His Words Are Life

Acts 2:7

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer

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00:16 Hi, and welcome to His Words Are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today we'll be reading from the book,
00:23 Acts of the Apostles, from the King James version.
00:25 But before we read, let's go to God and ask Him to be with us,
00:28 to bless us, and to guide our hearts.
00:31 Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the Bible that we have;
00:35 that we have the freedom to read it still, and that we can take
00:38 these words into our lives.
00:40 We ask You to make them bear fruit to Your honor and to Your
00:45 glory, for we love You so much.
00:47 Thank You again for these precious, precious words.
00:50 Amen.
00:51 I'll be reading today from the Acts of the Apostles in the
00:55 King James Version.
00:56 And when we were last together the disciples had been gathered
00:59 in the upper room and were praying.
01:01 And as they prayed the Holy Spirit descended on them and
01:04 each of them began to speak in a different language.
01:07 At that time in Jerusalem there were visitors from every nation
01:11 in the world, and they all heard the gospel being preached
01:14 in their own tongue.
01:15 I'm picking up in verse 7, and it says:
01:18 And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another,
01:21 Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?
01:25 And how hear we every man in our own tongue,
01:29 wherein we were born?
01:31 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
01:35 Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
01:41 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya
01:45 about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
01:49 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues
01:53 the wonderful works of God.
01:55 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one
02:00 to another, What meaneth this?
02:02 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
02:07 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice,
02:12 and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at
02:16 Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and harken to my words:
02:20 for these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the
02:24 third hour of the day.
02:26 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
02:30 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,
02:33 I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons
02:38 and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men
02:41 shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
02:45 and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out
02:49 in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
02:52 and I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the
02:55 earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
02:59 the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
03:03 blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
03:06 and it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name
03:10 of the Lord shall be saved.
03:13 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man
03:18 approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs,
03:23 which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves
03:26 also know: him being delivered by the determinate counsel and
03:30 foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
03:35 crucified and slain: whom God hath raised up, having loosed
03:41 the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should
03:44 behold of it.
03:46 For David speaketh concerning him, I forsaw the Lord always
03:50 before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be
03:54 moved: therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
03:59 moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: because thou wilt
04:03 not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine
04:07 Holy One to see corruption.
04:09 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me
04:14 full of joy with thy countenance.
04:16 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch
04:21 David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is
04:25 with us unto this day.
04:26 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn
04:31 with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to
04:35 the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
04:39 he, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ,
04:44 that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did
04:47 see corruption.
04:48 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
04:55 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
05:00 received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
05:03 he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
05:07 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith
05:12 himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
05:17 until I make thy foes thy footstool.
05:19 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God
05:24 hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified,
05:28 both Lord and Christ.
05:31 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart,
05:35 and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles,
05:38 Men and brethren, what shall we do?
05:39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
05:44 every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
05:47 of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
05:52 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all
05:55 that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
06:01 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying,
06:05 Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
06:09 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
06:13 and the same day there were added unto them about
06:16 three thousand souls.
06:18 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
06:21 fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
06:25 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were
06:30 done by the apostles.
06:31 And all that believed were together, and had all things
06:35 common; and sold their possessions and goods,
06:38 and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
06:42 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple,
06:46 and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with
06:50 gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having
06:55 favor with all the people.
06:57 And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
07:01 (We're reading from the King James Version in the
07:03 Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 3.)
07:05 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the
07:10 hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
07:13 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried,
07:17 whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called
07:21 Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
07:25 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
07:29 asked an alms.
07:31 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said,
07:36 Look on us.
07:38 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive
07:42 something of them.
07:43 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have
07:50 give I thee: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
07:54 rise up and walk.
07:57 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up:
08:00 and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
08:04 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them
08:09 into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
08:12 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
08:14 and they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the
08:17 Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder
08:20 and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
08:23 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John,
08:28 all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called
08:30 Solomon's, greatly wondering.
08:33 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people,
08:35 Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so
08:41 earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had
08:45 made this man to walk?
08:46 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of
08:50 our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up,
08:55 and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was
08:57 determined to let him go.
08:59 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer
09:03 to be granted unto you; and killed the Prince of life,
09:07 whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
09:11 And his name, through faith in his name, hath made this man
09:16 strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him
09:22 hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence
09:25 of you all.
09:26 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it,
09:30 as did also your rulers.
09:32 But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth
09:36 of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer,
09:39 he hath so fulfilled.
09:41 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be
09:47 blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
09:51 presence of the Lord; and he shall send Jesus Christ,
09:54 which before was preached unto you: whom the heaven must
09:57 receive until the times of restitution of all things,
10:01 which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets
10:05 since the world began.
10:06 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the
10:11 Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me;
10:15 him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall
10:20 say unto you.
10:21 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear
10:24 that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
10:28 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow
10:32 after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold
10:36 of these days.
10:37 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant
10:41 which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy
10:44 seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
10:48 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus,
10:53 sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you
10:58 from his iniquities.
11:00 (Continuing with Chapter 4 of the book, the Acts
11:05 of the Apostles.)
11:06 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the
11:10 captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
11:13 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through
11:16 Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
11:19 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next
11:23 day: for it was now eventide.
11:25 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed;
11:29 and the number of the men was about five thousand.
11:32 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers,
11:36 and elders, and scribes, and Annas the high priest,
11:40 and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were
11:43 of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together
11:47 at Jerusalem.
11:48 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what
11:51 power, or by what name, have ye done this?
11:54 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers
12:00 of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be
12:05 examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what
12:08 means he is made whole; be it known unto you all, and to all
12:13 the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of
12:17 Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
12:21 even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
12:27 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
12:32 which is become the head of the corner.
12:35 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none
12:39 other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
12:43 must be saved.
12:45 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived
12:49 that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled;
12:53 and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
12:58 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them,
13:02 they could say nothing against it.
13:04 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the
13:07 council, they conferred among themselves, saying, What shall
13:11 we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath
13:15 been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in
13:18 Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
13:21 But that it spread no further among the people, let us
13:24 straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man
13:27 in this name.
13:29 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak
13:33 at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
13:35 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be
13:39 right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto
13:43 God, judge ye.
13:44 For we cannot but speak the things which we have
13:47 seen and heard.
13:49 So when they had further threatened them, they let them
13:51 go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of
13:54 the people: for all men glorified God for that
13:58 which was done.
13:59 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle
14:02 of healing was showed.
14:03 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported
14:07 all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
14:10 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God
14:13 with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made
14:17 heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: who by
14:22 the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen
14:25 rage, and the people imagine vain things?
14:28 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered
14:31 together against the Lord, and against his Christ.


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