prayer points from acts 12

Herod Agrippa was a direct descendant of the Maccabees, through his mother Mariamne. It was reserved for another of whom we shall read in the next chapter. The despised and hated name of Jesus is the only hope for man, Jesus is the only Saviour and Lord. When he had beheaded James, he proceeded further, he added, to take Peter also. the Jews did not believe in Him; but whosoever did, let him be Jew or Gentile, "shall receive remission of sins." But to believe is the secret of real growth in the revealed wisdom of God. For it is not maintained that the first Christians, any more than those of our own day, were or could be perfect; and all that can be fairly gathered from what St. Paul says of the Corinthians is, that they were imperfect and inconsistent. Herod the Great had ten wives. Answering to the vision, messengers bring the apostle to the household of Cornelius, and Peter opens his mouth to the following effect: "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. But it was not merely one who departed to be with the Lord, which was far better; it was by the act of the Jews in the infuriate spirit of persecution. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural. "The Church of Christ was not properly in existence before the day of Pentecost; much less did she, before that era, go forth on her mission to evangelize* the world. The spiritual power which wrought so wonderful a change in the Apostles must first descend from heaven, and give to the Church its inner form as its spiritual characteristic! Deliverance from the Spirit of Divination 13. Philip acts at once, with alacrity hears the eunuch read the prophet Isaiah, and puts the question whether he understood what was read. It was one concurrent evidence. But he had heard the voice of His mouth, and His words were spirit and life, eternal life, to his soul. But the point here is lost in our English version. The doctrine of His Sonship did not in the smallest degree, of course, set aside the Messiahship. Which shows that he was planning to put Peter to death. They said to her, "You are mad." The previous gift of the Spirit without the intervention of any human hand was the most effectual stopper on the mouths of the brethren of the circumcision who were ever prone to object, and would surely have forbidden water, if God had not undeniably given them the unspeakable gift of the Spirit. And he was highly respected by the Jews. There followed also such signs, or outward powers; but the Holy Ghost was given Himself, according to the Lord's word the promise of the Father, a promise which, as all know, was in the first instance assured to those who were already believers, and which was made good to them because they were believers, not to make them so. Surprised by Prayer: Reading Acts 12 Realistically BJU Seminary So says the Spirit to Philip, "Go near and join thyself to this chariot." My object, of course, is simply to give a sketch of the important book now before us, endeavouring to connect (as, indeed, evidently the chapter does connect) what was coming with what was past. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Apostles: Acts 12:12 Thinking about that he came to (Acts of the Apostles Ac). . Acts 12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. God did not clothe him with such overwhelming influence that doors were thrown open to him though the greatest of the apostles. Society's edition of his Comm. Where. Not on the other hand that there ought to be a spirit of suspicion or distrust in the church or any Christian. Nevertheless, being a good man and full of the Holy Ghost, he seeks out and takes Saul to the apostles when others stood aloof, and declared unto them "how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus; and he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem." It is not His operation in enabling souls to believe, but a precious boon given to such as believed. "One visible manifestation, then, of the sanctity of the Church is the holy walk and conversation of individual Christians; but there is another, and more formal, mode in which she professes herself to be holy, and that is, by the exercise of discipline. Herod would not condemn him till the passover was over, some think, for fear lest he should have such an interest among the people that they should demand the release of him, according to the custom of the feast: or, after the hurry of the feast was over, and the town was empty, he would entertain them with Peter's public trial and execution. [Alas! Stretched forth his hands - A figurative expression, denoting that he laid his hands on them, or that he endeavored violently to oppress the church.. A quaternion was a squad of four. What was most sweet soon became bitter, as it often is in the things of God. . At the same time scripture shows there might be and often was an interval after the gospel did go forth. It was, no doubt, a Gentile title. . This who was here crowned with martyrdom was one of the first three of Christ's disciples, one of those that were the witnesses of his transfiguration and agony, whereby he was prepared for martyrdom; he was one of those whom Christ called Boanerges--Sons of thunder; and perhaps by his powerful awakening preaching he had provoked Herod, or those about him, as John Baptist did the other Herod, and that was the occasion of his coming into this trouble. They were now put in contact with his wants, and all was instantly light in his soul. Oh Lord, deliver Peter" and all. But now all was changed. WebFirst, there was unity in prayer many were gathered together praying (12:12), any differences that might have separated people from one another were now completely lost Here we find not even the apostle Paul was above it. It was at the feast of the passover, when their celebrating the memorial of their typical deliverance should have led them to the acceptance of their spiritual deliverance; instead of this, they, under pretence of zeal for the law, were most violently fighting against it, and, in the days of unleavened bread, were most soured and embittered with the old leaven of malice and wickedness. 20 Prayer Points With Bible Verses | PRAYER POINTS - prayerguide The language of the inspired writers of the New Testament is the expression of that Christian experience, or conscious participation in the blessings vouchsafed through Christ, which the Holy Ghost had shed abroad in their hearts: their idea therefore of a saint, or a believer, being derived from their own spiritual consciousness, must have been the highest of which the words will admit. He said to him, "Wrap your cloak round about you and follow me." 2 And he had James the brother of John put to But because Easter takes place during Passover season, because Jesus was crucified at the time of the Passover, He also rose again three days later. But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace [Don't make too bit of a stir, fellows. He was also the Herod to whom Pilate sent Jesus for trial ( Luke 23:7 ff.). And he actually murdered several of his sons. 12:1-17. Pray we hate evil and cling to what is good (12:9). It is a fallacy then to suppose that Cornelius had no better than merely natural religion. A believer would have wondered more at the grace of God, and bowed in adoration before Him. And they said, "You're crazy!" The Spread of the Gospel in Judaea and Samaria (Acts 8-12), C. The Spread of the Gospel to the Uttermost Part of the earth (Acts 13-28), How did the Gospel? The Holy Ghost came upon them, not merely, it will be observed, certain spiritual powers, but the Holy Ghost Himself. 1. Veszprm a bulik vrosa.. Persze nem csak a partyk, hanem az eskvk is igen npszerek a vrosban. For whereas some make him a third cousin of Christs, who was only some one of the disciples, I do not like of that, because I am by strong reasons persuaded to think that there were no more. They felt in a measure, and justly, the tremendous deed that had been done. It is therefore our wisdom to take heed of the beginnings of sin. When King Herod mistreated the believers in Jerusalem and had James put to death, he saw that it pleased the Jews, many of whom hated the Christians and considered them a cult. "Whosoever believeth on him shall receive remission of sins." He was the ruler of Galilee and Peraea. It was the obliterating of mere fleshly distinction between Jew and Gentile. When Philip died, this region was granted by the Emperor Caligula to Herod Agrippa. Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural. Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. So then these people succeeded in gaining the ear of Blastus, the king's chamberlain, and in due course a public session was arranged. . Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God. Peter and John prayed for the Samaritans (Acts 8:1417), 6. Surely He is always wise and consistent with Himself. Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. At once a sudden and terrible illness fell upon him from which he never recovered. . Certain - Some of the church. See Luke 3:1. On these I need only remark how grace used them for the spread of the testimony. For hence the Lord called him to a new sphere a task which, to a Jewish mind, was beyond measure strange. TovbbEskvi fotzs Eskv szervezs, Volt szerencsm Tibi es Szandra fergeteges eskvjn rszt venni. Prayer Points 407-8, for a brief biography of Herod Agrippa I.] Prayer Points 1 Father, I thank you for sending Jesus Christ to us. Herod stretched forth his hand against the church and he killed James the brother of John with the sword. At the precise instant when one apostle was already dead, another imprisoned and condemned, and the entire Twelve proscribed by an all-powerful ruler acting as a Jewish deputy in the whole procedure, out of a desire to please his subjects, at that very moment God sent an angel to release Peter and shortly thereafter struck Agrippa dead. Munkm sorn kett fnykpezvel s tbb TovbbEskv fotzs Pr fontos krds eskv szervezs idejn 2. rsz. When they opened the door and saw him they were amazed. (v) Herod the Great had another son called Aristobulus (see Aristoboulos G711) ; his mother was Mariamne, a princess who was descended from the great Maccabaean heroes. It says Easter there, and that's a King James translation. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed there. 298, 299). The Syriac so renders it expressly, and the chronology requires us so to understand it. he cried, and hears, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." His aim was not Christ; it was all for himself. "To him give all the prophets witness." Certainly the Ethiopian received the truth; but verse 37 had better be passed by in your minds, at least in this connection. The promise was not merely to them and to their children, but to all "afar off, as many as the Lord their God should call." And in the area around Caesarea they had observed all of these sand dunes, and one day someone started digging down into one of these sand dunes and they found this beautifully preserved Roman theater there right next to the Mediterranean Sea in Caesarea. Philip, besides being one of the seven, was an "evangelist," as we are told expressly in another part of this very book (Acts 21:8). It may be interesting to many readers to read as follows from Mr. Edward A. Litton's work on "The Church of Christ in its Idea, Attributes, and Ministry; with a particular reference to the Controversy between Romanists and Protestants." The fruits of the Spirit, whether they be produced within our own inclosure or beyond it, are always the same, and always to be recognized; otherwise our Lord would never have given us the simple test whereby we are to distinguish false from true prophets 'by their fruits ye shall know them.' Herod accepted the praise as if he was God, and was punished for it (20-23). It is the message of life, but it is also the means of peace. Therefore some say that those came of the Jews, yet did they inhabit Greece [and these would be right if the reading had been really and not ]; which I do not allow. He had been educated at Rome, but he deliberately cultivated the good graces of the Jewish people by meticulously keeping the Law and all Jewish observances. In the portion which follows we shall see the manner of the Spirit of God's working by the great apostle of the Gentiles. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. Remember that verse 37 is only an imaginary conversation between him and Philip. But just as the great apostle of the Gentiles was the one that wrote the final word of testimony to the Christian Jews in the epistle to the Hebrews, so the great apostle of the Jews was the one sent to fling open the door to the Gentile. ], The supernatural deliverance of Peter 12:1-19, "Peters rescue from prison is an unusually vivid episode in Acts even when simply taken as a story about Peter. I am out! Help me togrow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus. . All descendants of Herod the Great down to the fourth generation, who were identified with the government of Palestine and are mentioned in the New Testament, are known in history by the surname Herod; Herod Archaelaus, Herod Antipas, Herod Philip II, Herod Agrippa I, and Herod Agrippa II (470). It is not merely that the absence of it operates injuriously upon the tone and standard of piety within the Church; it affects the claims of the society as such to be a legitimate member of the visible Church Catholic. This is all quite right. Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.