God had published it already to the sons of Israel, and the good man rejoiced in it. A. It was no longer simply a cleaving to a God of goodness who could not deceive and would not disappoint the soul that hoped in His mercy, "but the conscious joy of knowing his sins all one, and himself distinctly put on the ground of accomplished redemption as a known present thing for his own soul in this world. The despised and hated name of Jesus is the only hope for man, Jesus is the only Saviour and Lord. That one name, through faith in it, what could it not accomplish? WebActs 12 One Martyred, One Rescued A. James the apostle dies as a martyr. But Saul does arise from the earth. And he realized that God had delivered him from the hand of Herod. Question. Herod Agrippa was a direct descendant of the Maccabees, through his mother Mariamne. Hoping to boost his approval ratings even further, Herod had Peter arrested also (v. 3). This was suitable to them. He could not deny the might that proved itself without effort superior to anything he had ever wielded. He had a conviction that this was the instrument the Lord would use for good. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. "Then had the church rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria." The doctrine of His Sonship did not in the smallest degree, of course, set aside the Messiahship. But as we are told here, "When they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women; and Simon himself believed also." The Martyrdom of James; Peter's Imprisonment. See how he advances gradually. 2. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526), 2. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and he died ( Acts 12:23 ). 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. To kill an apostle now was killing he knew not how many. By means of this discipline, they having been separated from the society whose overt acts were contrary to their Christian profession, the apostle, not being endowed with the divine prerogative of inspecting the heart, was compelled to take the rest at their profession, and to deal with them as real Christians so long as there was no visible, tangible proof to the contrary . I pray thatI may read its pages with wisdom and understanding. This Herod was Agrippa the greater, [elder,] the son of Aristobulus, whom his father slew. Why didn't God intervene and miraculously deliver James? Web12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. The people cried out, "It is the voice of a God and not of a man." Pray we exercise our gifts according to the grace given us (12:6-8). All these things were pressed home by Stephen; indeed, I have simply touched on a very small part of his most telling address. They went out and proceeded along one street; and thereupon the angel left him. Hence people could not understand that it was one and the same church throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria. Matthew 18:19,20 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven, Many were gathered together praying.--The facts of the case show that the meeting was held at night, possibly to avoid persecution, or, it may be, as the sequel of the evening gathering to "break bread.". Herod in his pride taking to himself the honor due to God. 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. "Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word;" for the God who not only has hearts at His command, but controls all circumstances, was now about to accomplish that which He had always at heart, making the disciples to be witnesses of Jesus to the very ends of the earth, though first of all to Judea and Samaria. WebDIVINE PRESERVATION PRAYER POINTS. Perhaps you have heard it said, Never underestimate the power ofprayer. In this exciting drama of Acts chapter 12 you can see the reality of this statement. He wished to gain fresh influence, not to lose his old: why not, by this new method, if possible, turn things to his own account? Kett darab professzionlis Canon fnykpezvel s nagy fnyerej fix illetve zoom Canon objektvekkel dolgozom. It is not the church of Judea, the church of Galilee, and the church of Samaria, but the churches of Judea, etc. The two things are both brought us in the gospel life brought to light, and the peace preached that was made by the blood of the cross. Barnabas was quite justified in seeking Saul. How could he resist the heavenly vision? 3. Heavenly Father, I pray that I may be quick to confess my own sin, eager to trust Your word and faithful to obey Your commands.. and that I abide in You and You in me, so that I may be a 'man' after Your own heart - to Your praise and glory. Clearly they were not Christians; but God has all hearts in His keeping. so gross was his darkness even as to the general point of the chapter. That is, to destroy its chief ornaments and supports. The importance of closer attention to the text is well shown by Calvin's remarks on this verse. First, there are saints, or men in whom Christ is formed by an invisible operation of His Spirit, whose origin, however, is not unknown; then these saints proceed to execute their appointed mission" (p. 272). We are given a striking prefiguration of the evil king that will be found in the latter day; he that will reign over the Jews under the shadow and support of the Gentiles as Herod was, and not less but more than his prototype bent on the murder of the innocents, and with his heart full of evil for others who will be rescued by the goodness of the Lord. After this wonderful working of God the church had rest. But here we have clearly a man who had been chosen for another and an external purpose by the church, but whom the Lord uses elsewhere for a new and higher purpose, for which He had qualified him by the Holy Ghost. The common text and translations have "the churches;" but I believe that this faulty form crept in here, because the sense of the oneness of the church so speedily passed away. We must not limit, as ignorant people do, the operation of the Holy Spirit to the new birth. . Normally a prisoner was chained by his right hand to his guard's left hand; but Peter was chained by both hands to a guard on each side of him, while the two remaining soldiers of the quaternion kept watch at the door. Saul (as he is still called) and Barnabas are made the channels of bringing the contributions to the elders not named before. He killed James the brother of John with the sword,Acts 12:2; Acts 12:2. Certainly the Ethiopian received the truth; but verse 37 had better be passed by in your minds, at least in this connection. One of the chief means was prayer, 1. When he had beheaded James, he proceeded further, he added, to take Peter also. He would make a spectacle of him. Undoubtedly they could not have believed the gospel, had there not been the quickening operation of the Holy Ghost; but we must distinguish between the Holy Ghost giving life and the Holy Ghost Himself given. And as there was reality at least in their feeling, they made suitable lamentation. They were in the church already. He was going, back without the blessing that his earnest heart yearned after. So John often speaks of it; and the very one that tells us most of the divinely given character of true faith who most of all lets us into its secret power and blessedness, even eternal life as bound up with it, that same John is the one who more than any other furnishes instances of a mere humanly produced faith. All was ordered of God. When they would gird themselves, and the purpose of it is they would wear these long robes kind of things. And so he went out, and followed him; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision ( Acts 12:8-9 ). Of the fathers, Eusebius among the Greek, and Cassiodorus among the Latins, are in favour of the true; others are in strange conflict, their text having the wrong reading (perhaps through mistaken scribes), and their comment correcting it. "But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ." Herod the Great was married ten times. How not to pray is prayer just for the sake of prayer. The civil power, not now, as usual (for aught that appears) stirred up by the ecclesiastics, acts by itself in the persecution. Now about that time - That is, during the time that the famine existed, or the time when Barnabas and Saul went up to Jerusalem. 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. God has no pleasure in the death of a sinner. Going back to verse Acts 12:5 . "Christianity, as it appears in the New Testament, knows nothing of the atomistic theory of modern independentism. Herod had James, the brother of John, killed (v. 2) which pleased the Jewish leaders immensely (v. 3). "He preached in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God." Thus all the first-rate Uncials, the Sinai, Vatican, Alexandrian, and Palimpsest of Paris, supported by some of the best cursives and all the best ancient versions, oppose the vulgar reading. It is, then, nothing but the fact, that the invisible Church, or rather that which in the Church is invisible, preceded that which is visible. His glory burst on the astonished eyes of Saul, who surrenders immediately. In earnest - emphasizing the seriousness of prayer. During that time no trial or execution could be carried out and that is why Herod purposed to defer Peter's execution until the week was finished. Prayers To Cancel Bad Dreams 18. We will deal with Herod Agrippa II, his son, in a few weeks as we move on in the book of Acts. Accordingly we find, as the testimony had gone forth throughout Jerusalem at least, so now the old rival of Jerusalem comes within the dealings of God. Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites. Vidm, bohks, letszer fotkkal tudok szolglni s f clom, mindenkibl kihozni a profi modellt. Though not at first fully aware of the great change which had taken place in their religious standing, still less of its ultimate consequences, the first believers at once formed a separate community in the bosom of the Jewish theocracy; a community having, for its distinctive marks, adherence to the twelve Apostles, baptism in the name of Christ, and the celebration of the Lord's Supper. (iv) Herod Philip the Second. Thereon Philip is invited to come up and sit with him, Isaiah 53:1-12; Isaiah 53:1-12 being, as we know, the portion in question; and the eunuch asks of whom the prophet spoke these words "of himself or some other man?" Peter and John prayed for the Samaritans (Acts 8:1417), 6. [Note: Longenecker, p. De ezen a napon Balatonfred adott otthont az ifj pr letnek legszebb TovbbEskvi fotzs Veszprm Egy ess nap sem ronthatja el az eskv napjt, Ez a story egy forr nyri napjt mutatja be egy fiatal prnak, olvasd el, nzd meg a kpeket s taln merthetsz magadnak j tletet az eskvdre. Mirt is kell az eskvi fots a kszldsnl? If the blood of his saints, much more the blood of apostles, is precious in his eyes, and therefore, we may be sure, is not shed but upon a valuable consideration. A vltozatossg varzsolja szness a vilgunkat, s ettl olyan klnleges nlam egy fotzs. He was a thoroughly bad ruler and was deposed and banished. The Vatican and all others, uncial and cursive (as far as collated and known), support the error. How these elders were appointed, if indeed they were so formally, does not appear. Those of his family who cross the pages of the New Testament are as follows. Probably he had put James to death privately, which the people had complained of, not because it was an unjust thing to put a man to death without giving him a public hearing, but because it deprived them of the satisfaction of seeing him executed; and therefore Herod, now he knows their minds, will gratify them with the sight of Peter in bonds, of Peter upon the block, that they may feed their eyes with such a pleasing spectacle. The tradition that they have in the Romish church, that this James had been before this in Spain, and had planted the gospel there, is altogether groundless; nor is there any certainty of it, or good authority for it. His preaching Christ was the fruit of the Lord's call. But they came to him with a common purpose. He would no more have perished, had it pleased God to have taken him away in this state, than any Old Testament saint, whether Jew or Gentile. I do not therefore comment upon these additions here: they will remain for their own real and suitable places. It was a public privilege he was warranted to confer on the Gentiles thus baptized of the Spirit. This particular Herod was Herod Agrippa I. Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. Yet there was no such requirement as imposition of hands in order to be the medium of it. ], 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. Thus Cornelius was aware that God had sent the gospel to the Jews; but there was precisely where he necessarily stopped short. Summary: Acts 12 has both answered and unanswered prayers within it. (Acts 12:5, AV) One 12:12-19 When Peter had grasped what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark. "He went on his way rejoicing." Scripture is clear and unequivocal as to the truth of the case. For he appealed to Caesar when he realized that he was getting the royal run-around by Festus, a political pawn, and he appealed to Caesar. But to believe is the secret of real growth in the revealed wisdom of God. Note what the Christians were doing. The believers in John Marks house prayed for Peter when he was in prison, and the Lord delivered him both from prison and from death (Acts 12:111), 11. But "as for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and dragging off men and women, committed them to prison." Finally, after the call of Saul of Tarsus, Peter himself (as well for other reasons as in order to cut off the semblance of discord in the various instruments of His grace) is brought in to show the perfect balance of divine truth and the wonderful harmony of His ways. See Luke 3:1; see also an account of the Herod family, see in Clarke's note on "Matthew 2:1". It is not to be treated as mere human arrangement. The presence of the Holy Ghost was a new and quite unexampled thing even among believers. How blessed it is to see the free activity of the Holy Ghost without any kind of communication of man! as well as entice man. Was it not then God's high priest, God's law? In verse five we read thatprayerwas made: 2. But if the church were distrustful, the Lord was not unmindful, and knew how to give courage to the heart of His servant. "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 house of Mary the mother of Mark. Luke seems to have wanted to close his portrayals of the Christian mission within the Jewish world (Acts 2:42 to Acts 12:24) with two vignettes having to do with Gods continued activity on behalf of the Jerusalem church." (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Contrariwise, we see that which outwardly looks exceedingly weak; but this was the man that was in another day to say that he gloried in his infirmities. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. WebActs 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. Prayers Against The Spirit Of Backwardness 17. For it must be remembered that, however far his profession may be from being a true one, every professor of Christianity professes to be a true, not a mere nominal, Christian. Ha klnlegesre s egyedire vgysz, ltogass el az oldalamra. Stephen speaks of Him as Son of man. James and John were called by Jesus the sons of thunder. Those to whom they addressed themselves were really Gentiles. We see that the Church had some short truce, that it might, as it were, by a short breathing, recover some courage against the time to come, and that it might then fight afresh. Kedves Ltogat! Observe, The Jews made themselves guilty of the blood of James by showing themselves well pleased with it afterwards, though they had not excited Herod to it. 20 Prayer Points With Bible Verses | PRAYER POINTS - prayerguide They had not those powers only, but this divine person given to them. For seeing the Jews, whom he mentioned a little before, were partly of Cyprus, they must needs be reckoned in that number, because the Jews count Cyprus a part of Greece. was from Jesus. Herod accepted the praise as if he was God, and was punished for it (20-23). Faith never rests on any other ground than God's word. WebVerse 12. In the portion which follows we shall see the manner of the Spirit of God's working by the great apostle of the Gentiles. "Always when you get ready to run, get ready to fight, or get ready to work, you would gird yourself up or get ready to serve. But there was another reason too. And so we have the story of Ananias, and the ways of the Lord, not of some great apostle, nor even of Philip, but a disciple at Damascus named Ananias, to whom the Lord spoke in a vision. Mary the mother of John was aunt to Barnabas (Colossians 4:10).If Paul and Barnabas were not in her house at the time (which there is no evidence that they were), it is likely that all the particulars of He kept the Jewish customs. Is not this interlacing after a divine sort? 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? Where, whither, when, in what place. May our hearts and minds be fully Another thing too let me again and again remark: the gift of the Holy Ghost never means those mighty wonders of power which had acted on the greedy and ambitious mind of Simon Magus. Paul prayed for his friends before leaving them (Acts 20:36; 21:5), 14. For these reasons he was popular with the people; and it was no doubt in order to achieve further popularity with the orthodox Jews that he decided to attack the Christian Church and its leaders. 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. Confidence in man, in self, was overthrown to its foundations all that his life had been zealously building up. 2. 1Ki 21:1 Near King Ahabs palace in Jezreel there was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth. In Peter's case, because they wanted to keep him sure, he was chained on both sides to guards, and then there were two guards who would stand watch at the door and four quaternions would mean that there were four groups of four soldiers. Thus we see God had allowed things apparently to take their course. I. So says the Spirit to Philip, "Go near and join thyself to this chariot." It was one concurrent evidence. It was at a prayer meeting in Philippi that God opened Lydias heart (Acts 16:13), and another prayer meeting in Philippi that opened the prison doors (Acts 16:25ff), 13. But not so the word of God. They were now put in contact with his wants, and all was instantly light in his soul. This is the second difficulty which it is conceived lies in the way of our interpreting the apostle's language literally. It could not be otherwise. It has indeed been suggested that it was in this very house that the Last Supper was eaten and that it continued to be the meeting place of the disciples in Jerusalem. It was no longer a question of Jerusalem only even for Peter, but without being called to the same largeness of work practically as the apostle Paul, he nevertheless passes throughout "all quarters" of Palestine, and comes down to the saints at Lydda, and is seen by those of Saron. This brought the question to a simple issue; but here again, let it be noticed that the gift of the Holy Ghost belongs to those that believe. James sheds his blood, as Stephen had before; for this Peter was destined by man, but the Lord disappointed him. God did not clothe him with such overwhelming influence that doors were thrown open to him though the greatest of the apostles. ACTS Prayers (Adoration, Confession, T The, the definite article. He did this because he saw it pleased the Jews. And so it has been completely excavated around there and partially restored, and it is a very interesting sight and an interesting study in Roman architecture and it gives us a little bit of the culture.Now according to Josephus, it was into this theater, which is an outdoor theater that Herod came, according to Josephus, with this fabulous robe made of silver cloth. He was led of God. Hence the great importance of discipline. Verse Acts 12:1. ., 2:11:6; Bruce, "Chronological Questions . For according to the Roman law, if you were guarding a prisoner and he escaped from you, then you received the sentence that would have been given to the prisoner. Herod the king; not Herod the great that slew the infants at Bethlehem, nor Herod Antipas that beheaded John, but Herod Agrippa; and so the Syriac version adds here, "who is surnamed Agrippa"; he was a grandson of Herod the great, and the son of Aristobulus: this prince. And he was highly respected by the Jews. Now at this point we are introduced to James, who became one of the leaders in the early church, who was a half brother to Jesus. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'. Without the action of the Holy Ghost faith is impossible; but this capacitating power and the gift of the Holy Ghost are two very different things, and the latter consequent on the former. WebPrayers To Get A Permanent Job This Month 12. It was not a question of being saved in the day of judgment; nor is this the meaning of the term "salvation" in the New Testament. It is said according to the Gospel of the Hebrews, in one of the Apocrypha books, they have James saying after the death of Jesus and before His resurrection that he said, "I will not believe unless I can see Him myself." It is of interest to see, and should be better known, that among the Gentiles were not wanting such as worshipped no idols but served the true and living God. Such was the emphatic and characteristic presentation of His person assigned to the apostle, and this at once. And yet the scripture said, "And when they shall have finished their testimony," then the antichrist has power to put them to death, but not until they have finished their testimony.So obviously God was not yet through with Peter. (1) Herod harasses the church. He ruled Judea for three years, A.D. 41-44 [Note: Josephus, Antiquities of . Israel had the truth presented to them as it was afterwards to all. When redemption was accomplished, it was the seal of the faith and the life which they already had. So he went out and followed him. Now, look you, the Angel of the Lord stood by and a light shone in the house. Then we find Simon struck not so much by an individual's endowment with miraculous power, as by the fact that others received it by the apostles' laying on of hands. In the meantime, the church waspraying, and in answer to theirprayers(v. 5) God supernaturally awakened Peter from a sound sleep (v. 6). . Holy Spirit cause a great confusion among my antagonists today in Jesus name,23:6-10. There can be no doubt that the facts at Samaria were analogous; but this remarkable feature is to be noticed, that the Holy Ghost was here conferred by (not, as at Jerusalem, apart from) the laying on of the hands of the apostles. is stricken by an angel, and dies miserably. This did not at all flow from his ordination. 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. It may well be that what the life of Jesus could not do his death did, and that when James saw his brother die he discovered who he really was and dedicated all his life to serve him. The voice that said, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" And every word was made good. Their lands lay to the north of Palestine and in two ways Herod could make things very difficult for them. So meanwhile, back at the prison Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter ( Acts 12:18 ). His was the first spirit that departed to be with Christ after the Holy Ghost was given. 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ;' 'that I may be comforted by the mutual faith both of you and me;' did St. Paul, when he thus wrote, regard himself as but nominally interested in the blessings of redemption? Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word and the truths that it contains. He began with some of the members of the church, certain of them that were of less note and figure; played first at small game, but afterwards flew at the apostles themselves. A nevem Hring Attila, profi fotogrfus vagyok. And "when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John." I mean, they woke up and here Peter was gone, and you can imagine the stir that this must have created among these guards to find Peter gone. grace of God to sinners of the Gentiles as certainly as to the Jews to those who, in the judgment of the Jews, were nothing but refuse, vile, and unclean.

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