{"id":991,"date":"2023-07-25T23:26:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T23:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/253-jim-harper-the-active-role-of-heaven\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:57:06","slug":"253-jim-harper-the-active-role-of-heaven","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/253-jim-harper-the-active-role-of-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"253: Jim Harper – The Active Role of Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s talk is a class from a series that was given at the 2007 Palm Springs Bible School. Bro Jim Harper gave 5 classes on The Work of The Holy Spirit In The New Testament and today we\u2019re listening to class 3, entitled \u201cThe Active Role of Heaven\u201d. All classes will soon be posted to GCT Extended.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek on this podcast.
\nWe select one Talk a week to <\/p>\n

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\nhelp us get the Bible in our
\nDaily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week. <\/p>\n

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\nWith the short intro beforehand
\nto kind of set the stage for the<\/p>\n

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\ntalk you’re about to listen to.
\nAnd now, let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nWelcome to the Good Chris <\/p>\n

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\nAdelphian Talks Podcast.
\nThis is Brother Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is a class by
\nBrother Jim Harper. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was given back in 2007 at
\nthe Palm Springs Bible School, <\/p>\n

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\nand the theme of the series is
\nthe work of the Holy Spirit in <\/p>\n

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\nthe New Testament.
\nAnd today we’re listening to <\/p>\n

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\nClass 3, which is called The
\nActive Role of Heaven. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, the work of the Spirit
\naccording to God’s will is a <\/p>\n

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\nfavorite topic of mine, and I
\ndon’t believe that we’ve had any<\/p>\n

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\nclasses on this critical subject
\nyet. <\/p>\n

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\nOn the podcast so I wanted to
\noffer this series as a great <\/p>\n

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\nstarting point.
\nBrother Jim takes a very logical<\/p>\n

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\nlook at how the power of the
\nSpirit was experienced by the <\/p>\n

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\nApostles, what they were
\ninstructed to do with these <\/p>\n

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\ngifts and the way in which they
\nspoke about it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd all signs point back to it
\nbeing an extension of the Spirit<\/p>\n

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\nthat Christ was given.
\nBy his Father upon his baptism. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd how for the apostles It was
\nnot a one and done pouring out <\/p>\n

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\nas mentioned on the day of
\nPentecost, but an ongoing <\/p>\n

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\nparticipation with the glorified
\nLord Jesus as the director of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Apostles work according to
\nthe will of his Father. <\/p>\n

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\nI would not say that this is
\nanything groundbreaking. <\/p>\n

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\nBut definitely a strong
\nfoundation for the how and why <\/p>\n

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\nof the Spirit being alluded to
\nin John in personal terms such <\/p>\n

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\nas the Helper, the Comforter.
\nBrother Jim does a great job <\/p>\n

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\ndemonstrating with Scripture how
\nthis is essentially A <\/p>\n

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\nmanifestation of Jesus’s own
\nwords when he told them that he <\/p>\n

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\nwould be with them until the end
\nand that he. <\/p>\n

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\nWould give them a mouth and
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as always, we hope this
\nstrengthens your faith and <\/p>\n

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\nbrightens your day.
\nBrother Jim Harper, The Active <\/p>\n

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\nRole of Heaven.
\nBefore I start, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, I just have to say that
\nBible School committee members <\/p>\n

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\nhave to solve all kinds of
\nproblems. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd true to form, Brother Jeff
\nhas solved the problem getting <\/p>\n

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\nme through my material on time.
\nYou see, he owns a remote like <\/p>\n

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\nthis as well, all right?
\nThe active role of heaven, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nAnd this is something that has <\/p>\n

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\nthat really impressed itself on
\nme as I read through the book of<\/p>\n

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\nActs and just saw these things
\nhappening over and over again. <\/p>\n

49
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\nA couple of questions to give
\nourselves focus and direction. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst of all, how did the
\nglorified Jesus continue to work<\/p>\n

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\nthroughout New Testament times,
\nfrom his ascension to God <\/p>\n

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\nonward?
\nAnd secondly, how did the <\/p>\n

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\napostles view their role in the
\nwork of the ascended Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist?
\nAll right, and we’ll attempt to <\/p>\n

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\naddress those questions under
\nthese two headings. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst of all, we’re going to
\nlook. <\/p>\n

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\nGod permitting at promises Jesus
\nmade to his disciples before his<\/p>\n

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\nascension, and how those play
\nout in some of the rest of the <\/p>\n

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\nNew Testament.
\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, teaching them to observe<\/p>\n

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\nall things that I have commanded
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd lo, I am with you always.
\nEven to the end of the age. <\/p>\n

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\nAmen.
\nAnd I don’t want now, brothers <\/p>\n

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\nand sisters, for us to digress
\ninto ways in which the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nobviously and clearly works in
\nour own lives, but rather we’re <\/p>\n

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\ndealing with the work of the
\nHoly Spirit and New Testament <\/p>\n

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\ntimes.
\nAnd these words were first of <\/p>\n

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\nall addressed to the apostles.
\nAnd there is a very real sense <\/p>\n

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\nin which the New Testament times
\nwere an age unto themselves. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was an age of Holy Spirit
\nempowerment, and it it it <\/p>\n

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\nendured for that period of time
\nin the Lord’s work through His <\/p>\n

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\napostles.
\nAnd this is a sweeping promise <\/p>\n

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\nby Jesus.
\nLo, I am with you always, even <\/p>\n

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\nto the end of the age.
\nIt’s a sweeping promise to his <\/p>\n

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\napostles.
\nAnd it hardly suggests, at least<\/p>\n

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\nto my mind, A1 time fulfillment
\non the day of Pentecost. <\/p>\n

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\nIn his glory, Jesus would
\nactively work with his apostles <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout the rest of New
\nTestament times. <\/p>\n

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\nThe immediate objective has been
\ndefined there. <\/p>\n

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\nThe immediate objective of the
\nLord’s promise was to advance <\/p>\n

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\nthe cause of the Great
\nCommission. <\/p>\n

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\nIn a sense, that was Matthew’s
\nrecord of the Great Commission. <\/p>\n

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\nTo make disciples of all
\nnations, baptizing them, <\/p>\n

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\nteaching them the empowerment
\nthat Jesus gave on the day of <\/p>\n

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\nPentecost began to fulfill the
\npromise. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it happened again and again
\nand again. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is what impressed
\nitself upon me as I simply read <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the book of Acts, set
\nthe baggage aside, and said what<\/p>\n

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\nis it saying to me?
\nPreaching the gospel of <\/p>\n

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\nsalvation, brothers and sisters,
\nto a world that was dying, <\/p>\n

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\norchestrated, directed,
\nempowered by the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nhimself, was the first priority
\nof Holy Spirit activity in New <\/p>\n

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\nTestament times, and edifying
\nthe body of believers quickly <\/p>\n

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\nbecame the second important
\npriority. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll do our best to explore in
\nand around the first of these <\/p>\n

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\ntoday and.
\nGod permitting perhaps a bit <\/p>\n

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\nmore of the second of these
\npriorities in our our class <\/p>\n

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\ntomorrow, but giving eternal
\nlife in the power of the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit is still to come.
\nBaptisms. <\/p>\n

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\nThere were even multiple
\nbaptisms of the apostles, and <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll look again at one classic
\npair of these, at least today. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the baptism of the Holy
\nSpirit is still to come. <\/p>\n

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\nThe work of the Holy Spirit of
\nNew Testament times was a <\/p>\n

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\ndevelopmental work.
\nIt was not a work of completion.<\/p>\n

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\nWe come to Mark’s Gospel, he
\nsaid to them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd again, the context is the
\n11th from verse 14. <\/p>\n

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\nGo into all the world and preach
\nthe gospel to every creature. <\/p>\n

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\nHe who believes in his baptized
\nwill be saved, but he who does <\/p>\n

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\nnot believe will be condemned.
\nAnd there is Mark’s version of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Great Commission, and he
\ngoes on to say, Or Mark goes on <\/p>\n

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\nto record, And they went out and
\npreached everywhere, the Lord <\/p>\n

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\nworking with them and confirming
\nthe word through the <\/p>\n

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\naccompanying signs.
\nThis is going to be a <\/p>\n

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\npartnership that we read of in
\nthe book of Acts and on through <\/p>\n

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\nthe the New Testament.
\nA partnership between these men <\/p>\n

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\nwho were like us, who went forth
\nin the name of Jesus and heaven <\/p>\n

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\nitself, working with them and
\nempowering them as needed and <\/p>\n

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\nwhen needed and where needed.
\nThis again in Mark’s account, as<\/p>\n

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\nthe Great Commission hardly the
\nwork of one day. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord worked with his
\napostles in an ongoing manner <\/p>\n

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\nuntil the purposes were
\naccomplished through them. <\/p>\n

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\nNow just pause for a moment
\nhere, Brothers and sisters, I <\/p>\n

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\nthink we’ve taken on board the
\nkind of thing that you could <\/p>\n

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\nread in Benjamin Warfield’s book
\nthat this was the age of the <\/p>\n

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\napostles, and I have
\ndeliberately attempted to bring <\/p>\n

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\nmyself away from that kind of
\nterminology. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is the age of the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n

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\nWorking through miracles,
\nwonders and signs administered <\/p>\n

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\nby the glorified Lord Jesus
\nChrist through his apostles, who<\/p>\n

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\nare his hands and are his feet
\nand are his mouth for him, his <\/p>\n

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\nfriends on earth.
\nAnd they took note that these <\/p>\n

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\nmen had been with Jesus.
\nIt’s not an age of the apostles.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s an age entirely under the
\ncontrol of heaven itself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so I no longer accept the
\nidea that the apostles possessed<\/p>\n

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\nfrom the day of Pentecost
\nforward some miraculous power <\/p>\n

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\nthat they could pass on.
\nAnd it’s at the end. <\/p>\n

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\nBrothers and sisters of the the
\nApostolic Age. <\/p>\n

144
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\nThe Spirit gifts ended because
\nthe apostles died. <\/p>\n

145
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\nIt worked the other way around.
\nThat’s the way life works. <\/p>\n

146
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\nWhen God’s purpose with us is
\nfinished, it’s over and we die. <\/p>\n

147
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\nAnd that’s all right.
\nThe best is yet to come. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so when the end of the
\nLord’s purposes with America’s <\/p>\n

149
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\nwonders and signs comes to its
\nto its culmination, those things<\/p>\n

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\nwill cease, and the last of the
\napostles will die. <\/p>\n

151
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\nHeaven doesn’t have to say,
\nwell, there goes the last of the<\/p>\n

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\napostles.
\nWhat do we do now? <\/p>\n

153
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\nNo more spirit gifts.
\nNo, no, no, no. <\/p>\n

154
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\nNo works the other way around.
\nIt’s the way it worked with John<\/p>\n

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\nthe Baptist.
\nWhen it was over, it was over <\/p>\n

156
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\nand it wasn’t pleasant.
\nAnd he understood that he must <\/p>\n

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\nthink it increase.
\nI must decrease. <\/p>\n

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\nHe understood that we must
\nunderstand that. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, if the Lord’s work
\nwith me is done with this <\/p>\n

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\nperiod, I won’t see lunch.
\nAnd that’s okay. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s okay.
\nThe best is yet to come. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the Lord worked through His
\napostles in an ongoing manner <\/p>\n

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\nuntil His purposes were
\naccomplished. <\/p>\n

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\nThrough them the gifts ceased
\nand the the last of the apostles<\/p>\n

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\ndied off.
\nThe Lord’s work was done with <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nHe has much better things in <\/p>\n

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\nstore for them.
\nThat’s all for now, and the <\/p>\n

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\nhistorical record here in March
\nseems deliberately qualified. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord working with them the
\nage of eternal life for all <\/p>\n

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\nbelievers.
\nHas not yet come, and so now we <\/p>\n

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\nwant to focus.
\nWe want to look at promises <\/p>\n

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\nJesus made to His apostles while
\nHe was yet with them before the <\/p>\n

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\nAscension, before, even in many
\nrespects His crucifixion. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we want to see how
\nthese play out in their work <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the rest of the New
\nTestament. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we go back to Luke chapter
\n12. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ll start with a couple of
\npromises Jesus made in Luke’s <\/p>\n

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\ngospel, and we’ll go to Acts and
\nsee how Luke records the <\/p>\n

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\nfulfillment, the keeping of
\nthese promises. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ll remember this now when
\nthey bring you to the synagogues<\/p>\n

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\nand magistrates and authorities.
\nDo not worry about how or what <\/p>\n

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\nyou should answer or what you
\nshould say, for the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n

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\nwill teach you in that very
\nhour. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat you ought to say, or this
\none again, in Luke chapter 21, <\/p>\n

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\nyou will be brought before kings
\nand rulers for my name’s sake, <\/p>\n

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\nbut it will turn out for you as
\nan occasion for testimony. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore settle it in your
\nhearts not to meditate <\/p>\n

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\nbeforehand on what you will
\nanswer for. <\/p>\n

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\nI will give you a mouth and
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nWhich all your adversaries will
\nnot be able to contradict or <\/p>\n

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\nresist.
\nThere’s the promise. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the Lord is saying this to
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nBe ever before His crucifixion.
\nOh, what the Lord understood, <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s just absolutely
\nbreathtaking. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s already projected himself
\nin into the the age of of His <\/p>\n

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\nglory.
\nBrothers and sisters, the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit will teach you what you
\nought to say. <\/p>\n

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\nI will give you a mouth and
\nwisdom, their equivalent <\/p>\n

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\nstatements.
\nThe ad hoc work of the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit was in fact the ongoing
\nwork of the glorified Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what I mean by that ad hoc,
\nit came at a time when it was <\/p>\n

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\nneeded for the purpose that it
\nwas needed, and then when it was<\/p>\n

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\nover, it was over.
\nIt was toward a specific end <\/p>\n

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\nthat these empowerments would
\ncome, and when that was over, it<\/p>\n

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\nwas over and it would come again
\nfor a specific end. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was in fact the ongoing work
\nof the glorified Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Holy Spirit is a
\npersonified. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Holy Spirit will teach you
\nin that hour what you ought to <\/p>\n

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\nsay.
\nI will give you a mouth and <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom.
\nIt’s the person of the glorified<\/p>\n

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\nJesus who’s behind the
\npersonification of the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit in in these promises.
\nThe empowering of the apostles <\/p>\n

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\nfor the purpose of bearing
\nwitness was carried out by Jesus<\/p>\n

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\nwhen he saw fit to do it, where
\nhe saw fit to do it as he saw <\/p>\n

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\nfit to do it, And I could add,
\nas only he would know when it <\/p>\n

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\nwas fit to do it, His apostles
\nin turn had to depend day by day<\/p>\n

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\nby day, on the faithfulness of
\nJesus to his promise. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so when they got up in the
\nmorning, brothers and sisters, I<\/p>\n

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\ndon’t envision them flexing
\ntheir Holy Spirit muscles and <\/p>\n

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\nsaying let’s rattle off a few
\nwords in Cappadocian before we <\/p>\n

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\nhead out for breakfast.
\nI don’t see them having that <\/p>\n

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\nkind of power, and I don’t.
\nI don’t mean to say that <\/p>\n

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\nflippantly, because it sounds
\nlike it, but if they needed that<\/p>\n

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\nday the ability to do some
\nmiracle, the Lord knew it and <\/p>\n

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\nhe’d provide it when it was
\nnecessary. <\/p>\n

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\nPromise kept and we’ll go to the
\nhealing of the lame man and <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll go to acts for actually
\nthe sequel. <\/p>\n

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\nYou remember how after the
\nhealing of the lame man that the<\/p>\n

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\nthe crowds rushed to see what
\nhas happened. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had been, they had gone on
\ninto the temple, and the man was<\/p>\n

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\nleaping and praising God and and
\nthey rushed to see this, and <\/p>\n

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\nPeter sees the moment.
\nAnd began his preaching. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we see that the message he
\npreached in Acts three was <\/p>\n

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\nparallel to the message he he
\nspoke in Acts 2. <\/p>\n

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\nThe the.
\nIt’s a replication again of what<\/p>\n

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\nwas preached on Pentecost.
\nYou remember that they were <\/p>\n

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\narrested.
\nPeter and John were arrested. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I think was the lame man.
\nThey were put in prison <\/p>\n

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\novernight and the next day all
\nthree of them are on the carpet,<\/p>\n

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\nPeter and John and the man
\nstanding there with them. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they are answering to the
\nrulers. <\/p>\n

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\nIt came to pass on the next day,
\nthat their rulers, elders and <\/p>\n

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\nscribes, as well as Annas, the
\nhigh priest, Caiaphas, John, and<\/p>\n

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\nAlexander, and as many as were
\nof the family of the high <\/p>\n

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\npriest, were gathered together
\nat Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when they upset them, Peter
\nand John, in the midst, they <\/p>\n

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\nasked, by what power or by what
\nname have you done this? <\/p>\n

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\nThey have been brought before
\nkings and rulers for my name’s <\/p>\n

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\nsake.
\nThen Peter, filled with the Holy<\/p>\n

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\nSpirit said to them.
\nIn that very hour I will give <\/p>\n

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\nyou a mouth and wisdom, rulers
\nof the people and elders of <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
\nHere’s the mouth. <\/p>\n

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\nHere’s the wisdom.
\nLet it be known to you, to all, <\/p>\n

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\nto all the people of Israel,
\nthat by the name of Jesus Christ<\/p>\n

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\nof Nazareth.
\nAnd notice the phrasing and Acts<\/p>\n

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\nis, is, is impeccable.
\nIt’s no longer just Jesus of <\/p>\n

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\nNazareth.
\nThe way Peter began his address <\/p>\n

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\nin Acts 2 verse 22 and had to
\nbring them to the the <\/p>\n

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\nrealization that God had made
\nthat Jesus whom they crucified <\/p>\n

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\nboth Lord and Christ.
\nNow they’re all the stops are <\/p>\n

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\npulled out here, Jesus Christ of
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he says that to the rulers.
\nYou’ve got to understand. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s no longer just Jesus of
\nNazareth, the prophet of <\/p>\n

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\nGalilee.
\nThis is Jesus Christ of <\/p>\n

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\nNazareth, whom you crucified,
\nwhom God raised from the dead by<\/p>\n

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\nHim.
\nThis man stands here before you <\/p>\n

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\nhold nor is there salvation in
\nany other. <\/p>\n

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\nFor there is no other name under
\nheaven given among men by which <\/p>\n

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\nwe must be saved.
\nAnd there’s the mouth and the <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom that came under
\ninspiration to Peter in that <\/p>\n

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\nvery hour.
\nA mouth and wisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nNow when they saw the boldness
\nof Peter and John and perceived <\/p>\n

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\nthat they were uneducated and
\nuntrained men, they marveled and<\/p>\n

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\nthey realized that they’d been
\nwith Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nVitally important, The apostles
\nwill begin to be magnified in <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem, and it’s already
\nbeginning to happen. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they know that these men had
\nbeen with Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are the visible link to
\nJesus on this earth, and they <\/p>\n

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\nare his hands, and they are his
\nfeet and they are his mouth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I always love this little
\nexpression, uneducated and <\/p>\n

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\nuntrained, Agra Matos and
\nidiotes. <\/p>\n

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\nI sympathize with that, All
\nright. <\/p>\n

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\nUneducated, Ungrammered and
\nidiots. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s how they viewed them.
\nBut transfigured men? <\/p>\n

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\nTransformed men.
\nWhatever else, the punctuated <\/p>\n

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\nempowerments that they received
\nfrom heaven to carry out the <\/p>\n

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\nGreat Commission, brothers and
\nsisters, it had a lasting effect<\/p>\n

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\non them as well, and within them
\ndeveloped an indwelling spirit <\/p>\n

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\nthat is also making them full of
\nthe Holy Spirit in that respect.<\/p>\n

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\nBut the but the the miraculous
\nempowerments are punctuated <\/p>\n

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\nevents.
\nThey realized that they’d been <\/p>\n

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\nwith Jesus, and seeing the man
\nwho had been healed standing <\/p>\n

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\nwith them, they could say
\nnothing against it. <\/p>\n

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\nSaying what should we do to
\nthese men? <\/p>\n

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\nFor indeed a notable miracle has
\nbeen done through them is <\/p>\n

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\nevident to all who dwell in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we cannot deny it.
\nWe cannot deny it. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat did Jesus promised?
\nYour adversaries will not be <\/p>\n

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\nable to contradict or resist,
\nand they wrote the last word on <\/p>\n

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\nthat by saying this.
\nAnd so Acts 4 verses 8 to 16, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters, is both a
\nfulfillment of the promise of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus and it’s the language of
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nBaptism in the sense of giving
\nmiraculous inspiration and <\/p>\n

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\nempowerment.
\nAnd we note too that this event <\/p>\n

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\noccurred sometime after the day
\nof Pentecost. <\/p>\n

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\nPentecost did not provide a once
\nand for all baptism of the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit in any kind of sense of
\nmaking. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Apostles repositories of
\nHoly Spirit power. <\/p>\n

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\nThat baptism of continuous Holy
\nSpirit power is yet to come. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Lord Jesus filled his men
\nwith Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nHe inspired them.
\nIt’s And remember we said it the<\/p>\n

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\nfirst day.
\nThe more closely we find <\/p>\n

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\nourselves drawing the lines
\nbetween the New Testament work <\/p>\n

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\nof the Holy Spirit and the way
\nthat God worked through the <\/p>\n

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\npower of His Holy Spirit and Old
\nTestament times, probably the <\/p>\n

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\ncloser we are to understanding
\nwhat’s going on. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there in Old Testament
\ntimes, the inspiration of the <\/p>\n

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\nprophets was a punctuated
\nphenomenon. <\/p>\n

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\nGo back to the judgement judges.
\nThe Spirit of the Lord came upon<\/p>\n

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\nSamson.
\nThe Spirit of the Lord came upon<\/p>\n

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\nSamson.
\nThe Spirit of the Lord came upon<\/p>\n

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\nSamson.
\nThey were punctuated events. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Samson did the mighty works.
\nAnd still it is the soul here. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is not the ultimate, yet
\nthis is a developmental work. <\/p>\n

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\nThe work of the apostles was the
\nongoing work of the glorified <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus by the power of the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s in control.
\nAnother example of that promise <\/p>\n

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\nkept.
\nAnd now we come forward to the <\/p>\n

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\nApostle Paul.
\nWe come to Acts 13 and we go <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:02,330 –> 00:22:05,730
\nfrom Jerusalem to Cyprus.
\nAnd on our way to Cyprus, we’ll <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:05,730 –> 00:22:08,970
\nstop, brothers and sisters, at
\nAntioch in Syria, up on the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:08,970 –> 00:22:13,480
\nnortheast corner there of the of
\nthe Mediterranean Sea and there <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:13,480 –> 00:22:17,600
\nin the Ecclesia in Antioch,
\nthere were certain prophets and <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:17,600 –> 00:22:19,120
\nteachers.
\nYou can read of this at the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:19,120 –> 00:22:22,160
\nbeginning of Acts 13.
\nAnd they are fasting and <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:22,160 –> 00:22:24,880
\npraying.
\nAnd I have to believe, brothers <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:24,880 –> 00:22:28,120
\nand sisters, being the the nerve
\ncenter that Antioch had become <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:28,120 –> 00:22:31,200
\nfor preaching the gospel, that
\nthey are fasting and praying for<\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:31,200 –> 00:22:34,200
\ndirection from heaven.
\nWhat do we do next? <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:34,400 –> 00:22:38,240
\nWhere do we go next?
\nWhere do you want us to go to <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:38,240 –> 00:22:40,560
\ncarry the gospel to a perishing
\nworld? <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:41,130 –> 00:22:44,610
\nAnd then perhaps through the
\nprophet or a prophet. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:22:44,610 –> 00:22:48,810
\nThere in Antioch the Holy Spirit
\nsays, separate to me, Barnabas <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:48,810 –> 00:22:51,770
\nand Saul for the work where
\nuntil I have called them. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:52,490 –> 00:22:55,610
\nAnd so being sent out by the
\nHoly Spirit, that’s the Lord <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:55,610 –> 00:22:59,890
\nJesus Accomplishing this by the
\npower of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:00,130 –> 00:23:03,410
\nBeing sent out by the Holy
\nSpirit, they Barnabas and Saul <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:03,490 –> 00:23:07,250
\nwent down to Salucia, and from
\nthere they sailed to Cyprus, the<\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:07,370 –> 00:23:12,020
\nactive role of heaven.
\nAnd when they gone through the <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:12,020 –> 00:23:15,420
\nisland to Pappas, they found a
\ncertain sorcerer, a false <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:15,420 –> 00:23:19,620
\nprophet, a Jew whose name was
\nbar Jesus, who was with the pro <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:19,620 –> 00:23:22,620
\nconsul, Sergeus Paulus, an
\nintelligent man. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:23,140 –> 00:23:26,180
\nAnd he was I I I think we’ll see
\nsome evidence of that <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:26,180 –> 00:23:29,540
\nmomentarily.
\nThis man called for Barnabas and<\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:29,540 –> 00:23:33,460
\nSaul that was intelligent.
\nWe’ll see more evidence. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:33,980 –> 00:23:40,410
\nAnd he sought to hear the word
\nof God, but Elimus the sorcerer,<\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:40,410 –> 00:23:44,170
\nso his name is translated,
\ninterpreted. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:45,730 –> 00:23:48,570
\nWe’ll talk about very briefly
\nthe interpretation of tongues, <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:48,570 –> 00:23:53,650
\nbut that’s the same word
\nwithstood them seeking to turn <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:53,650 –> 00:23:55,650
\nthe Pro Council away from the
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:56,090 –> 00:23:58,770
\nSo here’s the adversary.
\nWe’ve got a variation on the <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:58,770 –> 00:24:02,050
\ntheme.
\nThey are now before a ruler, not<\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:02,050 –> 00:24:05,290
\nan adversarial ruler, but in his
\nmidst is 1. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:05,290 –> 00:24:08,910
\nWho’s the adversary?
\nAnd we’re going to see again the<\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:08,910 –> 00:24:13,350
\nLord Jesus taking control of
\nthis situation and bringing a <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:13,350 –> 00:24:15,510
\nwonderful, wonderful result out
\nof it. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:16,110 –> 00:24:21,190
\nThen Saul, who’s also called
\nPaul, filled with the Holy <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:21,190 –> 00:24:28,790
\nSpirit, looked intently at him
\nand said in that very hour. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:29,030 –> 00:24:33,550
\nSo this promise even applies to
\nthe apostle Paul originally <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:33,550 –> 00:24:39,100
\ngiven in Luke’s gospel to the to
\nthe 12 take away Judas, add <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:39,100 –> 00:24:43,100
\nMathias.
\nBut it applies to Paul as well <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:43,460 –> 00:24:47,620
\nin that very hour, and Paul’s
\nexperience invites comparison <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:47,620 –> 00:24:50,340
\nwith Peter’s.
\nThere is the Greek. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:50,780 –> 00:24:52,860
\nAnd except that we’ve got Saul
\nand Peter. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:53,440 –> 00:24:56,520
\nAll right, you take a look.
\nFilled with the Holy Spirit, <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:56,520 –> 00:24:59,440
\nfilled with spirit, Holy.
\nHere, brothers and sisters, same<\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:59,440 –> 00:25:02,080
\nGreek word, right down to the
\nverb parsing. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:02,080 –> 00:25:05,080
\nExactly the same.
\nHere we’ll see a similar kind of<\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:05,080 –> 00:25:07,280
\ncomparison.
\nAnd another time in the book of <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:07,280 –> 00:25:10,560
\nActs, this is a very, very
\nsimilar experience to what Peter<\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:10,560 –> 00:25:14,840
\nhad before the council.
\nAnd the just to to fill out this<\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:14,840 –> 00:25:17,080
\nverb parsing.
\nIt’s the aoris tense we spoke <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:17,080 –> 00:25:18,360
\nof.
\nIt’s the passive voice. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:18,560 –> 00:25:20,800
\nSo it’s done to Peter.
\nIt’s done to Paul. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:21,520 –> 00:25:26,160
\nIt’s the participle They’re
\nfilled at that moment with the <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:26,440 –> 00:25:30,360
\nHoly Spirit.
\nThe Greek is exactly the same, <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:30,360 –> 00:25:34,680
\nand the language is that of Holy
\nSpirit baptism and ad hoc <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:34,680 –> 00:25:40,800
\ninspiration in New Testament
\ntimes when it applies to special<\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:40,800 –> 00:25:47,000
\nempowerment.
\nAnd so Paul says something that <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:47,000 –> 00:25:54,610
\nnone of us would dare to say.
\nHe has sensed this empowerment. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:56,570 –> 00:26:00,210
\nHe has sensed the connection
\nwith heaven. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:01,290 –> 00:26:05,810
\nHis will is entirely In Sync
\nwith that of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:05,810 –> 00:26:08,450
\nChrist.
\nAnd when he opens his mouth, it <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:08,450 –> 00:26:11,450
\nwill be the Lord, the Lord’s
\nwords that he speaks. <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:11,930 –> 00:26:15,850
\nAnd he says to Elimus, the hand
\nof the Lord is upon you. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:16,330 –> 00:26:19,130
\nHe’s not saying I’m going to put
\nmy hands on you. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:22,620 –> 00:26:26,500
\nHe already has had by
\ninspiration a knowledge of the <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:26,500 –> 00:26:29,620
\njudgment that Jesus is going to
\ncarry out. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:29,940 –> 00:26:33,620
\nThe hand of the Lord is upon
\nyou, and you shall be blind, not<\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:33,620 –> 00:26:38,540
\nseeing the sun for a time and
\nimmediately a dark mist fell on <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:38,540 –> 00:26:41,940
\nhim.
\nPaul’s put his neck in the noose<\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:41,940 –> 00:26:46,780
\nhere, and Jesus doesn’t let him
\nget hung. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:50,080 –> 00:26:53,440
\nImmediately a dark mist fell on
\nhim. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:53,720 –> 00:26:56,600
\nFell on him.
\nRemember yesterday? <\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:57,400 –> 00:26:59,520
\nNot.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:00,280 –> 00:27:05,600
\nWhere did it come from?
\nAnd he went around seeking <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:05,600 –> 00:27:10,240
\nsomeone to lead him by the hand.
\nProphecy, the immediate <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:10,240 –> 00:27:13,440
\nfulfillment of prophecy.
\nUnder inspiration Paul <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:13,440 –> 00:27:18,580
\nprophesied this judgment of
\nElimus, and Jesus carried out <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:18,580 –> 00:27:24,300
\nthe judgment.
\nPaul was given a mouth and <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:24,300 –> 00:27:28,740
\nwisdom, and his adversary was
\nnot able to contradict or <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:28,740 –> 00:27:32,180
\nresist, and he went around
\ngroping for somebody to lead him<\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:32,180 –> 00:27:39,700
\nby the hand the man made blind.
\nYou know, there we are. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:39,700 –> 00:27:42,740
\nIsn’t it because he had
\nresisted? <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:42,740 –> 00:27:47,080
\nThe truth just occurred to me?
\nThank you, brother. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:47,560 –> 00:27:51,280
\nThank you.
\nA dark mist fell on him and it <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:51,280 –> 00:27:53,000
\nuses Holy Spirit baptism
\nlanguage. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:53,000 –> 00:27:56,040
\nExcept that this intervention of
\nheaven came in the form of a <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:56,040 –> 00:28:00,200
\nmiraculous judgment rather than
\na gift that promised life. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:01,840 –> 00:28:04,640
\nThis is the great thing we see
\nof these events in the New <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:04,640 –> 00:28:08,720
\nTestament, brothers and sisters.
\nWe see Jesus as the Savior of <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:08,720 –> 00:28:10,920
\nmen through the power of the
\nHoly Spirit, and we also see him<\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:10,920 –> 00:28:16,000
\nas the judge of men.
\nAnd if our friends in the <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:16,000 –> 00:28:19,400
\nreligious world around us want
\nto claim those kind of powers <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:19,400 –> 00:28:22,640
\nfor themselves, show us both
\nsides of the coin, <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:22,880 –> 00:28:26,240
\ncategorically, unequivocally,
\nwithout any question. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:27,840 –> 00:28:33,240
\nNot just the saving power, but
\nthe Judgment Power Strike and <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:33,240 –> 00:28:34,880
\nAnonyzer.
\nSo Fire are dead. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:35,200 –> 00:28:39,280
\nWould they dare do it?
\nNeither did Peter. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:41,680 –> 00:28:44,800
\nHe pronounced the judgment and
\nChrist did it. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:44,840 –> 00:28:49,560
\nAnd same here the Council
\nbelieved, when he saw what had <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:49,600 –> 00:28:52,600
\nbeen done, being astonished at
\nthe teaching of the Lord. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:52,920 –> 00:28:55,840
\nAnd it’s this praising that just
\nsays to me this man is <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:55,840 –> 00:29:02,040
\nintelligent because he’s
\nperceived this is not just the <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:02,040 –> 00:29:07,280
\npreaching of Saul and Barnabas.
\nIt’s not just their teaching <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:07,280 –> 00:29:11,420
\nabout the Lord.
\nHe has, I think, perceived and <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:11,420 –> 00:29:13,060
\ngotten right to the heart of the
\nmatter. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:13,300 –> 00:29:15,820
\nThis is the teaching of the Lord
\nthat he’s hearing. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:17,660 –> 00:29:19,980
\nI will give you a mouth and
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:20,900 –> 00:29:24,340
\nThis man, Sergeus Paulus, was an
\nintelligent man, and I think he <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:24,340 –> 00:29:27,820
\nrecognized this truth in some
\nway. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:28,180 –> 00:29:31,700
\nThese were the words of heaven,
\nthat he was hearing another <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:31,700 –> 00:29:34,340
\npromise, brothers and sisters,
\ngoing back now again to the <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:34,340 –> 00:29:38,590
\nGospels before the Lord’s
\ncrucifixion, going to that <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:38,590 –> 00:29:41,910
\nseries of of of chapters, John
\n14 to 16. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:43,430 –> 00:29:47,230
\nAnd Jesus promises to his
\napostles, whatever you ask in my<\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:47,230 –> 00:29:51,510
\nname that I will do, that the
\nFather may be glorified in the <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:51,510 –> 00:29:54,350
\nSon.
\nIf you ask anything in my name, <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:54,350 –> 00:30:00,170
\nI will do it.
\nOr in John 16 most assuredly I <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:00,170 –> 00:30:03,890
\nsay to you, whatever you ask the
\nFather in my name, he will give <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:03,890 –> 00:30:05,530
\nyou.
\nAnd I just want to highlight <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:05,530 –> 00:30:08,330
\nthat that is again one of those
\nHoly Spirit baptism words that <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:08,330 –> 00:30:11,250
\nwe looked at on Monday.
\nBut I want for us to also see <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:11,250 –> 00:30:14,530
\nthat this word is going to come
\nback in a moment in exactly this<\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:14,530 –> 00:30:19,970
\nkind of setting in Acts, because
\nJesus is inviting his apostles <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:19,970 –> 00:30:25,530
\nto pray, to pray for the help
\nthat would come from his Father <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:25,770 –> 00:30:30,130
\nin Christ’s name.
\nUntil now you’ve asked nothing <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:30,130 –> 00:30:32,530
\nin my name.
\nAsk and you will receive that. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:32,530 –> 00:30:35,970
\nYour joy may be full.
\nAnd before we go over to Acts, I<\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:35,970 –> 00:30:37,570
\njust want you to notice
\nsomething. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:37,650 –> 00:30:41,130
\nThere’s been a changing of the
\nguard here, in a sense. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:42,770 –> 00:30:45,570
\nPreviously, we looked at
\npromises that Luke recorded in <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:45,570 –> 00:30:49,570
\nhis Gospel, and we look at his
\nfulfillment of those, or his <\/p>\n

464
\n00:30:49,570 –> 00:30:51,450
\nrecord of the fulfillment and
\nacts. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:52,250 –> 00:30:55,330
\nNow we’re going back and looking
\nat promises that Jesus made <\/p>\n

466
\n00:30:55,330 –> 00:30:58,930
\nrecorded in John’s Gospel, and
\nLuke will show us the <\/p>\n

467
\n00:30:58,930 –> 00:31:01,530
\nfulfillment and Acts, and the
\nchanging of the guard is <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:01,530 –> 00:31:06,490
\nseamless, such as the integrity
\nof the Gospels In the book of <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:06,490 –> 00:31:09,490
\nActs, such as the integrity of
\nthe New Testament, though the <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:09,490 –> 00:31:13,650
\npromise is recorded by John,
\nLuke will show us the keeping of<\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:13,650 –> 00:31:19,690
\nthe promise and we come to
\nJerusalem and we come to Acts <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:19,690 –> 00:31:24,450
\nchapter 4, and we come to the
\nsequel to the healing of the <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:24,450 –> 00:31:29,170
\nlame man and the interrogation
\nof the council, who threaten the<\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:29,370 –> 00:31:34,810
\nPeter and John and send them on
\ntheir way and they come back to <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:34,810 –> 00:31:38,050
\ntheir companions.
\nIt picks up about verse 23 or <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:38,050 –> 00:31:41,490
\nthereabouts, and in verse 29, I
\nwant you to see what they’re <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:41,490 –> 00:31:45,370
\ndoing.
\nThey are praying. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:46,900 –> 00:31:51,620
\nWhatever you ask the Father in
\nmy name, he will give you. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:53,700 –> 00:31:58,420
\nAnd so they pray.
\nNow, Lord, look on their <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:58,420 –> 00:32:05,780
\nthreats, and give the same word.
\nGrant to your servants that with<\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:05,780 –> 00:32:09,700
\nall boldness they may speak your
\nword, and as their profile <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:09,700 –> 00:32:14,260
\ngrows, so brothers and sisters
\ndoes the threat of persecution <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:14,260 –> 00:32:18,220
\nfrom the rulers, and by the
\ngrace of God they will remain <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:18,220 –> 00:32:20,860
\nuntouchable.
\nAt least the apostles will for <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:20,860 –> 00:32:22,940
\nsome time yet to come.
\nJames. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:22,940 –> 00:32:27,860
\nNo, ultimately he’s slain by
\nHerod, but the Apostolic College<\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:27,860 –> 00:32:31,380
\nwill remain largely intact up
\nuntil the time of the Jerusalem <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:31,380 –> 00:32:36,060
\nconference.
\nWith their center in Jerusalem, <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:36,900 –> 00:32:41,340
\nthey will remain untouchable in
\nin in most regards, not <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:41,340 –> 00:32:45,660
\nentirely, but in most regards.
\nWhile even the persecution of <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:45,660 –> 00:32:49,340
\nSol of Tarsus will drive others
\nout, the apostles remain <\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:49,340 –> 00:32:52,740
\nuntouchable in many, many
\nrespects, and will perhaps try <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:52,740 –> 00:32:55,940
\nto come back and and comment on
\nthat if if time allows. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:57,300 –> 00:33:00,180
\nBut here’s what they’re doing.
\nThey’re they’re asking grant to <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:00,180 –> 00:33:04,700
\nyour servants that with all
\nboldness is there men like us. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:06,270 –> 00:33:10,910
\nThey’ve just been threatened,
\nand they realize that along with<\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:10,910 –> 00:33:14,510
\nthe power to speak the word,
\nthey need to have the <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:14,510 –> 00:33:19,190
\nreassurances of heaven that give
\nthem the boldness to do this. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:19,950 –> 00:33:23,310
\nAnd so grant to your servants
\nthat with all boldness they may <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:23,310 –> 00:33:26,950
\nspeak your word by stretching
\nout your hand to heal marvelous <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:26,950 –> 00:33:28,590
\necho of the healing of the lame
\nman there. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:28,750 –> 00:33:31,870
\nWhen Peter stretched out his
\nhand to help that man up, that <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:31,870 –> 00:33:36,430
\nwas the hand of Jesus at that
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:37,150 –> 00:33:42,790
\nLifting that man up by
\nstretching out your hand to heal<\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:42,990 –> 00:33:46,150
\nand that signs and wonders may
\nbe done through the name of your<\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:46,150 –> 00:33:50,590
\nholy servant, Jesus, whatever
\nyou ask in my name. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:51,030 –> 00:33:53,030
\nAnd we’re getting an
\ninterpretation of this now. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:53,230 –> 00:33:55,070
\nWe’re getting an interpretation
\nof this now. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:55,630 –> 00:33:59,470
\nPreaching in the name of Jesus
\nin Jerusalem was dangerous work.<\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:01,030 –> 00:34:05,620
\nThe apostles needed boldness.
\nThey asked for boldness. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:05,740 –> 00:34:11,420
\nThey were given boldness.
\nThis prayer in the name of Jesus<\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:11,420 –> 00:34:15,260
\nwas not so much a formula of
\nwords, brothers and sisters, as <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:15,260 –> 00:34:20,699
\nit was a request for help as the
\napostles preached salvation in <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:20,699 –> 00:34:23,300
\nthe name of the glorified
\nSavior. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:24,100 –> 00:34:35,380
\nOr to put it another way, prayer
\nin the name of Jesus is prayer <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:35,580 –> 00:34:42,300
\ndedicated to his service.
\nWhen I began to realize that, <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:42,340 –> 00:34:47,420
\nthinking these things through,
\nI’ve had perhaps to examine my <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:47,420 –> 00:34:51,219
\nown prayers a bit more
\ncarefully, Are they truly, <\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:51,219 –> 00:34:55,580
\ngenuinely from my heart?
\nPrayers dedicated to his service<\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:55,980 –> 00:34:58,900
\nthat I can legitimately offer in
\nhis name. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:59,590 –> 00:35:01,950
\nNot just prayers that
\nincorporate his name and the <\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:01,950 –> 00:35:07,230
\nphrasing.
\nWe’ll come back to that promise <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:07,230 –> 00:35:10,790
\nkept.
\nAnd so they said grant, Lord. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:10,790 –> 00:35:14,350
\nAnd when they had prayed, the
\nplace where they were assembled <\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:14,350 –> 00:35:19,150
\ntogether was shaken, and they
\nwere all filled with the Holy <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:19,150 –> 00:35:21,550
\nSpirit.
\nNow this is Peter and John and <\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:21,550 –> 00:35:25,030
\ntheir companions who almost
\ncertainly must have include <\/p>\n

528
\n00:35:25,230 –> 00:35:27,630
\nincluded the rest of the
\nApostles and perhaps some <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:27,630 –> 00:35:30,570
\nothers.
\nBut they were all filled with <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:30,570 –> 00:35:33,850
\nthe Holy Spirit and they spoke
\nthe word of God with boldness. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:33,850 –> 00:35:35,970
\nAnd this is Holy Spirit baptism
\nlanguage. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:36,130 –> 00:35:39,690
\nI’m going to ask you to to to
\nbear with me on this for another<\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:39,690 –> 00:35:45,050
\nmoment.
\nThey spoke the word of God with <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:45,050 –> 00:35:51,970
\nboldness and that is going to
\nplay out now through Acts 5 and <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:51,970 –> 00:35:54,610
\nover into to to the end of Acts
\n5. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:57,740 –> 00:36:01,380
\nBoldness came with the
\ninspirations, the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:01,380 –> 00:36:07,700
\nbaptisms strengthening them to
\ncontinue preaching in Jerusalem,<\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:07,940 –> 00:36:11,380
\nand the results, brothers and
\nsisters, of Acts 4 versus 29 to <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:11,380 –> 00:36:16,420
\n31 and the the following verses
\ninto chapter five were nothing <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:16,420 –> 00:36:18,740
\nless than a replication of
\nPentecost. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:20,340 –> 00:36:25,460
\nThere was a Theophony on the day
\nof Pentecost. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:25,460 –> 00:36:28,780
\nThere was the rushing mighty
\nwind and the tongues as a fire. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:29,060 –> 00:36:33,820
\nAnd now there is Earthquake.
\nLet’s make no mistake about it. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:36:34,220 –> 00:36:37,300
\nWhen they had prayed, the place
\nwhere they were assembled <\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:37,300 –> 00:36:43,420
\ntogether was shaken.
\nThere were the inspirations that<\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:43,420 –> 00:36:46,030
\ncame.
\nHere’s Acts Two Day of <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:46,030 –> 00:36:48,030
\nPentecost.
\nThey were all filled with the <\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:48,030 –> 00:36:51,150
\nHoly Spirit.
\nHere’s Acts 4 after Pentecost, <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:51,270 –> 00:36:53,190
\nthey were all filled with the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:53,390 –> 00:36:56,310
\nAnd it is not just the same in
\nEnglish. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:57,390 –> 00:37:03,590
\nThere’s the Greek.
\nYou find a way to fit a file <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:03,590 –> 00:37:09,750
\ncard edgewise between those.
\nIt’s exactly the same, exactly <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:09,750 –> 00:37:12,640
\nthe same phrasing.
\nThere’s the word filled. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:12,640 –> 00:37:15,880
\nAgain, there is the parsing of
\nthe verb. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:16,280 –> 00:37:18,680
\nIt is aorist.
\nIt is passive. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:18,720 –> 00:37:21,520
\nIt is indicative.
\nIn both cases, as simple as <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:21,520 –> 00:37:25,240
\nstatement of past action
\nperformed on the apostles, as <\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:25,240 –> 00:37:27,520
\nyou can have.
\nI don’t understand, but I’m not <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:27,520 –> 00:37:31,280
\na language expert and as I said
\nyesterday, just a simple physics<\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:31,280 –> 00:37:33,280
\nteacher, in fact a retread
\nengineer. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:37:33,760 –> 00:37:36,320
\nAll right, so I don’t understand
\nthings of language. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:36,320 –> 00:37:38,080
\nYou tell me how those are
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:37:39,300 –> 00:37:41,060
\nOur theology makes them
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:37:41,180 –> 00:37:44,420
\nOur theology says this is the
\nbaptism of the Holy Spirit, and <\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:44,420 –> 00:37:48,260
\nthis is something different.
\nAnd I thought that brothers and <\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:48,260 –> 00:37:50,980
\nsisters, I don’t see that.
\nI just don’t see it. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:51,500 –> 00:37:54,740
\nThe baptism of the Holy Spirit.
\nYes, it came on Pentecost. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:37:54,740 –> 00:37:56,580
\nJesus said categorically that it
\nwould. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:56,820 –> 00:38:02,580
\nBut hasn’t it again happened?
\nI believe it has, because I <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:02,580 –> 00:38:05,660
\nbelieve all of those events, as
\nwe saw from a totally different <\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:05,660 –> 00:38:09,600
\ndirection yesterday, were
\nincipient events for the <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:09,600 –> 00:38:13,320
\npromulgation of the gospel, the
\nGreat Commission, and ultimately<\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:13,480 –> 00:38:19,040
\nfor the edifying of believers.
\nBut the best has yet to come, <\/p>\n

574
\n00:38:21,400 –> 00:38:24,400
\nand the outcome’s the same.
\nThey began to speak the Word <\/p>\n

575
\n00:38:24,400 –> 00:38:27,030
\nwith other tongues.
\nThey spoke the word of God with <\/p>\n

576
\n00:38:27,030 –> 00:38:29,310
\nboldness.
\nAnd on Friday, God willing, will<\/p>\n

577
\n00:38:29,550 –> 00:38:33,110
\nattempt to make some connections
\nhere between speaking with other<\/p>\n

578
\n00:38:33,110 –> 00:38:34,870
\ntongues and speaking the word of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:38:34,870 –> 00:38:37,670
\nBecause I believe on the day of
\nPentecost, this is very much <\/p>\n

580
\n00:38:37,670 –> 00:38:43,310
\nwhat was was embodied in what
\nthey spoke with tongues to the <\/p>\n

581
\n00:38:43,310 –> 00:38:46,950
\nJewish people who understood,
\nwho understood what they were <\/p>\n

582
\n00:38:46,950 –> 00:38:54,110
\nhearing.
\nBefore we proceed, they often <\/p>\n

583
\n00:38:54,110 –> 00:38:57,190
\nneed the same inspiration, the
\nsame outcome, the same. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:38:57,310 –> 00:39:00,350
\nThe apostles are involved in
\nboth cases, so that’s the same. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:00,550 –> 00:39:03,910
\nAnd may I also say, brothers and
\nsisters, that the greater <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:03,910 –> 00:39:06,830
\nspiritual lesson in both Acts 2
\nand Acts 4 is the same. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:07,550 –> 00:39:10,630
\nEven Acts 2, the Spirit filled
\nthe whole house where they were <\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:10,630 –> 00:39:13,630
\nsitting.
\nAnd as we said on Monday, that’s<\/p>\n

589
\n00:39:13,630 –> 00:39:19,190
\nOld Testament temple language.
\nAnd so they are now, in a sense,<\/p>\n

590
\n00:39:19,310 –> 00:39:22,870
\nthe house in which God dwells by
\nHis spirit. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:39:23,610 –> 00:39:27,370
\nYou take a look at Acts 4.
\nStarting at verse 23, you’ll be <\/p>\n

592
\n00:39:27,370 –> 00:39:30,890
\nable to find at least a handful
\nof details that also tell us <\/p>\n

593
\n00:39:31,050 –> 00:39:34,610
\nthat this Harkins back to the
\ndedication of the temple. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:39:34,610 –> 00:39:37,290
\nIn Second Chronicles chapter
\nfive and Second Chronicles <\/p>\n

595
\n00:39:37,290 –> 00:39:39,490
\nchapter 6, you’ll see those
\ndetails. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:39:39,690 –> 00:39:43,490
\nThis again is telling us that
\nthese men are the House of God <\/p>\n

597
\n00:39:43,490 –> 00:39:48,010
\nin whom God wishes to dwell.
\nSo even the spiritual lessons <\/p>\n

598
\n00:39:48,010 –> 00:39:52,250
\nare the same in Acts 2 and Acts
\n4I fail in my simplicity to see <\/p>\n

599
\n00:39:52,250 –> 00:39:55,840
\nhow they are different in what
\nthey have to to, to to mean and <\/p>\n

600
\n00:39:55,840 –> 00:40:02,760
\nto and to teach us and the
\napostles prayer. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:02,840 –> 00:40:07,360
\nLord grant to your servants
\ncontinued to be answered. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:07,800 –> 00:40:12,280
\nGod continued to stretch out his
\nhand, granting signs and wonders<\/p>\n

603
\n00:40:12,280 –> 00:40:14,520
\nto be done in the name of the
\nglorified Jesus. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:40:14,680 –> 00:40:17,400
\nThe active role of heaven
\ncontinued and continued and <\/p>\n

605
\n00:40:17,400 –> 00:40:19,640
\ncontinued.
\nWe go on to Acts 5. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:40:21,610 –> 00:40:24,210
\nThrough the hands of the
\napostles. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:40:24,890 –> 00:40:29,090
\nI like the phrasing there.
\nI particularly like the choice <\/p>\n

608
\n00:40:29,090 –> 00:40:32,890
\nof the preposition.
\nIt isn’t just by the hands of <\/p>\n

609
\n00:40:32,890 –> 00:40:36,690
\nthe apostles.
\nIt’s through the hands who’s <\/p>\n

610
\n00:40:36,690 –> 00:40:38,450
\ndoing it.
\nThrough the hands of the <\/p>\n

611
\n00:40:38,450 –> 00:40:41,690
\napostles.
\nI believe it’s the glorified <\/p>\n

612
\n00:40:41,690 –> 00:40:48,850
\nLord Jesus Christ that this is
\nhis work and they are his men <\/p>\n

613
\n00:40:49,130 –> 00:40:52,990
\nand they are recognized.
\nThey have been with Jesus <\/p>\n

614
\n00:40:54,670 –> 00:40:56,150
\nthrough the hands of the
\napostles. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:40:56,150 –> 00:40:59,510
\nMany signs and wonders were done
\namong the people and they were <\/p>\n

616
\n00:40:59,550 –> 00:41:01,990
\nwith one accord in Solomon’s
\nporch. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:02,190 –> 00:41:07,550
\nAnytime we see this one Greek
\nword 1 accord in the early <\/p>\n

618
\n00:41:07,550 –> 00:41:09,910
\nchapters of Acts, it’s a
\nreference to the apostles. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:41:09,910 –> 00:41:13,950
\nBrothers and sisters, you go
\nback and look at Acts 1 long <\/p>\n

620
\n00:41:13,950 –> 00:41:17,150
\nabout verse 1415.
\nLook at Acts 2 verse one. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:41:17,390 –> 00:41:20,430
\nLook at the antecedents.
\nLook at the antecedent here <\/p>\n

622
\n00:41:21,020 –> 00:41:22,660
\nthrough the hands of the
\napostles. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:41:22,660 –> 00:41:25,420
\nMany signs and wonders were done
\namong the people, and they were <\/p>\n

624
\n00:41:25,420 –> 00:41:27,300
\nall with one accord in Solomon
\nsports. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:41:27,540 –> 00:41:30,740
\nAnd in a sense it plays off
\nagainst what we saw on Acts 1. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:41:31,300 –> 00:41:34,580
\nJudas was not with one accord
\nwith them, and he went to his <\/p>\n

627
\n00:41:34,580 –> 00:41:39,740
\nown place.
\nAnd when the day of Pentecost <\/p>\n

628
\n00:41:39,740 –> 00:41:43,940
\ncomes, Matthias and the Eleven
\nare in one place with one <\/p>\n

629
\n00:41:43,940 –> 00:41:48,390
\naccord.
\nThese are the ones that that <\/p>\n

630
\n00:41:48,390 –> 00:41:53,430
\nLuke is showing us that are
\nbeing magnified to carry forth <\/p>\n

631
\n00:41:53,430 –> 00:41:54,870
\nthe work of the Great
\nCommission. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:41:55,630 –> 00:41:58,230
\nSo through the hands of the
\napostles, many signs and wonders<\/p>\n

633
\n00:41:58,230 –> 00:42:00,870
\nwere done among the people.
\nThey were all with one accord in<\/p>\n

634
\n00:42:00,870 –> 00:42:05,070
\nSolomon’s Porch, yet none of the
\nrest dared join them. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:42:05,870 –> 00:42:07,830
\nBut the people esteemed them
\nhighly. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:42:09,030 –> 00:42:12,110
\nAnd if you read 1\/2 a dozen
\ndifferent expositors on verse <\/p>\n

637
\n00:42:12,110 –> 00:42:14,950
\n13, you’ll get a half a dozen
\ndifferent ideas as to what that <\/p>\n

638
\n00:42:14,950 –> 00:42:18,890
\nmeans.
\nNone of them, right. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:42:22,250 –> 00:42:25,090
\nThat’s an arrogant statement.
\nThat is an arrogant statement, <\/p>\n

640
\n00:42:25,090 –> 00:42:28,770
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nAnd I may just as well be wrong,<\/p>\n

641
\n00:42:30,410 –> 00:42:37,570
\nbut I believe what that’s saying
\nis this was scary work, and it <\/p>\n

642
\n00:42:37,570 –> 00:42:42,770
\nwas the work that Christ granted
\nthe gift of boldness to his <\/p>\n

643
\n00:42:42,770 –> 00:42:46,370
\napostles to carry out.
\nAnd the rest of the ecclesia <\/p>\n

644
\n00:42:46,530 –> 00:42:50,290
\ndoes not have to join them in
\nthis work. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:42:51,010 –> 00:42:55,290
\nIt’s going to be bad enough when
\nSaul of Tarsus has to track down<\/p>\n

646
\n00:42:55,290 –> 00:43:02,250
\nmoving targets for them to have
\nbeen stationary targets standing<\/p>\n

647
\n00:43:02,250 –> 00:43:04,010
\nthere with the rest of the
\napostles. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:43:05,940 –> 00:43:09,100
\nThe apostles are untouchable for
\na couple of reasons. <\/p>\n

649
\n00:43:09,300 –> 00:43:12,060
\nThe people esteemed them highly,
\nand you remember how they, even <\/p>\n

650
\n00:43:12,060 –> 00:43:15,260
\nthe rulers, were afraid to take
\nJesus for the very same reason <\/p>\n

651
\n00:43:15,820 –> 00:43:19,900
\nthey have to do it secretly.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:43:20,060 –> 00:43:24,500
\nAnd there’s another reason
\nbecause Saul of Tarsus, who <\/p>\n

653
\n00:43:24,500 –> 00:43:27,940
\nwould ultimately spearhead the
\npurge of Christians in <\/p>\n

654
\n00:43:27,940 –> 00:43:31,740
\nJerusalem, had a mentor and his
\nname was Camellia. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:43:32,020 –> 00:43:34,820
\nAnd very shortly Camellia is
\ngoing to say, leave these men <\/p>\n

656
\n00:43:34,820 –> 00:43:41,090
\nalone, Leave these men alone.
\nAnd so Paul may have honored the<\/p>\n

657
\n00:43:41,290 –> 00:43:44,970
\nthe edict of his mentor, but I
\nthink he was bound and <\/p>\n

658
\n00:43:44,970 –> 00:43:48,290
\ndetermined to prove him wrong as
\nhe went after the the other <\/p>\n

659
\n00:43:48,290 –> 00:43:52,210
\nbelievers in Jerusalem.
\nThis was dangerous work and none<\/p>\n

660
\n00:43:52,210 –> 00:43:55,770
\nof them dared join with the
\napostles there in Solomon’s <\/p>\n

661
\n00:43:55,770 –> 00:43:57,530
\ncourt to do this at Solomon’s
\nporch. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:43:57,610 –> 00:44:01,030
\nAnd they didn’t have to.
\nChrist was working through them.<\/p>\n

663
\n00:44:01,150 –> 00:44:04,510
\nThat doesn’t mean that the
\nlovely old sister who learned <\/p>\n

664
\n00:44:04,510 –> 00:44:07,270
\nthe truth from the apostles
\ndidn’t tell their neighbor, <\/p>\n

665
\n00:44:07,710 –> 00:44:10,470
\ndidn’t tell their relatives,
\ndidn’t tell their friends. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:44:10,590 –> 00:44:13,590
\nI’m sure the truth went forward
\nthat way, as it does today. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:44:13,870 –> 00:44:16,710
\nBut they didn’t have to stand up
\nthere with the apostles in <\/p>\n

668
\n00:44:16,710 –> 00:44:22,830
\nSolomon’s Porch and be counted
\nas those amongst the preachers <\/p>\n

669
\n00:44:22,990 –> 00:44:25,790
\nwho are growing in their
\nmagnitude, because the Lord is <\/p>\n

670
\n00:44:25,790 –> 00:44:29,870
\nmagnifying them.
\nAnd with that growth of <\/p>\n

671
\n00:44:29,870 –> 00:44:32,390
\nmagnitude comes the dangers as
\nwell. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:44:33,030 –> 00:44:38,350
\nThe people esteemed them highly,
\nand believers were added to the <\/p>\n

673
\n00:44:38,550 –> 00:44:42,830
\nto the, to the, to the body.
\nPreaching was the work of the <\/p>\n

674
\n00:44:42,830 –> 00:44:46,190
\napostles who asked for and
\nreceived having special gift of <\/p>\n

675
\n00:44:46,190 –> 00:44:50,670
\nboldness.
\nAnd believers were increasingly <\/p>\n

676
\n00:44:50,710 –> 00:44:54,110
\nadded to the Lord multitudes of
\nboth men and women. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:44:54,310 –> 00:44:57,230
\nAnd that’s the language of
\nPentecost all over again. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:44:59,240 –> 00:45:01,480
\nIt’s a language of Pentecost all
\nover again. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:45:02,000 –> 00:45:06,560
\nThe apostles seem brothers and
\nsisters, at least from a <\/p>\n

680
\n00:45:06,560 –> 00:45:10,560
\nmiraculous empowerment point of
\nview. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:45:11,400 –> 00:45:16,160
\nThe apostles seem to have had
\ncontinuous access to God and His<\/p>\n

682
\n00:45:16,160 –> 00:45:22,080
\nHoly Spirit power.
\nWhatever you ask, He will give <\/p>\n

683
\n00:45:23,640 –> 00:45:29,520
\nin my name, and we’ve seen the
\ncontext now of how that works <\/p>\n

684
\n00:45:29,520 –> 00:45:32,440
\nout in the preaching of
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n

685
\n00:45:32,440 –> 00:45:37,520
\nThere is no other name given
\nunder heaven amongst men whereby<\/p>\n

686
\n00:45:37,520 –> 00:45:40,800
\nwe must be saved.
\nThe apostles have had access <\/p>\n

687
\n00:45:40,960 –> 00:45:44,400
\ncontinuously to God and his Holy
\nSpirit power, rather than <\/p>\n

688
\n00:45:44,400 –> 00:45:47,440
\ncontinuous possession of
\nmiraculous power. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:45:47,840 –> 00:45:52,200
\nTheir work was a work of ongoing
\npartnership with God, in which <\/p>\n

690
\n00:45:52,360 –> 00:45:56,000
\ntheir will and the will of God
\nbecame fully aligned. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:45:56,370 –> 00:46:05,890
\nThey were all with one accord
\nwith God, and God was <\/p>\n

692
\n00:46:05,890 –> 00:46:10,810
\nexceedingly active and evident
\nin fulfilling his role in the <\/p>\n

693
\n00:46:10,810 –> 00:46:14,170
\npartnership.
\nIn fact, he is the initiator of <\/p>\n

694
\n00:46:14,170 –> 00:46:20,490
\nthese roles.
\nAnd so they brought the sick <\/p>\n

695
\n00:46:20,910 –> 00:46:24,430
\nonto the streets and laid them
\non beds and couches that at <\/p>\n

696
\n00:46:24,430 –> 00:46:27,470
\nleast the shadow of Peter
\npassing by might fall on some of<\/p>\n

697
\n00:46:27,470 –> 00:46:29,950
\nthem.
\nThere’s no Holy Spirit power in <\/p>\n

698
\n00:46:29,950 –> 00:46:35,190
\nPeter’s shadow, any more than
\nthere will be in Paul’s <\/p>\n

699
\n00:46:35,190 –> 00:46:40,550
\nhandkerchiefs and aprons and
\nActs. 19 So who knows and has <\/p>\n

700
\n00:46:40,550 –> 00:46:44,070
\nthe wisdom to heal these people
\nwhen Peter’s shadow falls on <\/p>\n

701
\n00:46:44,070 –> 00:46:47,630
\nthem, or when the handkerchiefs
\nand aprons come to the afflicted<\/p>\n

702
\n00:46:47,630 –> 00:46:52,360
\nin in Asia?
\nIt’s the work of heaven, <\/p>\n

703
\n00:46:52,360 –> 00:46:56,080
\nbrothers and sisters, in my
\nestimation, it’s the work of the<\/p>\n

704
\n00:46:56,080 –> 00:47:00,800
\nglorified Lord Jesus Christ, and
\nalso a multitude gathered from <\/p>\n

705
\n00:47:00,800 –> 00:47:04,760
\nthe surrounding cities to
\nJerusalem, bringing sick people <\/p>\n

706
\n00:47:04,760 –> 00:47:07,720
\nand those who were tormented by
\nunclean spirits. <\/p>\n

707
\n00:47:07,880 –> 00:47:14,960
\nAnd they were all healed by
\nstretching out your hand to heal<\/p>\n

708
\n00:47:16,600 –> 00:47:22,360
\nwhatever you ask in my name.
\nAnd when they, that is the high <\/p>\n

709
\n00:47:22,360 –> 00:47:25,480
\npriest and Council, had called
\nfor the apostles and beaten <\/p>\n

710
\n00:47:25,480 –> 00:47:28,600
\nthem, they commanded that they
\nshould not speak in the name of <\/p>\n

711
\n00:47:28,680 –> 00:47:32,280
\nJesus and let them go.
\nSo they departed. <\/p>\n

712
\n00:47:32,280 –> 00:47:34,360
\nAnd now Gamalia has given his
\nadvice. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:47:34,360 –> 00:47:36,920
\nLeave these men alone.
\nSo they departed from the <\/p>\n

714
\n00:47:36,920 –> 00:47:39,280
\npresence of the council,
\nrejoicing. <\/p>\n

715
\n00:47:40,680 –> 00:47:44,600
\nComparing Acts, brothers and
\nsisters with John, it’s evident <\/p>\n

716
\n00:47:44,600 –> 00:47:49,800
\nthat prayer in the name of Jesus
\nwas petition related to serving <\/p>\n

717
\n00:47:49,800 –> 00:47:54,220
\nGod.
\nIn the name of Jesus more than <\/p>\n

718
\n00:47:54,220 –> 00:48:02,980
\nit was a formula of words.
\nThey let them go, and so they <\/p>\n

719
\n00:48:02,980 –> 00:48:07,620
\ndeparted from the presence of
\nthe council, rejoicing that they<\/p>\n

720
\n00:48:07,620 –> 00:48:10,260
\nwere counted worthy to suffer
\nshame for his name. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:48:10,420 –> 00:48:12,540
\nWhat did Jesus said about the
\npromise? <\/p>\n

722
\n00:48:14,220 –> 00:48:20,420
\nThat your joy may be full and
\nthis causes us brothers and <\/p>\n

723
\n00:48:20,420 –> 00:48:26,700
\nsisters, to stop and entirely
\nredefine what joy means? <\/p>\n

724
\n00:48:28,860 –> 00:48:31,220
\nWe have a wonderful time here at
\nBible school. <\/p>\n

725
\n00:48:32,860 –> 00:48:35,540
\nWe can have a wonderful time in
\nmany of the things we do in <\/p>\n

726
\n00:48:35,540 –> 00:48:40,180
\nlife.
\nBut here is joy that transcends.<\/p>\n

727
\n00:48:41,380 –> 00:48:47,900
\nAnd they were suffering shame
\nfor the name of Jesus and daily <\/p>\n

728
\n00:48:47,900 –> 00:48:50,180
\nin the temple and in every
\nhouse. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:48:50,220 –> 00:48:53,900
\nThey, the apostles, did not
\ncease. <\/p>\n

730
\n00:48:54,020 –> 00:48:55,620
\nHere’s the wonderful answer to
\nthat prayer. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:48:55,620 –> 00:49:01,380
\nLord, grant your servants, and
\nhe does and daily in the temple <\/p>\n

732
\n00:49:01,380 –> 00:49:04,340
\nand in every house.
\nThey did not cease teaching and <\/p>\n

733
\n00:49:04,340 –> 00:49:06,020
\npreaching.
\nJesus is the Christ. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:49:06,020 –> 00:49:09,260
\nCome what may come whatever the
\nthe the rulers might bring <\/p>\n

735
\n00:49:09,260 –> 00:49:12,060
\nagainst them.
\nBoldness indeed. <\/p>\n

736
\n00:49:14,100 –> 00:49:18,180
\nBoldness indeed.
\nAnd our time is gone. <\/p>\n

737
\n00:49:20,640 –> 00:49:23,080
\nYou’ll have to look in your own
\nnotes, brothers and sisters, to <\/p>\n

738
\n00:49:23,080 –> 00:49:27,320
\nsee how the apostles themselves
\nwill bear testimony to the way <\/p>\n

739
\n00:49:27,440 –> 00:49:30,960
\nthat they were instruments in
\nthe hands of the Lord Jesus and <\/p>\n

740
\n00:49:30,960 –> 00:49:33,880
\nall the work that they did.
\nThere’s some comprehensive <\/p>\n

741
\n00:49:33,880 –> 00:49:38,960
\nstatements, but let’s just turn
\nto page 12 and we’ll we’ll bring<\/p>\n

742
\n00:49:38,960 –> 00:49:42,560
\nit to a conclusion here.
\nBrothers and sisters, page 312. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:49:44,160 –> 00:49:50,310
\nThe summary, Jeff, you just
\ndidn’t use that remote control <\/p>\n

744
\n00:49:50,310 –> 00:49:51,950
\nfast enough today.
\nI don’t know. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:49:53,150 –> 00:49:58,190
\nHere we are.
\nEvery day in the life of an <\/p>\n

746
\n00:49:58,190 –> 00:50:01,590
\napostle was an adventure in
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:50:04,390 –> 00:50:10,390
\nPeter, Paul, and the rest
\nventured forth prayerfully to <\/p>\n

748
\n00:50:10,390 –> 00:50:15,280
\nserve in the name of Jesus,
\nrelying on the fact that God <\/p>\n

749
\n00:50:15,280 –> 00:50:20,680
\nwould grant the power when
\nneeded to advance the cause of <\/p>\n

750
\n00:50:20,680 –> 00:50:25,000
\nthe Great Commission.
\nThe entire New Testament period <\/p>\n

751
\n00:50:25,000 –> 00:50:30,720
\ncan be characterized as an
\nongoing, dynamic partnership <\/p>\n

752
\n00:50:31,120 –> 00:50:36,800
\nbetween God and Christ in heaven
\nand the Friends of Jesus on <\/p>\n

753
\n00:50:36,800 –> 00:50:40,360
\nearth.
\nThey took note that these men <\/p>\n

754
\n00:50:40,520 –> 00:50:45,330
\nhad been with Jesus, and it’s
\nfor the purpose of offering the <\/p>\n

755
\n00:50:45,330 –> 00:50:48,370
\ngospel of salvation to a
\nperishing world. <\/p>\n

756
\n00:50:49,450 –> 00:50:54,050
\nPentecost was simply day one of
\nthe process, The day on which <\/p>\n

757
\n00:50:54,050 –> 00:50:58,530
\nthe New Covenant was first
\noffered to Israel as an Old <\/p>\n

758
\n00:50:58,530 –> 00:51:02,770
\nCovenant had been offered to
\ntheir fathers at Mount Sinai on <\/p>\n

759
\n00:51:02,770 –> 00:51:05,330
\nthe first Pentecost of their
\nhistory. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:51:20,330 –> 00:51:22,570
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761
\n00:51:22,570 –> 00:51:25,450
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762
\n00:51:25,450 –> 00:51:27,570
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763
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764
\n00:51:30,330 –> 00:51:33,210
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768
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769
\n00:51:43,980 –> 00:51:48,300
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770
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771
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253: Jim Harper – The Active Role of Heaven<\/a><\/blockquote>