All right, y'all, peace and bless us, God bless you all.

I'm Jarvis Kingston and I hope that y'all doing all Ryan, standing strong and

sodden these times that wren. I pray that you have repented and that you

are baptized. I pray that you are safe, protected and prayed up.

And I just hope that whatever situation that you're going through, that the Lord

is with you, that he guides you, he protects you, he looks

out for you, he comforts you. I pray that you stop backsliding,

that you turn from your ways. I pray that you stay on that narrow

path that keep fighting the good fight of faith. I pray that you become

more stronger wise in the Lord. I pray that your mental health gets better.

And I just pray that everything the Lord brings you through is to strengthen

you. Strengthen your faith, you know, make you have a more better

heart, make you have better approach to things and helping people for the rest

of your life. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all, let us thank

the Lord for another day. Let us think the Lord will waken us up.

Let's thank the Lord for protecting us coming in and coming out. Let

us thank the Lord for food in our belly, clothes on our backup roof

of our head. Let us thank the Lord for just guiding us as we

take it one day at a time. And these and these times that run,

you know, so much going on all four corners of the earth,

and a lot of things going on to spiritual warfare. But we have to

keep on the arm of God. We gotta stay strong people, all right.

Gotta be firm, gotta be faithful, steadfast, diligent, sober,

alert, all of those things. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all.

Welcome everybody. I appreciate all of you guys for listening and supporting. I

love you all, praying for you all, and pray that the Lord turns

things around for you in your situation, all right, and then it is

done as he said, it is done, y'all, all right, So

I always believe in Him and trust in him. Blesses the person who trust

in the Lord. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all, welcome, Body

of Christ. Greetings, family, shaloan. What's going on with you all?

Yes, yes, y'all. Just hope that we are all just getting

more wise in these times that ran, and that we're not caught up in

deception, all right, that we have stronger discernment, that we'd be more

sober and much more on point and sharp about things. Amen. Yes,

yes, y'all. Welcome all people's, all nations, all tribes, all

languages, all tongues, all racists, all faces, all four corners of

the earth. Whether you are an Israelite or a gentile, it is all

right. Whether you are chosen or adopted, it is all right. Let

us come together. Let us praise the Lord. Let us give him glory,

praise, honor. Let us be together, united in one and the

body of Christ's. Amen. Yes, yes. Let us love the Lord

our golf, all of our mind, heart and soul. Let us love

our neighbors as we love ourselves. Let us obey the Gospel. Let us

obey his word. Let us obey the Lassus commandments. Let us obey his

voice. All right. Let us be firm in the Kingdom of Heaven,

and let us always keep winning souls. Let us bring so much people to

the Word and spread that Gospel off four corners of the earth. Amen.

Yes, yes, y'all. Soo. In today's message, I am going

to continue the Bible reading series, all right, So yesterday we finished up

the Book of John reading we read. We read from John chapter twelve all

the way to John twenty one, and complete the whole rest of the Book

of John. All right, So now we are in the Book of Acts.

So we're gonna get into the Book of Acts. And as we continue

in a book of Acts, from there, we'll close out with the priestly

blessing. We'll close out with a prayer, and we'll also close out we're

given all the praise on and going to the most High God of Abraham,

ersk and Jacob, and praise has only begotten someone who died for our sins.

Amen. Yes, yes, y'all. So let us go into the

Book of Acts and go from there. Before again to the Book of Acts

chapter one. I would like to read the introduction and commentary before it,

all right, to give us a synops of everything, and go from there.

All right, So here we go, all right, the author Luke,

the audience, theophyllis, the date probably about eighty sixty three, setting

the message of Jesus Christ spreads quickly from Jerusalem to all parts of the Roman

Empire. Essentials of Acts. By the time Luke had finished his biography of

Jesus. He probably realized that someone needed to record at the amazing events taking

place in the young church that Jesus left behind. For his gospel, Luke

had relied on first hand accounts of people who knew Jesus, but Luke himself

had also witnessed many of the events he records and Acts. The people of

Acts walk with Jesus even though they can't see him. While not perfect,

they are willing to take action as God works through their lives. As you

read Acts, identify with the characters God wants to work through your life today.

Read Acts. For the possibilities it is appropriate to pray, Lord,

please do it again. What to look for in Acts, The arrival of

the Holy Spirit, inspiring sacrificial deaths of early Christians, unexpected people who become

believers, evidence that God doesn't always provide the easiest ways. Assurance that God

always makes sure his message gets through. Amen. All right, y'all,

Acts, Chapter one, Here we go, Jesus taken up into Heaven.

In my former book Theophilis, I wrote a about all that Jesus began to

do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven. After

giving extructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen after his suffering,

he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was

alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about

the Kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them,

he gave them this command to not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the

gift my Father had promised, which you have heard me speak about. For

John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with

the Holy Spirit. So when they met together, they asked him, Lord,

are you at this time going to restore the Kingdom to Israel. He

said to them, it is not for you to know the times or dates

the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when

the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem

and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

He said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a

cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky

as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them,

men of Gililee. They said, why do you stand here looking into

the sky. The same Jesus who has been taken it from you into heaven

will come back in the same way you have seen them go into heaven.

Matthias chosen to replace Judas. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called

the Mouth Olives, a sabbath sabbath days walk from the city. When they

arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present

were Peter, John, James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomeo

met Matthew and Matthew James son of Alpheus, and Simon the Zealot, and

Judas, son of James. They all joined together constantly in prayer, along

with the Woman and Mary, with the women and Mary, the mother of

Jesus, and with his brothers. In those days, Peter stood up among

the believers, a group numbering about one hundred to twenty, and said,

brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago

through the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who served as God for those

who arrested Jesus. He was one of our number, and shared in this

ministry with the reward he got for his wickedness. Judas brought a field there

he fell headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines spilled out.

Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their

language a killed dama akldma, that is field of blood. For said Peter,

it is written in the book of Psalms. May this place be deserted,

let there be no one to dwell in it, and may another take

his place of leadership. Therefore, it is necessary to choose one of the

men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and

out amongst us, beginning from John's baptism to the time when Jesus was taken

up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of

his resurrection. So they proposed two men Joseph called Barabas Barsabas Barsabas, also

known as just Us and Matthias. Then they prayed, Lord, you know

everyone's heart, show us which of these two you have chosen to take over

this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs. Then they

cast lots and the lot fell to Mathias, so he was added to the

eleven apostles, all right. So that's the Book of Acts chapter one reading,

all right. So as we review the Book of Acts, chapter one

reading, it goes further into detail about Jesus being taken up to heaven and

how he goes up from there, and that they would be baptized with the

Holy Spirit. And he is also telling his disciples that it is not for

you to know the times or days the Father has set by his own authority,

but you will receive the power when the Holy Spirit comes on you,

and you would be witnesses in Jerusalem and then all Judaeas and Samaria and to

the ends of the earth. So the Holy Spirit is the helper, the

comforter, comforter, the counselor all those things like. The Holy Spirit has

multiple names too, but it all operates with the Father and Son as well.

They all work together, right. So the powers is in the Holy

Spirit, Okay. It's important to be moved by the spirit. Attests all

spirits, attest all things as well, okay. And they go from there

they meet with Matthias and Joseph to replace Judas. As they continue the ministry

as well, and they just go from there casting lots and deciding who the

two men should be appointed to go along with the ministry, and it ended

up being Matthias, all right. So it also discussed about Judas is how

he died and everything, and they called the place to feel the blood and

things that nature, and that no one should dwell in it. So they

also prophesied and brought up what David was saying regarding Judas and Jesus as well.

All right, So that covers up the Book of Acts chapter one.

Before I go into the Book of Acts chapter two, I would like to

read the commentary that is within Acts chapter one. Okay, so here we

go Today's Bible reading Acts chapter one, verses one through eleven. Recommended reading

the Book of John chapter fourteen, verses twenty three through twenty nine, the

Book of Acts chapter two. The title of this commentary is called Waiting forty

days after his resurrection. After his resurrection, Jesus summoned his disciples to meet

him on the amount of olives. Imagine their excitement, believing, as they

apparently did, that this very day their master would establish his kingdom on earth

and fulfill the great problems the Jews had clung to through of suffering and exile.

Christ would be king, not just of Israel, but of the whole

world, and they would be at his side, judging the nations, reckoning

accounts, rewarding the righteous. Centuries of injustice would be set straight. Finally,

one of them burst out with the question. They all wanted to ask,

Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom of Israel.

Jesus was sharp rebuking in his reply, it is not for you to

know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. He

had already commanded them to wait in Jerusalem. Now he told them that a

power would come to them there, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem

and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Then it was as if the universe breathed breath, putting a sea of space

between him and them. Before they could protest, he was gone, ascended

into a cloud. It is difficult to even imagine. The wild emotions those

eleven men must have experienced at that moment. Are terrifying fear at what initial

disappointment they were left alone outcasting their own land, they had few human resources,

and on top of all that, they had been commanded to go back

and wait, the hardest thing for all strong willed men to do. For

ten days they waited, one hundred and twenty of them in all, gathered

together of one mind and continually in prayer. They waited. And then it

came, with the force of a thousand tornadoes. The power promised rested on

them, and the Holy Spirit empowered these ordinary men to do the work of

God. Each of the eleven became a giant of faith. As a result,

within a century, half the then known world came to Christ. The

disciple's decision to obey jees after the ascension proved a pivotal point of history.

The world was never the same again. The disciples realization that Christ is who

he say he is compelled them to obedience. That is the historic reality of

Christianity. Charles Carlson things to take away from this commentary. Why does the

disciples realization of Christ compel them to obedience? Have you come to realize,

as the disciples did, that Christ is who he say he is who he

says he is. How has that realization impacted your life? How can you

come to know Christ in an intimate way that leads to obedience. Amen.

That's a very good reading right there, commentary on the Book of Acts chapter

one versus one through eleven. So they were praying together, waiting on the

Lord, and the Spirit came upon them. So obedience and patience is very

important in this walk with God. Faith, patience, and obedience a right.

So you truly need those things, you know. So it's very important

that we ask the Word for the Holy Spirit. It guides us and helps

us in our day to day lives and doing the works of God. Amen.

We could keep inspiring and helping more people become like disciples and get the

great commission done baptizing people and spreading the gospel. Amen, yes, yes,

y'all. So that was the Book of Acts chapter one reading. Now

let us go to the Book of Acts chapter two. All right, the

Book of Acts chapter two. Here we go. The Holy Spirit comes at

Pentecost. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one

place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven

and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to

be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other

tongues as the spirit enabled them. Now there were staying. Now there were

staying in Jerusalem, godfearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard

the sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment because each one heard them speaking

in his own language. Utterly amazed, they asked, are not all these

men who are speaking Galileans that? How is it that each of us hears

them in his own native language? Parathians, Medes and Elamites, residents of

Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphalia, Egypt,

and all in the parts of Libya near Syrene, visitors from Rome,

both Jews and converse to Judaism, Credians and Arabs. We hear them declaring

the wonders of God in our own tongues. Amazed and perplexed, they asked

one another what does this mean? Some, however, made fun of them

and said they had they have had too much wine. Peter addresses the crowd,

then Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and adjusted the

crowd. Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me

explain this to you. Listen carefully to what I say. These men are

not drunk as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning. No,

this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel. In the last days,

God says, I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons

and daughters will prophesize. Your young men will see visions, Your old men

will dream dreams, even on my servants, both men and women. I

will pour out my spirit in those days, and they will prophesize. I

will show wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth below,

blood and fire and belows the smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of

the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be

saved. Men of Israel, listened to this. Jesus of Nazareth was a

man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs which God did

among you. Which God did among you through him, as you yourselves.

No, this man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and fore

knowledge, and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to

death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead,

freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death

to keep its hold on him. David said about him, I saw the

Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will

not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue your rejoices.

My body also will live in hope, because you will not abandon me

to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay. You

have made known to me the paths of life. You will fill me with

joy in your presence. Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the Patriarch

David died and was buried, and was buried, and his tomb is here

to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised

him an oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ. That

he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay.

God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the

fact. Exalted to the right hand of God. He has received from the

Father the promised Holy Spirit has poured out what you know. See what you

now seeing here. For David did not ascend it to heaven. And yet

he said, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies of footstool for your feet. Therefore, let all

Israel be assured of this. God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified,

both Lord and Christ. When the people heard this, they were cut

to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, brothers, what

shall we do. Peter replied, repent and be baptized, every one of

you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins,

and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for

you and your children, and for all who are afar off, for all

whom the Lord our God will call. With many other words, he warned

them, and he pleaded with them, save yourselves from this corrupt generation.

Those who accepted his usage were baptized, and about three thousand were added to

their number that day the Fellowship of the Believers. They devoted themselves to the

apostles teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to

prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were

done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common,

selling their possessions and goods. They gave to anyone as he had need.

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke

bread in their homes and ate together with gladness and sincere hearts, praising God

and enjoined the favor of all the people, and the Lord added to their

number daily those who were being saved. All right. So that is the

Book of Acts chapter two reading, very very powerful reading. All right.

So as we reviewed a Book of Acts chapter two, we could see here

about what went down with the Holy Spirit comes at the Pentecost. Right,

So as you could see, the Pentecost came and they were all together in

one place, and then a wind came from heaven and filled the whole house.

And then they all started speaking in tongues. The Holy Spirit enabled them

to do those things. Amen, yes, yes, y'all. So that

spirit came upon them and you know that, you know, and it was

a very powerful moment. And then people came by and saw it, and

there was multiple people. It was Judeane's Mesopotamians, it was Egyptians, it

was all Asian people, Rome, it was all types of people there from

different parts. Arabs too. They were all there, perplexed and amazed.

You know, they were all speaking in tongues or the Holy Spirit allowed that

enabled it. And then when Peter was with the eleven, he raised his

voice to the crowd because the crowd was like kind of like, what is

all this? They were kind of amazed and astonished by it, so they're

kind of questioning it, mocked it a bit, and then Peter just adjusted

them and saying, hey, this has to be fulfilled of what we're spoken

by the prophet Joel. And then you know that's in the Book of Joel

chapter two, which I love the Book of Joy reading as well, and

its ghosts and says in the last days, God says, I will pour

out my spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesize, your

young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams, even

on my servants, both men and women. I will pour out my spirit

in those days, and they will prophesize. I will show wonders in the

heaven above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and blows

of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood

before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord, and everyone

who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Sounds very powerful

right there. So it just shows that the Holy Spirit will be poured out

on all people, all right, Black people, latinos Asian, white,

a rab, whatever you are. The Holy Spirit will be poured out all

right, and men and women will be able to prophesize. Okay, So

let there not be no spirit of division, all right, no separation,

no prejudice, spirits, no racism, no bias, prejudice, no sexism

or have you. The Lord's going to part her spirit on men and women,

all right. So let us be understanding of that, fear the Lord,

and respect his power and how you ordained things and lay things out for

us. Amen. And you know, Peter was just really also telling the

people to repair and get baptized and what have you. And also they all

got repented and baptized, and it was like it was about three thousand of

them that got baptized that same day. So that's very powerful and beautiful.

You know that that wind came through. We see the Holy Spirit came in

as a wind, and y'all start speaking tongue. So that's very powerful and

amazing. All right. So just that split second, instant moment could just

happen at any given time, all right, So let us be mindful of

those things, all right. I would like to read the in commentary scripture

as well, within the Book of Acts chapter two. Okay, So it's

titled God pours out his Spirit the Book of Acts, chapter two, Verse

thirty three. Exalted to the right hand of God. He has received from

the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and

hear. All right. So that is the review of the Book of Acts

chapter two. All right. They also gathered in fellowship. They all ate

and drank and had mary hearts, and they were all in awe and amazed

by the miraculous signs that were done by the apostles. And they were all

together and joining each other's company in the temple courts every day, fellowship and

praising, eating bread in their homes and having glad hearts, praising God and

enjoying the favor of all people. All right. So that was a real

piece of love within one another, all right. And the Lord added to

their number daily those who were being saved. So we have to keep more

people gotta become saved, man. More people got to repent, get baptized.

More people need to experience the Holy Spirit. And what have you?

Amen? Yes, yes, saw, So before I go into the Book

of X chapter three, I would like to read the commentary that's within the

Book of X chapter two. Okay, so here we go watching God die

John. When Jesus saw his mother there and the Disciple, whom he loved,

standing nearby, he said to his mother, their woman, here is

your son, And to the Disciple, here's your mother. The Book of

John, chapter nineteen, verses twenty six to twenty seven. It was a

scene he would never forget, watching the blood seat out of Jesus's body,

staining the wood of the cross darker. Something inside him resisted the idea of

standing there. In fact, all the other men and his company had fled,

But when Mary searched past the crowds to get closer to her son,

John felt a sharp pang of guilt for his cowardly impulses. He couldn't leave

her alone, and more, he couldn't leave Jesus to stare out at a

sea of strangers. And so he went up to the cross, the only

one of the twelve disciples to do so. John had been to funerals before.

He had seen people mourn before, but never like this. He had

never seen a woman cry as jesus mother had cried. John's memory went back

to a story Mary had told him about jesus temple dedication. An old man

named Simeon Simon had held the infant Jesus in his arms. His face had

beamed with joy as he had cred with the Messiah. But then a dark

vision and clouded his eyes. Had it clouded his eyes a vision of what

his child would go through. This child, he predicted, sadly, will

pierce your soul like a sword. Jesus had pierced John's soul too, Even

now in his agony. Jesus had a strength about him that John could not

comprehend. What struck John was how entirely different the lord's face looked from those

of those from those of the two criminals. Their eyes were wild with terror.

They would shriek in delirium until the guards couldn't take it anymore, and

thrust up sponges soaked with the wine and mirror. This wasn't done from pity,

but from a compulsion to shut them up. But Jesus didn't take the

sedative, and when he died it was almost though he simply unclenched his will

and let his soul fly. It was difficult to articulate, but John saw

it often in his dreams. Many years later, John would see to live

in Christ again in the vision while on a small island. This time it

wouldn't be to Jesus, whom John had accompanied a long, dusty rose,

but Jesus, the ruler of the universe, with golden flames and swords.

Yet, somehow, of all the times and places he'd seen his savior,

it was the vision of Jesus on that cross that most captured John's heart.

John was known as the Disciple Jesus loved, and for John that was the

best title a person could possibly have. Amen Back to the future, when

you think about Jesus, what images, words, or stories first come to

mind? Why? One of the more amazing aspects of the Bible is how

fearless of disciples became after the resurrection. And what areas of your life do

you need to greater fearlessness. John was called the disciple whom Jesus loved at

Peter was called the rock upon whom Jesus would build his church. If Jesus

were to give you a nickname illustrating your relationship to him, what would you

want it to be? What changes need to happen in your life to make

this nickname true of you? The story continues to learn more about God's love,

read John's letters to the Church, First John, Second John, the

Third John, to learn about Jesus second Come, and read John's Book of

Revelation. Right, so that is the church not regarding John, and a

flashback to John's vision of seeing Jesus die before him and the moments transpiring about

it. Right and afterward John having dreams and visions of Jesus, say man,

so it's a very beautiful commentary to read regarding Jesus and his power,

all right, and how awesome he is? So Now that was the Book

of Acts, Chapter two, Reading and commentary. Now let us go into

the Book of Acts Chapter three. Peter heals the crippled beggar. One day,

Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer

at three in the afternoon. Now a man crippled from birth was being carried

to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg

from those going into the temple courts. When he saw Peter and John about

to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him as

John, as did John, and Peter said, look at us. So

the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then

Peter said, silver or gold I do not have. But what I have

I give you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Walk Taking him by

the right hand, he held him up. He helped him up, and

instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and

began to walk. And he went with them and to the temple courts,

walking and jumping and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and

praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging

at the temple gate called beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement

at what had happened to him. Amen, Peter speaks to the onlookers,

while the beggar held on to Peter and John. All the people were astonished

and came running to them in a place called Solomon's Colonnade. When Peter saw

this, he said to them, men of Israel, why does it surprise

you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or

godliness we had made this man walk. The God of Abraham, Isaac and

Jacob, the God of our fathers, had glorified, has glorified his servant,

Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him

before a pilot, though he had decided to let him go. You disowned

the Holy and Righteous One and ask that a murderer be released to you.

You killed the author of life. But God raised them from the dead.

We are witnesses of this by faith in the name of Jesus, this man,

whom you see and know, was made strong. It is Jesus name

and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him,

as you can all see now. Brothers, I know that you acted

in ignorance, as did your leaders. But this is how God fulfilled what

he had foretold through to all the prophets, saying that his Christ would suffer,

repent then and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped

out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he

may send the Christ who has been appointed for you. Even Jesus. He

must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything as he

promised long ago through his holy prophets. From Moses said, the Lord your

God will raise for you a prophet like me from among your own people.

You must listen to everything he tells you. Anyone who does not listen to

him will be completely cut off from among his people. Indeed, all the

prophets from Samuel and on, as many as have spoken, have foretold these

days. And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made

with your fathers. He said to Abraham, through your offspring, all people's

on earth will be blessed. When God raised up his servant, he sent

him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked

ways. So that is the Book of Acts, chapter three reading. All

right, So as we review the Book of Acts, chapter three reading,

it goes more to detail about how Peter and John were just going up to

the temple at the time of prayer three in the afternoon, and then a

man crippled from birthless being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he

was put there every day to beg from those going in and out the temple

courts. And Peter and John saw this. They looked at him, you

know, because he asked for money. But Peter and John looked straight at

him and said, look at us. So the man gave them his attention,

expecting to get something from them. And Peter said, silver or gold

I do not have, But what I have I give you in the name

of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Walk. That's some powerful words right there,

in the name of Jesus, that name right there, it's the healing,

the restoration, the deliverance, the power, the weight that holds right there,

the name of Jesus, the name of Jesus Christ, the need,

the name of Jesus of Nazareth, that name right there holds so much weight.

It's it's unlimited. Amen. And they took him by the right hand

and helped him up, and he was instantly on his feet. His feet

and his ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk.

And he went to them with the temples, walking, jumping and praising

God. That's so amazing and beautiful, walking and jumping and praising God.

When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as

the same man who used to beg at the temple, and they were filled

with wondering amazement at what happened to him. Peter's just telling them, like,

hey, you know, the God of Abraham, Isaic and Jacob.

You know, our God did all of this, you know, as it

is Jesus name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete

healing to him, as you can all see. So I'm telling y'all man,

the name of Jesus and faith. That's that's it, right there,

man, that's it all right. By faith in the name of Jesus.

You know that man was made strong. Amen. Got to have that faith,

people that faith got to be strong. People gotta have that strong faith.

Amen. Also, as we review the Book of Acts chapter three,

Peter just goes more into detail about how it had to be foretold through all

the prophets, about Christ having to suffer, and just basically stressing that we

have to repent and turn to God and that our sins be wiped away,

wiped out and at the times of refreshing may come from the Lord, excuse

me. And also how he was just discussing Moses and the prophets Samuel onwards,

and the covenant that God gave the Abraham. Amen. So it's always

important to remember the covenants, the promises God gave us through Abraham, Isaac

Jacob, through the prophets, through Moses, through Christ, through everything.

Always got to remember the importance in the history of it all as well.

Right. I always keep that to your heart and mind and soul. All

right. So that is the Book of Acts chapter three reading. Now let

us go into the Book of Acts chapter four. All right, the Book

of Acts chapter four. Here we go Peter and John before the san Hedrin,

the priest and the of the temple guard and the statisces came up to

Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. They were greatly disturbed

because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the

death. They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they

put them in jail until the next day. But many who heard the message

believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand. The next

day, the rulers, elders and teachers of the law met in Jerusalem,

and as the High Priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John,

Alexander, and the other men of the High priest family, they had Peter

and John brought before them and began to question them. By what power or

what name did you do this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,

said to them, rulers and elders of the people, if we are

being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a cripple,

and are asked how he was healed, then know this you and all the

people of Israel. It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,

whom you crucified, but whom God raised from the dead at this mass stance

before you healed. He is the stone you build as rejected, which was,

which has become the capstone. Salvation is found in no one else,

for there is no other name under Heaven given to men by which we must

be saved. When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that

they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note

that these men had been with Jesus. But since they could see the man

who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say.

So they ordered them to withdraw them from the set of Headron, and

then conferred together, what are we doing? What are we going to do

with these men? They asked. Everybody living in Jerusalem knows they have done

an outstanding miracle, and we cannot deny it. But to stop this thing

from spreading any further among the people, we must warn these men to speak

no longer to anyone in this name. Then they called them in again and

commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John replied, judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's

sight to obey. Obey you rather than God, for we cannot help speaking

about what we have seen and heard. After further threats, they let them

go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people

were praising God for what had happened. For the man who was miraculously healed,

miraculously healed was over forty years old. The believer's prayer. On their

release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that

the chief priests and eldest had said to them. When they heard this,

they raised their voice together and prayer to God, Sovereign Lord. They said,

you made them heaven and the earth, and the sy and everything in

them. You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant,

our Father, David. Why do the nation's rage and the people's plot in

vain the kings of the earth take their standing. The rulers gathered together against

the Lord and against his anointed one. Indeed, Herod and Pontius Pilot met

together with the gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against

your Holy Servant Jesus, whom you anointed. They didn't. They did what

your power. They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

Now, Lord considered their threats, and enable your service to speak with

your word. To speak your word with great boldness, stretch out your hand

to heal and perform miraculous signs of wonders through the name of your Holy Servant

Jesus. After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken,

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God

boldly. The believers share their possessions. All the believers were in one heart

and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own,

but they shared everything they had with great power. The apostles continued to testify

to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all.

There were no needy persons among them. From from time to time,

those who owned lands or house to sold them brought the money from the sales

and put it all put it at the apostles feet, and it was distributed

to anyone as he had need. Joseph, a levite from Cyprus, whom

the apostles called Barnabas which means son of Encouragement, sold the field he owned

and brought the money and put it at the apostles feet. All right,

so that is the Book of Acts chapter four reading, very powerful and amazing

reading. So as we reviewed the Book of Acts chapter four, it goes

into further detail about how Peter and John were seized and taken up to prison

for doing the works of God and healing and preaching and what have you.

So they got taken into the Saint Hadrian and Kaiaphas and the high priest Annus,

John Alexander, the people, the high priest family they brought. They

brought John and Peter before them to question them, and they said, by

what power or name did you do this? Then Peter, filled with the

Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and elders are the people, excuse

me if we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown

to the cripple. And I asked how he was healed? Then you know

then, know this, you and all the people of Israel. It is

by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, by whom

God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. The

stone though you build, is rejected, which has become the capstone salvation is

found, and no one else, for there's no other name under having given

to men by which we must be saved. And I just love the courage

that Peter and John had. They faced those people and told him it was

Jesus, and they put that stamp on it. Amen, it was all

Jesus doing, you know. And they were all just shocked and astonished by

it. So they went from there, and what they had basically pressed them

about. They were trying to get them to a peer pressure to fold and

making them conform. And they said to them, but to stop this thing

from spreading further among the people, we must warn. We must warn these

men to speak no longer to anyone in this name. So they were so

scared of the name of Jesus, they were so against it. They didn't

want them doing it anymore. But Peter and John were bold. They held

their ground. They still tintos down. They were not lukewarm. Then they

called them again in the command them not to speak or teach at all in

the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, judge for yourselves whether

it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. But we

cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard. A further threats,

they let them. After further threats, they let them go. They could

not decide how to punish them because all the people were praising God for what

had happened. For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

So you always got to be bold people. Always gotta be courageous and

strong about this, all right. Never never fold or conformed, never all

right, always trusting the Lord. Amen. Just want to read this in

commentary scripture titled God Gives Boldness the Book of Acts, chapter four, verse

thirteen. When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they

were unschooled or ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that

these men had been with Jesus. Amen. So also the believer's prayer.

When Peter and John came back to their people and reported all the chief priests

the elders have said to them, they all just raised their voice together,

and they all had to pray about it. Because they experienced a near death

experience. They experienced them a currazy situation, so they had to come back

together in prayer. Amen. When you deal with those real wild experiences,

you go back into prayer. Okay, you always they prayed to pray without

season all the time. But that was a very intense scenario for them,

okay. And then the believers they all shared their possessions, they were all

together, they were all able to, you know, make sure everybody was

straight and nobody was lacking or struggling around him. Amen. So we got

to be sharing, given, generous people and not be so gritty a stingy

about our possessions or blessings. You know. We gotta be given caring people

all the time, all right. Got to always keep that in mind.

Let us not make this about ourselves, Okay, we gotta always make it

about others too, all right. And then it goes further. They said,

after they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken, and

they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God

boldly, yes, boldly, yes, yes yo. That's very powerful right

there. And it also goes further to detail about Joseph, a levite from

Cyprus whom the apostles called Barnabas, sold a field he owned and brought the

money and put it at an apostle's feet, and the name Barnabas means son

of encouragement. So in the Book of Acts chapter four, it also introduces

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus. So this just shows further proof how Israelites

to all four corners of the earth, because this man was a tribe of

Levi, he was a Levite, he was up in Cyprus, and we

know Cyprus is in Europe. So we were really scattered all four corners of

the earth, you know, because when you read the whole entire Bible,

the whole Bible is based in Europe, Asia and Africa, you know.

And each other disciples, these other men are the most high. They were

all within Israel and outside of Israel, through all the captivity and exile,

all these different things, and even till this day, we are definitely all

four corners of the earth. Man, there are Israelites everywhere at people.

Amen. So God's promise and covenants is so amazing and powerful. And shout

out to all Israelites, all four corners of the earth. Man. Much

love to you all, and much love to you gentiles as well. Man,

much love to you as well. Okay, So what I would love

to do before I read the Book of Acts chapter five is read a commentary

within the Book of Acts chapter four. All right, so here we go

today's Bible reading the Book of Acts chapter four, verses one through twenty two.

Recommended reading the Book of Joshua chapter one, verses one through nine,

the Book of Acts chapter twenty two versus thirty, through Acts chapter twenty two,

verse thirty, all the way through the Book of Acts chapter twenty three,

verse eleven, and also the Book of First care As chapter sixteen,

verses five through eighteen. All Right, The title of this commentary is Standing

Tall. At a well known company's national sales convention, a heralded speaker delivered

a stirring, motivational talk. However, he punctuated his speech with profanity and

frequently used guy's name of Aim. Finally, a Christian salesman in the audience

couldn't stand it, any of it, couldn't stand it any longer. He

rose from his seat, stood on his churn, shouted, please leave God

out of it. With that, he sat down. The embarrassed speaker he

cleaned up the rest of his speech. But after the session, more people

waited in Lyne to shake the hand of the Christian man than that of the

speaker. In your own experience. Don't you find this to be true?

In the face of an uncomfortable situation, many people are thinking the same thing.

It's a safe bet that dozens of people in the crowd that day listened

to the speaker, were scramming in their seats as the profaniti rained down.

But it took one man to make the stand and speak up, leaving others

to whish they would have done the same. The leaders of the infant church

displayed even greater curves than this outspoken salesman. In the face of powerful,

influential and educated men. These ordinary men stood toe to toe with political and

religious forces that sought to silence them. They didn't coward, give in,

or give up. Instead, they stood bold and heroic, astonishing their adversary,

adversaries who knew only that these men had been with Jesus. Living a

life that pleases God isn't always easy or popular. Speaking valiantly, valiantly for

Christ, and courageously courageously. Living a righteous life require living out of living

out our convictions and commitments as faithful men. Standing tall for what's right despite

the fold or odds exacts a high price. In fact, we face war

we could prepare for the battle only by spending time with Jesus, the unshakable

source of courage in your life. There would be opportunities to speak up and

defend what you know to be true when the next challenge arises. Remember that

salesman standing on his chair, resolved today that you will not be like one

of those who were content to sit squirming in their seats. Amen. Things

to take away from this commentary, who do you know that courageously lives a

righteous life? How often do you d time with Jesus? What steps can

you take to become more willing to speak valiantly, valiantly for Christ and other

words? Quote unquote, true courage does not consist in the absence of fear,

but in doing what God wants even when we are afraid, disturbed,

and hurt quote John White. All right, y'all. So that's the commentary

regarding the Book of Acts, chapter four, standing tall, people being bold

and courageous. Amen. When you read a book of proverb that says the

righteous are bold as a lion, Amen, let us be bold where we

are declaring the Lord and Jesus, the Holy Spirit and standing up for our

beliefs in our rights and what have you. All right, we have to

face against all this evil, so we gotta be strong and hold it down.

People. All right, you will be putting to situate multiple situations where

you're gonna have to be bold, Amen, me you who are everybody?

So let us be bold about our faith and how much we love and serve

the Most Highness Son. Amen. All right, y'all. So that's the

Book of Acts chapter four reading and commentary reading. Now let us go into

the Book of Acts chapter five. All right, the Book of Acts chapter

five. Here we go, and Annias and Cefaria Acts chapter five. Now,

a man named Ananias, together with his wife Cefaria, also sold a

piece of property with his wife's full knowledge. He kept back part of the

money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostle's feet.

Then Peter said Annanias, how is it that Satan has so filled your

heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some

of the money you received for the land. Didn't it belonged to you before

it was sold? And after it was sold, it wasn't the money at

your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing. You have

not lied to men, but to God. When Antonias heard this, he

fell down and died well, and great fear seized all who heard what had

happened. Then the young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and

carried him out and buried him. About three hours later, his wife came

in, not knowing what happened. What had happened, Peter asked her,

tell me, is this the price you and anton and I's got for the

land? Yes? She said, that is the price. Peter said to

her, how could you agree to test the Lord? Look the feet of

the men who buried your husband, or at the door, and they will

carry you out. Also At that moment, she fell down at his feet

and died. Then the young men came in, and, finding her dead,

carried her out and buried her beside her husband. Great fear seized the

whole church and all who heard about these events. The apostles healed many,

the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people, and all the

believers used to meet together in Solomon's colonnade. No one else dared joined them,

even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and

more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.

As a result, people brought the sick into into the streets and laid them

on beds and mad so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of

them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem,

bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were

healed. The apostles persecuted. Then the High Priests and all his associates,

who were members of the party of the Statisseas, were filled with jealousy.

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the

night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought

them out. Go stand in the temple courts, he said, and tell

the people the full message of this new life. At daybreak, they entered

the temple courts as they had been told, and began to teach the people.

When the High Priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Saint

Edrin, the full assembly of the elders of Israel, and sent to the

jail for the apostles. But on arriving at the jail, the officers did

not find them there. So they went back and reported, we found the

jail securely lucked, with the guards standing at the doors, but when we

opened them, we found no one inside. On hearing this report, the

captain of the temple guard and the chief priest were puzzled, wondering what would

come of this. Then someone came and said, look, the men you

put in jail are standing in the temple, of course, teaching the people.

At that the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles. They

did not use force, because they feared that the people were stoned them.

Having brought the apostles, they made them appeared before the said Hendron to be

questioned by the high priest. We gave you strict orders not to teach in

this name, he said, Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and

are determined to make us guilty of this man's blood. Peter and the other

apostles replied, we must obey God rather than men. The God of our

fathers raised Jesus from the dead, whom you had killed by hanging him on

a tree. God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior,

that he might give repentance and forgiveness of sense to Israel. We are

witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has

given to those who obey him. When they heard this, they were furious

and wanted to put them to death. But a pharisee named Gamliel, a

teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in

the Saint Hedron and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.

Then he addressed them, men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend

to do to these men. Some time ago, Thiodus appeared, claiming to

be somebody in About four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed,

all his followers were dispersing. It all came to nothing after him, Judas

the Galilean appeared in the days of the Senses and led a band of people

in revolt. He too was killed, and all his were followers who were

scattered. Therefore, in the present case, I advise you leave these men

alone. Let them go, for if their purpose or activity is of human

origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will

not be able to stop then helly, hey, now you will only find

yourselves finding against God. His speech persuaded them. They called the apostles in

and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name

of Jesus and let them go. The apostles left to Saint Henri, rejoicing

because they have been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the name. Day after

day in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching

and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ. Hey man, yes,

yes, that's the Book of Acts chapter five. Reading wow, wow,

wow. The more you read the word, the more powerful it heads.

You know what I'm saying. It just leaves you astonished, It really

does. So as we review the Book of Acts chapter five, it goes

more to detail about the story of Annonisi Seferia. And yet remember, like

the believers, they were all sharing their possessions and selling it and giving it

to the apostles feet and looking off for one another. Everybody was unselfish and

giving freely and being generous and courteous and showing kindness. But the problem with

at a Nice and Seferia, they were stingy and they were gritty, and

they were hiding some of the money for themselves. They weren't freely givers.

They weren't you know, being obedient to God, his Spirit and the fellowship

and what they was doing going about it. So, you know, Peter

confronts at the Nias and says that Satan filled his heart to lie to the

Holy Spirit and to keep money for himself. Man, that's crazy. So

that's that's wild. So wow, it says Satan filled up at a Nia's

heart. Man, Man, Man, our hearts better be with the Lord

from now. I'm telling you, man, when a lot of these people

be doing the things that they be doing, Satan really fills up their hearts

and gives them those desires and those urges. You know what I'm saying that

people just go along with it, you know, the love of money,

man, greed, selfishness, corrupts, and pride, lying, deceit,

all the stuff, man. You know. And you see how when that

happened and a Nias he just dropped dead, you know, just right in

front of them. And when people saw that, they got scared of it

as well. And what Peter tells and a nice too, is you know,

he was saying, like, what made you think of doing such a

thing. You have not lied to men, but to God. So God

sees everything, man, you know, God sees everything. With God pours

out his holy spirit upon his people, his people will be able to see

the things and the deceit and the deception and what have you. All right,

So, and then from there and a Nia's just hurt him just died,

just dropped dead, just collapse or have you. And then his wife

knew the knowledge of it too, Sepharia, and she died too because she

lied and went along with it. So that's that's how the Book of Acts,

chapter five starts off. And then it goes some more further to the

hell, excuse me about the apostles healing more people, doing more miraculous signs

and wonders among the people, and all the believers gathering together and increasing in

number and bringing you know, they're healing the sick people people with their beds

and their mans so what have you. And they're all being healed. And

those who was having evil tormented spirits as well, they were all being healed

also. And then also the apostles were also being persecuted, all right,

They were thrown into the public jail. And then also what happened was the

angel of the Lord to open the doors of the jail and brought them out.

Amen. So that's just very powerful and beautiful how the Lord could just

sent out his angels to get us free and help us in these situations we

get caught up. And so they were able to go back to the temple,

to go back to the temple courts and to teach, praise, worship,

heal, and all those different things and gather the people as well.

And then when the guards of the jail the prisoner came back to look for

them, they were astonished because they couldn't find them, and so they went

back to them and approached them and confronted them and all these different things.

And as they approached them, Peter and the apostles replied, we must obey

God rather than men. And I just love that phrase so much, man,

because you know, us as a people, as a society, we've

been so indoctrinated and brainwashed and controlled and engineered to just always listen to people

and authority figures in man so much, and listen to this person and that

person, this influencer and that celebrity and this public figure. We have to

listen to God. People, we have to listen to the Lord. We

have to listen to the most High, all right, Always listen to God.

Never listen to man. Okay. People lie every day, People mislead

one another every day, to blind lead the blind. There's deception and misinformation

and trickery going all over. So you got to have that. You got

to have discernment people in the spiritual battle and the spiritual warfare, and you

got to have that obedience for the Lord. You gotta have that faithfulness to

the Lord and always obey the Lord and trusting him and his voice of his

words. Amen. I just love how bold they were about it. So

they're about to be putting to death and everything, but you know, they

couldn't really put hands on them because of all the people there, and the

Pharisee kind of stood up and kind of helped them out, just telling to

lead them alone, you don't want to put your hands on Them's gonna cause

more problems. So they were all let go, and then they were praising

and rejoiced about it and what have you. And they and it says the

apostle left the Saint Hedrid, rejoicing because they have been counted worthy of suffering

disgrace for the name. Day after day in the temple courts and from house

to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is

the Christ. Statement. So that's very beautiful, right. These people,

these these priests, these officials, these authority figures, they kept trying to

take away the name of Jesus, the epowering authority of it, and they

kept pressing them to not teaching that name. That just shows you how much

the name of Jesus triggers people, how much, if you know what I

mean, how people get so worked up over it atmen, that name has

so much power and weight to it. You'll die for that name. Man,

You're gonna live for the Lord. You're gonna die for the Lord.

You're gonna really go about that gospel. Amen. So let us all be

martyrs for the Most High. Let us all be martyrs for his son too,

you know what I'm saying. Let us go all out with it,

amen. Let us be bold and courageous forevermore. All right, So that

is the Book of Acts, chapter five reading. Now let us go into

the Books of Acts chapter six. All right, the Book of Acts chapter

six. Here we go. Oh wait, hold on, before I go

on to X chapter six, My bad. I just want to read a

specific verse where it says the Book of Acts, chapter five, verse thirty,

it says, whom you're killed by hanging him on a tree. So

a lot of people sometimes they tend to have like an argument or a confusion

about how to Christ really die? Was he hanged on the tree? That

you really die? Across all these different opinions and views I put to you,

like this, for me, the Book of Isaiah fifty three sums it

up the best way as Isaiah prophesized about it. Whether he died on a

cross, a tree, calvary, it's all similar material would anyway, right,

So let us always just appreciate the fact that he died for our sins,

all right, and that let's not be too technical about the details,

you know what I mean? Because every scripture translation is different. Everybody goes

about differently as well, so there's a lot to speculate about that. But

at the end of the day, he died for our sins, that's nothing

to really speculate. The details is what people arguing, speculated about but him

dying for our sins. That's not debatable. Amen. The blood still works,

the blood, by the blood of Jesus, by his name. We

know what time it is. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all. So

now let us go to the Book of Acts chapter six. So, okay,

the Book of Acts chapter six. Here we go the choosing of the

seven. In those days, when the number of disciple was increasing, the

Grecian the Greek Jews among them, complained about the Hebrew Jews because their widows

were being overlooked in daily distribution of food. So the twelve gathered all the

disciples together and said, it would not be right for us to neglect the

ministry of the Word of God in order to wait on tables. Brothers,

choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the spirit

and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them and will give our

attention to prayer and the ministry of the Word. This proposal pleased the whole

group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy

Spirit. Also Philip Procarus, Procarus, Nicaner Taman, Timon Parmenas, and

Nicolas from Antioch a convert to Jews Judaism. They presented these men to the

apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. So the word of

God's bread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large

number of priests became obedient to the faith. Stephen seized. Now, Stephen,

a man full of God's grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous

signs among the people. Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue

of the Freedmen, as it was called, Jews of Syrene and Alexandria,

as well as the provinces of Cecilia and Asia. These men began to argue

with Stephen, but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the whole

order spirit by whom he spoke. Then they secretly persuaded some men to say,

we have heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.

So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law.

They seized Stephen and brought him before the Saint Hedren. They produced false

witnesses who testified this fellow never stopped speaking against it. This holy place and

against the law. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth

will destroy this place and change the customers. Mostes handed down to us.

All who were sitting in the same hedred look intently as Stephen, and they

saw that his face was like the face of an angel. Interesting. Okay,

that's the Book of Acts, chapter six reading. Okay, so things

get more interested, all right. So there's a little division, a little

complaining between the Greek Jews and Hebrew Jews. And they were all just having

their disagreements about widows being overlooked in their daily distribution of food. So the

twelve gathered all the disciples together and made an agreement to not neglect the ministry

of the Word of God in order to wait on tables. It wouldn't be

right for them to do that. So they chose seven men who are full

of the spirit and wisdom, and they will take the responsibility, and it'll

be given to them to give attention to prayer and the ministry of the words.

So they proposed a whole They were all happy about the proposal, and

they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit. They

chose Philip Procorus, nicanor Timon Parmanus, and Nicolas from Antioch to look over

this responsibility. So the word of God had spread and members of disciples in

Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became will being to the

faith. And then Stephen, he was a real righteous man doing the will,

doing the works, and he basically got set up. He got lied

about. False witnesses rised up against him. They were hating on him,

jealous of him. They just really had some against a brother, you know.

So when you're really doing God's will, you really do a father's business,

you're really in the spirit, the people gonna really rise up against you,

which you gotta stay strong through that, okay. And if it goes

into further detail, as when they were looking at his face, that his

face was like the face of an angel. So that's a very powerful spreadshal

counts probably have. And all right, so that was the Book of Acts,

chapter six. Reading. Let's continue the Book of Acts chapter seven.

All right, Acts chapter seven, here we go, Stephen's speech to the

Saint Hedren. Then the high priests asked him, are these charges true to

this? He replied, brothers and fathers listened to me. The God of

Glory appeared to our fathers Abraham while he was still in Mesopotmia, before he

lived in Haran. He leave your country and your people, God said,

and go to I will show you. So he left the land of the

Sheldans and settled in Haran. After the death of his father, God sent

him to this land where you are now living. He gave him no inheritance

here, not even a foot of a ground. But God promised him that

he and his descendants after him would have possessed the land, even though at

that time Abraham had no child. God spoke to him, in this way,

your descendants would be strangers in the country not their own, and they

would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will punish the nation

they served as slaves, God said, And afterward they will come out of

that country and worship me in this place. Then he gave Abraham the covenant

of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days

after his birth. Later, Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob

became the father of twelve patriarchs. Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph.

They sold him as a slaver to Egypt. But God was with him and

rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to

gain the goodwill of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, so he made him ruler

over Egypt and all his palace. Then a family struck all Egypt and Canaan,

bringing great suffering, and our fathers could not find food. When Jacob

heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first

visit. On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,

and Pharaoh learned about Joseph's family. After this, Joseph sent for his father,

Jacob and his whole family, seventy five and all. Then Jacob went

down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. Their bodies were brought

back to Shasham and placed in the tomb that Abraham had brought from the sons

of Hamer hamor as Shashem for a certain sum of money. As the time

drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our

people in Egypt greatly increased. Then another king who knew nothing about Joseph,

became ruler of Egypt. He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our forefathers

by forcing to throw out their newborn baby so that they would die. At

that time Moses was born. He was no ordinary child. For three months,

he was cared for in his father's house. When he was placed outside,

Pharaoh's daughter took them and brought him up as her own son. Moses

was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and

action. When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his fellow

Israelites. He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he

went to his defense and avenge by killing the Egyptian. Moses thought that his

own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they

did not. The next day, Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting.

He tried to reconsole them by saying, men, you are brothers,

why do you want to hurt each other? But the man who was mistreating

the other pushed Moses aside, had said, who made you ruler and judge

over us? Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday.

When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as

a foreigner and had two sons. After forty years had passed, an angel

appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in a desert near Mount

Sinai. When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As

he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord's voice. I

am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look. Then the Lord

said to him, take off your sandals. The place where you are standing

is holy ground. I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt.

I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free.

Now come, I will send you back to Egypt. This is the same

Moses whom they had rejected with the words who made you ruler and judge?

He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the

angel who appeared to him in the bush. He led them out of Egypt

and did wonders and miraculous signs in Egypt at the Red Sea, and for

forty years in the desert. This is that Moses who told the Israelites,

God will send you a prophet like me from your own people. He was

in the assembly in the desert with the angels spoke to him a mouse Sinai,

and with our fathers he received living words to pass on to us.

But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him, and

then their hearts turned back to Egypt. They told Aaron, make us gods

who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, who led us

out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him. That was

the time they made an idol in the form of a golden calf. They

brought sacrifices to it and held a celebration in honor of what their hands had

made. But God turned away and gave them over to the worship of the

heavenly bodies. This agrees with what is written in the Book of the Prophets.

Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings? Forty years in the desert old

House of Israel, You have lifted up the shrine of Molich. Molich Mlich

and the star of your God Rafan Rafan, the idols you made to worship.

Therefore, I will send you into exile beyond Babylon. Our forefathers had

the Tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the desert. It had been made,

as God directed Moses according to the pattern he had seen. Having received

the tabernacle, our fathers under Joshua brought it with them when they took the

land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land

until the time of David, who enjoyed God's favor and asked that he might

provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who

built the house for him. However, the most heart does not live in

the houses made by men. As the prophet says, heaven is my throne

and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for

me, says the Lord? Or will my resting place be? Has not

my handmade all these things? You stiff necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears.

You were just like your father's You always resist the Holy Spirit. Was

there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute. They even killed those who

predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered

him. You, you who have received the law that was put into effect

through angles through angels, but have not obeyed it. The stoning of Stephen.

When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and

saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

Look, he said, I see heaven open, and the Son of Man

standing at the right hand of God. At this, they covered their ears

and yelling at the top of their voices. They all rushed at him,

dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. Meanwhile,

the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, Lord, Jesus received my spirit.

And he fell on his knees and cried out, Lord, do not

hold this sin against them. When he had said this, he fell asleep.

M That is the Book of Acts, chapter seven reading. Wow,

wow, wow, real intense chapter right there, very intense reading. So

as he reviewed a Book of Acts, chapter seven. As Stephen is basically

being held up by the Saint Hadrian as he has to testify, he's basically

going further into detail about going all the way back to Abraham and you know

how God glorid appeared on Abraham, and you know, he's going all the

way back to the stories. He goes into talking about Abraham Isaac Jacob,

and he goes talking about Moses, and Stephen was just basically getting that the

fact that, um, look at how y'all treated Moses, look at how

y'all treated their prophets, look at how y'all treated Christ. So he's basically

like pressing them about their own hate and jealousy towards someone who's trying to help

them that God's trying to use basically, because God used to Abraham. God

use Abraham, God used Moses, God use Jesus obviously, as Stephen is

basically kind of like saying, y'all gonna do this to me, and this

is a repetitive This ain't nothing new. Y'all did it to Abraham, Moses

and Jesus, y'all gonna do it to me too. So when they got

very angry at that at Stephen as they're getting angry at him. Stephen was

actually able to see God and Jesus. He was able to see a vision.

He's able to see the heavens. He saw the heavens opened up,

and they dragged him out of their man and they stoned him to death man,

very gruesome death. But as Stephen was getting stoned, he was just

saying, like, you know, just Lord, take my spirit and what

have you. You know, let it be, let your will be done,

or let it go through with it, you know. And that just

shows you the things that we're gonna deal with for the name of Jesus,

gonna go through for the Gospel. Amen. So got to be strong in

bold, people, and always be firm and the Lord and his word,

no matter who's in front of you, who's oppressing you, ainmen, or

who's opposing you all right, So I would like to read this in commentary

scripture that's within the Book of Acts chapter seven as well. God is infinite

the Book of Acts chapter seven, verse forty nine. Heaven is my throne

and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for

me, it says the Lord? Or well, where will my resting place,

be all right. So that is the Book of Acts, chapter seven

reading, all right, and we'll just wrap it up from there. All

right. We'll just go from the Book of Acts chapters one through seven's reading

for today. We'll continue to Bible reading series throughout the next episodes and what

have you. All Right, it's getting close to the weekend, so you

know how we go about the news roundups in the church notes. All right,

But that was very ill was a very excellent read, all right.

The Book of Acts is a very awesome read. I just pray let you

all read the Word for yourselves, and that you get in the Word,

that you all speak doings of the Word, all right, and always take

these things and examples that was given to you and practice these things apply to

your heart, you know. Ask the Lord for the Holy Spirit, ask

the Lord to show you visiting dreams. And the prophetesizes doing his will,

doing his works, praising him, worshiping and gathering more people to the Lord,

you know. And when you read the beginning chapters of Acts, it

talks about how people kept increasing in their faith, how more people kept getting

saved, more people get kept getting kept repenting, more people got baptized.

Amen. So we got to increase the numbers of believers. We have to

increase the numbers of those who come into the faith. Amen. Let us

set good examples, all right, and go from there. Right. So,

what I'll ever do as our close out is give. What I'll ever

do as our closeout is give all the praise, honor glory to the most

High God of Abraham, my skin and Jacob, and praise is only be

godden something who die for our sins. Amen. Yes, yes, y'all.

So here we go, hallelujah. Yes, yes, he is the

hope for humanity. Yes, yes, y'all. He is the Adam,

the Second Adam, the last Adam, the Advocate, the Almighty, True,

Living God, the Alpha and Omega, Amen. Amen. The Apostle

of our profession, the arm of the Lord, the Atony sacrifice for our

sins, The author and finisher of our faith, the author and perfector of

our faith, the author of life, the author of salvation, the beginning

in the end, the beginning of creation of God, the beloved Son,

the blessing only poets and that, the blessing and only ruler, the branch,

the Bread of God, the bread of Life, the bridegroom, the

capstone, the Captain of Salvation, a chief cornerstone, the chief Shepherd,

Christ, the Christ of God, the constellation of Israel, the Cornerstone,

the counselor wonderful Counselor, the Creator, the Dayspring, the Deliverer, the

desire of the nations Adore, the elect of God, Emanuel, the Eternal

Life, the Everlasting Father. Excuse me, the faith and true Witness.

Is faithful and true, the faithful Witness, the First and the Last,

the first Begotten, the firstborn from the dead, firstborn of all creation,

the Forerunner, the gait thel of the Lord God, the Good Shepherd,

the Great High Priest, the Great Shepherd, the Head of the Church,

the Heir of all things, the High Priest, Holy and True, the

Holy One, the Hope, the Hope of Glory, the Horness Salvation.

That I Am, that I Am, that I Am, the Image of

God, Jehovah, Jehovah, Jarrah, Jehovah, Shalom, Jesus of Nazareth,

Jesus, the Judge of Israel, the Judge King Eterno. He is

the King of Israel. Amen, he is the King of Kings. Hallelujah.

He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Hosanna Hosannah.

He's the King of Saints, King of the Ages, King of the Jews,

the King, the Lamb, the Lamb of God, the Lamb without

blemish, the last Autom, the law Giver, the Leader of Commander,

the Life, the life of the world, the lion of the tribe of

Judah, the living One, the living Stone, the Lord. The Lord

is my banner. The Lord is my portion. The Lord is my rock.

The Lord is my salvation. The Lord is my strength. The Lord

is my shield. The Lord's my deliverth. The Lord is my fortress.

The Lord is my everything. The Lord is my high tower. He is

my protection. He is my God, my everything. Y'all, Yes,

yes, he is the Lord, our righteousness, the Lord, the Lord,

our God is who and the Lord yah yahweh Ya Hui yahawashah Yawi Yahweyaha,

yashah Ya shuahamashayak baraka Tha Shalahwam Shalom Yeshua elohim ya Hoosha yahusha Ahiya Shaya,

the consuming Fire. The Father of Life's the Father of Mercy, is

the Father of the father list, the Father of widows. Yes, yes,

He is the God of heaven and Earth. Yes, yes, y'all.

His sons is at the right hand of him. The great Physician,

heal all things. The carpenter could fix all things. Yes, yes,

the government rest on his shoulders. Amen, hallelujah, y'all. He is

the Lord of All, the Lord of Glory, the Lord of Lords,

the Man from Heaven, the Man of Sorrows, the Mediator of the New

Covenant, the Mediator, the Messenger of the Covenant, the Messiah, the

Mighty God, the Mighty One, the Morning Star, the Nazaren, the

offspring of David, the only begotten Son of God, Our Great God is

Savior, our holiness, our spiritual husband, our pass over, our protection,

our redemption, our righteousness, our sacrifice, pass Over, Lamb,

the Power of God, the Precious Cornerstone, the Prince of Kings, the

Prince of Life, the Prince of Pete, the Prophet, the Redeemer,

the Resurrection of Life, the Resurrection, the Resurrector. He is the Life,

the Revelation, the Revelator, the Righteous Branch, the Righteous One,

the Radiant One, the perfect Example, the Rock, the Root of David,

the Rose of Sharon, the ruler of God's creation, the ruler of

the kings of the Earth, the Savior, the seat of Woman, the

Shepherd and Bishop of souls, the Shiloh, the son of Abraham, the

son of David, the Son of God, the son of Man, son

of the Blessed, son of the Most High God, the source of return,

of salvation for all who obey Him, the Son of Righteousness, the

just One, the one Mediator, the stone the builders rejected, the True

Bread, the True God, the True Life, the True Vine. Yes

he is the Truth. Amen, he is the Way. Amen, he

is the way, truth in life. The wisdom of God, the Witness,

the wonderful counselor, the Word, the word of God, the word

of Life, the word of yo Whua, the word of Elohim, the

word of your Shuahamashiyak, the word of Yahawashai, the word of Yahosha Yahusha.

Yes, the word of Jeshua. Yes, he has the word of

your Hyeshayah, the word of the Consuming Fire. Amen. Yes, Yes,

y'all we touched and the gree reserver, awesome Creator, and the Son

is even a man. Is it for dying for our sins? Hallelujah?

Yes, Yes, y'all boast and the Lord boast, and the Lord boast

and the Lord his son is so amazing. Yes, yes, he's the

seat of Abraham Promise, seat of Adam, humanity, seat of David,

the Kingship, seat of Goddit, seat of Jacob nationality, seat of Judah

tribe, seat of sham Race, seat of Woman prophecy. Amen. Yes,

yes, y'all, we touch and agree. Man, the Lord is

just too awesome, too amazing to describe. Unlimited creator, omnipresent, o'mnipresent.

Amen, He's everywhere, He's watching all of us. Hallelujah. Give

him some prayerse arnor and glory and rejoice always, rejoice always Amen. Blesses

the person trusting the Lord. All right, So there you have it.

All right, that's the word for today. Just the Book of Acts,

chapter one through seven reading. We will continue onward on the next episode.

All right, So stay blessing strong people. I predict God that whoever list

this message, I petrip penn, get baptized, start your life, for

from the most high you get delivered and set free freedom of liberty in Christ.

You do Father's business and Father's will forever The connected to the Lord always

you stay in prayer, you'd be guided by the Holy Spirit, and you

enjoy your life the best way. You can't help as much people as you

can't throughout your journey as well. Amen. Well, I love to do

as our closeouts. Give y'all this priestly blessed on the way out. The

Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shan upon you,

and be gracious to you. The Lord lived up his countenance upon you,

and give you peace shalom. I'm Jervis Kingstick got much loft y'all.

God bless y'all, peace under under under