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ACTS 18
Acts 18:28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ Acts 18 videos- https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhngBQ9ITOg2ZTeyK https://www.dropbox.com/s/5om8kl98crwxp1y/7-27-17%20Acts%2018.mp4?dl=0 https://youtu.be/iqrNUuWL-0A https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/7-27-17-acts-18.zip https://ccoutreach87.com/7-27-17-acts-18/ ON VIDEO- .New Testament church planting .Corinth .Tent makers [Paul worked a job] .Jesus is the Christ .Gallio [Not the famous scientist] .Apollos .Historical record .Inscription found at Delphi backs it up .Documentary evidence .Law cannot save .Pantheon .Why Greek- not Latin? .Hellenization .Ephesus .John Chrysostom [Golden tongue] .John’s baptism- Christian baptism [different] .The early believers did not even have a complete New Testament how did they make it? .The power of the Spirit and the living Christ .Daily community .Open church .John Chrysotom- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chrysostom NOTE- I mentioned Gallio on the video- he was the brother of the philosopher Seneca- who was the tutor of Nero. An inscription found at Delphi [Greece] tells us that Gallio was indeed the proconsul of Achia in A.D. 52- which is archaeological proof for the history recorded in Acts. PAST POSTS [Past teaching I did that relates to today’s post- ACTS 18- verses below] · ACTS 18- Paul goes to Corinth, he meets Aquila and Priscilla. They are all tent makers and he stays with them and does some manual labor! Poor Paul, he just didn’t understand that when we read earlier in Acts, that the Apostles at Jerusalem devoted themselves to prayer and the word, that this meant they were in ‘full time ministry’. I am being sarcastic! The point is Paul did not see his very gifted apostolic ministry as a ‘ministry’ that would be run like a modern business. He certainly did not see manual labor as some type of lack of faith. In today’s environment you can ask a brother ‘how are you supporting yourself’ and many times the answer is ‘we are a faith ministry’ kind of saying ‘I don’t work, but I ask for money’ [Ouch!]. Now, Paul will say it’s good to meet the material needs of laboring elders/pastors, but don’t develop more into it than this. At Corinth Paul teaches for a year and a half, one of the longest recorded stays at any of his ‘churches’ [cities with believers in them]. He goes to Ephesus and back to Antioch. [ some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/acts-8-6 ]Then makes a tour of the cities where he originally preached. Basically going back and strengthening the churches. The Lord speaks again to Paul in a vision while at Corinth, he says ‘don’t be afraid to speak, no one will lay a hand on you. I
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Psalm 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ 4-30-22 The Birds of Paradise [Made yesterday] https://fb.watch/cJ1oGScgX6/ https://ok.ru/video/3561646262839 https://youtu.be/1MrH0QGVKsc Recent sites- Gettr- 2nd https://www.gettr.com/user/johnchiarello OBT- Africa https://www.ourblacktruth.net/-ccoutreach87 Truthbook- https://truthbook.social/ccoutreach87 Australia Freetalk https://freetalk.app/ccoutreach87 Waveful- ccoutreach87 https://waveful.app/referral/9PPpamTlEUh7esYqiLqQTzg5i1p2 Unsilenced- John Chiarello https://unsilenced.us/members/10725941 Milky- ccoutreach87 [Download app] John Chiarello- ccoutreach87 https://zoebook.com/home.html Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@ccoutreach87?lang=en Wisocial https://wisocialapp.com/ccoutreach Irl- ccoutreach87 https://www.irl.com/group/ccoutreach87/Y3IItzyk Earth Hub- ccoutreach87 [App] https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=5961037352155679365 Clouthub [site] https://app.clouthub.com/#/users/u/ccoutreach87 TLB- ccoutreach87 https://tlbtalk.com/users/view/3226 TruthSocialChat- ccoutreach https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digitalapps.uschat 2nd Kings 1-3 video’s https://youtu.be/gsNk5YO93fg https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMiw6l4eqdds95bcAC https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205565806902731/ ON VIDEO .The Day before Easter .Motorcycles and scars .Then came the Psalm .Elijah and Elisha .The fire comes down .How are Enoch and Elijah alike? .And how is this connected to the oldest man recorded in the bible? .The anointing makes you efficient- not just ‘talented’ [gifted] .The 3 kings- the ditches and the blood- a type of Redemption .Obey the Word of God- even if it seems insignificant at the time .The Divine act of God [The verses scattered thru out the post- as well as those at the bottom of each post are the scriptures I either quoted or talked about on the video] 2 Peter 1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. Matt.11 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. Luke 9 [Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-214 ] ACTS 17
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ ACTS 17 videos- https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhmpzSfn9MpjhnGp- https://www.dropbox.com/s/gt65ma1rkkx44l0/7-20-17%20Acts%2017.mp4?dl=0 https://mega.nz/file/WXZVUCzQ#2GipYvdXflTtv5K_lLJD2uZ1NJhGVrTJ7ODwWIXPZ38 https://youtu.be/fQSdBK5I6bk https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/7-20-17-acts-17.zip https://ccoutreach87.com/7-20-17-acts-17/ ON VIDEO .The philosophers .Mars Hill .Jesus is the Christ .General revelation .Freud .Apologetics .Zeus .3 cities .3 Sabbath days .Simple church planting .Athens .Epicureans and Stoics .Hedonism .Altar to the unknown God .Your own poets said it! .Zeno NOTES- I taught this chapter before and will add that below. On the video I quoted- taught some of the poets- and quotes Paul himself used at his famous Mars hill sermon. And mentioned the only 2 schools of philosophy actually mentioned by name in the bible- So I’ll just add some of that info here- Acts 17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. The Epicureans followed the school of thought founded by Epicurus [342- 270 BC] Zeno [340-265 BC] was the founder of stoicism. Acts 17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? Areopagus- where Paul preached the famous message was named after the Greek god Ares- the god of thunder and war. The Roman equivalent of the god Mars- that’s where we get ‘Mars hill’. Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. The Cretan poet Epimenides [600 BC] said the first part [live and move..] And the Cilician poet Aratus said the last part [we are his offspring]. It is interesting to note that Aratus [315-240 BC] was referring to the god Zeus- yet Paul still uses it to argue for the true God. [Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/acts-17-4 ] PAST POSTS- [Past teaching I did that relates to today’s post- ACTS 17- verses below] GALATIANS 1
Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Galatians 1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ 4-25-22 Homeless Piano Man [Made yesterday] https://youtu.be/SpiLgmlEfzw https://fb.watch/cCMv1YZna3/ https://ok.ru/video/3550607444535 Galatians 1 videos- https://www.dropbox.com/s/840brei12jiowq2/12-20-16%20Galatians%201.mp4?dl=0 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhE_9lOKof6BzaK_A https://youtu.be/Bk04o7nBlsE https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/12-20-16-galatians-1.zip ON VIDEO- .Justification by faith .Luther .Paul’s controversy .Damascus road .Abraham’s faith .The Jerusalem council .Judiazers .The church at Antioch .Legalism .God raised Jesus from the dead .Grace and Peace .There is no other gospel .It’s not about the preacher .The law cannot justify you .Father to all who believe .The dead don’t sin .Antinomianism .The message of the Cross TEACHING- [Past links- verses below] I wrote a brief commentary on this book years ago [pasted below] and will do a little background before we get to the chapter. Paul the apostle was the missionary to the gentiles- we see his ministry told in the book of Acts. Paul was converted to Christ on the famous Damascus road- spoken about in Acts 9. His background was a religious teacher of the Old Testament [Pharisee] and excelled above many in this field. After his conversion he ‘saw’ all the great truths of grace- that were contained in the Old Testament- and was able to unfold them in his letters [most of the New Testament] in a way that the other apostles did not seem to do. As he preached to the gentiles- he showed them how being justified [saved] was not by the works of the law- but by faith in Jesus. Some Pharisees who also believed- they came to Paul’s churches and told them that Paul was wrong- that they need to get circumcised- and come under the law- in order to be saved. Paul disagreed with them- and in Acts chapter 15 we read about the debate. The leaders at the Jerusalem church held a council- and agreed- that the gentile believers did not have to get circumcised and come under the law- but having faith in Jesus was enough. Over time- some of the Pharisees who believed- still went behind Paul’s back- and taught the gentile believers that they should get circumcised- and come under the law. They were called the Judiazers. This letter [Galatians] was written to these believers- to warn them- that the true gospel was what he had previously taught them- and what they believed at first. [Some sites see here https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2022/04/galatians-1-text.html?m=0 ] SUNDAY SERMON
Ezekiel 37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ Sunday Sermon videos- https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhAG-f-ZblazGnKY- https://www.dropbox.com/s/nmfj5rte16qi47h/10-22-17%20Sunday%20Sermon.mp4?dl=0 https://youtu.be/wLwj1pXnTCQ http://ccoutreach87.com/10-22-17-sunday-sermon/ http://ccoutreach87.com/10-22-17-sunday-sermon-2/ ON VIDEO- .Old Testament- the history of a people .King Cyrus .Who started a ‘movement ‘and thought he was king Cyrus? .Waco- the tragedy of the Branch Davidians .History of captivity .Some go back home- some stay .Parable from Port Aransas .Vision of dry bones .We are the rebuilt temple of God .Built upon the rejected Corner Stone .Who were the Herodians? .The 4 ruling empires in scripture .Alexander the Great .How did they try and trick Jesus? .How did he respond? .Not very ‘Pastoral’ .He turned the tables on them .They went away https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/10/19/kings-13-2/ Here’s the kings 13 chapter I talked about- Also talked about Aquinas- I’ll add some past teaching I did on him below. TEACHING- I talked about the verses from this Sundays Mass and the verses from Church Unlimited- did a brief review of the history of Israel in the Old Testament and how they went thru times of judgment and restoration. The famous vision of Ezekiel and the valley of dry bones [added below] and the promise of new life. The same applied to the verses from the Mass [Isaiah 45] and how God would raise up a‘pagan’ king- to do his bidding. Sure enough- we get the books of Ezra and Nehemiah that cover the fulfillment of that prophecy [Cyrus the Persian king]. I have taught a lot of this in the past- and will add those teachings below- [Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-213 ] I also taught from Matt. 22- and the corresponding ACTS 16
Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ 4-20-22 was born and became man https://youtu.be/p3voYTtksjM https://fb.watch/cw7RW3NuhU/ https://ok.ru/video/3537584261687 Acts 16 videos- https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhkPvtDq2kHbfWX97?e=efwnSm https://www.dropbox.com/s/6h7szlctpd4epkj/6-29-17%20Acts%2016.mp4?dl=0 https://mega.nz/file/DHICDCDJ#91lwhCK1xyO9DDUUMOczqCEb9QBXwU_rJyn-ePg2wAY https://youtu.be/I791QOdizbc https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/6-29-17-acts-16.ziphttps://ccoutreach87.com/6-29-17-acts-16/ ON VIDEO- .Python spirit and ventriloquist .Sorcery forbidden for Christians .Timothy’s circumcision .Paul obeys a vision .Lydia’s conversion .Oracle of Delphi .Paul and Silas arrested .Jail break .Don’t kill yourself man! .Paul rebukes authorities .Jailer and family believe PAST POSTS- [Past teaching I did that relates to today’s post- ACTS 16- verses below]] 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/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/23/acts-5/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/31/acts-6/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/06/acts-7/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/14/acts-8/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/18/acts-9/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/07/acts-10/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/16/acts-11/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/22/acts-12/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/01/acts-13/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/14/acts-14/ 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 http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/john-complete-links-added.html (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.[Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/acts-16-4 ] 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 ACTS 15-
Amos 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:Amos 9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ Invite all to join me on some of my new sites- Thanks Worldnoor https://worldnoor.com/profile/John1645618297Chiarello Yorespot- 2nd site https://yorespot.com/ccoutreach87 Mumblit- 2nd site https://www.mumblit.com/ccoutreach Gettr- 2nd https://www.gettr.com/user/johnchiarello OBT- Africa https://www.ourblacktruth.net/-ccoutreach87 Truthbook- https://truthbook.social/ccoutreach87 Australia Freetalk https://freetalk.app/ccoutreach87 Waveful- ccoutreach87 https://waveful.app/referral/9PPpamTlEUh7esYqiLqQTzg5i1p2 Unsilenced- John Chiarello https://unsilenced.us/members/10725941 John Chiarello- ccoutreach87 https://zoebook.com/home.html Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@ccoutreach87?lang=en Wisocial https://wisocialapp.com/ccoutreach Irl- ccoutreach87 https://www.irl.com/group/ccoutreach87/Y3IItzyk Acts 15 videos- https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhjykkOv9Rib_2GbH https://www.dropbox.com/s/ix9istn5trudhms/6-22-17%20Acts%2015.mp4?dl=0 https://mega.nz/file/2OADHAjZ#3-Ud_P1f-DZ5MTzbqlu3D1jPy9wZRpGKh0GyijiYtfU https://youtu.be/rteq0keHKsQ https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/6-22-17-acts-15.ziphttps://ccoutreach87.com/6-22-17-acts-15/ ON VIDEO- .Key chapter .The argument .The agreement .Tabernacle of David .Free in grace- but not a license to sin .Written and oral tradition .Paul and Barnabus have a falling out .1st church council .Visions played a role in setting doctrine [Peter and the sheet vision recounted] .Yet we test the spirits- they are not all of God PAST POSTS [Parts of my past teaching that relate- verses below] https://ccoutreach87.com/james-2015/ http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/protestant-reformation-luther-1766-lil_25.html My daughters non profit- https://www.facebook.com/jimwellscountypetsalive/ 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/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/23/acts-5/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/31/acts-6/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/06/acts-7/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/14/acts-8/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/18/acts-9/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/07/acts-10/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/16/acts-11/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/22/acts-12/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/01/acts-13/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/14/acts-14/ (739)ACTS 15- Some brothers from Judea came down to Antioch and taught the believers that they had to be circumcised and keep the law in order to be saved. These are the Pharisees out of Jerusalem who became believers. They tried to put the gentile believers under the yoke of the law. Paul and Barnabas disagree strongly with this teaching. They decide to bring the question before the Apostles and Elders at Jerusalem. This is the first ‘church council’ in history. The ‘Jerusalem council’. At the meeting the dispute arises. Peter speaks up and recounts his experience at Cornelius house. How God showed Peter that he would justify people by faith, without having to become converts to Judaism. James chimes in and quotes a famous verse [famous now!] from the prophet Amos ‘in those days I will rebuild David’s tabernacle and all the gentiles upon whom my name is called will see me’. I want to stop here for a minute. On this blog I wrote a chapter on David’s tabernacle. It is in the booklet ‘The great building of God’ you might want to read it if you are not familiar with David’s tabernacle. I want to note that scholars disagree on what James means here. Some see ‘David’s tabernacle’ as the house or dynasty of David. Like Paul saying ‘house of God’ when speaking of ‘the family of God’. Others say this verse teaches the rebuilding of the Temple. The main reason James is quoting this verse is really not for the ‘rebuilding of David’s tabernacle’ section. It is for ‘all the gentiles who call upon my name’ part! James is agreeing with Peter and taking the side of grace when he says ‘look, even Amos said gentiles would call on Gods name’. [Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/acts-15-text ]Paul does this in Romans, he quotes the Old Testament prophets in context of the gentiles being accepted. Sunday sermon
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ Sunday sermon video’s https://youtu.be/IwP2vI-oOCw https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMiwyzkliIosHtfHws https://www.facebook.com/john.chiarello.5/videos/10205521959166565/ ON VIDEO .Homeless update .The gift of the Cross given to me . ‘Just Bee’ .Jesus and Peter .The deaths of Peter and Paul by Nero- was indeed the will of God .The interesting question the homeless brother asked me- and the answer I gave .Do you see the new thing? .The verse painted on my house .Paul’s conversion .Jesus and the woman caught in adultery .What did Jesus actually tell the accusers? .And what did he write- with his finger- in the dirt? .MLK Jr. .The ordinances of Divine service .The discipline of the kingdom Philipians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Philipians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. [The verses you see thru out the post are the ones I quoted on the video- all verses at the bottom of this post] TEACHING [Past posts below] Isaiah 43:18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 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/acts-links/ https://ccoutreach87.com/acts/ https://ccoutreach87.com/john-complete-links-added/ https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/ JOHN 8 [Deut. 30] But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, Heb. 12:22 John 8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. [Some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/sunday-sermon-212 ] ACTS 14
Titus 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: Links to my sites here and the bottom of every post- Most updated at bottom. https://ccoutreach87.com/links-to-my-sites-updated-10-2018/ Stats https://ccoutreach87.com/stats-4-21/ Acts 14 videos- https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/6-1-17-acts-14.ziphttps://ccoutreach87.com/6-1-17-acts-14/ https://www.dropbox.com/s/jkkv6md5qsvnc9r/6-1-17%20Acts%2014.mp4?dl=0 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhihuzitjllQA7wI6 https://mega.nz/file/mTIRTKqT#jPjMCfCKXryFb20WmS8MoQUS_VIBa_6xizslSUA-IgY ON VIDEO- .Other cities .Signs and wonders .Zeus and Hermes .Or Jupiter and Mercury .The legend told .Don’t worship us! .Ecclesiology [Just a note- I have a new office/word- the spell check did not recognize this word- ok- but it also does not recognize some other words- that are not as hard- I have been adding ‘to dictionary’ a lot- Oh- the word means church government- it is a common word when writing about the bible and stuff like that] .Ordination- what is it? .What is ‘The local church’? .Avoid the ‘cult of personality’ .Pets Alive! PAST POSTS- [Past teaching I did that relates to today’s post- Acts 14- Verses below]] I talked some about ordination and church government on today’s post- here’s a book I wrote years ago that speaks about it- https://ccoutreach87.com/further-talks-on-church-and-ministry/ https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/ 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/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/23/acts-5/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/31/acts-6/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/06/acts-7/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/14/acts-8/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/18/acts-9/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/07/acts-10/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/16/acts-11/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/22/acts-12/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/01/acts-13/ (739)ACTS 14- Paul and Barnabas continue going thru different cities [Iconium, Lystra] Paul heals a man who was lame from birth and the whole city says ‘these men are gods who have come down in human form’. Paul barely stops them from offering sacrifices to them! In each city they travel to, they have a routine. They go into the synagogue and speak to the gathered. Both Jews and ‘God fearers’ [gentile followers] the pattern of some believing and others resisting becomes routine. Paul also has to deal with the Jews who were following him from past cities. They were sort of 1st century ‘apologists’ who made it their purpose to simply stop Paul. I want you to see that the ‘churches’ were the various groups of people who believed. They did gather together [Ecclesia] but they did not see ‘church’ as a place they went to for religious instruction. They did not start ‘gentile synagogues’ in competition with Judaism. Now Paul goes back thru the cities and at that point ‘ordains Elders in every church’. This is important to see. The ordaining of Elders was the simple process of seeing who had the maturity of understanding in the gospel and could be looked up to as a spiritual guide. Any questions or new converts in the towns would know ‘so and so’ is a responsible believer who Paul put his stamp of approval on. Why even do this? [some sites see here https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/acts-14-4 ]Remember, the enemies of Paul [Jewish law keepers] are going behind Paul’s back and trying to undo all the work that Paul was doing. Elders were |
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