 –> 00:22:10,520
\ntongues being needed for
\nunderstanding, but in the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:10,520 –> 00:22:13,920
\ntongues being a sign, a sign
\nthat they were doing things that<\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:13,920 –> 00:22:17,520
\nman couldn’t do, left to
\nhimself, given a gift from God <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:17,520 –> 00:22:19,400
\nthat no man could have
\nsimulated. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:20,160 –> 00:22:24,000
\nAnd they were amazed, and the
\nbest of them believed. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:25,080 –> 00:22:28,880
\nAnd the same day they were added
\nunto the Lord about 3000 souls. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:32,120 –> 00:22:36,360
\nPeter’s message fully responded
\nto the prayers the Lord had <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:36,360 –> 00:22:40,560
\nprayed for him.
\nHere was no Peter, bold up to <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:40,560 –> 00:22:43,600
\nthe last moment.
\nAnd then fleeing as the others <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:43,600 –> 00:22:48,600
\nhad, here was a Peter who would
\nsee it through, preach him <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:48,600 –> 00:22:53,800
\nwhatever company, go to prison
\nif need be, and ultimately faced<\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:53,800 –> 00:22:55,720
\ncalm with the death that he
\nwould have to die. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:57,800 –> 00:23:01,760
\nThe Lord whom Peter had denied,
\nwhen the Lord was on trial for <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:01,760 –> 00:23:06,080
\nhis life.
\nAnd should I know him not with <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:06,080 –> 00:23:08,920
\nan oath, I know not.
\nThe man cursing and swearing, I <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:08,920 –> 00:23:10,560
\nknow not.
\nThe man of whom thou speakest <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:12,280 –> 00:23:15,240
\nwas a Peter, whom the Lord had
\nspoken to, and said, Simon, son <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:15,240 –> 00:23:18,280
\nof Jonas, Lovestar me more than
\nthese others. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:19,760 –> 00:23:23,800
\nAnd Peter don’t say that there
\nwas no longer, though all men <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:23,800 –> 00:23:26,640
\nshall deny thee, yet will not I
\nHe was not going to make <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:26,640 –> 00:23:31,280
\ncomparisons anymore.
\nPeter wouldn’t even say he loved<\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:31,280 –> 00:23:35,000
\nJesus in the word the Lord used.
\nHe would choose a lesser word, <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:35,000 –> 00:23:41,280
\nand say, Lord, thou knowest that
\nI am thy friend, that would <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:41,280 –> 00:23:45,800
\ntaste the first denial.
\nThen the Lord came back to <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:45,800 –> 00:23:48,760
\nPeter, and said, Simon.
\nSo the Jonas lovest thou me. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:49,920 –> 00:23:54,760
\nLeave the others out of it.
\nAnswer yourself, do you love me?<\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:56,280 –> 00:24:00,080
\nAnd Peter would not budget.
\nThe Lord might climb down the <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:00,080 –> 00:24:03,400
\nladder of his exaltation to
\nstand a little closer to Peter’s<\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:03,400 –> 00:24:05,120
\nlevel.
\nBut Peter was not climbing up. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:06,480 –> 00:24:09,160
\nHe’s staying just where he was.
\nHe would make no claims. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:09,400 –> 00:24:11,200
\nLord, thou knowest that I am thy
\nfriend. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:13,200 –> 00:24:17,040
\nSo the Lord comes right down and
\nstands by Peter’s side, Speaks <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:17,040 –> 00:24:19,400
\nPeter’s language, and says,
\nSimon, son of Jones. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:19,560 –> 00:24:24,320
\nArt thou my friend?
\nAnd Peter was grieved because <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:24,320 –> 00:24:27,000
\nthe Lord said to him, the third
\ntime, art thou my friend? <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:27,560 –> 00:24:32,000
\nThe third time was too painful,
\ntoo reminiscent that I know him <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:32,000 –> 00:24:33,760
\nnot.
\nI know not the man. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:33,920 –> 00:24:36,840
\nAnd the third time I know not
\nthe man of whom thou speakers <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:37,200 –> 00:24:41,080
\ntoo painful a reminding of the
\ngoing out and sobbing that Peter<\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:41,080 –> 00:24:43,400
\ndid when he realized what he’d
\ndone. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:44,320 –> 00:24:47,880
\nNo wonder he was grieved.
\nBut there was nothing more he <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:47,880 –> 00:24:52,320
\ncould say, Nothing more he would
\nsay, Lord, thou knowest all <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:52,320 –> 00:24:53,760
\nthings.
\nThou knowest that I am thy <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:53,760 –> 00:24:58,920
\nfriend, and the feed my sheep,
\nand the tend my lambs, and the <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:58,920 –> 00:25:02,040
\ntend my sheep, which the Lord
\ngave to Peter after each of the <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:02,040 –> 00:25:05,680
\nsuccessive threefold
\nrestorations, took Peter on the <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:05,680 –> 00:25:08,480
\npath of service that was to take
\nhim to his triumphant death. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:11,160 –> 00:25:14,240
\nSo Peter stood up and preached
\nto the murderers of the Lord, <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:15,800 –> 00:25:18,280
\nand had no hesitation in
\nlabelling them for what they <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:18,280 –> 00:25:21,360
\nwere.
\nHear the closing parts of <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:21,360 –> 00:25:26,120
\nPeter’s speech, Acts chapter 2,
\nverse 29. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:28,760 –> 00:25:31,760
\nMen and brethren, let me freely
\nspeak unto you, the patriarch <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:31,760 –> 00:25:37,000
\nDavid, that he is both dead and
\nburied, and his sepulchre is <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:37,000 –> 00:25:41,480
\nwith us until this day.
\nTherefore, being a prophet, and <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:41,480 –> 00:25:44,840
\nknowing that God had sworn with
\nan oath to him that of the fruit<\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:44,840 –> 00:25:47,960
\nof his loins, according to the
\nflesh, he would raise up Christ <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:47,960 –> 00:25:52,200
\nto sit on his throne.
\nHe seeing this before, speak of <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:55,680
\nthe resurrection of Christ, that
\nhis soul was not left in hell, <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:56,640 –> 00:25:58,760
\nneither his flesh did see
\ncorruption. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:59,040 –> 00:26:04,600
\nThis Jesus did God raise up,
\nwhereof we all are witnesses. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:06,840 –> 00:26:11,360
\nHe just quoted Psalm 16 to them
\nthou and not leave my soul in <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:11,360 –> 00:26:13,400
\nhell, neither would thou suffer
\nthine holy one to seek <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:13,400 –> 00:26:16,360
\ncorruption.
\nAnd Psalm 16 was written by <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:16,360 –> 00:26:19,200
\nDavid, and Peter was concerned
\nto show it couldn’t have been <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:19,200 –> 00:26:20,800
\nabout himself, that he was
\nwriting. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:22,280 –> 00:26:27,320
\nAnd just see what Peter did that
\nday, Men and brethren, the <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:27,320 –> 00:26:30,040
\npatriarch David.
\nHe is both dead and buried. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:30,160 –> 00:26:34,720
\nThere’s his grave.
\nHis sepulchre is with us until <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:34,720 –> 00:26:36,920
\nthis day.
\nIf they let you look inside it, <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:36,920 –> 00:26:41,800
\nyou’ll see only dust.
\nHis flesh did seek corruption, <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:43,160 –> 00:26:46,080
\nBut being a prophet and knowing
\nthat God had sworn about his <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:46,080 –> 00:26:50,080
\ncoming, seed men and brethren,
\nthere’s another grave. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:51,880 –> 00:26:54,480
\nThey probably won’t let you look
\ninside it now. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:55,280 –> 00:26:59,520
\nThey’ll have taken precautions.
\nBut we know and they know and <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:59,520 –> 00:27:00,920
\nyou know that there’s nobody in
\nit. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:00,920 –> 00:27:07,560
\nAnd there’s only one reason why
\nthis Jesus did God raise up. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:07,720 –> 00:27:09,080
\nWhere are we?
\nAre witnesses? <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:09,160 –> 00:27:14,560
\nWe’ve looked in, we’ve seen and
\nwe know. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:16,720 –> 00:27:20,120
\nAnd so Peter stood before them
\nas the chief of the ambassadors <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:20,400 –> 00:27:23,800
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ, to use
\nthe first of the keys the Lord <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:23,800 –> 00:27:25,720
\ngave him.
\nThe keys of the Kingdom of <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:25,720 –> 00:27:29,280
\nheaven now are given to thee and
\nopen the door of salvation to <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:29,280 –> 00:27:32,160
\nrepentant Jews.
\nAnd with these words he <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:32,160 –> 00:27:38,680
\nchallenged them to repentance.
\nVerse 33 Therefore being by the <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:38,680 –> 00:27:42,720
\nright hand of God exalted, and
\nhaving received of the Father <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:42,720 –> 00:27:46,600
\nthe promise of the Holy Spirit,
\nhe has said forth this which ye <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:46,600 –> 00:27:51,120
\nnow see and hear What David is
\nnot ascended into the heavens, <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:51,760 –> 00:27:55,400
\nBut he said himself, The Lord
\nsaid unto my Lord, Sit down my <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:55,400 –> 00:27:58,560
\nright hand, until I make thy
\nfoes the footstool of thy feet. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:00,160 –> 00:28:04,360
\nTherefore let all the House of
\nIsrael know assuredly the God <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:04,360 –> 00:28:10,240
\nhath made that same Jesus whom
\nye have crucified, both Lord and<\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:10,240 –> 00:28:14,920
\nChrist.
\nOh, what a different Peter is <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:14,920 –> 00:28:20,000
\nthis.
\nThat place of trial where rulers<\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:20,000 –> 00:28:24,360
\nwere examining the apostles for
\ntheir faith, suddenly became a <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:24,360 –> 00:28:29,240
\ncourt in which they stood in the
\ndock waiting to be condemned. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:31,480 –> 00:28:37,920
\nGod hath made this same Jesus
\nwhich ye have truthified both <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:37,920 –> 00:28:41,640
\nLord and Christ.
\nNot just He is now alive, and <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:41,640 –> 00:28:43,720
\nwe’re glad, but he’s now alive
\nand you killed him. <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:45,520 –> 00:28:47,160
\nWhat are you going to do about
\nthat? <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:49,200 –> 00:28:51,680
\nThat was Peter’s call to
\nrepentance. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:52,400 –> 00:28:54,840
\nHe did it later.
\nNot very much later either. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:54,840 –> 00:29:00,120
\nStill in Jerusalem, where he
\nsaid, ye refused the Prince of <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:00,120 –> 00:29:06,960
\nlife and desired A murderer to
\nbe granted unto you, There you <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:06,960 –> 00:29:09,960
\nhad in front of you Jesus of
\nNazareth and Barabbas. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:11,080 –> 00:29:15,320
\nNow Barabbas was a robber and
\nhad committed murder during the <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:15,320 –> 00:29:18,000
\nrebellion.
\nAnd what did you do? <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:19,400 –> 00:29:23,360
\nYou saw before you Abel, who was
\nto be killed, and Cain, who <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:23,360 –> 00:29:25,160
\nkilled him?
\nAnd he said, we don’t want Abel,<\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:26,200 –> 00:29:29,960
\nwe want Cain.
\nYou’ve turned the course of <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:29,960 –> 00:29:31,880
\njustice and common sense upside
\ndown. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:32,240 –> 00:29:36,120
\nYou desired A murderer.
\nYou said give life to the killer<\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:37,600 –> 00:29:39,520
\nand you refused.
\nThe Prince of life, you said <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:39,680 –> 00:29:43,480
\nkill the life giver.
\nThat was how wicked and stupid <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:43,480 –> 00:29:50,440
\nyou were, said Peter.
\nThe Cain and Abel record is a <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:50,480 –> 00:29:56,600
\nuniversal record for all time
\nnot ask Cain who wasn’t the <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:56,600 –> 00:30:00,560
\nwicked one, and slew his
\nbrother, and wherefore still he <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:00,560 –> 00:30:04,160
\nhim, because his own works were
\neven and his brothers righteous.<\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:04,440 –> 00:30:07,480
\nThe world had allied itself with
\nthe cause of Cain, so that, as <\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:07,480 –> 00:30:10,480
\nthe Lord said, the blood of all
\nthe righteous men shed from the <\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:10,480 –> 00:30:13,160
\nfoundation of the world, should
\nbe required of this generation. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:13,360 –> 00:30:19,040
\nFrom the blood of Abel, whom
\nCain slew, to the blood blood of<\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:19,040 –> 00:30:22,560
\nZacharias, the son of Barachias,
\nwhom he slew between the temple <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:22,560 –> 00:30:34,960
\nand the altar.
\nAnd they needed to be told, and <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:34,960 –> 00:30:37,880
\nthey needed to be convicted, and
\nthey must forswear the things <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:37,880 –> 00:30:40,600
\ntheir fathers had done, they
\nthemselves that connived, that <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:40,760 –> 00:30:43,840
\nnot this man but Barabba, some
\nof them perhaps, had shouted, <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:45,480 –> 00:30:49,840
\nand turn again.
\nTherefore let all the House of <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:49,840 –> 00:30:54,920
\nIsrael know assuredly that God
\nhath made the same Jesus whom ye<\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:54,920 –> 00:30:57,040
\nhave crucified, both Lord and
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:57,640 –> 00:31:02,040
\nWhen they heard this, they were
\npricked in their hearts, and <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:02,040 –> 00:31:04,400
\nsaid, Men and brethren, what
\nshall we do? <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:06,680 –> 00:31:10,120
\nYou can say it calmly.
\nWhen they heard this, they were <\/p>\n
480
\n00:31:10,120 –> 00:31:12,240
\npricked in their hearts, and
\nsaid, Men and brethren, what <\/p>\n
481
\n00:31:12,240 –> 00:31:14,480
\nshall we do?
\nOr you can say it with the sense<\/p>\n
482
\n00:31:14,480 –> 00:31:16,920
\nit surely must have and say,
\nWhen they heard this, they were <\/p>\n
483
\n00:31:17,160 –> 00:31:20,160
\npricked in their hearts, and
\nsaid, men and brethren, whatever<\/p>\n
484
\n00:31:20,160 –> 00:31:24,000
\nshall we do?
\nWhat can be done for the likes <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:24,000 –> 00:31:27,520
\nof us who did so wicked a deed?
\nHow can we be restored to God? <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:30,520 –> 00:31:33,880
\nAnd just as at an earlier stage
\nmen had come to Jesus and said, <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:34,000 –> 00:31:36,720
\nWhat shall we do that we may
\nwork the works of God? <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:36,880 –> 00:31:41,640
\nWhat works must we do?
\nAnd Jesus had answered, This is <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:41,640 –> 00:31:43,600
\nthe work of God.
\nThat you believe on him who he <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:43,600 –> 00:31:49,120
\nhas sent faith is what you need.
\nSo said Peter. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:49,120 –> 00:31:52,720
\nNow men and brethren, what shall
\nwe do? <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:53,680 –> 00:31:57,520
\nAnd the answer is not much,
\nphysically. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:58,800 –> 00:32:02,320
\nTo bring about your entry into
\nthe way of salvation, you are to<\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:02,320 –> 00:32:05,400
\nrepent.
\nYou have to think differently. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:05,760 –> 00:32:08,920
\nYou have to turn around and want
\nto go another way. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:32:09,680 –> 00:32:13,320
\nYou have to change your mind.
\nYou have to be baptized. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:32:14,120 –> 00:32:16,360
\nAnd then of course, means that
\nyou’ll have to take the trouble <\/p>\n
498
\n00:32:16,360 –> 00:32:19,240
\nto step down into the water.
\nBut it only becomes baptism <\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:19,240 –> 00:32:22,680
\nbecause God accepts it as such.
\nIt’s his baptism. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:23,880 –> 00:32:29,200
\nAnd then, well, the help will
\ncome from God, and the promises <\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:29,200 –> 00:32:31,520
\nunto you, and to your children,
\nand to all that be afar off, <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:32,840 –> 00:32:35,080
\neven as many as the Lord our God
\nshall call. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:35,080 –> 00:32:38,280
\nAnd with many other words did
\nPeter testify and exhort, <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:38,280 –> 00:32:41,560
\nsaying, save yourselves from his
\nuntoward generation. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:43,600 –> 00:32:47,640
\nSo that’s what they had to do.
\nAccept the verdict of the <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:47,640 –> 00:32:50,320
\npricking of their hearts when
\ntheir conscience was touched <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:50,320 –> 00:32:51,680
\nwith the horror of what they had
\ndone. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:53,320 –> 00:32:55,560
\nAnd with the repentance of that
\nand the knowledge of the Lord <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:55,560 –> 00:32:57,240
\nJesus.
\nWhich in some ways they would <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:57,240 –> 00:32:59,400
\nhave had already and Peter would
\nhave filled up for them. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:00,560 –> 00:33:06,240
\nGo down and die to an old life,
\nlater, to be described as being <\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:06,240 –> 00:33:10,560
\ncrucified with Christ.
\nInstead of calling out, crucify <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:10,560 –> 00:33:14,760
\nhim, saying what the repentant
\nrobber had said. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:15,040 –> 00:33:17,880
\nWe indeed justly, for we
\nreceived the due reward of our <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:17,880 –> 00:33:19,800
\ndeeds.
\nBut this man hath done nothing <\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:19,800 –> 00:33:21,920
\namiss.
\nLord, Remember Me when I’ll come<\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:21,920 –> 00:33:24,200
\ninto thy Kingdom.
\nThis is what they must do. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:26,240 –> 00:33:30,840
\nAnd more than 3000 did it.
\nThe outcome for a while was a <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:30,840 –> 00:33:36,240
\nchurch marked by matchless
\nharmony, unlimited generosity, <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:36,240 –> 00:33:39,120
\nand giving and joy and
\nfellowship. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:40,320 –> 00:33:46,280
\nVerse 41 Then they that gladly
\nreceived his word were baptized,<\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:46,520 –> 00:33:50,120
\nand the same day they were only
\ndone to them about 3000 souls. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:50,400 –> 00:33:53,760
\nAnd they continued steadfastly
\nin the apostles doctrine and <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:53,760 –> 00:33:58,200
\nfellowship, and in the breaking
\nof bread, and in the prayers and<\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:58,200 –> 00:34:02,160
\nfear came upon every soul.
\nAnd many wonders and signs were <\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:02,160 –> 00:34:05,120
\ndone by the apostles, and all
\nthat believed were together, and<\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:05,120 –> 00:34:08,199
\nhad all things common.
\nAnd they sold their possessions <\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:08,199 –> 00:34:11,920
\nand goods, and parted them to
\nall men, as every man had need. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:13,239 –> 00:34:16,880
\nAnd they, continuing daily with
\none accord in the temple, and <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:16,880 –> 00:34:19,600
\nbreaking bread from house to
\nhouse, did eat there meet with <\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:19,600 –> 00:34:23,239
\ngladness and singleness of
\nheart, praising God and having <\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:23,239 –> 00:34:27,159
\nfavour with all the people.
\nAnd the Lord added to them day <\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:27,159 –> 00:34:29,159
\nby day those that were being
\nsaved. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:29,600 –> 00:34:35,920
\nAs the revised version puts it,
\nThis turns out from that at <\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:35,920 –> 00:34:39,679
\nleast this point that the
\nmiraculous gifts of the Holy <\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:39,679 –> 00:34:44,080
\nSpirit were not very widespread.
\nNot at that time, perhaps. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:44,120 –> 00:34:47,560
\nNot at any time at least, I mean
\nnot placed in many people’s <\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:47,560 –> 00:34:50,760
\nhands.
\nFor the speaking with tongues <\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:50,760 –> 00:34:53,440
\nwas certainly done by some
\nmembers of the original company.<\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:53,600 –> 00:34:55,560
\nThe multitude was not involved
\nin that. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:56,560 –> 00:35:00,680
\nAnd though thousands repented
\nand were baptized, we find that <\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:00,680 –> 00:35:04,800
\nwhen that had happened many
\nsigns and wonders were done by <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:04,800 –> 00:35:08,760
\nthe apostles hands.
\nAnd no other miracle worker is <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:08,760 –> 00:35:13,240
\nname either there or in any
\nchapter until we come to chapter<\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:13,240 –> 00:35:16,280
\n6, where in very special
\ncircumstances similar powers are<\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:16,280 –> 00:35:19,800
\nexercised by Stephen and by
\nPhilip in Chapter 7 or chapter 8<\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:19,800 –> 00:35:22,840
\nrather.
\nSo it does look as though God’s <\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:22,840 –> 00:35:26,680
\nwork in salvation did not
\nempower by any means all, <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:26,680 –> 00:35:31,200
\nperhaps not most, possibly only
\na small minority of his servants<\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:31,200 –> 00:35:35,200
\nwith the power to work mighty
\ngifts and the apostles were <\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:35,200 –> 00:35:42,080
\nprominent and 1st amongst them.
\nWhat else emerges from this is <\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:42,080 –> 00:35:46,000
\nthis matter of having all things
\ncommon they’re selling of their <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:46,000 –> 00:35:48,120
\nproperty and their distribution
\nof it to others. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:48,440 –> 00:35:50,800
\nA first and abortive attempt in
\ncommunism. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:50,800 –> 00:35:56,360
\nDo I hear you saying people have
\nsaid that, but I don’t think it <\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:56,360 –> 00:36:00,920
\nwas.
\nThat was a very poor church, <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:02,000 –> 00:36:06,160
\nthat congregation in Jerusalem.
\nMaybe they were poor in any <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:06,160 –> 00:36:08,760
\ncase, but they seem to be cut
\noff from public relief at this <\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:08,760 –> 00:36:11,200
\ntime.
\nWe learned later of the widows <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:11,200 –> 00:36:13,640
\nwho were neglected or whom they
\nthought were neglected in the <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:13,640 –> 00:36:16,080
\ndaily ministrations.
\nIn chapter six we learned of <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:16,080 –> 00:36:19,240
\nrelief parties and funds and
\ngoods being sent from Antioch <\/p>\n
563
\n00:36:19,240 –> 00:36:22,520
\nand elsewhere throughout Asia
\nMinor too, for the relief of the<\/p>\n
564
\n00:36:22,520 –> 00:36:24,120
\npoor Saints that were in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:24,320 –> 00:36:28,840
\nThey needed money badly.
\nThere they were destitute and so<\/p>\n
566
\n00:36:28,840 –> 00:36:32,640
\nthose who had resources couldn’t
\nsee their brethren starve and <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:32,640 –> 00:36:34,600
\nthey sold them and they gave the
\nmoney and laid it at the <\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:34,600 –> 00:36:39,040
\napostles feet.
\nThat was what they were doing. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:39,040 –> 00:36:41,760
\nThey were sharing their goods
\nbecause somebody would have died<\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:41,760 –> 00:36:45,240
\nif they hadn’t, and they got
\nhelp from an outside because it <\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:45,240 –> 00:36:47,680
\nwas still needed and it kept on
\nbeing needed. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:36:48,000 –> 00:36:50,400
\nThis was no philosophy of
\ncommunism. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:51,320 –> 00:36:55,720
\nThis was an urgent and brotherly
\nresponse to need and it stayed <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:55,720 –> 00:36:58,160
\nlike that throughout the whole
\nperiod of the New Testament as <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:58,200 –> 00:37:03,040
\nfar as we can tell.
\nSo then this company meets <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:03,040 –> 00:37:05,520
\ntogether and they need help and
\nthey keep on needing. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:05,520 –> 00:37:09,200
\nAnd a little bit later a bit
\nmore help is forthcoming, as you<\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:09,200 –> 00:37:16,720
\nwill see, if we turn to Chapter
\n4, Chapter 4, verse 36. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:37:18,200 –> 00:37:22,400
\nNow we start earlier, verse 34.
\nNeither was there any among them<\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:22,400 –> 00:37:25,440
\nthat lacked for as many as were
\npossessors of lands or houses, <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:25,440 –> 00:37:28,520
\nsold them and brought the prices
\nof the things that were sold, <\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:28,680 –> 00:37:31,120
\nand laid them down at the
\napostles Feet, and distribution <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:31,120 –> 00:37:33,600
\nwas made to every man according
\nas he had need. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:37:34,800 –> 00:37:38,600
\nAnd Joseph who by the apostles
\nwere surnamed Barnabas, which is<\/p>\n
585
\n00:37:38,600 –> 00:37:41,680
\nbeing interpreted the Son of
\nConsolation A Levite and a <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:41,880 –> 00:37:45,320
\ncountry of Cyprus having land
\nsold it and brought the money <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:45,520 –> 00:37:50,840
\nand ladies at the apostles feet.
\nWell, there’s some reason one <\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:50,840 –> 00:37:53,080
\nwould think for picking this
\nparticular man out. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:54,320 –> 00:37:57,680
\nHe joins the procession of those
\nwho give generously to the cause<\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:57,880 –> 00:38:00,800
\nof seeing to it that the poor
\nare housed and clothed and fed, <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:01,400 –> 00:38:04,200
\nand his name is given to us.
\nAnd it is well, the authorized <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:04,200 –> 00:38:06,400
\nversion, the King James version
\nsays Joseph. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:07,680 –> 00:38:09,880
\nThe revised and later versions
\nsay Joseph. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:10,840 –> 00:38:15,720
\nSo his first name was Joseph and
\nhis second name was Barnabas. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:17,320 –> 00:38:21,680
\nAh, but not originally.
\nWe don’t know what his father’s <\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:21,680 –> 00:38:25,600
\nname was.
\nWho by the apostles were <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:25,600 –> 00:38:31,680
\nsurnamed Barnabas.
\nThey do what the Lord Jesus did <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:31,680 –> 00:38:36,400
\nsay, with Thomas or with Simon
\nand gave him a new name. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:38,200 –> 00:38:40,600
\nAnd their new name for him was
\nBarnabas. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:40,800 –> 00:38:46,000
\nHe was previously called Joseph.
\nWell, we’ve met one Joseph <\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:46,000 –> 00:38:49,040
\nalready, haven’t we?
\nThe man with the three handles <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:49,040 –> 00:38:54,720
\nto his name, Joseph Barsabbas,
\nJustice, given those names. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:54,720 –> 00:38:58,040
\nSurprisingly, when he wasn’t
\ngoing to be chosen, the man <\/p>\n
604
\n00:38:58,040 –> 00:39:02,320
\nwhose only claim to fame was the
\ndidn’t become an apostle so far.<\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:04,120 –> 00:39:06,200
\nAnd now we have Joseph
\nintroduced to us again. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:06,280 –> 00:39:07,680
\nIt doesn’t have to be the same
\nJoseph. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:07,680 –> 00:39:11,600
\nIt’s quite a common name.
\nAnd now we have a new name given<\/p>\n
608
\n00:39:11,600 –> 00:39:13,560
\nto him, and we’re told the
\napostles gave it to him, so it <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:13,560 –> 00:39:18,080
\nwasn’t his before.
\nWell, one can never prove it, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:18,080 –> 00:39:23,200
\nbut how attractive is the
\nthought that Joseph’s son of <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:23,200 –> 00:39:28,200
\nSaba, Joseph Bar Sabas?
\nWho wouldn’t want to claim the <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:28,200 –> 00:39:30,760
\nword justice for himself?
\nFor there is none good but one <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:30,760 –> 00:39:33,280
\nthat is God.
\nHe’d be glad to get rid of that <\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:33,280 –> 00:39:35,200
\ngame name when he became a
\ndisciple, I’m sure. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:35,840 –> 00:39:41,200
\nSo Joseph bar Sabas doesn’t get
\nelected to the apostleship, but <\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:41,200 –> 00:39:44,080
\nwas considered eminently worthy
\nof the job by the apostles. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:46,000 –> 00:39:48,040
\nAnd the apostles find him out of
\nthe same name. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:48,760 –> 00:39:52,800
\nWhy not the same man?
\nAnd say not Barsabbas but <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:52,800 –> 00:39:59,200
\nBarabbas, Not the son of Sabbah,
\nbut the son of consolation, the <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:59,200 –> 00:40:04,080
\nson of comfort, the son of
\nexitation, because of his renown<\/p>\n
621
\n00:40:04,080 –> 00:40:07,440
\nfor the good deeds he did.
\nHe’s doing 1 here. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:08,520 –> 00:40:12,440
\nThere are plenty more to come.
\nBefore we finally lose sight of <\/p>\n
623
\n00:40:12,440 –> 00:40:15,920
\nBarabbas, we have met a very
\nremarkable and wonderful man. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:40:17,160 –> 00:40:19,000
\nAnd this is where we meet him
\nfor the first time. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:40:20,320 –> 00:40:25,080
\nNot saying anything, not
\nclaiming anything for himself, <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:25,080 –> 00:40:28,720
\nnot gaining a name of renown for
\nhis deeds or his words, but <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:28,720 –> 00:40:32,320
\ngiving something away, letting
\nother people help by what he <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:32,320 –> 00:40:36,200
\ngives them.
\nSo Joseph Barsabbas, just as <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:36,200 –> 00:40:40,040
\nperhaps, becomes Joseph the son
\nof consolation and comfort, and <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:40,040 –> 00:40:45,320
\ngives his goods for the poor.
\nWe shall have once more to put <\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:45,320 –> 00:40:47,560
\nhim on the shelf for a little
\nwhile, for we’re going more or <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:47,560 –> 00:40:50,600
\nless chronologically through
\nthose parts of the acts that we <\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:50,600 –> 00:40:55,000
\ndo touch.
\nAnd now we move on to Chapter 6.<\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:58,400 –> 00:41:03,840
\nIn Chapter 6, as I’ve intimated
\nalready, a problem arose about <\/p>\n
635
\n00:41:03,840 –> 00:41:06,280
\nthe distribution of the urgently
\nneeded relief. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:41:07,440 –> 00:41:11,720
\nWe read verse one, and in those
\ndays when the number of the <\/p>\n
637
\n00:41:11,720 –> 00:41:14,720
\ndisciples was multiplied, there
\narose A murmuring of the <\/p>\n
638
\n00:41:14,720 –> 00:41:17,560
\nGrecians against the Hebrews,
\nbecause their widows were <\/p>\n
639
\n00:41:17,560 –> 00:41:19,640
\nneglected in the daily
\nadministration. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:41:21,800 –> 00:41:26,560
\nGrecians and Hebrews, meaning
\nJews who spoke naturally Greek <\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:26,560 –> 00:41:31,120
\nand Jews who spoke naturally
\nAramaic, or perhaps even more <\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:31,120 –> 00:41:34,400
\nexactly, Jews coming in from the
\nforeign world, and Jews who <\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:34,400 –> 00:41:39,560
\nlived in Judea or Galilee.
\nHome born Jews and Jews from <\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:39,560 –> 00:41:41,880
\nafar.
\nJews of the land and the <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:41,880 –> 00:41:43,480
\ndispersion.
\nThe Diaspora. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:45,040 –> 00:41:49,680
\nFellow Jews grouped together
\nagainst the Gentiles, no doubt. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:49,680 –> 00:41:52,360
\nBut when they got together and
\nthere weren’t any Gentiles <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:52,360 –> 00:41:56,920
\naround, not always getting on
\nvery well, they had their <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:56,920 –> 00:42:02,200
\nlanguage relations problems even
\nthen, and either the Grecian <\/p>\n
650
\n00:42:02,200 –> 00:42:05,600
\nwidows were being neglected or
\nthe Grecians thought they were. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:42:07,200 –> 00:42:09,440
\nSomebody had hard feelings
\nagainst the others. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:10,000 –> 00:42:13,280
\nA rift was developing within the
\ncongregation in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:42:15,240 –> 00:42:19,280
\nThey brought the message to the
\nApostles and the Apostles said <\/p>\n
654
\n00:42:19,280 –> 00:42:22,360
\nat first sight with a a seeming,
\nbut I’m sure quite unreal <\/p>\n
655
\n00:42:22,360 –> 00:42:25,000
\nappearance of arrogance.
\nIt is not meat that we should <\/p>\n
656
\n00:42:25,000 –> 00:42:26,640
\nleave the word of God and serf
\ntables. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:42:27,880 –> 00:42:30,040
\nWe will give ourselves to the
\nword of God and prayer. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:42:30,240 –> 00:42:32,720
\nLook out for yourselves. 7 Men
\nof honest report. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:34,320 –> 00:42:37,880
\nI’m sure they were too busy to
\nbe able to spend time on such <\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:37,880 –> 00:42:41,920
\nminor matters of administration.
\nJust as Jethro said to Moses he <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:41,920 –> 00:42:43,880
\nought to be too busy to do that
\nkind of thing, but should <\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:43,880 –> 00:42:46,240
\ndelegate the job.
\nThey were right to delegate, <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:47,480 –> 00:42:51,280
\nright perhaps to convey
\nresponsibility, and proved very <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:51,280 –> 00:42:55,040
\nright by what happened for that
\ncongregation. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:55,040 –> 00:42:57,000
\nIn which Grecians were they
\naggrieved? <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:58,320 –> 00:43:02,000
\nAnd if there was a grievance,
\nthe Aramaic speaking, Hebrews <\/p>\n
667
\n00:43:02,000 –> 00:43:05,080
\nwere the aggressors.
\nChose seven people with Greek <\/p>\n
668
\n00:43:05,080 –> 00:43:08,440
\nnames to resolve the problem.
\nIsn’t that remarkable? <\/p>\n
669
\n00:43:09,400 –> 00:43:13,720
\nAnd they sought out 12, seven.
\nI mean Stephen, a man full of <\/p>\n
670
\n00:43:13,720 –> 00:43:16,800
\nfaith under the Holy Spirit, and
\nPhilip, and Procorus, and <\/p>\n
671
\n00:43:16,800 –> 00:43:20,000
\nNikanor, and Timon, and
\nParmenas, and Nicholas a <\/p>\n
672
\n00:43:20,000 –> 00:43:21,880
\nproselyte, Nicholas a proselyte
\nof Antioch. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:43:22,080 –> 00:43:24,680
\nThey chose those seven, and they
\nbrought them to the apostles, <\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:24,760 –> 00:43:27,000
\nAnd the apostles laid their
\nhands on them, and they got on <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:27,000 –> 00:43:29,280
\nwith the job.
\nWhat a marvellous act of <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:29,280 –> 00:43:32,480
\ngenerosity it was to say.
\nWe will await the dice. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:32,480 –> 00:43:36,040
\nWe will load the dice in favour
\nof those who are dear grief <\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:36,040 –> 00:43:38,480
\npersons.
\nThey will then have surely no <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:38,480 –> 00:43:42,000
\n’cause to complain.
\nAnd the seven people with Greek <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:42,000 –> 00:43:45,120
\nnames were given their job and
\ndid their job, we presume, and <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:45,120 –> 00:43:46,080
\nwe don’t know what the answer
\nis. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:46,080 –> 00:43:48,280
\nWe don’t need to know.
\nThat’s of no importance to us at<\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:48,400 –> 00:43:50,800
\nall.
\nBut they must have done it well,<\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:52,160 –> 00:43:53,880
\nand they didn’t stop when
\nthey’ve done it. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:55,920 –> 00:43:57,640
\nThey had gone before the
\napostles and received the <\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:57,640 –> 00:44:00,200
\nCommission.
\nThe apostles had laid their <\/p>\n
687
\n00:44:00,200 –> 00:44:02,400
\nhands on them.
\nBy what means we do not know. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:44:02,400 –> 00:44:04,800
\nBut at least two of them,
\nStephen and Philip, as I’ve <\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:04,800 –> 00:44:07,400
\nsaid, subsequently became
\nworkers of miracles. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:08,080 –> 00:44:09,680
\nThere’s no evidence that they
\nwere before. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:10,320 –> 00:44:12,760
\nThe company of those who could
\nwork miracles had to that extent<\/p>\n
692
\n00:44:12,760 –> 00:44:17,320
\napparently been increased, and
\nneither Stephen, nor Philip, nor<\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:17,320 –> 00:44:19,960
\nthe others, perhaps that we
\ndon’t hear about them, wasted <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:19,960 –> 00:44:21,640
\nthe opportunities which this
\ngave them. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:22,880 –> 00:44:27,800
\nStephen is first in the field,
\nas we learn in verse 8, and <\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:27,800 –> 00:44:30,680
\nStephen, full of faith and
\npower, did great wonders and <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:30,680 –> 00:44:34,520
\nmiracles among the people.
\nThen there arose certain of the <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:34,520 –> 00:44:38,000
\nsynagogue, which is called the
\nSynagogue of the Libertines, and<\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:38,000 –> 00:44:41,480
\nof the Ceridians, and of the
\nAlexandrians, and of them of <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:41,480 –> 00:44:45,400
\nSilesia and Asia, disputing with
\nStephen, and they were not able <\/p>\n
701
\n00:44:45,400 –> 00:44:47,680
\nto withstand the wisdom with
\nwhich he spoke. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:50,160 –> 00:44:52,480
\nThe outcome of that we’ll hope
\nto consider tomorrow. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:52,480 –> 00:44:55,920
\nBut just notice what that
\nsynagogue was, or those <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:55,920 –> 00:44:57,800
\nsynagogues were.
\nIf there were more than one <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:57,800 –> 00:45:03,520
\ninvolved, it included amongst
\nits members Libertines, which <\/p>\n
706
\n00:45:03,520 –> 00:45:05,440
\nmeans, one will think, freed
\nslaves. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:45:07,160 –> 00:45:13,040
\nIt include people who came from
\nSirenia, North Africa, part of <\/p>\n
708
\n00:45:13,040 –> 00:45:19,080
\nthe modern Libya, Alexandria,
\nEgypt, the city of Learning, <\/p>\n
709
\n00:45:19,080 –> 00:45:23,360
\nwhere there was even then a
\nuniversity, the them of Asia. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:45:23,880 –> 00:45:26,840
\nWell, that’s the southwestern
\npart of Asia Minor as we now <\/p>\n
711
\n00:45:26,840 –> 00:45:31,400
\nknow it.
\nAnd Cilicia, where’s that? <\/p>\n
712
\n00:45:32,880 –> 00:45:37,200
\nCilicia, can you picture it?
\nThe map of Asia Minor like that,<\/p>\n
713
\n00:45:37,680 –> 00:45:42,600
\nand your way around Palestine
\ndown there and here, a bump in <\/p>\n
714
\n00:45:42,600 –> 00:45:46,040
\nthe map.
\nThat’s Cilicia, Southwest Asia <\/p>\n
715
\n00:45:46,040 –> 00:45:49,280
\nMinor.
\nAnd what was its capital city? <\/p>\n
716
\n00:45:51,200 –> 00:45:54,560
\nAnyone know?
\nTarsus is right. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:55,640 –> 00:45:59,680
\nSo Stephen was in dispute with
\nthose who included members of <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:59,680 –> 00:46:04,240
\nthe Jewish community exiled in
\nCilicia, whose capital city was <\/p>\n
719
\n00:46:04,240 –> 00:46:06,920
\nTarsus.
\nAnd when events ran their <\/p>\n
720
\n00:46:06,920 –> 00:46:11,400
\ndreadful course, and Stephen was
\nlynched the end of the chapter, <\/p>\n
721
\n00:46:12,440 –> 00:46:18,720
\nand they laid down their clothes
\nat the feet of a young man whose<\/p>\n
722
\n00:46:18,720 –> 00:46:25,080
\nname was Saul.
\nSaul of Tarsus, a citizen of no <\/p>\n
723
\n00:46:25,080 –> 00:46:29,160
\nmean city, was chief amongst the
\nwitnesses who murdered Stephen. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:31,160 –> 00:46:33,400
\nWould not Saul of Tarsus have
\nbeen chief amongst the <\/p>\n
725
\n00:46:33,400 –> 00:46:38,080
\nprotagonists who stood in all
\nhis arrogant Gamaliel, taught <\/p>\n
726
\n00:46:38,080 –> 00:46:43,080
\nPharisaic wisdom, and watched
\nStephen knock down his argument <\/p>\n
727
\n00:46:43,080 –> 00:46:48,000
\nlike 9 pins, and they were not
\nable to withstand the wisdom <\/p>\n
728
\n00:46:48,000 –> 00:46:52,920
\nwith which he spake?
\nThat’s how we first meet Saul, <\/p>\n
729
\n00:46:53,840 –> 00:46:57,600
\nthe defeated Judaizer, the men
\nwho couldn’t stand up to a <\/p>\n
730
\n00:46:57,600 –> 00:47:03,040
\ncommon Greek speaking Christian
\nand hated him for it and saw <\/p>\n
731
\n00:47:03,120 –> 00:47:04,040
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