ACTS 2-
Acts 2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I
will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams:
Acts 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out
in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Note- on an upcoming video- I have a question for CCPD and chief
Markle ‘Why did you draw your guns at the park the other day- after I posted
the video about CCPD?’
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[focus on1st Cor. 12-14]
(739) ACTS
2- The Apostles are gathered together in the upper room. As they continue in
unity and prayer the Spirit of God comes upon them like a rushing wind. There
appear ‘cloven tongues’ like fire above each of them. Why this image? Why not
‘ears’ or some other sanctified body part? God is going to give supernatural
power to the words that they will speak. In a few chapters we will read how an
angel will supernaturally deliver Peter from prison and say ‘go, speak the
words of this life’. These tongues are a precursor to the tremendous fire that
will be loosed from their lips. James says the tongue is a little member but
boasteth great things, it has the ability to start fires. Jesus said he came to
earth to ‘start a fire’ and how he wished it were already burning. Here he gets
his wish! Now the Apostles and early believers experience the gift of tongues.
They begin speaking and prophesying in the unknown languages of all those who
are gathered together to Jerusalem for the feast of Pentecost. God ordained
this event to be strategically done at this time. All the surrounding regions
heard the believers speak the ‘wondrous works of God’ in their native tongue.
Peter stands up and delivers a scathing message! He basically tells Israel
‘this is that which the prophet Joel spoke about’ he goes on and says this
outpouring is part of Gods predetermined plan to pour out his Spirit on all
flesh in the last days. He speaks of divine manifestations [dreams, visions]
and carries the prophecy right to the end of the age. He then speaks the gospel
of Christ and tells Israel ‘this is the Jesus you killed’. Wow, these guys are
bold. Peter leads them to faith in Christ, their public baptism is the
immediate sign of their willingness to be identified with Jesus and 3 thousand
Jews become believers this day. Now, what is the church? This corporate group
of first time followers do 4 basic things. They ‘continue in the Apostles
doctrine and breaking of bread and prayers and share their goods with all in
need’[true fellowship]. This early community was a brotherhood who actually
gave priority to the teachings of Jesus passed on to them from the Apostles.
Don’t miss this! Many will develop all sorts of practices and beliefs that
‘make up church’. Some will justify extra biblical beliefs under the guise of
‘the Apostles doctrine’ as in if it were something totally contrary or not
known thru the gospels or the writing of scripture. Paul will tell Timothy to
stay true to the traditions he passed on to him. But I want to focus on the
fact that the Apostles doctrine was not something different then the basic
instructions Jesus left us in the gospels. Paul will add to this basic body of
Christian doctrine thru his letters to the churches, as well as the whole New
Testament. But we do not see a bunch of strange or unknown doctrines that come
from this time period. The basics are mentioned above. I do want to stress the
fact that this early expression of church life had no ‘Pastor’ in the sense of
their gatherings being a time where a singular authority figure had oversight
of the entire community. They had strong leaders to be sure, but would avoid
the Protestant idea of Pastor. They had no church building or belief in a
strong liturgy. The ‘breaking of bread’ was a common meal where they all shared
together in a real life setting. And of course their giving was radical, it was
not ‘a tithe’ and it was done to meet the real needs of the community around
them. All these elements are basic to what the New Testament church is. A
functioning society of people in whom Christ Spirit dwells and who see
themselves as a real spiritual community of people. As we progress thru out the
history of the church as seen in Acts we will never lose this basic mindset. It
will be carried into the epistles of the New Testament and remain the best idea
of ‘local church’ as found in the first century. There is a trend going on
right now in Evangelicalism that says ‘lets return to the ancient practices of
the church and see what we can find’. As an avid reader of church history I am
not totally against this movement, but I do see a danger in thinking ‘the
ancient practices’ are the 2nd or 3rd century development
of liturgy and Eucharist and other early ideas, and by passing the ‘real
ancient’ story in the book of Acts. To put it simply, some of the Protestant
and Evangelical ‘practices and beliefs’ that have developed since the
reformation are ‘ancient’. I believe we all have a long way to go, but the ‘low
view’ of the Lords Table [low as opposed to ‘high church view’. Though I personally
believe in the Lords table as a memorial, not as the actual Body and Blood of
Jesus. Yet I personally don’t like referring to such an important practice as
low!] seems to be the true ancient practice as seen in Acts. The absence of the
Priest officiating over the altar is no where to be seen in the actual ‘church’
setting. This ancient church is really a simple brotherhood of believers having
all things common and having the resurrection of the Son of God as the central
organizing principle of their lives.
[parts]
1916 WHO IS JOHN GALT?
Over the weekend- my habit is now
to watch a couple of documentaries from Netflix.
I always got into them- but with
the Rocu thing- I can start a few at a time- and then pick up right where I
left off.
I’m watching the Cosmos- Carl
Sagan [excellent by the way].
Just started Greek Civilization-
narrated by one of my favorite actors- Liam Nessen.
And I caught a short one on Ayn
Rand- the now famous author of Atlas Shrugged.
I have never read any of Rand's
stuff- she is a novelist- and I don’t read them.
But- she is also a philosopher-
the founder of the system called Objectivism.
And her works and thought are
more known right now because a movie was made about the book- Atlas Shrugged.
Rand taught a system that said
mans main purpose in life is the pursuit of his/her own happiness.
Now- she was not a strict
Hedonist- she also taught that man should be productive- should be a
contributing member of society- and should be free to excel- to ‘make it’
without the state making the rich guy feel bad about it.
Yes- back to the 99 versus the 1.
As you can see- that’s why her
work has made it back into the collective consciousness at this point in time.
The other day we went to see my
friend John at the hospital- I took Henry [John Henry], John from Arlington-
Andy- and of course myself.
The day before we went to the
bookstore- and I met father John- a nice Catholic Priest.
The guys were calling John [from
Arlington] Joe.
I told Henry 'no- his name is
John’.
Henry quipped ‘too many John’s’
In Rand’s work- she tells the
fictional story of John Galt [who is John Galt? This sign pops up every so
often]
Galt is the leader of the
‘productive’ class in society- the thinkers- producers- etc.
These noble ones rebel against
what they see as an all encroaching Entitlement society- a ‘world’ that keeps
blaming them for the ills of man.
Eventually these productive
people have had enough- and they withdraw from the world and start their own
world- based on the principles of Objectivism.
‘Every man for himself’ type of
thing.
There is one line in the book-
where you have this image of Atlas [the man who has the world on his
shoulders].
He is bowing and bending and
struggling under this Entitlement world.
The ‘have nots’ keep seeing the
‘haves’ as the cause for their problems.
The more pressure put on Atlas-
does not seem to appease the Entitlement class.
So- he shrugs- and walks away.
A couple of years ago when we did
a short history of Philosophy- I never covered Rand.
Why?
She never came up in any of the
stuff I was reading at the time.
Rand was a Russian American who
came to the states in the early 20th century.
She saw the rise of Communism in
her homeland- and she believed that the U.S. was in danger of going down the
same road.
She lived to see the presidency
of FDR- and his creating of what we call the Entitlement society.
But Rand- like other thinkers of
her day- also rejected Faith and Religion [Marx].
She believed that Reason was
enough to establish morality- and build an adequate Ethical society.
To be honest- Ayn was wrong about
this.
But- because she angered the Left
with her capitalist thought- and the Right with her anti God ideas- well she
would alienate not just the 47% [Romney’s gaff] but both ‘47’s’.
Thus- Rand never came up on the
radar when I was studying philosophy.
I have not read the book- but
from what I picked up on line- I can see how Christians would indeed have a
hard time with Objectivism.
In scripture- we don’t see ‘statism’
per se- but we do see a sort of collective ideal.
In the books of Acts we see the
early believers selling their goods and giving to those in need.
We read many-many portions of the
bible that speak about helping the less fortunate.
Yet- the argument is ‘should the
state force man to do this’.
The state- govt. - according to
scripture- has the right to tax.
Rand’s argument [and others] is
‘fine- but don’t demean me because I am one of the producers- don’t demonize
those in society who are holding the system up’.
Rand did not teach that you
should never help another- but she rejected the govt. forcing you to do it.
In Ayn’s Utopia- the John Galt’s
of the world withdraw- they take their toys and go home.
From a biblical perspective- we
are indeed our brother’s keeper.
That does not mean we encourage
people to be non productive- to live off the wealth of others.
But we see the goal of our lives
as more than seeking happiness- more than pursuing the Dream.
No- we often give things up-
material things- in order to pursue a more just society.
In our World- Atlas doesn’t
shrug.
[parts]
[parts]
[1587] OVERVIEW- Lets
over view a little today- in the last post I mentioned how we will be getting
into Marx, Freud and Nietzsche in the coming months- yet I have so many things
going on at this time that just in case I never get to them I want to lay out
some stuff. First, most challenges to the Christian faith/God- have come from
the point of view that said ‘yes- we believe that there is some being out
there- God- but we challenge the purveyors of religion and how man has used
religion to control- manipulate the masses’. It was not until the rise of these
men that the popular approach of ‘no God’ would take a foothold in the minds of
many unsuspecting ‘masses’. Before we delve into the ideas and contradictions
of these men- let me explain why most thinkers of the Enlightenment did not
take the atheistic approach- and instead opted for some form of Deism/Theism.
The original debate of ‘where did everything come from’ did not start during
the Enlightenment- it dates back as far as 4-5 centuries before Christ- the
question is obviously older- but you can read the debate taking place in the
great minds of the Greek philosophers; Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Though
the idea of God in the minds of these Greek thinkers was not the same
definition that Christianity would hold to- yet they did believe in some type
of being who for the most part was what we would think of as God- they referred
to him as The Prime Mover- a term that the great Catholic thinker Thomas
Aquinas would use in the 13th century as he too argued for the
existence of God. Okay- the Greeks taught that the universe/cosmos always
existed- and there was an initiator who started the ball rolling [motion].
Their ideas about how the solar system worked were primitive- the famous idea
espoused by Ptolemy had a sort of crystalline sphere
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As time progressed- and man advanced in knowledge- he also
thought we would arrive at a time where advanced civilization would ‘through
off’ the harmful effects of the church.
Yet- they struggled with the idea of how a society could
regulate itself [moral aw] without ‘God’s law’.
So- some thinkers like Kant- Locke talked about ‘natural
law’ which actually is one of the ‘proofs’ of God.
Because where did man- on his own- have this innate
understanding of morality?
It’s not simply what they came up with- but it’s imbedded in
his conscience [which is another proof of God- why do humans have this
conscience? - or self-awareness- where did that come from? Why can’t we really
create a computer with this characteristic? A.I.]
This is the period of the Enlightenment- and the
Philosophers on the rise.
Men Like Freud [later] would do a grand experiment- saying
‘actually the cause for man’s problems- is this very thing- him trying to deal
with the guilt of sin’ [which he denied] and said man should act out on his desires- which we refer to as the philosophy
of Hedonism.
He taught the idea of sexual revolution- and died as a
victim of his own thinking.
Eventually man came to the end of his new journey- without
God in his thoughts- and wound up back at the beginning.
God indeed was the creator- and his laws are the only
possible way for society to regulate itself.
Jesus Christ came to redeem man- from the very thing he
could not do for himself.
Through the death and resurrection of ‘the Logos’ we are now
brought back into right relationship with God- and all the pieces of the puzzle
come together.
Not that hard- is it?
RUSSIA-
2 days ago- Russia
bombed- killed many of the troops we raised up in Syria. Our planes were flying
overhead- to guarantee their protection.
Russia has not been bluffing- they flew 2 planes- right next
to ours- and bombed them.
Defense secretary Carter was livid- because Russia [like I
said recently] is ready to have a real- HOT WAR- with the U.S.
Both on their border with the NTAO states- as well as over
Syria.
I’ll add the news link on this or the next post.
It didn’t get a lot of play in the media- because it is what
Russia said all along- they are not ONLY going to kill ISIS fighters- but all
the rebel/terrorists on the ground.
A great majority of those groups are backed by the U.S.
Carter- in an interview makes it sound like ‘what are they
up to- they are deceiving the world because they said they would only bomb
ISIS’.
THAT’S A LIE- Lavrov [the defense guy from Russia] said from
day one- we will bomb them all- even the terrorists the U.S. is backing [news
link at bottom
[parts]
Okay- I am skipping a bunch of stuff to jump into the
thinkers who represent the most popular forms of atheism- Marx, Nietzsche and
Freud. But first we need to take a look at Ludwig Feuerbach. L.F. [Ludwig Feuerbach]
laid the groundwork for these other more famous rejecters of God and
Christianity. During the enlightenment period it was rare for the critics of
religion to hold an outright atheistic view- men like Hume and Voltaire- though
true critics of the church- did not come out openly and deny the existence of
God. It was also difficult [impossible?] to hold professorships in the
universities if you were a doubter of God. Both Hume and Voltaire did not hold
positions. F.S. was Hegelian in a way [he followed Hegel’s idea that ‘God’
comes to self consciousness thru the development of humanity] but F.S. was a
Materialist- Hegel was an Idealist. Remember- idealism is the philosophical
system that sees reality existing in forms/ideas first- then later comes the material
thing. The great ancient philosophers- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were all
Idealists. F.S. espoused the idea that reality starts with the material
existence of man first- and thru religion man ‘projects’ the idea of God/spirit
into society- and as man and
[parts]
NEW STUFF- Sartre is one of the most famous 20th
century philosophers- also described as the father of existentialism.
I say ‘also’ because
when we covered Kierkegaard- I said the same of him.
How can this be?
Well- Kierkegaard was a Christian- Sartre an atheist.
So you can divide existentialism between ‘Christian
existentialists- and atheistic’.
Ok- it would be a lot to try and cover all of his ideas- but
what I want to do is sort of contrast the thinkers who trended away from
God with those who continued to believe
in a creator- while at the same time engage in the intellectual world [many I
could name- Descartes- Kant- etc.].
Though Sartre- like Camus- was indeed an intelligent man-
when they tried to develop philosophies- ways to explain man- his purpose- what
‘it’s’ all about.
They have difficulty giving any real purpose or meaning to
man.
Why?
Because if you believe [and teach] that man is really some
sort of a cosmic accident- with no creator who made him- then how do you teach ‘that
man’ that he has a purpose?
This would apply to all the great thinkers- who rejected
God.
In the end- if you were born without a preceding purpose
[which Christians teach is to glorify God] and when you die- there is no after
life- then it’s common sense to see your life ‘without purpose’.
Sartre's most famous work ‘being and nothingness’ says it
all in the title.
Some of his most famous ideas are ‘no essence before
existence’.
Now- Christians usually criticize him for this [which I just
did in a way].
But he sort of tried to apply this idea- and say ‘because we
are not predetermined- then we are indeed responsible for our actions- we are
‘left alone- without excuse’.
When you study Philosophy- along with Theology [the study of
God]. A big thing that is debated is predestination.
Many misunderstand the historic reformation doctrine of
Predestination –and they see it as a form of fatalism- meaning ‘whatever will
be- was meant to be’.
You can do a whole debate on this subject- in studying
theology alone.
Yet it also ‘bleeds’ into philosophy- because many thinkers
were trying to figure out the problems of man- and some thought the doctrine of
original sin taught a form of fatalism.
Actually- it does not.
But that’s why you see these ideas pop up – that we can act
without our past having power over us.
So- in a sense- though Sartre was an atheist- this was an
attempt [I think] to try and give man the ‘freedom’ to act on his own will.
But without belief in God- there really is no grounding
authority to values- ethics.
Where would they come from? [that’s a long debate- but if in
effect ethics- right and wrong- were simply some sort of value system that was
majority rule- then when the majority gets it wrong- slavery- abortion- etc.-
then these values do not really ‘mean’ anything].
From the Christian view [they do debate between
predestination by the way] Values- worth- purpose- do indeed ‘precede’
existence.
God had a purpose for us before we were born- and values are
the revealed ‘rules’ that God gave to man.
The Nihilistic thinkers [those who admit that there really
is no purpose] in the end have a hard time teaching their ideas- and at the
same time instilling self-worth in people.
Camus summed it up when he said-“There
is only one really serious philosophical question, and that is suicide” (MS,
3).Oct 27,
2011
Sartre [like Kierkegaard] wrote plays- poetry- etc.
One of Sartre’s dramas was called ‘NO EXIT’
He depicted Hell as a place where people are forever
‘observing’ one another- with no way out [obviously he did not really believe
in Hell].
But why would he see it this way?
Sartre had a unique insight [though an atheist- he was
indeed smart].
One of the things that Sartre believed- was subjectivity- he
taught that if man were to be truly Free- he could not be an Object [lots has
been said in the last few years on objectifying people- seeing them as objects
degrades them].
So in Sartre's mind- belief in God objectifies people.
How?
If there is an ‘all seeing’ creator who is always
looking/seeing into people’s lives [and intents- hearts] then they are not
truly free.
All the thinkers who rejected God- did not do so for the
same reasons.
Freud- and those who taught Hedonism- said it was the moral
constraints on man [from God and the church] that was the problem.
So in Freud’s mind- we should deny God- and man should live
out all of his most base desires.
It was a failed idea for sure- but that was the Hedonists
view.
Sartre did not espouse unrestrained passion- actually even
though he was an atheist- he believed that men should live with some type of
ethic.
So his rejection of God was based on the idea that God is
always ‘watching you’ and a man cannot truly be free- if someone is always
watching him. It was an interesting idea [and yes- God is always watching- but
from the Christian view he is not watching as some type of cosmic voyeur- but
as a Father watches over his children.
Or- as the bible says ‘as a mother hen watches over her
chicks’. So Sartre was right about God always seeing us- but he disagreed with
the Christian view of omniscience [all knowing God] and said this ‘constant
watching’ makes us an object- and to Sartre- the basic attribute of human
character is subjectivity- if he is not a subject- with no previous ‘essence’
[remember- his other famous idea was ‘existence precedes essence’] he is not
truly free.
So to Sartre- man and reality are simply things- and we
develop life from this materialistic view.
He rejected universals- there is not a universal category of
‘mankind’ but simply individual people.
Another famous atheist thinker was Camus [‘there is only one
really serious question left- suicide’].
Even though some of the atheistic thinkers ‘meant well’ yet-
in the end- as Kant said- if there is no God- then society cannot function
without the basic understanding that we are all accountable- and will someday
give an account.
In Kant’s view- he rejected the classical idea that you
could ‘prove God’ from reason and nature.
But some said he ‘let God in the back door’.
Because for Kant- if you reject God outright- then society
cannot function.
For instance- if there is some type of injustice- maybe
framed for murder and you sit in jail your whole life- never being vindicated.
For Kant- the person can survive- because he knows- in the
end- the truth will come out [if there is a God].
And not only will it come out- but those who wronged the man
will give an account.
So Kant saw the need for there not only to be an ‘all seeing
God/judge’.
But that Judge had to also have all power- so he could carry
out justice in the end.
But for Sartre- and Camus- and the other atheists- they
grappled with the problem of where moral laws come from [or if there is even
such a thing].
How can we really define ethics if there is no real meaning
to our existence?
If ‘nothing matters’ [no essence before existence] then in
the end- WE don’t matter.
And you come to the same conclusion as Camus.
The question of suicide has been pondered for centuries- it
has made it into the plays of Shakespeare [below]
Many are familiar with this famous line- but read it
carefully- it’s Hamlet’s struggle- whether it’s nobler to ‘go thru stuff’ or-
end it.
That’s why I think the Camus’ and Sartres of the world don’t
help- in the end.
To be, or not to be, that is
the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of dispriz'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th'unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub:
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of dispriz'd love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th'unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action.
PAST POSTS I WROTE THAT RELATE-
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TELOS [What’s your purpose?]
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/7-3-15-telos-or-jack-nichols-n-the-3-dollar-tip.zip
A telos (from the Greek Ï„Îλος for
"end", "purpose", or "goal") is an end or
purpose, in a fairly constrained sense used by philosophers such as Aristotle. It is
the root of the term "teleology,"
roughly the study of purposiveness, or the study of objects with a view to
their aims, purposes, or intentions. Teleology figures centrally in Aristotle's biology and in his theory of causes. It is
central to nearly all philosophical theories of history, such as those of Hegel and Marx. One
running debate in contemporary philosophy of biology is to what extent teleological language (as
in the "purposes" of various organs or life-processes) is
unavoidable, or is simply a shorthand for ideas that can ultimately be spelled
out nonteleologically. Philosophy of action also makes essential use of teleological
vocabulary: on Davidson's account, an action is
just something an agent does with an intention--that
is, looking forward to some end to be achieved by the action.
In contrast to telos, techne is the rational method involved in
producing an object or accomplishing a goal or objective; however, the two
methods are not mutually exclusive in principle.
Q. 1. What is the
chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God,[1] and to enjoy him forever.[2]
1Peter
2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and
envies, all evil speakings,A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God,[1] and to enjoy him forever.[2]
1Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word,
that ye may
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VERSES-
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were
all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a
rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of
fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began
to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven.
Acts 2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his
own language.
Acts 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to
another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Acts 2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we
were born?
Acts 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
Acts 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Acts 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our
tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts 2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one
to another, What meaneth this?
Acts 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Acts 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his
voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at
Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
Acts 2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is
but the third hour of the day.
Acts 2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I
will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams:
Acts 2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out
in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Acts 2:19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in
the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on
the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did
by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and
slain:
Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of
death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord
always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Acts 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt
make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Acts 2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us
unto this day.
Acts 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the
flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of
Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see
corruption.
Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
witnesses.
Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and
having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth
this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith
himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Acts 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and
Christ.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren,
what shall we do?
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and
to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized:
and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine
and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and
signs were done by the apostles.
Acts 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things
common;
Acts 2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to
all men, as every man had need.
Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with
gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And
the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my
holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the
LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and
of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and
a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after
it, even to the years of many generations.
Joel 2:3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame
burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a
desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel 2:4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses;
and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Joel 2:5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall
they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a
strong people set in battle array.
Joel 2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces
shall gather blackness.
Joel 2:7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall
like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not
break their ranks:
Joel 2:8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every
one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Joel 2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run
upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the
windows like a thief.
Joel 2:10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall
tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their
shining:
Joel 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for
his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day
of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Joel 2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me
with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn
unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel 2:14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a
blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD
your God?
Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn
assembly:
Joel 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble
the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the
bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between
the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give
not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them:
wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel 2:18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his
people.
Joel 2:19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold,
I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith:
and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
Joel 2:20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,
and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the
east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come
up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
Joel 2:21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will
do great things.
Joel 2:22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures
of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and
the vine do yield their strength.
Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the
LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will
cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in
the first month.
Joel 2:24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats
shall overflow with wine and oil.
Joel 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath
eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army
which I sent among you.
Joel 2:26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise
the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my
people shall never be ashamed.
Joel 2:27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and
that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be
ashamed.
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour
out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Joel 2:29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in
those days will I pour out my spirit.
Joel 2:30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth,
blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on
the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD
shall call.
1Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I
would not have you ignorant.
1Corinthians 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto
these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
1Corinthians 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man
speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say
that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1Corinthians 12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit.
1Corinthians 12:5 And there are differences of administrations,
but the same Lord.
1Corinthians 12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it
is the same God which worketh all in all.
1Corinthians 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to
every man to profit withal.
1Corinthians 12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of
wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
1Corinthians 12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another
the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
1Corinthians 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another
prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues;
to another the interpretation of tongues:
1Corinthians 12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is
Christ.
1Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been
all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Corinthians 12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.
1Corinthians 12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Corinthians 12:16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the
eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1Corinthians 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the
hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1Corinthians 12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of
them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1Corinthians 12:19 And if they were all one member, where were the
body?
1Corinthians 12:20 But now are they many members, yet but one
body.
1Corinthians 12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no
need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
1Corinthians 12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which
seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
1Corinthians 12:23 And those members of the body, which we think
to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our
uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
1Corinthians 12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath
tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part
which lacked.
1Corinthians 12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but
that the members should have the same care one for another.
1Corinthians 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members
suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1Corinthians 12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular.
1Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles,
secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
1Corinthians 12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all
teachers? are all workers of miracles?
1Corinthians 12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak
with tongues? do all interpret?
1Corinthians 12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet
shew I unto you a more excellent way.
1Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling
cymbal.
1Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Corinthians 13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the
poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it
profiteth me nothing.
1Corinthians 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Corinthians 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Corinthians 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth;
1Corinthians 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth
all things, endureth all things.
1Corinthians 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1Corinthians 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Corinthians 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then
that which is in part shall be done away.
1Corinthians 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put
away childish things.
1Corinthians 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but
then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am
known.
1Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1Corinthians 14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual
gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
1Corinthians 14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in
the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
1Corinthians 14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to
edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
1Corinthians 14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth
himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1Corinthians 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but
rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh
with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
1Corinthians 14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with
tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by
revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
1Corinthians 14:7 And even things without life giving sound,
whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall
it be known what is piped or harped?
1Corinthians 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who
shall prepare himself to the battle?
1Corinthians 14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue
words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall
speak into the air.
1Corinthians 14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices
in the world, and none of them is without signification.
1Corinthians 14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the
voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh
shall be a barbarian unto me.
1Corinthians 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of
spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
1Corinthians 14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown
tongue pray that he may interpret.
1Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit
prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
1Corinthians 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit,
and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I
will sing with the understanding also.
1Corinthians 14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how
shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of
thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
1Corinthians 14:17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the
other is not edified.
1Corinthians 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than
ye all:
1Corinthians 14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words
with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten
thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding:
howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
1Corinthians 14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other
tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will
they not hear me, saith the Lord.
1Corinthians 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them
that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for
them that believe not, but for them which believe.
1Corinthians 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together
into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are
unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
1Corinthians 14:24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that
believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
1Corinthians 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made
manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that
God is in you of a truth.
1Corinthians 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come
together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a
revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
1Corinthians 14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it
be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
1Corinthians 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep
silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
1Corinthians 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let
the other judge.
1Corinthians 14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that
sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
1Corinthians 14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all
may learn, and all may be comforted.
1Corinthians 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to
the prophets.
1Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of
peace, as in all churches of the saints.
1Corinthians 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches:
for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under
obedience as also saith the law.
1Corinthians 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask
their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
1Corinthians 14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or
came it unto you only?
1Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the Lord.
1Corinthians 14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be
ignorant.
1Corinthians 14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and
forbid not to speak with tongues.
1Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
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