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His story of beginning Church Age time in Acts , begins with Jesus letting all know soon many, many, would have something happen great unto their being and their life.
Some history:
1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them 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. 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.
5 ”For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 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.”
9 After he said this, he (Jesus) was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.”
So, power will.come. When? Acts 2 middle chapter verses says when: in end times.
What will.happen before the Lord comes again?
1. Your (ALL of our, times then, times NOW) sons and daughters will prophesy.
Well, here's the truth, no need to hear me speak it.
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Ok, so does His story tell us this has ALL happened ?
Has the moon turned to blood? Sun turned to darkness?
If those two things have happened, please, fill me in on when they happened.
Then, comes Acts 2:38 shortly thereafter a few verses of Joel's OT prophecy being repeated by the apostle , Peter , to the many thousands of Jews at this time. These words resonate of truth, for times then and ”last days”.signs of the times NOW
Acts 2:38 - Keep in mind we are being referenced to Acts 1: 8 . His power. Holy Spirit power ! Halelujah! About to be POURED on mankind.
John baptized with water, but here comes the INITIATION of your/our/their being able to not just have the HS come and go, like happened to David, John the Baptist even, Elizabeth, too, for now the Spirit is happening different upon those who.are 'numbered' into salvation with Christ. The Holy Spirit is RECEIVED into their temple upon believing in Him as being your Helper, as Christ died, becoming your Savior .
Don't want to inDOCTRINate you too much, LOL, but, Christ peeps, in this thread let's keep.continuing the history of Christ as our 'gift,' whom is threaded after Acts 2:38 initiation into ALL of the rest of Scripture, and, not just His story of spiritual prophecy and tongues giving power and guidance ending after Paul (60 a.d.) and John's (90 a.d.) deaths'.
God wants us tO USE spiritual gifts, as He wills them to.us, as He willed them to those to speak at Day Of Pentecost, of 120 different languages understood by all, of 3000 saved by believing on Him, of so much that went on THEN that goes on NOW today per Christ telling people D.O.P.. that their 'children' will bear witness of events, speaking signs and wonders, plus, those beyond, or, far off from.that beginning Church Age time, that goes on in our lives today, until God returns in a rush (rapture) to take ALL His children Home.
Romans speaks of justication, but also sanctification, which comes from Holy Spirit power working through you.
How so, how does He work through us, green? Through gifts, His way, His timing, ALL.for His glory
Gift of Him.once received, per Acts 2:38 goes through Romans getting to.understand ourselves, our 'no good' human nature period our 'no.condemnation' knowing His thinking toward His own, and, yes, latter chapters Romans speak of Holy Spirit sanctification.
Then , 1 Corinthians shows us the history of Paul's letters to Corinth people and by chapter 12 we LEARN (know) that we, indeed, receive the Holy Spirit.
1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, a and to still another the interpretation of tongues. b 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Gifts are spoken of then in next books, both directly and indirectly, like, for instance, Ephesians, Christ says we are ”His workmanship CREATED to do.GOOD works,” and, does this 2:10 Ephesians Scripture fairly relate to: 1 Cor. 12 verses?
Go ahead, re-read them and let me know God at work how deciphering those 'common good' verses.
What about the 'power' in 2 Timothy 2:20 and surrounding verses, what about relating it to 2 Timothy 1:6 ? Can this be about His power worki..g in us. Gift(s) ! Not that we need to know, or, know what He is doing through us to.work.others to choose Him, but, what is being said here in 2 Timothy ?
What about the power Jesus uses to 'quicken' us, can this be hints at the given Acts history of spiritual gifts as done through the gift ALL given of the Holy Spirit?
God is the same yesterday as today as forevermore, and, His(s)tory speaks for itself and it is His , ALL His, so, remember His history is for us to better ourselves for blessing to give Him glory and will be that way for our future too , through His power through us moving us, moving, mysteriously, awrsomely, like Someone who 6000 years ago moved over the face of the deep
Some history:
1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them 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. 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.
5 ”For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 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.”
9 After he said this, he (Jesus) was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.”
So, power will.come. When? Acts 2 middle chapter verses says when: in end times.
What will.happen before the Lord comes again?
1. Your (ALL of our, times then, times NOW) sons and daughters will prophesy.
Well, here's the truth, no need to hear me speak it.
“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Ok, so does His story tell us this has ALL happened ?
Has the moon turned to blood? Sun turned to darkness?
If those two things have happened, please, fill me in on when they happened.
Then, comes Acts 2:38 shortly thereafter a few verses of Joel's OT prophecy being repeated by the apostle , Peter , to the many thousands of Jews at this time. These words resonate of truth, for times then and ”last days”.signs of the times NOW
Acts 2:38 - Keep in mind we are being referenced to Acts 1: 8 . His power. Holy Spirit power ! Halelujah! About to be POURED on mankind.
John baptized with water, but here comes the INITIATION of your/our/their being able to not just have the HS come and go, like happened to David, John the Baptist even, Elizabeth, too, for now the Spirit is happening different upon those who.are 'numbered' into salvation with Christ. The Holy Spirit is RECEIVED into their temple upon believing in Him as being your Helper, as Christ died, becoming your Savior .
Don't want to inDOCTRINate you too much, LOL, but, Christ peeps, in this thread let's keep.continuing the history of Christ as our 'gift,' whom is threaded after Acts 2:38 initiation into ALL of the rest of Scripture, and, not just His story of spiritual prophecy and tongues giving power and guidance ending after Paul (60 a.d.) and John's (90 a.d.) deaths'.
God wants us tO USE spiritual gifts, as He wills them to.us, as He willed them to those to speak at Day Of Pentecost, of 120 different languages understood by all, of 3000 saved by believing on Him, of so much that went on THEN that goes on NOW today per Christ telling people D.O.P.. that their 'children' will bear witness of events, speaking signs and wonders, plus, those beyond, or, far off from.that beginning Church Age time, that goes on in our lives today, until God returns in a rush (rapture) to take ALL His children Home.
Romans speaks of justication, but also sanctification, which comes from Holy Spirit power working through you.
How so, how does He work through us, green? Through gifts, His way, His timing, ALL.for His glory
Gift of Him.once received, per Acts 2:38 goes through Romans getting to.understand ourselves, our 'no good' human nature period our 'no.condemnation' knowing His thinking toward His own, and, yes, latter chapters Romans speak of Holy Spirit sanctification.
Then , 1 Corinthians shows us the history of Paul's letters to Corinth people and by chapter 12 we LEARN (know) that we, indeed, receive the Holy Spirit.
1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, a and to still another the interpretation of tongues. b 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Gifts are spoken of then in next books, both directly and indirectly, like, for instance, Ephesians, Christ says we are ”His workmanship CREATED to do.GOOD works,” and, does this 2:10 Ephesians Scripture fairly relate to: 1 Cor. 12 verses?
Go ahead, re-read them and let me know God at work how deciphering those 'common good' verses.
What about the 'power' in 2 Timothy 2:20 and surrounding verses, what about relating it to 2 Timothy 1:6 ? Can this be about His power worki..g in us. Gift(s) ! Not that we need to know, or, know what He is doing through us to.work.others to choose Him, but, what is being said here in 2 Timothy ?
What about the power Jesus uses to 'quicken' us, can this be hints at the given Acts history of spiritual gifts as done through the gift ALL given of the Holy Spirit?
God is the same yesterday as today as forevermore, and, His(s)tory speaks for itself and it is His , ALL His, so, remember His history is for us to better ourselves for blessing to give Him glory and will be that way for our future too , through His power through us moving us, moving, mysteriously, awrsomely, like Someone who 6000 years ago moved over the face of the deep
