Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000396
00:15 Hi, and welcome again to His Words are Life.
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer. We'll be reading today from 00:22 The King James Version, the book Acts. We're reading about the 00:26 the work of the disciples as they began to build and grow the 00:30 early church. Before we begin to read, let's pray together. 00:34 Dear Jesus, thank you for these stories of how your disciples 00:39 went out in faith and how they encouraged each other, 00:43 how they served each other. Help us to learn from that and to 00:48 be, like them, followers of You, the servants of each other. 00:52 Strengthen our faith. We love You. Amen. 00:56 We're reading today from the King James Version. 00:59 The book of Acts, chapter 13, and we'll begin with verse 24. 01:05 The people have come together and Paul is preaching to them 01:10 the history of Saul and David, and how they lived with the 01:14 man after God's own heart and through his line was born Jesus, 01:18 the Savior. And Paul continues, beginning verse 24. 01:22 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism 01:26 of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John fulfilled 01:30 his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. 01:35 But, behold, there cometh one after me whose shoes of his feet 01:39 I am not worthy to loose. Men and brethren, children of the 01:44 stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, 01:47 to you is the word of this salvation sent. For they that 01:53 dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him 01:57 not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every 02:00 Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning 02:05 him. And though they found no cause of death in him, 02:08 yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 02:12 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, 02:15 they took him down from the tree and laid him in a sepulcher 02:18 but God raised him from the dead: and he was seen many days 02:22 of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, 02:26 who are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you 02:30 glad tidings, how that the promise which was made 02:34 unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us 02:37 their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; 02:42 as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, 02:46 this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised 02:50 him up from the dead... now no more to return to corruption, 02:53 he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies 02:58 of David. Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, 03:02 Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 03:05 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will 03:09 of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, 03:13 and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, 03:18 saw no corrupti0on. Be it known unto you therefore, men and 03:22 brethren, that through this man is preached unto you 03:26 the forgiveness of sins. And by him all that believe 03:31 are justified from all things, from which ye could not be 03:35 justified by the law of Moses. Beware therefore, lest that come 03:41 upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, 03:44 ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work 03:50 in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, 03:53 though a man declare it unto you. And when the Jews were 03:58 gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these 04:01 words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. 04:04 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews 04:08 and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: 04:11 who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace 04:15 of God. And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city 04:20 together to hear the word of God. But when the Jews saw the 04:24 multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against 04:28 those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting 04:32 and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, 04:37 it was necessary that the word of God should first have been 04:41 spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you and judge 04:45 yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn 04:50 to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, 04:54 I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou 04:59 shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. 05:02 And when the Gentiles heard this they were glad, and gloriified 05:06 the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal 05:10 life believed. And the word of the Lord was published 05:15 throughout all the region. But the Jews stirred up the devout 05:18 and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, 05:21 and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled 05:24 them out of their coasts. But they shook off the dust of 05:28 their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 05:30 And the disciples were filled with joy, 05:33 and with the Holy Ghost. 05:34 We're reading from the King James Version, 05:37 of the bible and we're in the book of Acts, 05:39 beginning chapter 14. And it came to pass 05:43 in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue 05:47 of the Jews and so spake, that a great multitude both of the 05:51 Jews and also of the Greeks believed. 05:54 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, 05:57 and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. 06:02 Longtime therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, 06:07 which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted 06:11 signs and wonders to be done by their hands. But the multitude 06:15 of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, 06:18 and part with the apostles. And when there was an assault made 06:22 both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, 06:25 to use them despitefully, and to stone them, they were ware of it 06:31 and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the 06:36 region that lieth round about: And there they preached 06:39 the gospel. And there sat a certain man at Lystra, 06:43 impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, 06:47 who never had walked, the same heard Paul speak: who 06:52 steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to 06:56 be healed. said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy 07:00 feet. And he leaped and walked. And when the people saw what 07:03 Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the 07:07 speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness 07:10 of men. And they called Barnabas Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, 07:16 because he was the chief speaker. Then the priest 07:20 of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and 07:24 garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice 07:26 with the people. Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, 07:30 heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among 07:34 the people, crying out, and saying, Sirs, why do ye these 07:37 things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach 07:42 unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the 07:45 living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all 07:48 things that are therein: who in times past suffered all nations 07:52 to walk in their own ways. Nevertheless he left not himself 07:56 without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from 08:00 heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food 08:04 and gladness. And with these sayings scarce restrained they 08:10 the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. 08:13 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, 08:18 who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out 08:22 of the city, supposing he had been dead. Howbeit, as the 08:26 disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came unto 08:30 the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. 08:34 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, 08:38 and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and 08:41 to Iconium, and Antioch. Confirming the souls 08:45 of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, 08:48 and that we must through much tribulation enter into the 08:53 kingdom of God. And when they had ordained them elders in 08:57 every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended 09:01 them to the Lord, on whom they believed. And after they had 09:04 passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 09:08 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down 09:11 into Attalia: And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had 09:15 been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they 09:19 fulfilled. And when they were come and had gathered the church 09:22 together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, 09:26 and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. 09:29 And there they abode long time with the disciples. 09:33 We're reading in the book of Acts, in the King James Version, 09:36 chapter 15. And certain men which came down 09:42 from Judea taught the brethren, and said, 09:44 Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, 09:47 ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas 09:51 had no small dissension and disputation with them, 09:54 they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other 09:57 of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles 10:00 and elders about this question. And being brought on their way 10:04 by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, 10:07 declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great 10:11 joy unto all the brethren. And when they were come to Jerusalem 10:16 they were received of the church and of the apostles and elders, 10:19 and they declared all things that God had done with them. 10:23 But there rose up cretin of the sect of the Pharisees which 10:28 believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, 10:32 and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 10:34 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this 10:38 matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, 10:42 and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a 10:45 good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles 10:50 by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 10:54 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, 10:58 giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 11:03 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their 11:07 hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke 11:14 upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we 11:18 were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace 11:22 of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved even as they. 11:26 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to 11:31 Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders 11:34 God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. 11:38 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, 11:43 men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeon hath declared how God 11:48 at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them 11:51 a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the 11:54 prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, 11:58 and will build again the tabernacle of David, 12:01 which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, 12:03 the ruins thereof and I will set it up: 12:05 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, 12:09 and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, 12:12 saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. Known unto God 12:16 are all his works from the beginning of the world. 12:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, 12:24 which among the Gentiles are turned to God: But that we write 12:28 unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, 12:32 and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood 12:35 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, 12:40 being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day. 12:44 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, 12:47 with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company 12:51 to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas, 12:55 surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren: 12:59 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; 13:03 The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto 13:08 the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria 13:11 and Cilicia: Forasmuch as we have heard that certain 13:15 which went out from us have troubled you with words, 13:20 subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, 13:24 and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: 13:27 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, 13:31 to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 13:35 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord 13:39 Jesus Christ. We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, 13:43 who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. For it seemed 13:47 good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater 13:51 burden than these necessary things; that ye abstain from 13:55 meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things 13:58 strangled and from fornication from which if ye keep yourselves 14:02 ye shall do well. Fare ye well. So when they were dismissed, 14:08 they came to Antioch and when they had gathered the multitude 14:11 together, they delivered the epistle; which when they had 14:14 read, they rejoiced for the consolation. And Judas and Silas 14:19 being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many 14:23 words and confirmed them. And after they had tarried there 14:27 a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren 14:31 unto the apostles. Goodbye. |
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