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Promise Acts 4:33-34 33 And with great power gave the apostles…
Promise
Acts 4:33-34 33
And with
great power
gave the apostles
witness
of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and
great grace
was upon
them all.
Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were
possessors
of lands or houses
sold them
, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
He gave with great power
witness of the resurrection
Witness
One who testifies
proclaiming of the Gospel
That which furnishes evidence or proof
a person who beholds
To see or know by personal presence
great grace
Grace
Favor & Kindness
God's forgiving mercy
Gifts bestowed by God
inherent excellence
To Adorn
distinguished characteristic of apostolic preaching and witness for 4 reasons
Apostolic teaching was based on Gods word.
and conviction of Holy Spirit
Disciples were conscious that they had been sent
commissioned by Jesus Christ Himself
The resurrected Lord.
The Holy Spirit brought great conviction who heard the Gospel concerning Sin.
God's righteousness and Gods love.
Included the anointing of the Spirit of the apostles for miraculous signs and wonders
So more would be added in the multitudes.
Power
Ability to Act
Exercise of a Faculty
Applied Force
an authority that enables you to do
Dominion
All
The whole number
All together
Every
By all means
The whole
they became givers
No one lacked
they sold their possessions to give
possessors
Owners
Have legal titles to
to obtain occupation of
To enter in and influence
To acquire
Sold
Make exchange
return
Salary
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not
discern
and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God’s
temple
(His sanctuary), and that God’s Spirit has His permanent
dwelling
in you [to be at home in you, [a]collectively as a church and also individually]?
Temple
A building hallowed by the special presence of God
consecrated to his worship
The church of Christ
The believer
Tabernacle
The human body holding dwelling of the Spirit of God
Discern
The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another
power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies
penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight
To consider
To act wisely
dwelling
Habitation
Abode
A house
resting place
tabernacle
Emphasis is on the entire congregation of believers
In the midst of a corrupt city
We are not to participate in the evils prevalent in society
reject all forms of immorality
Temple must be holy because God is Holy
Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]
purpose
That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished;
the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan
To set forth; to bring forward
To propose, as an aim, to one's self
"decree" as used in regard to man's relation to eternity
superabundantly
An excessive quantity
redundancy
Extreme plenty
heavy
overflow
above
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense.
In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
God will not only do more than what we ask in prayer
he will also do more than what our imaginations can perceive
Promise is dependent on
The full release of
His Power
His presence
Grace of His Holy Spirit to Minister
Ephesian 6:10 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].
Strong
Having active physical power,
having ability to bear or endure
powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured
Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
Union
The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.
something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members
Draw
To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.
To influence to move or tend toward one's self;
to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself;
To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth;
To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
receive
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
ability
Variously used of resources, material, mental and spiritual; e.g. of wealth, "gave after their ability"
of mental endowment
of talents and character
of spiritual strength, "minister, as of the ability which God giveth
native capacity, or gifts of the Holy Spirit.
efficiency
productive of desired effects
capable of producing desired results with little or no waste (as of time or materials)
being or involving the immediate agent in producing an effect
to make, bring about, produce, carry out
Primary purpose of the baptism in the Spirit
receiving power to witness for Christ
So the loss can be won over
taught to obey His commands
End Result
Christ be known
Christ be Loved
Christ be praised
Made Lord over God's chosen people
Matthew 28:18-20
Jesus approached and, [a]breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
19 Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them [b]into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you [c]all the days ([d]perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. [e]Amen (so let it be).
God's people are promised authority and power to proclaim the Gospel.
But most obey the command to wait for the promise of the Father
The Holy Spirit
The great commission of all believers
Go into all the world and preach the Gospel
Sending missionaries into every nation
Preaching of Gospel is centered on
repentance
remission "forgiveness" of sins
The promise of receiving the Holy ghost
The exhortation to separate from this corrupt generation
while waiting on the return of the Lord
The purpose is to make disciples
not just converts
who will observe God's commands
making disciples who separate themselves from the world
follow him with all their hearts, minds, and will
Christ commands us to focus on the lost
Not on christianizing a society
not on taking over the world
Those who believe must come out and be separate
Those who live in Christ are to
Be baptized in water
represents their covenant pledge to renounce immorality
renounce the world and their own sinful nature
unreservedly to commit to Christ and His Kingdom purposes
Christ will be with His obedient followers
In the presence and power of Holy Spirit
They are to only go after they have received the power of Holy Spirit.
Jesus promised He would be with us as we teach the nations
Through Holy Spirit
Through His word
No matter your condition
weak
poor
humble
unimportant
His grace is sufficient
He is still with you
answer to
fear
doubt
trouble
heartache
discouragement
Luke 24:49 And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.
Refers to the power of Holy Spirit
devoted themselves to prayer until they were filled.
Today's believer should do the same.
John 5:23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
He has the right to divine honor.
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
Power means more than strength & ability
designates in operation & action
Holy Spirit power includes
authority to drive out evil Spirits
anointing to heal the sick
Luke 4:14 Then Jesus went back full of and under the power of the [Holy] Spirit into Galilee, and the fame of Him spread through the whole region round about.
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],
To preach the Gospel to :red_flag:
The poor
the destitute
the afflicted
the humble
crushed in Spirit
the broken hearted
those who tremble at His word
To heal
Those who are bruised and oppressed.
The whole person
Physical
Spiritual
To open the Spiritual Eyes of those
blinded by the world
blinded by satan
To proclaim the time of true freedom & salvation from
Satan's domain
Sin
fear
guilt
All who are called to minister must in these ways and to do so we must
gain a deep realization of the terrible need and misery that has resulted from Sin and the power of Satan.
A condition of bondage to evil
brokenheartedness
spiritual blindness
physical distress
Luke 5:17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.
Luke 6:19 And all the multitude were seeking to touch Him, for healing power was all the while going forth from Him and curing them all [[a]saving them from severe illnesses or calamities].
Luke 9:1-2 Then Jesus called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases,
2 And He sent them out to announce and preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing.
First time sent the 12 to represent Him
by word
by deed
Sent to lost sheep in the House of Isreal
After Jesus ressurection
The scope was to go to all nations
Mission continues to the very end of the age
Jesus command to preach the Kingdom of God
Churches should ask?
Are weeing the Kingdom of God the way they did at that time today?
if not why not?
Acts 6:8 Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing and favor) and power (strength and ability) worked great wonders and signs (miracles) among the people.
The Holy Spirit empowered Stephen to perform
great wonders
miracles
great wisdom to preach the gospel
In a way His opponents could not refute arguments
Acts 8:4-8
Now those who were scattered abroad went about [through the land from place to place] preaching the glad tidings, the Word [[a]the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God].
5 Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people];
6 And great crowds of people with one accord listened to and heeded what was said by Philip, as they heard him and watched the miracles and wonders which he kept performing [from time to time].
7 For foul spirits came out of many who were possessed by them, screaming and shouting with a loud voice, and many who were suffering from palsy or were crippled were restored to health.
8 And there was great rejoicing in that city.
Phillip preached the gospel of the Kingdom and God confirmed with miraculous signs
driving out demons
healing the sick
ACTS 8:12-13 But when they believed the good news (the Gospel) about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) as Philip preached it, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Even Simon himself believed [he adhered to, trusted in, and relied on the teaching of Philip], and after being baptized, devoted himself constantly to him. And seeing signs and miracles of great power which were being performed, he was utterly amazed.
The Samaritans fully met the conditions of salvation
They were Christians before the Spirit fell upon them
They believed they were baptized
genuine saving faith
both Phillip and the Apostles considered their faith to be valid
The Samaritans publicly committed themselves to Christ
by water baptisms
indicating Phillips belief hat they believed in Christ unto Salvation
receiving Holy Spirit several days later was not for forgiveness or regeneration.
it was to equip them in the power to service and witness
Acts 10:38 How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, [a]in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him.
power over Satan & demons
So [Paul and Barnabas] stayed on there for a long time, speaking freely and fearlessly and boldly in the Lord, Who continued to bear testimony to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed by their hands.
preaching of Gospel with Miraculous Signs
confirms the Truth of the Gospel