Sunday sermon
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
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Sunday sermon video-
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205618948071227/
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMixKcfY4f8i99nSG7
ON VIDEO
.Taught from the Mass verses for 5-5-19 [Acts 5, John 21, Revelation 5]
.1st Clement- Epistle of Barnabas
.Solomon’s porch [Acts 5]
.Do we see a voluntary communism in Acts?
.The power of the early church
.Church history
.How did the temple system function in the 1st century?
.How did the political divisions play a role?
.The jail break
.Brought before the council
.Jesus and the fishermen [John 21]
.What was the lesson from the catch of fish?
.Sufficient capacity- Greater works
.Jesus and Peter have a talk
.Did Jesus really ask Peter 3 different questions? [The 3 Greek words for love- yet Peter took it to be the same question- 3 times in a row]
.The prophecy of Peter’s martyrdom
.Where did Peter not want to go?
.The vision of God and the book [Revelation 5]
.What does it show us?
.Jesus himself
As of right now- I’m not sure if I will write a ‘new’ teaching for this post- you can get most of the points from these ‘bullet points’- . John
Note- I didn’t get a chance to write any new teaching before I post this today. John
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me
[These verses thru out the post are just a few I quoted on the video- all the verses are at the bottom of the post in the ‘Verses’ section]
Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
PAST POSTS [These are links and parts of my past teachings that relate in some way to today’s post- Verses below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/john-complete-links-added/
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts-links/
ACTS 4-
Acts
4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand
here before you whole.
Acts
4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Acts
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
https://youtu.be/JoqX5RLJmpI Acts
4
https://ccoutreach87.com/2-2-17-acts-4/
ON
VIDEO-
.Alexander
the Great
.5000
believe
.Jail
for a night
.How
was he healed again?
.In
Jesus name
.O.K.
– stop preaching Christ!
.No
way!
.Civil
disobedience
.MLK
.They
shared their wealth
.Question
brought up- Trump
.Muslim
ban?
.Chuck
Schumer crying?
.Media
bias
.Glen
Greenwald
NEW
[Past teaching I did below]
As
I sit here debating on whether or not to add some new commentary to this Acts study- I just read an article from USA today [2-2-17].
It
talked about our ‘war’ to ‘liberate’ Mosul [an Iraqi city].
I
have commented on this before- this was an action initiated by the Obama administration just weeks before the general election [in the U.S.].
It
was done purely for political reasons [as I explained before] – and it was top coverage on U.S. media every night- as a success.
Instead
of ‘flying off the handle’ on a spur of the moment video- I’ll write.
Why
am I mad?
Because
the article stated how there are 750,000 civilians now trapped in Mosul-
Many
orphans- as young as 8- have joined ISIS because they need money for food.
And
the latest bombing action- by U.S. planes- killed many of these young children.
This
entire action was mishandled terribly- and the reality that our good pilots were behind such an atrocity—is an utter failure of a political action by the U.S.- right before the
election.
Yes-
we should all be mad about the fact that we bombed 8 years old kids- whether ISIS or not- it’s a disaster.
Many
in this country are outraged about many things- but hardly anyone is outraged about this.
And
because the election is past- the mainline media have barely even mentioned it [except this article I happened to stumble upon].
I
do not blame our soldiers [pilots] But I blame the previous administration for engaging in a military action that was purely political.
I’ll
skip new comments on Acts 4- and just post my previous commentary below.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/31/iraqis-trapped-western-mosul-starvation-executions/97253566/
PAST
TEACHING-
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/18/acts-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/26/acts-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/02/acts-3/
I
talked about how the promise of Jesus to meet the needs of the disciples was fulfilled in the sharing of their wealth- not in making each believer independently wealthy- here is a link to a
little book I wrote years ago that deals with this subject- https://ccoutreach87.com/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves/
Quoted
from Romans- here’s my complete study- https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/
This
is from I commentary I wrote years ago-
(739)
ACTS 4- The religious leadership at Jerusalem bring the Apostles in for questioning. The reality of the lame man being healed and the fact that Peter was doing it in the name of Jesus was an
offence to them. Part of the group were called Sadducees. We often think of them as simple Pharisees who disbelieved in the resurrection of the body. While this is true, we must not overlook the
demonic strategy behind the rise of a religious group, just prior to the resurrection of Jesus, who would imbed doubt in the minds of people concerning resurrection. Peter and John are questioned
concerning the healing of the lame man. The leaders really had no problem with the healing, they did not want them doing this stuff in Jesus name! Why? Once again we see the fact of mighty works
being done in Jesus name as proof of his resurrection. If the resurrection is true then Jesus must be the Messiah. If Jesus is the Messiah then this first century group of religious leaders
killed the only Messiah that they will ever have! Peter actually tells them this in the chapter ‘you rejected the chief cornerstone’. Jesus was not simply one religious figure in a religion of
many religious figures. Let’s see, we have Mary the mother of Jesus, a great woman to be sure. What about old John the Baptist, man was he a firebrand! And don’t forget Moses and the prophets.
But Jesus stands out because he is the cornerstone. He alone is the mediator. Peter says ‘neither is there salvation in any other, there is no other name given among men whereby we must be
saved’. These religious leaders killed the main person! Once again we see the church practice ‘communal giving’. They sell their lands and houses and bring the money and lay it at the apostle’s
feet. The money is used 100 percent for distribution to the communities needs. Why is this so important to see? As you read all my writings you will see me teach over and again this basic
Christian principle, that giving in the New Testament churches was primarily focused on meeting the needs of people. There was no sense of tithing to the storehouse as being a practice of ‘giving
to the church meeting on Sunday or you are under a curse’. Now, it’s fine to give 10 percent on Sunday, it’s just we shouldn’t by pass the actual documented practice of giving as seen in the New
Testament. Now, we do have the advantage of hind sight. Paul will continue to write the epistles of the New Testament and never once stray from this principle. In every single case, bar none, is
New Testament giving taught as a voluntary free will offering. It is radical, taught in proportionality [as God has blessed you lay by you in store- Paul] but never once is it taught as a
compulsory tithe that if not obeyed will bring the curse of the law upon the believer. Now, in the very next chapter we will see 2 people die because of lying in the area of giving. But it’s not
because they didn’t tithe. Nor is it because they didn’t give all the price of the land. It was because they were lying to the Holy Spirit, they were introducing a deadly poison into the
fledgling church. Jesus warned them in the gospels to avoid this cancer. He told them ‘beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy’. He wasn’t saying ‘beware of their doctrine’ in
the sense of don’t listen to what they teach. He was saying ‘beware of actual hypocrisy’! The leaven of trying to present an image of yourself contrary to truth. Faking it so you look good. Now
the leadership will warn the Apostles not to speak or teach in Jesus name. Peter says ‘we ought to obey God more than you’. Was he being rebellious against God ordained authority? Jesus did teach
in the gospels ‘they sit in Moses seat, do what they say, not what they do’. Paul will respond later ‘I didn’t know I was speaking against the high Priest, I know he should be treated with
respect’ as he defends himself before this same group. Some believe Luther and the reformers and even people like me are rebelling against authority when we question the system. To be sure Peter
was ‘rebelling’ against an authority system that actually served God to a degree. This religious system [Judaism] did preserve the writings of the prophets. Peter was quoting the Psalms and
prophets and utilizing the actual writings the scribes passed on to him. But there comes a point in time where ‘we ought to move on with God, rather than man’ a radical break from past well
meaning systems, and a moving forward with God and the working of his Spirit. We end the chapter with the Apostles and believers rejoicing over the fact that Jesus movement is winning and Gods
word is being fulfilled ‘of a truth the kings of the earth and its rulers are coming against God and his holy Son Jesus’. They knew they were in some rough waters but heck, Jesus has been raised
from the dead! What can they really do to us? We will soon see. We also see another description of early church life. The term ‘church’ is referencing a corporate group of people who are meeting
daily, both at the temple and from house to house. They are sharing their material things with one another. The Apostles are testifying of the resurrection of Jesus and his Messiahship every
where they go. A believer named Barnabus sells some land and brings the money for distribution. Another couple will make the mistake of trying to ‘be like the Joneses’ they will pretend to do the
same, Peter will judge them severely!
I talked about Galatians 3- here’s my past teaching on it- https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/10/galatians-3/
[parts]
[1564]
DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS- Wasn’t sure which way to go today? It’s strange that I have been thinking about covering the sad story of the Christians in Iraq; since the war they have been
persecuted severely- a few months back one of their main churches was attacked, many have fled to the northern region of the country [Kurdish area] and many are seeking asylum in our country.
Saddam Hussein protected the Christian church in Iraq- he was not considered to be a radical Muslim leader- like the Mullahs in Iran. So it’s sad to see the Christian church possibly being
eliminated from this ancient country. The church in Iraq dates back to the 1st century- they still speak Aramaic [some of them] which was the actual language Jesus spoke. Anyway- the thing that
seems strange is I felt like I should read Revelation chapter 17 this morning- and in the chapter the apostle John has this vision of Babylon [which is Iraq- geographically. In the chapter it’s a
symbol of the Roman Empire] and as he sees Babylon he says ‘she is drunk with the blood of the saints’- yes indeed, much Christian blood has been spilt in Iraq.
Okay- the other day I was watching some show about a group of people picked from all over the world who were chosen to participate in a sort of round table discussion where each person would spend so many months just sharing in conversation with these other people. Some were from the U.S., others from Muslim/Arab countries- some were from Israel. The conversation they had was really revealing- they were not scholars, but they showed you the point of view from other perspectives. One of the questions they asked was what should happen to Iran? Should the U.S. intervene in their desire to obtain nuclear weapons? One of the Americans said we should- because they might be a danger to world peace [a common ideology among many Americans] then one of the students from a Muslim country said ‘then why do you not feel it is also wrong for the U.S. to have nuclear weapons’ and the American gave some type of simple answer. Why does the Muslim world have a problem with the U.S. seeming to play the role of arbiter- who can have- or not have a nuclear arsenal?
Are there any Muslim/Arab countries that have them today? What about other countries who are also unstable? Let’s see- Pakistan [the most unstable of the bunch right now] India [Pakistan’s rival, also a major reason why Pakistan will not eliminate the Taliban from the mountainous region of her nation- they see the Taliban as playing a major role in the future govt. of Afghanistan and they need some ties to the Taliban in order to balance out any power play between India and Afghanistan] Egypt, Israel, North Korea, Saudi Arabia- well as you can see there are a bunch of nations who already posses nuclear weapons- or are on the road to getting them. So when the average Muslim sees our attempt to intervene in who gets nukes, they see it as a hypocritical game.
What is the world history on nuclear attacks? How many countries have actually used nukes to attack/respond to other attacks? One. Who dropped the first Atomic bomb in the history of the world on another country? We did. Okay- let’s give this another shot. Who dropped the second Atomic bomb? Okay- us again. One more time- who dropped number 3? No one. So let’s see this from the perspective of the Muslim student who questioned the reasoning of why the U.S. has nukes- but doesn’t want other nations to have them. The student was told that if other nations [Iran] has them- they might use them. Yet they see us as the only country that has ever actually used them. Look- I know why we used them- and many have questioned the morality of what we did in WW2. Were we just in dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? We killed around 200 thousand people- civilians- not military [not counting the many who died in the following years from radiation sickness]. One of the definitions of terrorism is the purposeful targeting of civilians for a political/military goal. To the Muslim world- we targeted these civilian cites [they were not collateral damage- the civilians were the target] for a political/military goal- to end the war. The point is we [Americans] have a tendency to view things from one perspective- we rarely see the end result of our actions. Who would have thought that our war in ancient Babylon [Iraq] would have contributed to one of the fulfillments of John’s prophecy ‘Babylon- you are drunk with the blood of the saints’.
Because our bibles were written in Greek [which shows you how strong the Greek influence effected the early church- our first New Testaments were written in Greek- though the Roman Empire was the world Empire of the day.
But Alexander the Great- the famed Greek conqueror who came a few centuries before Christ- he instituted what we refer to as Helenization.
A form of conquering where you let the people you conquer keep their culture- but you also use parts of your culture [in this case the Greek language] to permeate the vanquished.
So- the Roman Empire of Jesus day [who at one time were under the rule of the Greek Empire] continued to write in Greek.
It wasn’t until around a few centuries after the time of Christ that the first Latin bible was written [by Saint Jerome].
But even his bible [the Latin Vulgate] used the Greek Old Testament [called the Septuagint] instead of the Hebrew- for his Latin translation.
Ok- the point being- the Greek world did indeed have a strong influence on the early church.
And the church had to refute the belief that all matter was evil.
The Christian doctrine of creation [developed under saint Augustine- the 4th-5th century bishop of Hippo- North Africa].
Was the teaching that matter was good- that God created the material realm- so it is not inherently evil.
But- after the fall of man [Genesis 1-3] a curse did indeed come upon the earth [some times when the bible says ‘the world’ it is speaking of the earth- but other times it is speaking of the fallen order- the sinful realm of man. That’s why there is some confusion- till this day- among Christians. They might read verses like this- and think the bible is saying the earth itself- the planet- is wicked. Actually in those verses it is speaking about the fallen order of sinful men. See? ‘For all that is in THE WORLD- the lust of the flesh- the lust of the eyes and the pride of life- is not of the father- but is of the WORLD- and the WORLD is passing away’- this is one example from the epistle of John- here the World is not saying the planet- but the world of sinful man- a fallen ‘world’ order.]
So- in conclusion [if I ever get there!] we- as believers- reject the belief that all matter is evil.
No- man was created in the image of God- and God is the creator of all things- both visible [earth- man- etc] and invisible [mentioned in the above chapter].
The evil we see in the ‘world’ today is simply a result of mans sin- mans choice to live in rebellion against God.
We can’t escape ‘this world of sin’ by simply denying ourselves [though that is one aspect of the Christian life].
But God sent his Son into the world to redeem man- Christ died for all men- and this is the Divine act of Salvation.
When we as humans partake of this Salvation- we are then free- free to enjoy this life- that God gave us- and we don’t have to have the mindset of a Socrates- who saw this natural life as evil.
The apostle Paul says in his letter to the Romans;
‘Present your bodies as a living sacrifice- HOLY and acceptable to God’.
See?
Our bodies- the actual flesh we live in- can be Holy- sanctified- when submitted to the will of God.
This is from my Romans teaching I did a few years ago- ROMANS 11-13
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/3-12-15-romans-11-13.zip
[note-
there’s much more on the video than the post]
.ROMANS
11
.ROMANS
12
.ROMANS
13
[parts]
St.
Thomas and Augustine.
I mean these are 2 of my favorite Catholic scholars.
Augustine- the 4/5th century Bishop of North Africa- and Thomas- the great 13th century Doctor Angelicas [Angelic Doctor].
Yes- these are some big players in Theology and Philosophy.
So why have the media reported that the pres used them in his war strategy?
They are also famous for the development of the Just war Theory.
Yeah- people for centuries have appealed to these great thinkers in their justification for war.
But Obama- how does he find the time to read these guys?
I mean- unless their names are on the golf balls [he just played his 100th round!]
I don’t see him having time to read them.
So why mention it?
Because he fumbled the ball with our Catholic friends [who just began a 2 week prayer and fast against the repression of religious liberty- because of the presidents demands that they provide birth control thru their institutions].
And he needs to make amends- so lo and behold- he loves reading the Catholic scholars!
If you put all this together- the ongoing scandals- not just one.
The actual lies- the ones they have been caught in- on paper.
I mean even a mainline reporter could not believe that the revealing of this was ‘no big deal’.
And now- the fact that the pres came out the other day and addressed the nation ‘me and my Whitehouse have not released any CLASSIFIED information’.
‘It’s an insult to think this’.
Then- one week later- on Friday- they sent a letter to congress- declassifying the drone war
in
Yemen.
They were basically saying ‘yeah- we were behind the releasing of all the info- it’s just we ‘declassified it’ first’.
He is going to say when he released the info- his office first ‘declassified it’.
But when he addressed you- and me- he was outraged- he made it sound like he was not aware of the leaks.
And 99 % of the public took it this way.
Look- when you get caught doing this- over and over and over- I mean this is not a one time affair.
Then it does make the public wonder about everything else.
And when the public asks for answers- and you respond by playing the race card- then it’s time for some people to resign.
[parts]
AN
UNJUST LAW
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/4-20-16-an-unjust-law-is-no-law-at-all.zip
https://youtu.be/oQMmaWERTYk An
unjust law is no law at all
ON
VIDEO-
.MLK
.Kennedy
.Andrew
Snowden
.USSR
.Saudi
Arabia
.911
hijackers- who were they?
.Release
the 28 pages
.Dow
18,000- sell! [remember- the video was made last week]
.Iran-
Yemen- Libya- Ukraine- Russia
.How
did we bail out the banks again?
.NATO
.Cuban
Missile crisis
.Did
Russia have
[parts]
VERSES-
Acts
4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Acts
4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts
4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Acts
4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Acts
4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
Acts
4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
Acts
4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Acts
4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Acts
4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
Acts
4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand
here before you whole.
Acts
4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Acts
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts
4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with
Jesus.
Acts
4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Acts
4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
Acts
4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
Acts
4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Acts
4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Acts
4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Acts
4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Acts
4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was
done.
Acts
4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
Acts
4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Acts
4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them
is:
Acts
4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Acts
4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Acts
4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Acts
4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Acts
4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
Acts
4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
Acts
4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with
boldness.
Acts
4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things
common.
Acts
4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Acts
4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Acts
4:35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
Acts
4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
Acts
4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Psalm
2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalm
2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Psalm
2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psalm
2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
Psalm
2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psalm
2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalm
2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psalm
2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalm
2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Psalm
2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalm
2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalm
2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Matthew
21:42
Jesus
saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our
eyes?
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Mark
12:10
And
have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Luke
20:17
And
he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
17
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
18
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
19
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
20
And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take
up the cross, and follow me.
22
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
23
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
24
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of
God!
25
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26
And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
27
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
28
Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
29
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30
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life.
31
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ACTS 5
Acts
5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
Acts
5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
https://youtu.be/e3_HgRrIVis Acts
5
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/3-16-17-acts-5.zip
ON
VIDEO-
.Mark
Scott
.
Carolyn Vaughn
.Sandusky-
Innocent?
.Church
as community
.Some
sold all
.Solomon’s
porch
.Why
Deacons?
.Why
lie?
.CNN
special- on Jesus- yeah- ‘fake news’
.Gift
of miracles break forth- again
.Stop
preaching Jesus!
.No
way!
.Angels
on assignment
.2nd
Mile? [I think]
.Trump
tweet
.Nixon-
Watergate
.Media
.4ht
estate
.
‘Judges can do no wrong’!
.Really?
.They
once ruled Black people are ‘less than’ White people
NEW [past links- verses below. I also added a note at the end of the entire post- about Trump]
Just
a few notes- I’ll add my commentary on this chapter below.
By
this time in the early Christian movement- we have seen how Peter and the apostles have already been warned not to preach anymore in the name of Jesus.
And
Peter continues to practice ‘civil disobedience’ and obeys God- rather than men.
The
council throws Peter into jail- and the angel of the Lord sets him free-
Acts
5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Acts
5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Acts
5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
He
is told to go ‘preach the words of this life’.
Acts
5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
And
sure enough- Peter goes back to the temple and preaches Christ-
Acts
5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
When
the religious leaders get word- they go and bring Peter- gently- before their court-
Acts
5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Peter
once again preaches strongly ‘Jesus has been ordained of God- he is the Messiah- and you killed him’-
Acts
5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts
5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Acts
5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Yes-
Peter’s pattern is rough.
But
in previous experiences- the people ask ‘what shall we do’?
This
time they want to kill him-
Acts
5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Why
the difference now?
They
also say ‘are you trying to hold us accountable for this man’s Blood’-
Acts
5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon
us.
The
Sadducees were the ruling sect at this time- the high priest was a Sadducee-
Acts
5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Despite
the miracles and wonders still being done in the name of Jesus- they are now worried about the actual injustice itself- done in the criminal proceeding- that executed Christ.
We
must remember that from the simple standpoint of the law- there was corruption and criminality in the execution of Christ on the Cross.
We
read in the gospels how they had false witnesses- and even Pilate himself said Jesus was an innocent man-
59
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
60
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
Matt.
26
Now-
imagine the pressure on those who were a part of this.
The
Sadducees are actually worried about this preacher- this simple fisherman- going around in the power of the Spirt- healing the sick- raising the dead [later on in Acts] and then telling everyone
‘you killed an innocent man’.
Yes-
we as believers understand why this happened- he died for us.
But
from the religious leaders standpoint- they are thinking ‘yeah- we killed an innocent man- unjustly- and we hoped it would fade from the scene- but if Peter keeps bringing it up- we too might be
held accountable’.
I
think that might be why these ‘hearers’ wanted to kill Peter.
As
the chapter closes- Gamaliel- a respected teacher of the law- and having a famous student under him by the name of Saul- stands up and saves the lives of Peter and his men.
The
Pharisees did believe in the supernatural elements of God.
The
Sadducees did not.
And
in the midst of this whole debate- they are not too willing to side with the Sadducees- in the attack against this new sect-
Especially
being this ‘new sect’ seems to be operating in all of these supernatural gifts- which the Pharisees themselves believe in.
So
yes- just like in our day- there are bias’s involved.
So
Gamaliel tells the council ‘wait- before we do something to these men that we might later regret- remember- there have been other movements- and followers of those men.
Yet-
they came to nothing in the end’-
Acts
5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little
space;
Acts
5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
Acts
5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were
scattered, and brought to nought.
Acts
5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were
dispersed.
‘Therefore-
if we simply leave this new movement alone- if it’s not of God- it too will fail.
But
if it is of God- well we don’t want to find ourselves fighting against God- do we’?
Acts
5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
Acts
5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Wise
advice indeed.
At
the end of the chapter- they beat them- and let them go-
Acts
5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
And
the apostles praise God that they were found ‘worthy to suffer shame for his name’-
Acts
5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Ok-
Those are some of the high points I hit on in today’s video.
My
old commentary on this chapter will cover the rest [Below]
I
encourage you to read thru the book of Acts- as well as the other studies I’m currently doing.
And
mediate on the Word of God.
Try
and enter into the context of the time- see how there were real dynamics going on- things that people today also deal with.
There
were many things at play- that caused people to not want to admit that Jesus was alive- and his disciples were going around proving it by the miraculous signs that were being
done.
Do
we too have ulterior motives for why we- in our day- also look for reasons to deny the message of Christ?
Are
all atheists sincere in their unbelief?
Or
are there other reasons why the deniers of Jesus- actually deny him?
Is
it because they also do want to give an account for their actions? [sins]
Yes-
for the Sadducees- if this Jesus was really alive- then indeed- Peter was ‘bringing upon them the Blood of this innocent man’-
In
more ways than one.
PAST
LINKS [verses below]
Here
are my past teachings that relate to today’s video ‘Acts 5’.
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/14/mark-4/
https://ccoutreach87.com/acts/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/18/acts-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/26/acts-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/02/acts-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/09/acts-4/
News
link [stuff I mentioned about local politics]
http://www.caller.com/story/news/local/2017/02/28/council-votes-disqualify-scott-mayoral-candidate/98479374/
(739) ACTS 5 – As the word spreads rapidly, all the surrounding towns bring the sick and vexed to lie in the streets. Even the possibility of Peters shadow passing over them for healing is hoped
for. Notice the charismatic reality of this early church. I do realize the many reasoning’s that intelligent people use to explain the miracles as limited to the Apostolic period, but for the
most part we see a supernatural church in Acts as well as thru out the epistles and well into the first few centuries of Christianity. The 20th century story of Pentecostalism and the awakenings
just prior, seem to show the reality of a supernatural church existing alongside a theological one! There is much proof to the orthodoxy and giftings of the church all thru out scripture and
church history. Peters shadow healed people, how can we explain this away? [p.s. Phillip, who is not an Apostle, will also perform miracles. Just thru this in for those who teach the Apostles
were the only miracle workers!] Now, the immediate response of the high priest and religious leaders was ‘if we don’t do something about this, their movement will gain momentum’. They imprison
Peter and the Apostles. An angel appears and frees them and tells them ‘go back to the temple and speak the words of this life’. When the authorities realize what has happened they once again
warn them about using Jesus name in their ministry. They even say ‘do you intend to bring this mans blood upon us’. Basically Peter says ‘yes’. Peter has been ‘putting it in their face’ ever
since Pentecost. He has blamed BOTH the nation of Israel and her leadership for the death of Christ. He does not worry about offending them! During this time some priests become believers. The
majority of them do not. Why? What has happened is common among movements. When an initial movement starts up, there is always the question of ‘is it from God or not’? A few years back the church
went thru a renewal movement. Some referred to it as ‘the Toronto blessing’ ‘the laughing revival’ and other names. You had those who were 100 % against it and those 100 % for it. Who was right?
Well, to a degree both of them! The point is there were some things that were needing rebuke, but to throw it all out was wrong. The defenders appealed to Jonathan Edwards’s writings and how
during the first great awakening he experienced many of the same manifestations as the Toronto movement. Edwards left quite a bit of room for God being present in the religious emotions of the
people. The critics were offended that the revival guys were appealing to Edwards and they would appeal to other stuff Edwards wrote in concern over the religious affections. You also had the
same manifestations a century later under the second great awakening. The revivals in Kentucky had laughter and ‘strange barking’ and other weird stuff. The point is you always have a response to
a religious movement. Once the battle lines are drawn, it is very hard to switch sides. In this chapter we see Gamaliel, a very respected Pharisee, stand up for the Apostles and say ‘lets give
them some room, others before them rose up and gained a following, they all passed on. If this work is of God you can’t stop it, if it’s of men it will fail’. There was some breaking thru to the
religious mind that was taking place in the elite religious thinkers of the day. After all, Peter has been quoting Psalms and Joel in ways that were confounding the religious thinkers. Don’t
forget, Peter is an uneducated fisherman. Jesus deposited some stuff in his men that was way beyond the basic understanding of the day. Some ‘thinkers’ and intellectuals were humble enough to
listen, most were not!
[parts]
SUNDAY-
2-19-17
Fatima
[2nd mile]
https://youtu.be/YcfnxpqOOo4 Fatima
[2nd mile]
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/2-19-17-fatima-2nd-mile.zip
NOTE-
I’m not sure if I will keep doing a daily journal type post. As of today I hit most of the spots I wanted to catch on video. I hope to do at least one more post walking over the G.W. bridge. But
I did journal every day for one week- and I’ll see how it goes from here.
ON
VIDEO-
.Herodians
.2nd
mile
.Sin
unto death
I
went to the Mass at Our Lady of Fatima- The church I went to as a kid.
Turned
the camera on right at the end- then walked down Kennedy Blvd. – a walk I did many times as a kid.
I
talked about some of the verses that the Priest shared- and elaborated a bit on ‘the 2nd mile’.
I
always liked that scripture- and compared it to the law versus grace.
I
also mentioned the passage from Corinthians about the body being the temple of the Holy Spirit. All stuff I taught before- but felt it was good to mention them again [past teaching- verses
below]
PAST
TEACHING [Stuff I taught before that relates- verses below]
https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/
.
The Jews had various responses to the empires that ruled over them during various times.
Alexander
the Great instituted Hellenization- a sort of cultural compromise over the people he conquered.
They
could keep their religious/cultural roots- but would be subservient to Alexander and Greek rule.
Some
Jewish people rejected any compromise- we call them the Essenes- they moved out of town- so to speak, and lived in what we refer to as the Qumran community.
This
was a few centuries before the time of Christ- and this was where the Dead Seas Scrolls were found in the 20th century.
A
Bedouin boy was looking for his goats- threw a rock in a cave right off the Dead Sea- and that’s how we found the scrolls.
The
scrolls might have been hidden there by the Essenes-
Now-
when my friends asked me about them- I told them that it’s been a while since I read up on any of this- but to the best of my memory the thing that made them significant was the fact that they
were very old manuscripts- from the bible- and they backed up what we had had all along.
I
did read up this week- and basically had it right.
The
earliest Hebrew manuscripts of the Old Testament we had previously dated back to around 900- 1000 A.D.
These
manuscripts went back about 1000 years earlier- and they contained portions from almost every book of the Old testament- and some complete books.
The
only book missing was Esther.
So-
this was indeed a very significant find for scholars.
But
the Scrolls also contain some of the writings from the Essenes themselves- things we never had before- so this too was significant.
There
were Jews at the time of the first century who tried to ‘get along’ with Rome- and with the person in charge of their region [one of the sons of Herod the Great at the time of
Christ].
These
are referred to as Herodian’s in the bible.
Some
wanted a revolution to rid Rome from Jerusalem- these were the Zealots [one of Jesus disciples was in this group].
Some
thought if they returned to a legalistic obeisance of the law- that this would bring in a deliverer- like the stories we read about in the Old testament- these were the
Pharisees.
And
some took more of a political compromise- these were the Sadducees.
Eventually
a war with Rome would be fought [By the way- Josephus- the famous 1st century historian- fought on the side of the Jews in the war- and after Jerusalem was sacked in A.D. 70- he went to Rome and
wrote his great works- thinking he would make a case for the Jewish people with the Romans. This is why we have his works today- which are very valuable to scholars].
NOTE-
In time I’ll try and cover how we ‘got our bibles’ [called the Canon- meaning Rule/ Measurement].
Frankly-
there is a lot of confusion in the general public about conspiracies [like the Catholic Church had some type of plot to keep certain books out].
Or
stories about how the Church taught Mary Magdalene was a prostitute so they could discredit her.
Actually-
we read in the gospels that Jesus cast out ‘spirits’ from a woman who was probably living this type of life-
And
Jesus had a ministry to the down and out- it is indeed possible that Mary was one of these women-
And
if true- it would not demean her in any way-
That’s
how this tradition more than likely developed- But- we don’t know for sure.
So
a few years back the Church officially said ‘we don’t know’.
Ok-
Plot?
[parts]
VERSES-
Acts
5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Acts
5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts
5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Acts
5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto
God.
Acts
5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
Acts
5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
Acts
5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
Acts
5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
Acts
5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee
out.
Acts
5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
Acts
5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
Acts
5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
Acts
5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.
Acts
5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)
Acts
5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of
them.
Acts
5:16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every
one.
Acts
5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Acts
5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Acts
5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Acts
5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
Acts
5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the
senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Acts
5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,
Acts
5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Acts
5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
Acts
5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Acts
5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Acts
5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Acts
5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon
us.
Acts
5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts
5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts
5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Acts
5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Acts
5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Acts
5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little
space;
Acts
5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
Acts
5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were
scattered, and brought to nought.
Acts
5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were
dispersed.
Acts
5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
Acts
5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Acts
5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts
5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Acts
5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Matthew
10:37
He
that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Luke
12:1
In
the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the
leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
LATE
NOTE-
I
made the video- post- the other day. As I type this- the news broke that there were indeed trump associates [campaign folk] who were ‘tapped’. Now- to some this is a surprise- even in the media
[though they are now saying ‘But Obama did not do it’!]. Why should it no be a surprise?
Because
the media already ‘leaked’ this fact. How? The reason General Flynn stepped down- was because the media reported on an actual fact- that he had contact with the Russians- and they knew this
because our intelligence agencies leaked the fact that they had actual surveillance on it. Which is simply the fact they did it- at least with Flynn. It’s also possible that they actually
‘surveilled’ Trump. Ok- if this is true [which today some reports in the media say it is] then Trump was partiality right. I only get into this issue to simply show how we are manipulated. For
instance- if the congressional committee now has actual evidence that Trump- an/or- his team were ‘surveilled’ then that’s the opposite of what the media has been reporting. When director Comey
[FBI] says ‘I have not seen any evidence’ that’s actually political speak- meaning- it might be there- but I personally have not ‘seen it’. Now- I actually do not care about it- but this is a
classic example of media manipulation. Months ago- the media told us themselves- that Trump associates were picked up thru surveillance [Flynn]. Probably thru FISA warrants on Russians. But the
head of the committee looking at it [Nunes] said today that some of what he has now seen seems to show that some of the surveillance had nothing to do with Russia- and it ‘puzzles’ him. Why
should it ‘puzzle’ anyone to think that intelligence people [CIA- FBI] could ‘do wrong’? Why should it puzzle anyone that judges could do ‘wrong things’? Why should anyone that reads/watches the
news be surprised that Trump associates were possibly ‘wire tapped’? Because the media themselves broke the story- when they reported the leaks from the intelligence agencies months ago- that
told us this.
The
New York Times ran an article a few weeks ago that said people who work for the intelligence agencies gathered- and purposefully leaked information about this. Yes- the New York Times reported
this.
The
main story is this- if in fact former intelligence people both gathered- and leaked information on American citizens- info they obtained- even if it was ‘incidental’- that is a
crime.
There
are now questions about ‘incidental’- meaning- did people basically target Trump and his campaign – because they had the power to do so?
It’s
possible that they did.
Do
our intelligence people ever lie about this?
Yes-
James Clapper lied to congress- in public about NSA data collection.
Yes-
he lied- to congress- under oath.
How
do we know this?
Because
he later admitted it.
Part
of ‘intelligence’ involves the collecting of data- secretly.
And
part of those who collect it- lie.
Because
that’s part of so called ‘intelligence’ [I’m referring to our agencies].
We
find corruption in all humans- whether they be presidents- media- Republicans- Democrats- it’s in ‘their nature’.
I
see the ‘spin’- I just heard Susan Rice say ‘to my knowledge no ORDERS were ever given to do this’ [ break the law].
Of
course- no ORDERS are ever given [officially]. In the end- there probably were indeed former ‘Obama’ people- working for the agencies- that did wrong- illegal stuff.
That’s
what trump said at the start.
Politics
is brutal- and to think that intelligence officials would never lie about it-
Well
just ask James Clapper- he was the ‘head’- and he lied- to congress.
As
I watch the evening news [3-22-17] The ‘new spin’ is ‘How dare the chairman [Nunes] reveal this to Trump’- Huh?
Yes-
the story is not ‘wow- we found out that Trump- and his people were surveilled’.
No-
the story is ‘Trump is in collusion with the republican chairman of the committee- yes- because the chairman told Trump about the surveillance that was collected on him-
incidentally’.
The
spin never stops.
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ACTS 16
Acts
16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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PAST POSTS- [Past teaching I did that relates to today’s post- ACTS 16]
ACTS-
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/18/acts-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/26/acts-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/02/acts-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/09/acts-4/
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https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/01/acts-13/
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I
quoted from these bible books on today’s video- below are my studies on them-
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/james-2015-video-links-included-james-1.html
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(739)ACTS 16- Paul and Silas hit the road. They are being led by the Spirit and are evangelizing large regions without a lot of money, organization or ‘corporate help’. Now, these things are permitted, but we need to make sure we are seeing this story right! Jesus imbedded a mindset into the Apostles, he told them ‘don’t think you need a lot of extra equipment for this. You are the equipment! No special appeals for funds [ouch!], keep it simple’ [Message bible- Jesus instructions when he sent them out by two’s]. So here we actually see the Apostles living the vision. Paul by the way has a vision! He sees a vision of a man in Macedonia saying ‘come and help us’. Luke writes ‘we took this as a sure sign of God sending us’. Wow, what childlike simplicity. The great theologian Paul, the man who could argue orthodoxy all day [and win]. He has a vision and says ‘we took it as Gods will’. Don’t develop doctrines that cut you off from God’s supernatural guidance. Sure, people have gotten into trouble with visions. Cults have ‘prophets and apostles’. But the church also had these things and it helped on the journey. Now at Philippi they convert a woman down by the river. They cast out a demon from a fortune teller. The ‘masters’ see they lost their ‘money maker’ and stir up trouble in the city. Paul and Silas get thrown in jail. They praise God and sing, an earthquake happens. The doors swing open. The jailer thinks they all escaped and is going to kill himself. Paul and Silas preach the gospel and he asks ‘what must I do to be saved’ they say ‘believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, your family too!’ The whole house gets baptized and the city leaders send word ‘tell them to leave’. Now, Paul is a lot like me. He doesn’t let stuff slide. He says ‘they beat us unlawfully, we are Roman citizens! Now they want us to leave secretly. Let them come and tell us publicly’ the leaders hear they are Romans and are worried. Paul made them squirm! Let’s do a little overview. We are halfway thru the book of Acts and we see the ‘churches’ as these free flowing believers carrying out the gospel. Baptisms and healings and visions. We also see doctrinal growth. We challenge the mindset of many evangelicals, baptismal regeneration is not taught [at least I don’t see it] but baptism in water is the immediate outward identification of the believer. In essence it was the New Testament ‘altar call’. Our Catholic friends will eventually develop an idea of baptism as washing away original sin. But sometimes we miss the other idea of putting off adult baptism because of fear of future sins. Saint Augustine, the emperor Constantine and others delayed their baptism thinking they would use it to ‘clean them up’ after any future faults. The doctrine of baptism in Acts is seen as an immediate rite that does affect the believer [as do all outward acts of obedience! Even the Lords Supper strengthens the faith of the believer]. But justification and believing are prior to baptism. But not two weeks or two years prior! But a few minutes. I also forgot to mention that Paul has Timothy circumcised in this chapter. The great Apostle Paul, who will eventually pen the words ‘circumcision means nothing, but a circumcised heart is what matters’ here he gave in. Paul and Silas are fresh off the recent Jerusalem council. They have been accused of teaching Jews ‘abandon the law and circumcision’. The decree from Jerusalem said the gentiles don’t need to worry about these things. But they were still teaching Jewish converts to maintain Jewish law and custom. Timothy was not circumcised, and everyone knew it! His mother was Jewish but his father was Greek. So Paul realized that the judiazers would eventually say ‘see, Paul is even teaching Jews to break Moses law’ so Paul gives in and compromises here. Do the restrictions at the Jerusalem council still hold sway over Jewish believers today? No. Paul will eventually abandon all Jewish law and custom from his doctrine of justification by faith. But at this stage they are still learning and growing. The mindset of ‘God’ in this book is one of ‘less restrictions’ and more acceptance as time rolls on. We see enough stuff on baptism to not call the churches who emphasize baptism ‘Cambellites/heretics’ [the term Cambellite comes from the founder of the Church of Christ/ Disciples of Christ groups. Their founder was Alexander Campbell. He falls into the restorationist camp. He saw the emphasis on adult baptism in scripture and many of his followers see the act of water baptism as the moment of conversion]. But we also see the basic ‘ingredient’ for acceptance as faith. So God is not excluding those who focus on baptism [Peters initial converts] but showing us greater acceptance among ‘those who believe’ [Acts 10]. This is what I tried to say in our introduction to this study. As we read we shouldn’t be looking for formulas or hard and fast verses to simply justify our churches beliefs against the church down the block. But we need to see the heart and mind of God. We also shouldn’t trace our peculiar belief to this historic church and say ‘see, our group is the most accurate one’. Why? Don’t I believe my idea of simple church is closer to the historic church? Yes. But the ‘church’ will develop in good and bad ways as the centuries roll on. The fact that many Catholics and Orthodox and future Protestants will grow and fight and reform, means the church herself has within her the inherent ability to ‘get back to the Cross’ or the reality of all of these groups believing in Jesus causes there to be a fundamental unity that exists because we all possess Christ’s Spirit. So even though I personally see the organic church in Acts, this doesn’t mean that I see the other expressions of church as totally illegitimate or lost! So let’s end this chapter rejoicing with the jailer who heard the gospel and ‘believed with all his house’.
VERSES- [below are the verses I taught- or quoted on today’s post- Acts 16]
John
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
James 2:19
Thou
believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
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Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
Acts 16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a
Greek:
Acts
16:2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
Acts
16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
Acts
16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
Acts
16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Acts
16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
Acts
16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Acts
16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
Acts
16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Acts
16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
Acts
16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
Acts
16:12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
Acts
16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Acts
16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were
spoken of Paul.
Acts
16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained
us.
Acts
16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
Acts
16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
Acts
16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same
hour.
Acts
16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
Acts
16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
Acts
16:21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
Acts
16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
Acts
16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Acts
16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Acts
16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Acts
16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were
loosed.
Acts
16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been
fled.
Acts
16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
Acts
16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
Acts
16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts
16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Acts
16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
Acts
16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Acts
16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Acts
16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
Acts
16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
Acts
16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves
and fetch us out.
Acts
16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
Acts
16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
Acts
16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
Bible verses about sorcery- magic-
Leviticus
19:31 ESV / 320 helpful votes
“Do
not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
Exodus
22:18 ESV / 274 helpful votes
“You
shall not permit a sorceress to live.
Deuteronomy
18:9-12 ESV / 230 helpful votes
“When
you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son
or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for
whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
Leviticus
20:27 ESV / 211 helpful votes
“A
man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”
Leviticus
20:6 ESV / 154 helpful votes
“If
a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
Galatians
5:19-21 ESV / 145 helpful votes
Now
the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness,
orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Revelation
21:8 ESV / 127 helpful votes
But
as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,
which is the second death.”
Deuteronomy
18:10 ESV / 124 helpful votes
There
shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
Isaiah
8:19 ESV / 122 helpful votes
And
when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the
living?
Galatians
5:20-21 ESV / 105 helpful votes
Idolatry,
sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such
things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
2
Chronicles 33:6 ESV / 89 helpful votes
And
he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight
of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
1
Samuel 15:23 ESV / 87 helpful votes
For
rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.”
Isaiah
47:8-14 ESV / 82 helpful votes
Now
therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children”: These two
things shall come to you in a moment, in one day; the loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the great power of your enchantments.
You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.” But evil shall
come upon you, which you will not know how to charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, for which you will not be able to atone; and ruin shall come upon you suddenly, of which you know nothing.
Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror. …
Acts
19:19 ESV / 79 helpful votes
And
a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of
silver.
1
Chronicles 10:13-14 ESV / 79 helpful votes
So
Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. He did not seek guidance from the
Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
Revelation
22:15 ESV / 78 helpful votes
Outside
are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
2
Kings 21:6 ESV / 76 helpful votes
And
he burned his son as an offering and used fortune-telling and omens and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to
anger.
Isaiah
19:3 ESV / 62 helpful votes
And
the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the
necromancers;
Galatians
5:20 ESV / 56 helpful votes
Idolatry,
sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
Acts
8:9 ESV / 51 helpful votes
But
there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.
2
Kings 23:24 ESV / 50 helpful votes
Moreover,
Josiah put away the mediums and the necromancers and the household gods and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the
words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
Micah
5:12 ESV / 49 helpful votes
And
I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;
Ezekiel
13:20 ESV / 47 helpful votes
“Therefore
thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will let the souls whom you hunt go free, the
souls like birds.
2
Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
And
no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
More
verses I talked about on the video- circumcision of the heart
Deuteronomy
30:6
Verse聽Concepts
“Moreover
the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
Deuteronomy
10:14-16
“Behold,
to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it. “Yet on your fathers did the LORD set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after
them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day. “So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer.
Jeremiah
4:4
Verse聽Concepts
“Circumcise
yourselves to the LORD And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the
evil of your deeds.”
Romans
2:28-29
For
he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit,
not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.
Romans
2:25-27
For
indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements
of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and
circumcision are a transgressor of the Law?
1
Corinthians 7:19
Verse聽Concepts
Circumcision
is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God.
Galatians
5:6
Verse聽Concepts
For
in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
Romans
3:30
Verse聽Concepts
since
indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.
Galatians
3:6
Verse聽Concepts
Even
so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Genesis
15:6
Verse聽Concepts
Then
he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
Romans
4:9-12
Is
this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, “FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.” How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or
uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised; and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he
might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, read more.
Romans
3:1-2
Then
what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
Acts
15:1-19
Some
men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” And when Paul and Barnabas had great dissension and
debate with them, the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this issue. Therefore, being sent on their
way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren. read more.
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BENNY HINN VERSUS JOHN PIPER- Yesterday I was reading some Christian news on line, I was surprised to see that the famed author/pastor, John Piper, was stepping down from his pastorate to take an 8 month sabbatical. As I read the story there was no scandal, he just simply examined his soul and felt like he saw pride creeping in and thought it good to re focus. I also read the latest from Benny Hinn, the famous healing evangelist, his wife recently filed for divorce and his web statement said ‘I will keep going, and not slow down one bit’. I would note that Benny and his wife also have no sexual scandal to deal with, it must have been the pressure and all, it caught the family by surprise when Susanne filed for the divorce. Now, many view Benny as a false prophet and an outright huckster- I don’t. I have major problems with the entire character of ‘ministry’ that platforms the Holy Spirits gifts in such a public way that draws great attention to the gifted person, the New Testament warns against various gifted people becoming the center of attention in the community of believers. Paul rebuked the Corinthians for centering their spiritual lives around the persona of any man [this would even include prominent well meaning pastors, who often don’t see this dynamic in our day-many feel it’s scriptural to have the life of the community centered around the weekly speaking gift of an individual, there really is no mandate in scripture for this. It’s okay for gifted leaders to teach, prophesy, function in some spiritual gift, but the New Testament does not show us a pattern of local churches centered around the office of any individuals gifts. One of the common mistakes church historians make is we read some of the 1st, 2nd century writings of the church fathers [Clement of Rome, Iraneus, etc.] and we see how the able bishop rebuked the Corinthians for not submitting to the ecclesiastical office of Bishop, the letter portrays the Corinthian church as a bunch of rebels who are rising up against the authority of the Bishop and other leaders. It’s usually assumed that the Corinthian church was at it again, ‘there goes those darn troublemakers’ type of a thing. But it’s very possible that the Corinthian community was heeding the admonition from their founding apostle [Paul] and were actually resisting the idea of allowing any singular authority to take a position that was contrary to what Paul wrote to them in his epistles!]. The main point is you can have legitimate gifts being expressed thru a person [prophecy, healing, or even the pastor/teacher gift of speaking] but if these gifts are being used in a way that draws undo attention to the individual; then it is a violation of the character of New Testament ministry, although the gift itself might be legitimate. I was watching an ‘apostle’ out of Newark one day on Christian TV; they are a Pentecostal group that are heavy into spiritual warfare. The main leader was dressed in military type garb [corporal, cornel stripes and all] and they were doing the best they could. An interesting thing was they were doing a teaching on Paul’s words ‘the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty thru God to the pulling down of strongholds’ [Corinthians] and they actually taught it right! The apostle shared how many people mistake the meaning of the verse and apply it to strategic spiritual warfare prayer directed at territorial spirits and stuff like that. But the apostle explained how it was really speaking about apologetic type arguments that Christians make against the false ideas and strongholds of false doctrine. But then they went on to say that they arrived at this true understanding thru the apostolic gift of ‘revelation knowledge’ sort of like if it weren’t for the gift of the ‘apostle’ they would never have known this truth. I would venture to say that the majority of scholarly works that deal with this verse probably have it right; in the world of ‘intellectual Christianity’ [which is usually disdained by these independent type churches] most teachers knew this all along; we did not need the ‘gift of apostolic revelation knowledge’ to know this. Okay, the point being we have good people, who operate at times in true gifts, but also have a long way to go in growth and maturity. In the above example of Piper versus Hinn, I believe both of these men are good men, Piper comes from the baptist [reformed] tradition, Hinn from the charismatic wing. Maybe the Lord directed Benny to ‘keep on going, don’t slow down a bit’ and maybe Piper felt the Lord saying ‘slow down, take time off’ I just felt it striking that Piper was doing this because of what he sensed was the hidden sin of pride, no big scandal, just time to examine his soul. While Benny felt like ‘slowing down’ was not an option. These 2 examples give us a glimpse into the present day expression of church/ministry, and how we have all been affected by the times we live in.
ACTS 1- Luke, the writer of this book, feels the need to document the ongoing work of Jesus and his revolution. He already wrote a gospel and believes this to be the beginning of the story. In essence, the reality of Jesus and his resurrection are just the start, we have much more to do and become on this journey. Most writers jump to chapter 2. We have churches and music groups called ‘Acts chapter 2’. Why does Luke seem to wait till chapter 2 before getting to ‘the good stuff’? Chapter one records the 40 days of Jesus showing himself alive after his death. Luke feels this singular truth to be important enough to simply stand alone [I do realize the early letters did not have chapter and verse divisions like today]. The real physical fact of Jesus bodily resurrection is without a doubt the foundational truth of the gospel. The outpouring of the Spirit and the whole future of the church depends on the reality of the resurrected Christ. Paul will write the Corinthians and tell them if the resurrection were not true then they are the most miserable of all people. Luke tells us Jesus gave instructions for the Apostles to wait at Jerusalem for the Spirit. Thy will be witnesses of him to all the surrounding nations after the Spirit empowers them. We also see Peter emerge as the key spokesman for the group. He quotes freely from the Psalms and reads their own history into the book. He sees the prophetic verse from David on ‘let another take his office’ as referring to Judas betrayal and death. They cast lots and choose Matthias as the one to replace Judas. Peter shows the importance of Judas replacement to come from one that was with them thru out the earthly time of Jesus. Someone who saw and witnessed Jesus after the resurrection. Scholars have confused this with the ‘ascension gift Apostles’. Some scholars have taken the truth of the early Apostles having the criteria of being actual witnesses of Jesus, and have said ‘therefore, you have no Apostles today’. Paul will teach in Ephesians that after Jesus ascension on high he gave gifts unto men ‘some Apostles, others Prophets, etc.’ The New Testament clearly speaks of Apostles as an ongoing gift in the church. Barnabas will later be called an Apostles [Acts 14:14] as well as many other references in the original Greek using the same Greek word for Apostle. But here we find Peter seeing the need to replace Judas. Other scholars think Peter might have jumped the gun. They see Paul’s apostleship as the possible person the Lord picked out as the replacement. You do find Paul referring time and again to his Apostolic authority as one ‘born out of due time’ who saw Jesus on the Damascus road. If Paul was simply an ascension gift Apostle, why would he refer time and again to his authority based on being a witness who also saw Jesus? It’s possible that Paul was in this group of ‘Apostles of the Lamb’ who had extra authority based upon their testimony of being eyewitnesses. So in chapter one we see that Jesus appeared for 40 days giving instructions to the early leadership and told them to wait at Jerusalem for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We see the incarnational purpose of God, Jesus was and continues to be the express image of God to man. He was not some ‘phantom’ like the Docetists will claim, but a very real physical resurrected Lord. Luke begins the early history of the church with this reality being important enough to stand on its own.
1. ACTS 9- Paul gets permission from the high priest to go to Damascus and arrest the believers. On his way the Lord appears to him and Paul is told to go to Damascus and wait for instructions. He is blind for 3 days. God gives a vision to Ananias and tells him to go to Paul in Judas house, because he too had a vision of a man coming to him and laying hands on him. Ananias is afraid but does it at the Lords insistence. I want you to see the role of visions and divine guidance in this event. The purpose of the visions and supernatural events has nothing to do with the canon of scripture. Some teach that the only reason you had supernatural guidance in the early days was because the canon was not complete. But after its completion you no longer had these types of things. First, no where is this doctrine taught in scripture. Second, you did not have total agreement on ‘the canon’ [all the books that make up our bibles] until the 4th century! Now you did have a basic group of letters and writings that were accepted as authoritative, but there was not total agreement. Many early believers had the epistles of Barnabas and a few other letters that were accepted. Some did not include Revelation at all. Others questioned Hebrews and James. You also did not have a workable, readable ‘bible’ in actual book form until the 12th-13th century! That's right, the actual form of our modern books was not invented until that late date. Plus the availability of books on a mass scale did not appear until the Guttenberg printing press of the 16th century. Just in time for Luther’s Reformation! The first book printed on his press was the Guttenberg bible. So the point is, the idea that somehow right after the early Apostles died off you had all believers going to ‘their bibles for direction’ as opposed to having dreams or visions or other divine guidance, really isn’t a workable solution. In this chapter God needed to get orders to his people, he gave them visions! Now Paul immediately preaches Christ as the Son of God and Messiah. He stirs up the waters and they sneak him out of town and send him to Jerusalem. The church at Jerusalem are leery of him, Barnabas vouches for him and he is received. He starts preaching there and once again they want to kill him. He eventually is sent back to his area of Tarsus. Now Peter is still on the road preaching Christ. He heals at a man at Lydda and many come to the Lord. A woman named Tabitha dies at Joppa, a town close to Lydda. They call for Peter to come and he does and raises her from the dead. What are we seeing here? An early church [community of believers] preaching the gospel and doing miracles and affecting large regions without lots of money. Without hardly any organization. Without setting up ‘local churches’ in the sense that each area has separate ‘places’ they see as ‘local churches’ with salaried pastors running the ‘churches’. You are seeing a radical movement of Christ followers who are sacrificially giving there lives away for the gospel. No prayer meetings on ‘how in the world are we going to reach the region for the Lord. We need tons of cash’! They believed the simple instructions Jesus gave to them on going into all the world and preaching the gospel. Sure there will be times where support is sent to help them make it to the next location. But the whole concept of needing tons of cash and to build huge ‘church buildings/organizations’ and to set up salaried ministers is not seen in this story. I do not think the development of these things over the centuries means ‘all the churches are deceived’ type of a thing. All ‘the churches’ [groups of believers who are presently identifying themselves this way] are great people of God. They are doing the works of Jesus and functioning to a degree in the paradigm that they were given [either thru their upbringing or training]. But today we are seeing a rethinking of the ‘wineskin’ [that which contains the new wine] on a mass scale. As we read this story in Acts I want to challenge your mindset. Don’t fit the story into your present understanding of ‘local church’. But let your understanding of ‘Local Church’ be formed thru scripture. This chapter said ‘the churches had rest and were edified and were walking in the fear of the Lord’. The ‘churches’ are defined as all the communities of believers living in these various locations!
During the time of Jesus you had a divided people. In 1st century Palestine the Jewish people split into 4 basic sects. 2 of them are pretty well known- the Pharisees and Sadducees- they are mentioned often in scripture.
The other 2 are less well known- the Zealots and the Essenes. The Zealots are named in the bible- but only in passing. We have no references to the Essenes.
The Pharisees were sticklers for the Torah [Jewish bible] and the Sadducees centered their life around the Temple- they were more of a political/religious type group.
They stuck to the Torah alone. That is they only received the actual first 5 books of the Old Testament- which is the Torah [also the term is used to speak of the entire Old Testament] and that’s why the Sadducees rejected miracles and angels and stuff. Most of those stories are found in the other O.T. books.
The Zealots were a group of people who hated compromise- they were actually a 1st century ‘terrorist’ group- who carried out assassinations. Not on Rome- but on their own people!
The zealots hated those who compromised with Rome- and if they felt a leader was too chummy- they killed him.
The Essenes were a separatist group who lived in ‘the hills’ [Qumran community] they simply gave up completely on any political solutions for the day- and went and lived in the hills. These are the ones responsible for hiding the Dead Sea scrolls [old bible books found in the last century] in a cave.
It’s interesting to note that Jesus had both a Zealot on his team [Simon- not Peter who also went by that name] and Matthew- a Tax collector. Tax collectors were considered the biggest sell outs of all- they actually worked for Rome and scammed their own people- it must have been hard for Jesus to lead this group [the 12 disciples] who came from such opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Yet Jesus did lead them- he was even offered earthly rule a few times [once from satan- and once from the people who heard him] he rejected it both times. His kingdom was not ‘of this world’.
In the New Testament book of Philippians- the bible says that though Jesus was in the form of God [deity] yet he became a man and humbled himself to the death of the Cross- a shameful way to die.
We have one letter written in the N.T. by a ‘family’ member of Jesus- that’s the epistle of James.
Protestants believe that Mary had other kids after Jesus was born- our Catholic friends teach that she remained a Virgin her whole life. My purpose right now is not to get into that.
James was considered the ‘half brother’ of Jesus [Mary was the mom of both boys- Joseph was the dad of James- Jesus’ father was God]. Okay- James was slow to believe in his brother- but over time as Jesus was declaring himself to be the Messiah- I’m sure James had to wonder- you know- think back ‘gee- come to think of it- I can’t’ remember a time where my brother got in trouble’.
Wait- now I remember- yeah- that time when Jesus was 12- we all went to Jerusalem for the big feast- and Jesus stayed behind while we started the trip home. Yeah- we went 3 days before we realized he was gone. Boy was mom mad that day.
So we went all the way back to get him- and when we found him- he was sitting in the temple- asking these questions- I mean questions that only theologians knew- Jesus was still a kid.
Mom said to him ‘son- why did you stay behind- we were worried’! Yeah- she was mad- if there was ever a time my brother came close to getting in trouble- this was it. But Jesus said ‘why were you worried- didn’t you know I would be doing my Fathers business’ yeah- he sure seemed different- but the Messiah- come on.
So as the ministry years of Jesus role by- there are all these reports of miracles and healings- blind people seeing- dead people coming back from the grave.
Yeah- James has got to be wondering now- but no- he could not accept that his own brother was the promised Son of God- no- too much.
Then the day came- that terrible day where mom had to watch Jesus die on that rugged Cross- on Golgotha- man the hill looked like a skull.
Yeah- it was a strange site- I mean the sky got dark- an earthquake shook the place- and even the Roman soldier who witnessed my brother die said ‘surely this was the son of God’. Wow- too much- my bother has carried this thing too far- even in his death he won’t let this obsession go.
Then James hears some disturbing reports- his friends are saying that Jesus has come back- that he pulled it off- the greatest miracle ever- the one Houdini himself couldn’t do.
But are the reports true? I mean if anyone could tell if this guy walking around is really Jesus- James would know.
We don’t read of the account- but all we know is James became a believer- a believer that his brother was indeed the Messiah- the Son of God.
I guess it went something like this- Jesus sitting there with his men- James shows up and sees his brother- the perfect one- not a spot on his record. Maybe Jesus looked up- maybe he said ‘brother- do you now see’ and yeah- he saw.
James would go on to be one of the leaders/Pastors of the church at Jerusalem- we read about him in Acts chapter 15. Most scholars believe this was the same James who penned the short letter we find in the N.T. that bears his name.
One thing James hits on a lot in his letter- is he defends the poor- the downtrodden- and he rips into the rich- the elite of the day. He warns us not to be biased- not to use ‘uneven scales’ when dealing with people.
James hit on social justice issues- he picked them up from his brother.
We need to be concerned about the world- if a raped woman is forced to marry her rapist- then we ought not say ‘she was pardoned’. When we critique one person for past failures- then we must do that to all.
But at the end of the day- Jesus never took the earthly crown- he did not see the solution to be a political one- he brought Simon and Matthew together on the same team- and he showed them what it means to lay your life down for others- to live without the praise of men- the earthly standard of success- he chose another way- and he left that path for us.
VERSES [These are the verses I either quoted or taught from on today’s post- Other videos below]
May 5 2019
Third Sunday of Easter
Lectionary:
48 Reading
1ACTS
5:27-32, 40B-41
When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles in
and
made them stand before the Sanhedrin,
the
high priest questioned them,
"We
gave you strict orders, did we not,
to
stop teaching in that name?
Yet
you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching
and
want to bring this man's blood upon us."
But
Peter and the apostles said in reply,
"We
must obey God rather than men.
The
God of our ancestors raised Jesus,
though
you had him killed by hanging him on a tree.
God
exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior
to
grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
We
are witnesses of these things,
as
is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him."
The
Sanhedrin ordered the apostles
to
stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.
So
they left the presence of the Sanhedrin,
rejoicing
that they had been found worthy
to
suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.
Responsorial PsalmPS 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
R. (2a) I
will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I
will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear
and
did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
O
LORD, you brought me up from the netherworld;
you
preserved me from among those going down into the pit.
R. I
will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Sing
praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,
and
give thanks to his holy name.
For
his anger lasts but a moment;
a
lifetime, his good will.
At
nightfall, weeping enters in,
but
with the dawn, rejoicing.
R. I
will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Hear,
O LORD, and have pity on me;
O
LORD, be my helper.
You
changed my mourning into dancing;
O
LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.
R. I
will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Reading 2REV 5:11-14
I, John, looked and heard the voices of many angels
who
surrounded the throne
and
the living creatures and the elders.
They
were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice:
"Worthy
is the Lamb that was slain
to
receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,
honor
and glory and blessing."
Then
I heard every creature in heaven and on earth
and
under the earth and in the sea,
everything
in the universe, cry out:
"To
the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be
blessing and honor, glory and might,
forever
and ever."
The
four living creatures answered, "Amen, "
and
the elders fell down and worshiped.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
Christ
is risen, creator of all;
he
has shown pity on all people.
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
GospelJN 21:1-19
At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.
He
revealed himself in this way.
Together
were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael
from Cana in Galilee,
Zebedee's
sons, and two others of his disciples.
Simon
Peter said to them, "I am going fishing."
They
said to him, "We also will come with you."
So
they went out and got into the boat,
but
that night they caught nothing.
When
it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;
but
the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus
said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?"
They
answered him, "No."
So
he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and
you will find something."
So
they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because
of the number of fish.
So
the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord."
When
Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he
tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad,
and
jumped into the sea.
The
other disciples came in the boat,
for
they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards,
dragging
the net with the fish.
When
they climbed out on shore,
they
saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
Jesus
said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just caught."
So
Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore
full
of one hundred fifty-three large fish.
Even
though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus
said to them, "Come, have breakfast."
And
none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?"
because
they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus
came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and
in like manner the fish.
This
was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after
being raised from the dead.
When
they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,
"Simon,
son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Simon
Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus
said to him, "Feed my lambs."
He
then said to Simon Peter a second time,
"Simon,
son of John, do you love me?"
Simon
Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus
said to him, "Tend my sheep."
Jesus
said to him the third time,
"Simon,
son of John, do you love me?"
Peter
was distressed that Jesus had said to him a third time,
"Do
you love me?" and he said to him,
"Lord,
you know everything; you know that I love you."
Jesus
said to him, "Feed my sheep.
Amen,
amen, I say to you, when you were younger,
you
used to dress yourself and go where you wanted;
but
when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands,
and
someone else will dress you
and
lead you where you do not want to go."
He
said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God.
And
when he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."
At that time, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.
He
revealed himself in this way.
Together
were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus,
Nathanael
from Cana in Galilee,
Zebedee's
sons, and two others of his disciples.
Simon
Peter said to them, " am going fishing."
They
said to him, "e also will come with you."
So
they went out and got into the boat,
but
that night they caught nothing.
When
it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore;
but
the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
Jesus
said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?"
They
answered him, "No."
So
he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat
and
you will find something."
So
they cast it, and were not able to pull it in
because
of the number of fish.
So
the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "AIt is the Lord."
When
Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord,
he
tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad,
and
jumped into the sea.
The
other disciples came in the boat,
for
they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards,
dragging
the net with the fish.
When
they climbed out on shore,
they
saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.
Jesus
said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just caught."
So
Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore
full
of one hundred fifty-three large fish.
Even
though there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus
said to them, "Come, have breakfast."
And
none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?"
because
they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus
came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and
in like manner the fish.
This
was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after
being raised from the dead.
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
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Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Revelation 5:3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Revelation 5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Revelation 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Revelation 5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Revelation 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Revelation 5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about� the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Revelation 5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Revelation 5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Revelation 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
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And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
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How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
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31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
Matt. 26
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
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Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
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Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
OTHER VIDEOS [These are the videos I post nightly to my various sites- Links to all my sites below]
Grace https://youtu.be/4Bl7_nMr_jE
The writing on the wall https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhS-olsZSmU-g4D-c
Isaiah 11- matt 3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FSLGr5f_MdLs7wVjlw8w0OYCLc5Ph3eE/view?usp=sharing
3-11-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/usompsuhz74dtbk/3-11-18%20Sunday%20sermon.mp4?dl=0
Acts 22 https://mega.nz/#!iHIHBSKZ!VnSS88mTiZhNKHWzBcxAdP0paZQqOFQzNBy3f4zAJMg
Colossians 2 https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZTDgC7ZPoQNl5hYP5m4DkKVdOHuajF4C22V
Kings 22 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgXiNC_Q5lZcyngAs
Ephesians 6 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xecoai78k9ljdbx/2-15-18%20Ephesians%206.mp4?dl=0
Dallas https://youtu.be/e-zs4AHVZ-8
Kings 2 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgXYlH29uKJJ20o95
Samuel 29-30 https://drive.google.com/file/d/16p9u-H5MSqtax1QIz_bVut0cnPSaSWLV/view?usp=sharing
Mark 4 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxja8rc3457ceti/3-10-17%20Mark%204.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friends https://flic.kr/p/25aS6Be
Beware of it https://d.tube/v/ccoutreach/63qydmtf
Isaiah 60 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhS3KvD50NEYZ9DHx
10-29-17 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhS3KvD50NEYZ9DHx
Matt. 11- Rev. 15 https://youtu.be/XYxA_U1tbIU
Mark 5 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgXVYZ2JnajZ1e-kI
2 witnesses https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1-ZZn2fcWc5YU65-tykbMMs0-wpVWlc/view?usp=sharing
Sunday sermon- 11-18-18 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMh3QmcLLtUWHNRzAf
Moses https://www.dropbox.com/s/g2c4wlztpuxppyw/2-9-16%20Moses.mp4?dl=0
The cup- NYC view https://www.bitchute.com/video/DLqPxlnofien/
An unjust law is no law at all https://dai.ly/x75dbg0
5-7-19 friends and teaching https://youtu.be/UBpY0qr9oMo
https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205624930740790/
Pops- Jimmy- David https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMiH1nYzVmfSK0kVtH
Logos https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VhTEhgtc4slb8QcgoMyDLrZ5NhCGTApI/view?usp=sharing
2nd Samuel 16 https://www.dropbox.com/s/4f7a2godpxbbm3j/2-8-17%202nd%20Sam.%2016%20%5Bhomeless%20friends%5D.mp4?dl=0
Bob- North Bergen https://www.instagram.com/tv/BvyvvJunZJR/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Mountains https://flic.kr/p/S1ddjc
3-18-18 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgXTtx9bxcbUkIKV7
Kings 19 https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz6mfxwptwilpcy/2-8-18%20Kings%2018.mp4?dl=0
On whom the tower fell https://youtu.be/UxqlPj-O0k4
Acts 5 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgXOB5hkOryka3CBU
Samuel 27-28 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uKqN_fBq80laPpIeHolpqBhUSVYPNcBB/view?usp=sharing
Christianity- Philosophy https://www.dropbox.com/s/144c9nxxzet62xk/2-5-17%20Christianity-%20Philosophy.mp4?dl=0
10-8-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/ddtb9062ts9lhqi/10-8-17%20Sunday%20sermon.mp4?dl=0
Homeless friend https://dai.ly/x75bgqu
Who is anti- christ https://flic.kr/p/RYT7wK
Homeless friends- teaching https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMilmM4DGzpGSa_um5
1-21-18 Sunday sermon https://youtu.be/o9-XqgWknzY
Colossians 1 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgXKOcmF4BKkSpC8_
1 Lord- 1 Baptism https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QCVrVLwb-Rb3eW4mp-Erj5ZHZwrsO-2w/view?usp=sharing
2-4-18 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/60tylhegp7occcu/2-4-18%20Sunday%20sermon.mp4?dl=0
The idol https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhSoGLyElQcbNzpq0
11-12-17 Sunday sermon https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ams5hASmEQrHW1ggBsJxYvzEwDdOrJKL/view?usp=sharing
Kings 4 https://dai.ly/x757pfd
Letter kills- Spirit gives life https://d.tube/v/ccoutreach/ky5oq3iw
Candle stick https://youtu.be/9V44LuQRfCg
Friends https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMiHcZcu_j3ixST3jJ
Samuel 26 https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Cm6m4L1c8PjWEOwANHBzxV6s8C_izgz/view?usp=sharing
Acts 20 https://mega.nz/#!6HZjxaDb!oDJcn-CPorIcc0uSebCUQmmLc3z4wGE_GLP6U8Y2n6o
I have come to start a fire https://dai.ly/x757pfe
Real time prayer https://flic.kr/p/2fHYUfZ
11-19-17 Sunday sermon https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DqKKW6JKM44x-969EDxv90XY0_IJ2vRk/view?usp=sharing
S sermon 5-27-18 [1] https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhg4yZqG8WWFlKR2r
House of prayer https://youtu.be/uUK7ZGIMi_c
12-18-16 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ybce8v8vgiquhj/12-18-16%20Died-%20Raised-%20Ascended.mp4?dl=0
Parable of the trees https://www.instagram.com/tv/CE1NEBjFDC7/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Revolution https://ok.ru/video/1679779957303
Mark 7 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jv54mzz00k6k68p/4-11-17%20Mark%207.mp4?dl=0
Mark 3 [New Jersey] https://youtu.be/eA0wzuH8kO4
Logos https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhDQmRvnk7WrZexbp
The man of sin https://youtu.be/Xf9hAQ_PmCE
8-4-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMjAhNSvZ5MuDSHpGV
11-25-18 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhC2wkzxpmx2JmJeo
Homeless friend https://flic.kr/p/2k1DXWA
The collapse of tower 7 https://dai.ly/x7ppjdl
Morning star https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfb6gf0r2tql2uh/4-11-16%20The%20bright%20and%20morning%20star.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://youtu.be/rRxbMfHi7Vo
Homeless friends https://youtu.be/qTRDGi2D05g
Acts 1 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMddxUWpVS9RrGHjM
1-1-17 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/akkowwr43zfeig3/1-1-17%202nd%20Samuel%206-7%20%5BC.U.%5D.mp4?dl=0
Acts 11 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEthXnPlNO6/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
The Cross https://ok.ru/video/1676538415671
Kings 21 https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bf9etqfsxwmz10/3-8-18%20Kings%2021.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://youtu.be/mij6WkuCllE
Samuel 27 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhC7EY-p4S1ZL_1mt
John 16 https://youtu.be/nm8PjUZ1nrk
7-21-19 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMi2_A8IermB87nnF5
Homeless friends https://flic.kr/p/2k13JVg
Kings 17 https://dai.ly/x7pmgv5
The Capstone https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4j6r0xaojt37sr/3-8-16%20The%20Capstone.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://youtu.be/4S5YHb2hea8
The flood https://youtu.be/orHTqd1qis0
https://ccoutreach87.wixsite.com/mysite/post/_update
12-2-18 Sunday sermon https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMjEqYIsr2c6k6xFiQ
Friends https://flic.kr/p/2jZmDME
11-11-18 Sunday sermon https://dai.ly/x72ia5c
New Wine https://www.dropbox.com/s/or4lu360zj7ypxf/3-5-16%20New%20Wine.mp4?dl=0
Video- Mark 2- New Jersey https://youtu.be/_SRevM8Tcs4
Ephesians 1 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhCrMCv6eqngiL5Ew
River walk- San Antonio https://youtu.be/sn8u9P76TrM
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/11/01/sunday-sermon-59/
12-4-16 Sunday sermon https://www.dropbox.com/s/awy7mnpnwrajpxc/12-4-16%20Isaiah%2011-%20Matt.%203.mp4?dl=0
Gideon https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEoUpqiFzig/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
11-5-17 Sunday sermon https://ok.ru/video/1676538350135
Isaiah 61 https://www.dropbox.com/s/uebuvjbp45nane8/3-4-17%20Isaiah%2061.mp4?dl=0
New Jersey https://www.dropbox.com/s/yng4dn4gpt4bg9t/2-28-17%20Rt.46%2C%20Tonnelle%2C%2091st.%20st..mp4?dl=0
Wal mart n creation https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhCzYHgfNO-AOR4Mr
Hebrews 13 https://youtu.be/1h_8XLs_5Uc
Teaching at Lexington https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhCs-5ZNQ76AI-V_h
Teaching https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMi27nHRYW9AlLd_hk
Hackensack https://youtu.be/73w9Vod-0Jk
Homeless friends https://www.dropbox.com/s/qj8u2ny2fuque39/3-31-18%20Friends-%20Henry%20teaches.mp4?dl=0
Kings 5 https://flic.kr/p/2jW1kat
Samuel 25 https://dai.ly/x7pmgv4
Oso update https://youtu.be/m1uh2JFyUcY
Me
n Pops sing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iKW3ixyXt_t2BWeBr4wiozpDURa–TJz/view?usp=sharing
Christ
died for you https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgQsjMU436n_rzKlC
John
18 https://vimeo.com/260503659
Back
in NYC [2-17 trip- they shut the GW bridge down] https://youtu.be/TfMAU0hmpjA
Church
Unlimited- Mass https://vimeo.com/260589215
Galatians
6 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMgQzjBmUmaRVxQ7NI
Telos https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qjRffrtTePL1zXb6WIkXnNaBeIDagMB2/view?usp=sharing
Samuel
21 https://vimeo.com/260678273
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https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/reformation_12.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/overview-ofphilosophy-thales-andthe-pre.html
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/romans-links-1-2019.html
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