These verses describe the ongoing response of the church, under the guidance of the Apostles, to the hostility that greeted their witness for Christ. Peter and John are released, v23 under threat of further consequences to any more preaching in Jesus’ name, v17-18, 21. Many times God’s people come up […]
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The wine cup of wrath
THE WINE CUP OF DIVINE FURY. Cp v15-33. There is an immediate and a future application of this dramatic device used by Jeremiah. Israel and the surrounding nations would taste the bitter dregs of their debauchery. Drunkenness is often used as a picture in the word of God of the […]
Controversy and jail time!
Controversy and jail time! Acts 4:1-22 Throughout their training under the personal ministry of Christ, the disciples had experienced something of the hostility of the wicked men who filled the leadership positions in the religious establishment of the day. Now as their Apostolic ministry begins in real earnest that hostility […]
Captivity!
Jeremiah 25:1-38 The date upon this chapter, v1, means that we are taking a step back about 7 years chronologically. Jehoiakim reigned 11 years before being replaced by his son who only reigned 3 months, and whose downfall is recorded, 24:1. While the time context is different, the message has […]
Miracle at the prayer meeting, Pt2
Miracle at the prayer meeting, Pt2 Acts 3:12-26 Peter takes occasion to preach to the gathering crowd in the Temple. The consternation caused by the miraculous healing of the lame man has caused a large crowd to gather around Peter and John. Peter takes advantage of their curiosity and […]
Alive for ever to make intercession
Living to intercede Hebrews 7:24-25 The words of this text evidently deal with the truth of Christ’s rising again from the dead. In fact, He lives in the power of an endless life, v16! The resurrection of the Lord Jesus is not just an historical event that is important in […]
Three great truths declared by the resurrection
Three great truths declared by the resurrection Romans 1:4 The resurrection was an event that at the time made a dramatic announcement. It affected all who heard of it. Shockwaves went through the echelons of religious and secular government. The resurrection continues to ‘speak’. It declares and confirms the […]
Lessons from two baskets of figs
Lessons from two baskets of figs Jeremiah 24:1-10 The timing of this vision is given to us in v1. It is in the context of a second wave of captives being removed to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. The first wave had gone in the days of Jehoiakim, 2Chron 36:6-7, Dan 1:1. […]
Miracle at the prayer meeting
Miracle at the prayer meeting Acts 3:1-11 In these verses Peter and John are seen doing what is recorded of the saints generally in 2:46. Cp Luke 24:53. For some time after the death of Christ and His pronouncement of its desolation prior to His death, Matt 23:39, the Temple […]
Preaching against false prophets, Pt4
THE TRUE PROPHET MUST KEEP PREACHING. Cp v28-29. The presence of liars and false teachers is not to deter the faithful servants of God from continuing to proclaim His word. Their presence makes their work more difficult but it must go on! Let him speak my word faithfully, v28. Truly, […]