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<div id="title"><div id="num">1.</div><a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1164.html"><b>Sermon 1164: Acts 1:1a</b></a></div>
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<br>Intro: Last week we saw that the Bible teaches the Holy Spirit is a person-not a force or essence. He knows, loves, speaks, wills. He can be grieved, lied against.
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<br>I. IN THE BEGINNING GOD (ELOHIM).
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<br>Deut. 6:4 The Lord (Jehovah) our God (Elohim) is one (echad) Lord (Jehovah). Attributes of God are ascribed to Him:
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<br>A. He is eternal Heb.9:14.
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<br>B. He, only knows the things of God I Co...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1626.html"><b>Sermon 1626: Acts 1:1b </b></a>
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<br>I. "THE FORMER TREATISE HAVE I MADE O THEOPHILUS"
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<br>A. Reference to the gospel of Luke.
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<br>LUK 1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
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<br>LUK 1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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<br>LUK 1:3 It seemed good to me also, having...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1640.html"><b>Sermon 1640: Acts 1:1c </b></a>
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<br>I. "THE FORMER TREATISE HAVE I MADE O THEOPHILUS"
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<br>A. Reference to the gospel of Luke.
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<br>LUK 1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
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<br>LUK 1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
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<br>LUK 1:3 It seemed good to me also, having...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1664.html"><b>Sermon 1664: Acts 1:4 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. You might say that the first word of the great commission is not go but wait. You are not to go until you have the power to go.
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<br>I. "NOT DEPART FROM JERUSALEM, BUT WAIT FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER."
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<br>A. This not depart from Jerusalem is the same as, "Tarry ye in Jerusalem until you be endued with power from on high." That is found in Luke's gospel.
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<br>B. The promise of the Fa...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1629.html"><b>Sermon 1629: Acts 1:6 </b></a>
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<br>I. "WILL YOU AT THIS TIME RESTORE THE KINGDOM TO ISRAEL?"
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<br>A. Jesus has just told them that they are going to receive the promise of the Father in just a few days.
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<br>1. For the forty days after His resurrection, He has been telling them about the Kingdom of God.
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<br>a. That glorious age when the Son of God will reign over the whole earth.
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<br>b. The wonders of His kingdom.
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<br>c. The glories ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1165.html"><b>Sermon 1165: Acts 1:8a</b></a>
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<br>"DUNAMIS"
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<br>Intro: The word "but" is a disassociative conjunction, thus, is never the beginning of a thought. The disciples have met with the Lord for the last time before His ascension. He has told them to wait in Jerusalem until they were endued with the power of the Holy Spirit.
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<br>I. THE TASK THEY FACED: "GOING INTO ALL THE WORLD TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL MEN."
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<br>A. The...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1166.html"><b>Sermon 1166: Acts 1:8b </b></a>
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<br>"THE NEED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT"
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<br>"Dunamis"
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<br>I. THE NEED OF POWER.
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<br>A. Peter's lack of discernment. Matt. 16.
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<br>B. Peter's lack of faithfulness in prayer. Matt. 26.
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<br>C. Peter's false boast. Matt. 26.
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<br>D. Peter's lack of courage. Matt. 26.
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<br>E. Peter's return to fishing (giving up). John 21.
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<br>II. IDENTIFYING WITH PETER.
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<br>A. Some throw stones.
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<br>B. I feel a kinship.
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<br>a. Fail to discern.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1167.html"><b>Sermon 1167: Acts 1:8c </b></a>
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<br>"WHY PENTECOST?"
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<br>I. IT IS THE POWER.
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<br>A. Light without electricity.
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<br>B. Meeting with Dick Carter.
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<br>C. Here's an ignorant fisherman.
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<br>II. IT MEETS ALL NEEDS.
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<br>A. Physical.
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<br>1. Sick healed.
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<br>2. Attracts to Christ.
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<br>B. Spiritual.
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<br>1. Souls fed by ministry of Spirit.
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<br>a. Prophesy and tongues.
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<br>III. IS IT FOR TODAY?
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<br>A. Testimony of Scripture. Acts 2:38, 39.
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<br>B. Testimony of History.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1168.html"><b>Sermon 1168: Acts 1:8d</b></a>
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<br>Intro. Intro. Jesus had told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father that He had been talking to them about. God had promised to pour out His Spirit on all flesh, even their sons and daughters would prophesy. Jesus said, "John baptized you with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a view days." Jesus for forty days after His resurrection ha...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1630.html"><b>Sermon 1630: Acts 1:9 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND WHEN HE HAS SPOKEN THESE THINGS, WHILE THEY WERE WATCHING, HE WAS TAKEN UP, AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT."
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<br>A. Mark's gospel tells us:
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<br>MAR 16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
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<br>B. Luke tells us:
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<br>LUK 24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and b...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1169.html"><b>Sermon 1169: Acts 1:11 </b></a>
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<br>"WHY CHRISTMAS?"
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<br>Intro: "I hope Christ doesn't come on Christmas."
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<br>I. PEOPLE ARE SO INVOLVED CELEBRATING HIS FIRST COMING, THEY WOULDN'T BE READY FOR HIS 2ND.
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<br>A. The Christmas story is beautiful, but means nothing unless you consider the purpose.
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<br>1. To destroy works of the devil.
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<br>2. To take away sin.
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<br>3. To reveal the Father.
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<br>4. To prepare for His Second Coming.
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<br>B. Sad note i...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1628.html"><b>Sermon 1628: Acts 1:15</b></a>
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<br>I. "AND IN THOSE DAYS."
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<br>A. Those days would be the seven days that they were waiting in Jerusalem for the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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<br>B. Days of waiting upon God.
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<br>C. God always has a perfect timing.
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<br>D. The perfect timing for the bestowal of the gift of the Holy Spirit would be on the day of the feast of Pentecost.
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<br>II. "PETER STOOD UP IN THE MIDST OF THE DISCIPLES."
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<br>A. Peter seems...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1170.html"><b>Sermon 1170: Acts 2:1a</b></a>
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<br>"THIS IS THAT"
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<br>I. THE EVENTS OF THE DAY.
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<br>A. Tongues like as of fire.
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<br>B. Sound as of a rushing mighty wind.
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<br>C. Speaking in other tongues as Spirit prompted.
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<br>II. THE QUESTION AND CONCLUSION.
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<br>A. What meaneth this?
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<br>B. Drunk with new wine.
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<br>III. THE EXPLANATION OF THE MANIFESTATION.
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<br>A. This is that.
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<br>B. The importance of scriptural basis for all spiritual phenomena.
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<br>1. The extra...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1631.html"><b>Sermon 1631: Acts 2:1b</b></a>
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<br>ACTS 2:1
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<br>I. THE THREE SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA THAT ACCOMPANIED THE INITIAL OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST.
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<br>A. Sound as a mighty rushing wind; cloven tongues of fire upon each of them; their speaking in the various languages.
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<br>B. Of these three, only one of them was repeated in the scriptures.
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<br>1. In chapter four, there is another phenomena that was not repeat...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1632.html"><b>Sermon 1632: Acts 2:12 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE VARIED REACTIONS OF THE CROWDS.
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<br>A. They were filled with amazement.
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<br>B. They marvelled that these Galilleans were speaking in the various recognizable dialects of the wonderful works of God.
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<br>C. They had questions as to what this meant. "What does this mean?"
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<br>D. There are always mockers in the crowd, and this crowd is no different. They were saying that they must have found...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1171.html"><b>Sermon 1171: Acts 2:22 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Lights are being strung, lists are being made, presents are being purchased, cards are being sent, the malls are crowded, the family get-togethers are being planned as the world again prepares to celebrate the most significant event in the history of man. That day almost 2,000 years ago when God sent His only begotten Son into the world to redeem man from the penalty of sin. ...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1172.html"><b>Sermon 1172: Acts 2:24 </b></a>
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<br>"THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL"
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<br>Intro: A crowd assembled to observe strange phenomena. Peter took advantage of the crowd to preach. Jesus is the gospel.
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<br>I. "JESUS OF NAZARETH."
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<br>A. This was to identify the subject to the crowd.
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<br>1. Many Jewish boys called Jesus.
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<br>a. Beautiful name from Hebrew, Joshua.
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<br>b. A name that means Jehovah is salvation.
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<br>B. The name was used commonly of Him.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1173.html"><b>Sermon 1173: Acts 2:24b </b></a>
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<br>"THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL"
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<br>Intro: A crowd assembled to observe strange phenomena. Peter took advantage of the crowd to preach. Jesus is the gospel.
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<br>I. "JESUS OF NAZARETH."
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<br>A. This was to identify the subject to the crowd.
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<br>1. Many Jewish boys called Jesus.
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<br>a. Beautiful name from Hebrew, Joshua.
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<br>b. A name that means Jehovah is salvation.
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<br>B. The name was used commonly of Him.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1707.html"><b>Sermon 1707: Acts 2:24c </b></a>
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<br>"THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL."
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<br>Intro. Peter is preaching to the assembled crowd who were in wonderment and amazement at the ability of the disciples to speak in the variety of dialects of the wonderful works of God. Peter's sermon is answering the question of the crowd as to what this all meant. His message is centered on Jesus Christ. There are seven things he says about Jesus. He was...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1634.html"><b>Sermon 1634: Acts 2:36 </b></a>
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<br>"WHAT MEANETH THIS?"
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<br>I. THE QUESTION IN THE MINDS OF THE JEWS WHO HAD GATHERED TO OBSERVE THE HOLY SPIRIT COMING ON THE CHURCH WAS "WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"
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<br>A. Peter finally answered their question with the statement, "God has made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."
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<br>1. Jesus is Lord.
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<br>2. Jesus is the Messiah.
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<br>3. Paul wrote to the Philippians that God has gi...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1635.html"><b>Sermon 1635: Acts 2:40 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. When we look at the message of Peter, it was very basic and simple. It would not apt to be considered the sermon of the month by the scholarship of the present day. He just preached Christ crucified and risen again unto them, under the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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<br>I. THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS.
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<br>A. Paul wrote to the Corinthians about the preaching of the cross.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1710.html"><b>Sermon 1710: Acts 2:42 </b></a>
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<br>I. "THEY CONTINUED STEDFASTLY." FOUR BASIC ACTIVITIES IN THE EARLY CHURCH.
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<br>A. The Apostles' doctrine.
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<br>1. This is the study of the word of God.
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<br>2. They placed a high priority on the teaching of the word of God.
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<br>3. Later when pressure was placed on the Apostles to oversee the distribution of the welfare program, they said it would not be reasonable for them to leave the word of Go...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1174.html"><b>Sermon 1174: Acts 3:1 </b></a>
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<br>"THE MEN GOD USES"
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<br>Intro: It is in the heart of every true child of God to be used by God.
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<br>I. MEN OF PRAYER VS 1 AND 4:24.
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<br>A. Prayer is so vital for any work for God.
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<br>1. I am guided.
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<br>2. I am strengthened.
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<br>3. I dare not venture into any work for God without praying first.
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<br>B. Prayer is my greatest outlet of spiritual power.
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<br>1. I have one source. "You shall receive."
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1175.html"><b>Sermon 1175: Acts 3:6, 16</b></a>
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<br>"THE NAME OF JESUS"
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<br>I. THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME JESUS.
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<br>A. First given to one of the faithful spies by Moses.
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<br>1. He called him Joshua.
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<br>2. It stood for Yahweh Shua.
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<br>B. Jesus is Greek form for Hebrew Joshua.
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<br>1. He was so named by angel to Joseph.
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<br>II. THE POWER OF THE NAME.
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<br>A. Not some magic name like Abra Cadabra.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2020.html"><b>Sermon 2020: Acts 3:7 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Last week we talked about being used by God as an instrument to accomplish His purposes here on earth. Our purpose for being is that we might please God. "And for His pleasure we are and were created." It must follow that the only way you will experience fulfillment in life is when your life is pleasing to God. We talked about how that God has chosen to use people to accompli...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1711.html"><b>Sermon 1711: Acts 3:12 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. We have been looking at the characteristics of the men that God uses to accomplish His eternal purposes on this earth. We have found that they are men of prayer, they are men of faith, now we come to a very important characteristic, they are men who have come to the cross in their own life, and have reckoned the old nature to be dead, crucified with Christ.
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<br>I. ONE OF THE GRE...
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<div id="num">27.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2019.html"><b>Sermon 2019: Acts 3:12b </b></a>
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<br>Acts 3:12
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<br>"PETER'S MESSAGE."
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<br>Intro. We have been looking at the characteristics of the men that God used in order that we might also be usable. I now want to go back and look at the message that Peter preached to the people.
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<br>I. YE MEN OF ISRAEL, WHY MARVEL YE AT THIS?
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<br>A. If you are men of Israel, then you must believe in the God of Israel; if you believe in the God of Israel, wh...
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<div id="num">28.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1712.html"><b>Sermon 1176: Acts 3:18 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Looking at characteristics of the men that God used, men of prayer; men of faith; men who had come to the cross in their own lives. Now we see another characteristic; they were men of the word.
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<br>I. NOTE HOW PETER HERE BEGINS TO POINT OUT THE TRUTHS OF THE SCRIPTURES TO THE PEOPLE.
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<br>A. In those days they did not have family Bibles.
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<br>1. The scriptures were all handwritten.
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<div id="num">29.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1176.html"><b>Sermon 1176: Acts 3:25 </b></a>
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<br>TO BLESS US
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<br>I. GOD HAD PROMISED ABRAHAM THAT THROUGH HIS SEED, ALL OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WOULD BE BLESSED.
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<br>A. Peter makes reference to this promise.
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<br>B. Paul points out that in the Hebrew the word Seed was singular not plural, and that Seed is Christ.
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<br>C. The whole earth had been cursed because of Adam's sin.
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<br>1. God said to Adam, "Cursed is the ground for thy sake, in sorro...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1713.html"><b>Sermon 1713: Acts 4:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE SCENE: PETER AND JOHN ARE ENTERING THE TEMPLE AT THE AFTERNOON HOUR OF PRAYER WHEN THEY ARE ACCOSTED BY A LAME MAN SEEKING A HAND OUT. THIS MAN WAS NEVER ABLE TO WALK IN OVER FORTY YEARS OF LIFE.
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<br>A. Peter protested that they had no silver or gold, but was glad to share what he had, whereupon he commanded him in the name of Jesus to walk.
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<br>B. Lifting the man to his feet, he w...
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<div id="num">31.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1177.html"><b>Sermon 1177: Acts 4:8 </b></a>
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<br>"THEN PETER"
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<br>I. PETER'S LIFE BEFORE SPIRIT.
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<br>A. Lack of Spiritual discernment - Matt. 16:17 - 23.
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<br>B. Lack of Spiritual power - Matt. 17:16.
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<br>C. Confident in self - Matt. 26: 33 - 35.
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<br>D. Failure in prayer - Matt. 26: 40.
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<br>E. Lack in courage - Matt. 26: 73.
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<br>F. Leading astray - John 21.
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<br>II. PETER IN ACTS.
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<br>A. Keen Spiritual discernment.
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<br>1. Acts 5 - Ananias.
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<br>2. Acts 8 - Simon.
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<div id="num">32.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2021.html"><b>Sermon 2021: Acts 4:8b </b></a>
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<br>Intro. We have been looking at the characteristics of those men that God used to reach their generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. So far we have discovered that they were men of prayer; men of faith; men who denied the self-life; men of the word. Now we see one more characteristic, which is the most important of all. They were men who were filled with the Holy Spirit. Jesus h...
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<div id="num">33.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1180.html"><b>Sermon 1180: Acts 4:12 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Peter and John were going into the temple at the hour of prayer when a beggar sought alms from them. Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gold, but what I have, I will give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." The man who was over 40 years old and had never walked in his life was immediately healed and he began to walk and jump up and down. A...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1714.html"><b>Sermon 1714: Acts 4:16 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE QUESTION: "WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THESE MEN?"
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<br>A. The facts:
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<br>1. A notable miracle has been done by them.
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<br>a. A man who was over 40 years old man, a man lame from birth is now walking.
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<br>b. In fact he is standing before them.
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<br>2. It is manifested to all who dwell in Jerusalem.
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<br>a. No doubt everyone in town had seen this man at one time or another.
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<br>b. He was a well-known fixtur...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1181.html"><b>Sermon 1181: Acts 4:23 </b></a>
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<br>"THE PRAYER OF POWER"
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<br>Intro: We often hear said, "There is power in prayer." Yet we are aware that many of our prayers seem powerless. When prayers fail, there is a tendency to fault God. It is valuable to study powerful prayers.
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<br>I. RECOGNITION OF THE ONE THEY WERE PRAYING TO.
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<br>A. His power, "Oh Lord, Thou art God, Thou hast..."
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<br>1. We are not always aware of the one we are speaki...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1182.html"><b>Sermon 1182: Acts 4:23b </b></a>
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<br>"PRAYING WITH POWER"
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<br>Intro: Prayer is communing with God. More than that, it is asking and receiving from God.
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<br>I. CONCEPT OF GOD, "LORD, THOU ART GOD."
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<br>A. "Which hast made heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them is..."
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<br>1. Look up into the heaven -- tells power of God.
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<br>2. Look around on earth -- tells wisdom of God.
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<br>3. The One you are talking to is unlimited in pow...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1715.html"><b>Sermon 1715: Acts 4:23c </b></a>
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<br>Intro. They left the hostile environment of the Council and came to the warm environment of the family. What a comfort and blessing to leave the tense atmosphere of the world and gather with the family of God. They gave a report of their experiences and the threats that had been made of the consequences of teaching or preaching anymore in the name of Jesus. What is the best thing to...
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<div id="num">38.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1716.html"><b>Sermon 1716: Acts 4:32 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND THE MULTITUDE OF THEM THAT BELIEVED WERE OF ONE HEART AND ONE SOUL."
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<br>A. In the psalms, David said, "How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in unity."
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<br>B. In the proverbs, Solomon wrote:
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<br>PRO 6:16 These six [things] the LORD hates: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:
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<br>PRO 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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<br>PRO 6:18...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1717.html"><b>Sermon 1717: Acts 5:1 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. We must remember that chapters and verses were the work of men to help reference scriptures. Here the break between chapters was made in the middle of a sentence in the original. The word "but" is a disassociated conjunction. It ties together two disassociated thoughts.
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<br>ACS 4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of con...
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<div id="num">40.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1718.html"><b>Sermon 1718: Acts 5:12 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Last week we saw how the Holy Spirit was at work protecting the purity of the early church, when two of the members sought for personal glory. Their sin was actually twofold. Not only was there the desire for personal glory, but they were guilty of exercising hypocrisy to receive this glory. As a result of God's severe dealing with their sin, a great fear came on all the chur...
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<div id="num">41.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1719.html"><b>Sermon 1719: Acts 5:17 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. The purity of the early church has been protected by the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit. It was dramatic, and decisive. Two people are dead. But a pure environment for the Holy Spirit to work has been maintained. As a result, there is a great revival going on in Jerusalem. People are coming from all over the countryside to be healed. God is at work in a powerful way. Whene...
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<div id="num">42.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1183.html"><b>Sermon 1183: Acts 5:20 </b></a>
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<br>"THIS LIFE"
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<br>Intro: The apostles have been gathering daily on Solomon's porch of the Temple witnessing of Jesus Christ. Thousands are gathering to hear, many are being healed. The high priest had the apostles thrown in prison and was going to bring them to the trial the following day. But that night the angel of the Lord released them and commanded them, vs. 20.
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<div id="num">43.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1184.html"><b>Sermon 1184: Acts 5:20b </b></a>
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<br>"THIS LIFE"
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<br>Intro: The disciples had just been thrown in jail. They had been gathering in Solomon's porch at the Temple. The power of the Holy Spirit was confirming the truth of the message they were preaching and multitudes were gathering daily to see and hear so much so that the high priest and his henchmen arrested them and placed them in prison. During the night an an...
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<div id="num">44.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1185.html"><b>Sermon 1185: Acts 5:28 </b></a>
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<br>"WE MUST OBEY GOD"
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<br>Intro: How can I be more effective for God?
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<br>I. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EARLY CHURCH.
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<br>A. Reports come from their enemies.
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<br>1. Not the overstated report of an evangelist.
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<br>B. "Filled Jerusalem with your doctrine."
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<br>1. Oh, that we might fill this area with the doctrine of Jesus Christ.
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<br>C. Another report (Thessalonica.), "These men who have turned the world upsid...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2022.html"><b>Sermon 2022: Acts 5:29 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. The disciples had been arrested and placed in jail for teaching the people about Jesus Christ. The angel miraculously released them from jail and commanded them to return to the temple in the morning and teach the people. When the religious court was assembled in the morning to consider their case, when they went to the prison to bring the prisoners, they found the jail secur...
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<div id="num">46.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1720.html"><b>Sermon 1720: Acts 5:33 </b></a>
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<br>I. "WHEN THEY HAD HEARD THAT THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART, AND TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY THEM."
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<br>A. It is interesting that on the day of Pentecost when Peter had preached to the people, they were cut to the heart and they said, "Men and brethren, what shall we do seeing we have crucified the Lord of glory."
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<br>1. It is interesting how different people respond to conviction.
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<br>a. Some repent.
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1186.html"><b>Sermon 1186: Acts 5:39 </b></a>
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<br>I. I FIRST OF ALL THINK THAT A MAN WOULD HAVE TO BE A FOOL TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD.
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<br>A. The prophet Isaiah said, "Woe unto him who strives with his Maker.
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<br>1. How could you as a mortal man ever hope to win in a contest with God?
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<br>2. Would you strive with Him intellectually?
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<br>a. The foolishness of God is wiser than man.
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<br>b. Job and his friends were discussing all their opinions and idea...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1721.html"><b>Sermon 1721: Acts 6:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. "WHEN THE NUMBER OF DISCIPLES WERE MULTIPLIED."
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<br>A. I like that word multiplied. It is much like the word used so many times in the gospels, multitudes. That word is used 18 times in the gospels.
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<br>1. We tend to put so much emphasis in numbers today; we want to speak of the precise number that attended and the number that came forward.
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<br>2. Multitudes attended and multitudes came f...
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1722.html"><b>Sermon 1722: Acts 6:5 </b></a>
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<br>"CHOSEN DEACONS."
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<br>Intro. The problem of distribution of the church's goods has hit a snag. The Jews who followed the Hellenist culture felt that their widows were not being given the same respect as those widows who followed the Hebrew culture. The problem was brought to the apostles who decided that seven men of good reputation, who were filled with the Holy Spirit and wisdom to o...
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<div id="num">50.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1723.html"><b>Sermon 1723: Acts 6:8 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Luke is now going to introduce us to the ministries of two of the men who were chosen to the office of deacons, to wait on tables in the early church. Remember the qualifications for these men were good reputation, filled with the Holy Spirit, and full of wisdom.
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<br>I. THE MINISTRY OF THESE TWO MEN WILL TEACH US MUCH ABOUT CHRISTIAN SERVICE.
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<div id="num">51.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1724.html"><b>Sermon 1724: Acts 7 </b></a>
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<br>"STEPHEN'S MESSAGE TO THE COUNCIL."
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<br>I. "MEN, BROTHERS, FATHERS."
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<br>A. A polite address of the council.
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<br>B. Note it wasn't "ladies and gentlemen." There were no ladies on the religious council.
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<br>II. "THE GOD OF GLORY APPEARED TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM."
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<br>A. He takes them back to the beginning of the history of the nation.
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<br>1. It all began when God called Abraham to leave Babylon to journ...
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<div id="num">52.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1187.html"><b>Sermon 1187: Acts 7:9, 10 </b></a>
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<br>"BUT, GOD WAS WITH HIM"
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<br>I. TIME WHEN IT SEEMS GOD HAS FORSAKEN US.
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<br>A. When Joseph's brothers plotted against him.
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<br>1. When they sold him to the traders.
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<br>2. When he was sold as a slave in Egypt.
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<br>3. When his master's wife lied about him.
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<br>4. When he was placed in the Egyptian jail.
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<div id="num">53.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1725.html"><b>Sermon 1725: Acts 7:17 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. In our last lesson, Stephen had shown them that at the first, Joseph was rejected by his brothers, but when they thought they had gotten rid of him, the next time they saw him, he was governor over all of Egypt and they bowed down to him. Stephen then took them up in their history to the burial of Jacob.
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<br>I. STEPHEN NOW CONTINUES HIS ACCOUNT OF THEIR HISTORY. VERSE 17: BUT WH...
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<div id="num">54.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1188.html"><b>Sermon 1188: Acts 7:34 </b></a>
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<br>I. I HAVE SEEN THE AFFLICTION OF MY PEOPLE IN EGYPT.
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<br>A. God had shown Abraham that his seed would be strangers in a land that was not theirs and they would serve them and be afflicted. But God would then bring them out with great substance.
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<br>1. At the time of Moses, the children of Israel had been in Egypt for four hundred years.
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<br>2. They had first gone down in the days of Jacob wh...
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<div id="num">55.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1189.html"><b>Sermon 1189: Acts 7:37 </b></a>
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<br>I. A PROPHET LIKE MOSES.
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<br>A. This comes from the prophecy of Moses in Deut. 18 and has been considered a prophecy of the Messiah.
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<br>1. Even the Jews to the present day consider this to be a prophecy of the Messiah.
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<br>2. Interestingly enough they quote it to try to eliminate Jesus as the promised Messiah.
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<br>a. They say if He is to be a prophet like Moses, Moses was man, and made no clai...
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<div id="num">56.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2023.html"><b>Sermon 2023: Acts 7:54 </b></a>
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<br>I. AND WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS, THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART.
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<br>A. Stephen's message was anointed by the Holy Spirit and was cutting.
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<br>1. I am certain that he preached it with great conviction.
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<br>2. They were forced to certain conclusions that they did not like.
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<br>a. Their illustrious fathers for the most part were a bunch of jerks always missing the will of God.
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<br>b. They failed to ...
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<div id="num">57.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1726.html"><b>Sermon 1726: Acts 8:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND SAUL WAS CONSENTING UNTO HIS DEATH."
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<br>A. Here again it is important to remember that the chapter and verse designations were man-made, it was not so in the original manuscripts.
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<br>1. There was a continual flow in the original and here we need to go back a few verses to get the flow.
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<br>ACS 7:58 And cast Stephen out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their ...
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<div id="num">58.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1190.html"><b>Sermon 1190: Acts 8:5 </b></a>
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<br>"THE WAY OF REVIVAL"
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<br>I. MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT NEEDED TO DRAW MEN.
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<br>A. Witness of what you have seen and heard.
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<br>1. Too many haven't seen anything.
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<br>2. Witnessing as to what you have seen God do.
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<br>a. A person's curiosity aroused.
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<br>3. Woman of Samaria, "Come see a man."
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<br>B. To convince man.
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<br>1. Text.
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<br>2. Acts 13, Paul, Barnabus, Isle of Paphos.
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<br>a. When he saw what was done, be...
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<div id="num">59.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1731.html"><b>Sermon 1731: Acts 8:5b </b></a>
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<br>I. THEN PHILIP WENT DOWN TO SAMARIA AND PREACHED CHRIST UNTO THEM.
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<br>A. We are now going to look as a second one of the Deacons who was chosen by the Apostles to wait on tables.
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<br>1. We were first introduced to Stephen and how God used him in to do great miracles and wonders among the people, and how through the Spirit he was able to prevail against the arguments of those of the synag...
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<div id="num">60.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1191.html"><b>Sermon 1191: Acts 8:9 </b></a>
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<br>I. SIMON'S BACKGROUND.
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<br>A. A sorcerer.
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<br>1. He bewitched the people.
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<br>2. Skilled in the arts of magic.
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<br>3. Secrets of the ancients.
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<br>B. A leader.
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<br>1. Followed by deceived people.
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<br>2. They thought him to be the power of God.
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<br>a. He made himself as such.
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<br>3. Regarded by people. (note: "Satan shall throw strong delusion, people believe a lie rather than truth.").
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<br>II. SIMON'S OBSERVATIO...
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<div id="num">61.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1727.html"><b>Sermon 1727: Acts 8:14 </b></a>
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<br>I. AN AREA OF UNNECESSARY CONTROVERSY.
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<br>A. The subject of the filling and the baptism in the Holy Spirit has been one of great controversy in the church.
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<br>1. People are divided into two sharply diverse camps.
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<br>a. Those who believe that it is a separate experience from salvation, and those who believe that you receive the baptism of the Spirit when you are saved. "Baptized by the Spi...
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<div id="num">62.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1728.html"><b>Sermon 1728: Acts 8:25 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND THEY, WHEN THEY HAD TESTIFIED AND PREACHED THE WORD OF THE LORD, RETURNED TO JERUSALEM."
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<br>A. The "they" would be Peter and John.
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<br>1. Their mission had been accomplished in Samaria. The Samaritans now have the power of the Holy Spirit, and were established in the gospel.
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<br>2. What did they preach? The word of the Lord.
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<br>a. In Paul's first letter to the Corinthians he wrote:
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<div id="num">63.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1192.html"><b>Sermon 1192: Acts 8:29 </b></a>
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<br>"THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK"
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<br>Intro: The Bible is an amazing book, written over a period of 1,500 years by over 40 authors, yet a story of one man. The history of the nation of Israel is actually His story.
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<br>I. JESUS, THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE BIBLE.
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<br>A. John 5:39, "You do search the scriptures..."
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<br>1. Would have to be referenced to the Old Testament.
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<br>2. Jesus said, "They testify of ...
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<div id="num">64.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1729.html"><b>Sermon 1729: Acts 8:29b </b></a>
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<br>I. AND THE SPIRIT SAID, GO JOIN THYSELF TO THE CHARIOT.
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<br>A. The angel of the Lord had directed Philip to leave the great revival in Samaria to go to the desert area near Gaza.
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<br>1. Looking at this from the natural perspective, it would seem like this was totally irrational.
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<br>2. He could have sat in Samaria forever and never have understood this unusual call.
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<br>3. It just does not make...
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<div id="num">65.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1193.html"><b>Sermon 1193: Acts 8:35 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE CALL OF PHILIP.
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<br>A. Philip was one of the men chosen to wait on the tables in the church in Jerusalem. When the church was scattered because of the persecution, Philip went to Samaria and preached Christ unto them.
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<br>1. There was a great move of God and many were converted and baptized.
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<br>2. Upon hearing the news of so many new believers in Samaria, the church in Jerusalem sent...
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<div id="num">66.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1194.html"><b>Sermon 1194: Acts 8:39 </b></a>
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<br>"ON HIS WAY REJOICING"
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<br>Intro: Joy is almost the trademark of Christianity. The happy faces at camp, here. Rejoicing is one of the first consciousness of the new life. New Christian at camp. Joy to the world, the Lord has come. The only ones to receive this joy are those who have received this Lord.
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<br>I. WHY DO WE REJOICE?
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<br>A. Because we are forgiven.
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<br>1. We are not perfect.
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<div id="num">67.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1730.html"><b>Sermon 1730: Acts 8:39b </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND WHEN THEY WERE COME UP OUT OF THE WATER, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAUGHT AWAY PHILIP."
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<br>A. The Greek word for caught away (harpadzo) is used by Paul in writing of his experience of being caught up into the third heaven in 2Co. 12.
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<br>2CO 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knowe...
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<div id="num">68.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1637.html"><b>Sermon 1637: Acts 9:3 </b></a>
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<br>I. ACS 9:3.
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<br>A."And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven."
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<br>B. Paul in his letter to the Philippians speaks of his being apprehended by Jesus Christ.
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<br>1. He was certainly apprehended in a very dramatic way.
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<br>2. As he was coming to Damascus around noon time he and his company were suddenly surrounded by a light that was...
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<div id="num">69.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1733.html"><b>Sermon 1733: Acts 9:10 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM IN A VISION.
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<br>A. God directed men in the early church by visions.
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<br>1. We usually associate visions with the Old Testament, but in the New Testament, God used visions to guide.
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<br>a. Paul had a vision on the road to Damascus
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<br>b. Here the Lord is directing Ananias to Saul by a vision.
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<br>c. In the next chapter, Peter will be led by a vision.
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<br>d. Cornelius will be ...
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<div id="num">70.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1195.html"><b>Sermon 1195: Acts 9:11 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>"BEHOLD HE PRAYETH"
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<br>Intro: Mark of conversion -- peculiar meaning for Paul.
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<br>I. IMPLIES HE HAD NEVER PRAYED BEFORE.
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<br>A. Striking, for he was a Pharisee.
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<br>1. Regular in prayer, 9 hours per day.
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<br>2. How different does God judge.
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<br>B. Real prayer must he spiritual.
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<br>1. "God is a Spirit."
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<br>C. Soul had never prayed a right prayer.
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<br>1. He had never known the Lord Jesus.
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<br>a. Only access ...
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<div id="num">71.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1639.html"><b>Sermon 1639: Acts </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>"ACTS NARRATION."
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<br>In the previous letter that I wrote to you Theophilus, I told you of the things that Jesus taught and did up until the time that He was taken up into heaven. After He was in heaven He continued to teach and do marvelous miracles, only now through the men He had chosen to be His Apostles. He showed the apostles that He was still alive after His crufixion by many in...
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<div id="num">72.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1638.html"><b>Sermon 1638: Acts 9:11b </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>Intro. Last week we saw how God spoke to a disciple in Damascus through a vision, and we discussed the various ways by which God speaks to us.
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<br>I. THE LORD SPOKE TO HIM IN THIS VISION AND TOLD HIM TO GO TO THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHT AND INQUIRE AT THE HOUSE OF JUDAS FOR SAUL OF TARSUS. FOR BEHOLD HE PRAYETH.
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<br>A. This phrase behold "he prayeth" is signifying that he has been converte...
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<div id="num">73.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1734.html"><b>Sermon 1734: Acts 9:15 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Saul has arrived in Damascus, but he is a transformed man from the Saul that had left Jerusalem, breathing out murderous thoughts against the church. He has had a dramatic conversion experience along the way. As the result of the brilliant light that surrounded him, he had been blinded and spent three days in this condition. During this time, he had a vision of a man named An...
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<div id="num">74.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1735.html"><b>Sermon 1735: Acts 9:19-25 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>Intro. We had mentioned in the last lesson that we have a time gap between 19 and 20, perhaps as much as three years. To learn something about that time gap we must go to Galatians 1:11-19
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<br>GAL 1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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<br>GAL 1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesu...
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<div id="num">75.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1196.html"><b>Sermon 1196: Acts 9:22 </b></a>
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<br>I. PAUL'S CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY WAS QUICK AND RADICAL.
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<br>A. After he met the Lord he did a fast 180.
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<br>1. He had come to Damascus to imprison the Christians. He left Damascus a radical Christian.
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<br>2. Immediately after he received the Holy Spirit and his sight he went to the Jewish synagog and began to preach that Jesus was the Son of God.
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<br>3. He confounded the Jews that lived in ...
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<div id="num">76.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1736.html"><b>Sermon 1736: Acts 9:26 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>Intro. Paul is returning to Jerusalem for the first time in three years. Much has transpired in his life in the last three years. He first met Christ on the road to Damascus, then he was baptized, and filled with the Holy Spirit. He spent three years in Arabia being taught by Jesus. He returned to Damascus where he preached in the Jewish synagogues. He then had to leave the city in ...
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<div id="num">77.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1737.html"><b>Sermon 1737: Acts 9:32 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>Intro. The church has just sent Paul off to Tarsus, and now our attention turns back to Peter.
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<br>I. "AS PETER PASSED THROUGH ALL THE QUARTERS." WE FIRST SEE PETER AT LYDDA.
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<br>A. The church has been expanding rapidly throughout the regions of Judaea.
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<br>1. The words of Jesus are being fulfilled. "You shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses o...
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<div id="num">78.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1738.html"><b>Sermon 1738: Acts 9:43 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>I. AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT HE TARRIED THERE MANY DAYS IN JOPPA WITH SIMON WHO WAS A TANNER.
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<br>A. God is going to break down many prejudices in Peter's mind as far as the Jewish traditions go.
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<br>1. It, no doubt, began in his going to Samaria to minister to them. You remember that the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans.
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<br>2. This is another chink in the wall that is to be broken d...
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<div id="num">79.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1641.html"><b>Sermon 1641: Acts 10:5 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>I. THE INSTRUCTIONS TO CORNELIUS.
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<br>A. Send men to Joppa and call for Simon whose surname is Peter.
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<br>1. He is lodging with Simon the tanner whose house is by the seaside.
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<br>2. He will tell you what you are to do.
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<br>B. Note how specific the orders are.
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<br>1. No ambiguity.
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<br>2. No riddles to figure out.
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<br>3. No need for interpretation.
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<br>4. Many times people will describe a vision and there s...
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<div id="num">80.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1643.html"><b>Sermon 1643: Acts 10:17 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>Intro. Peter has had a very puzzling vision which he does not understand. He is perplexed as to its meaning. The vision was repeated three times. Now the Lord speaks very plainly to him, not giving him the full meaning of the vision, but what he is to do next. At that very moment the three men sent from Cornelius are at the front door inquiring if there was a man named Simon, whose ...
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<div id="num">81.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1644.html"><b>Sermon 1644: Acts 10:28 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>I. YOU KNOW HOW THAT IT IS AN UNLAWFUL THING FOR A MAN THAT IS A JEW TO KEEP COMPANY, OR COME UNTO ONE OF ANOTHER NATION.
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<br>A. The Jews were a very clannish people. Under the law they were commanded not to intermarry with those from other nations.
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<br>DEU 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unt...
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<div id="num">82.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1197.html"><b>Sermon 1197: Acts 10:34 </b></a>
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<br>"ACCEPTED BY GOD"
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<br>I. "GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS."
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<br>A. Quite an admission for Peter.
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<br>1. The Jews had thought the Gentiles unclean, outside the covenants of God.
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<br>2. God said to Peter, "What I have cleansed, call not common."
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<br>B. This opens the door to all men.
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<br>1. God does not grant special favors to the rich or poor.
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<br>2. Being a good moral man does not make me special to Him,...
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<div id="num">83.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1198.html"><b>Sermon 1198: Acts 10:34b </b></a>
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<br>"PEACE BY JESUS CHRIST"
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<br>Intro: Peter has been directed by the Holy Spirit to share the gospel with Gentiles. "Call thou not unclean...?"
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<br>I. "GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS."
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<br>A. The Jews had always enjoyed the favored nation status.
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<br>1. The reason being that God was bringing the Messiah through them.
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<br>2. They thought it was because of themselves.
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<br>3. God loves the Jew and Gentile...
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<div id="num">84.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1199.html"><b>Sermon 1199: Acts 10:34c </b></a>
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<br>July, 1996
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<br>I. I PERCEIVE THAT GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.
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<br>A. Cornelius, a Gentile centurion, had just shared with Peter how that while he was praying an angel had appeared to him and told him that his prayer was heard, and that he was to send men to Joppa to find a man name Simon whose surname was Peter, who was staying at the house of Simon the tanner who lived at the sea sho...
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<div id="num">85.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1645.html"><b>Sermon 1645: Acts 10:36 </b></a>
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<br>I. "THE WORD WHICH GOD SENT TO ISRAEL."
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<br>A. Peter is preaching to a Gentile audience, and he declares that the word was sent to children of Israel.
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<br>1. When Jesus sent the 12 out to witness of Him, He commanded them:
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<br>MAT 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
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<div id="num">86.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1646.html"><b>Sermon 1646: Acts 10:37 </b></a>
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<br>I. "THAT WORD"
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<br>A. This takes us back to the previous verse, "The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ:"
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<br>B. That word you know because it was published throughout all Judea.
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<br>1. Jesus was a well-known figure.
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<br>2. On the road to Emmaus when Jesus joined himself to the two disciples and asked them why they seemed so sad as they were walki...
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<div id="num">87.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1647.html"><b>Sermon 1647: Acts 10:39 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE DID IN THE LAND OF THE JEWS AND IN JERUSALEM."
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<br>A. Back in chapter one as they were seeking to replace the empty place among the apostles left by the death of Judas, they said that they wanted someone who had been a companion with Jesus all of the time from His baptism to His ascension into heaven, to be a witness of His resurrec...
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<div id="num">88.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1200.html"><b>Sermon 1200: Acts 10:42 </b></a>
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<br>"REMISSION OF SINS"
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<br>I. THIS IS MAN'S GREATEST NEED.
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<br>A. Sin is the most damning, blighting think in the world.
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<br>1. People have sought to make light of it.
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<br>a. They jest or joke about it "I'm a sinner, tee hee."
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<br>b. They try to paint it pink to look less offensive.
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<br>2. All the pain, sorrow, suffering, and misery in the human race can be traced to sin.
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<br>a. Without sin, the earth woul...
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<div id="num">89.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1648.html"><b>Sermon 1648: Acts 10:42b </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND HE COMMANDED US TO PREACH TO THE PEOPLE, AND TO TESTIFY."
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<br>A. Jesus commanded them in what is known as the great commission:
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<br>MAT 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
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<br>MAT 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, [even] un...
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<div id="num">90.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1649.html"><b>Sermon 1649: Acts 10:44 </b></a>
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<br>I. "WHILE PETER YET SPOKE THESE WORDS."
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<br>A. From the text it would seem that suddenly while Peter was speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by a sovereign work of the Holy Spirit.
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<br>1. As a general rule, we seek to keep the services as free from interruptions as possible.
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<br>a. This is why we discourage people from going in or out during the teaching of the word.
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<br>b. We do not allow sm...
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<div id="num">91.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1650.html"><b>Sermon 1650: Acts 10:47 </b></a>
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<br>I. "CAN ANY MAN FORBID WATER, THAT THESE SHOULD NOT BE BAPTIZED?"
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<br>A. Up to this point the church in Jerusalem, of which Peter was a part, were not willing to bring Gentiles into the church through baptism.
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<br>1. It should be noted that the Samaritans received Christ when Philip shared with them, and they were baptized by Philip.
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<div id="num">92.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1653.html"><b>Sermon 1653: Acts 11:4 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. As we have mentioned, Peter knew that when the church in Jerusalem heard that he had taken the gospel to the Gentiles, he would be challenged. Sure enough, as soon as he returned to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him. They said, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them."
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<br>I. AS WE HAVE MENTIONED IN THAT MID-EASTERN CULTURE, TO EAT WIT...
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<div id="num">93.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1201.html"><b>Sermon 1201: Acts 11:17 </b></a>
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<br>January 1996
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<br>I. BY DIRECT COMMANDMENT FROM JESUS, PETER HAD VIOLATED THE TRADITIONS OF THE JEWS BY GOING INTO THE HOUSE OF A GENTILE AND EATING WITH HIM.
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<br>A. At the commandment of Jesus, he had gone to the house of Cornelius a Roman Centurion in Caesarea.
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<br>1. While Peter was sharing the gospel with the Gentiles who had gathered in the house of Cornelius, suddenly they were baptized...
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<div id="num">94.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1651.html"><b>Sermon 1651: Acts 11:19 </b></a>
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<br>I. NOW THEY WHICH WERE SCATTERED ABROAD UPON THE PERSECUTION THAT AROSE ABOUT STEPHEN TRAVELED AS FAR AS PHONICIA, AND CYPRUS, AND ANTIOCH.
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<br>A. Note how the Lord used persecution to spread the church.
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<br>1. They would have been content to just remain in Jerusalem and enjoy the blessings of God and the work of the Holy Spirit.
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<br>2. There was no real incentive to leave.
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<br>3. Sort of the m...
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<div id="num">95.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1202.html"><b>Sermon 1202: Acts 11:23 </b></a>
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<br>"STICK TO THE LORD"
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<br>Intro: When the heavy persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, many of the believers were scattered, and some went as far as Cypress and Antioch sharing their faith. In Antioch, a great number of people believed in the Lord, and when the church in Jerusalem heard of it, they sent Barnabas to Antioch to check things out. "Purpose in your heart to ab...
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<div id="num">96.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1203.html"><b>Sermon 1203: Acts 11:23b </b></a>
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<br>Intro. The church in Jerusalem heard reports how that many people had come to Christ in Antioch, so they sent Barnabas to check out the new fellowship that included many Gentile believers. When he came he rejoiced in the work of God's grace among them, and he exhorted them.
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<br>I. "THAT THEY WITH PURPOSE OF HEART."
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<br>A. Living the Christian life is not easy. You are warring against the ...
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<div id="num">97.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1627.html"><b>Sermon 1627: Acts 11:27 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. We are looking at the Gentile church in Antioch of Syria, where Paul and Barnabas are ministering.
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<br>I. "AND IN THOSE DAYS CAME PROPHETS FROM JERUSALEM."
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<br>A. In the early church a prophet was one of the gifted men that God had set in the church for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry.
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<div id="num">98.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1204.html"><b>Sermon 1204: Acts 12:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. WE CANNOT KNOW THE WHY'S OF GOD.
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<br>A. To the prophet Isaiah God said, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."
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<br>1. Basically God is saying we don't think alike.
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<br>2. God thinks with the advantage of omniscience.
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<div id="num">99.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1655.html"><b>Sermon 1655: Acts 12:1b </b></a>
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<br>I. NOW ABOUT THAT TIME HEROD THE KING STRETCHED FORTH [HIS] HANDS TO VEX CERTAIN OF THE CHURCH.
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<br>A. This was Herod Agrippa the first, a grandson of Herod the Great.
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<br>1. His father Aristoboulos was one of the sons murdered by Herod the Great.
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<br>2. He was a nephew of Herod Antipas, the one who ordered the death of John the Baptist.
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<br>3. He was the father of Herod Agrippa, II, before who...
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<div id="num">100.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1656.html"><b>Sermon 1656: Acts 12:11 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. In our last lesson, Peter had been put in jail by Herod Agrippa, who intended at the end of the feast to bring him forth for execution. But the night before he was to be executed, an angel came and delivered him from the prison. Peter thought it was just a dream until the angel disappeared and he was free in the streets of Jerusalem.
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<br>I. AND WHEN PETER WAS COME TO HIMSELF, HE...
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<div id="num">101.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2011.html"><b>Sermon 2011: Acts 12:20 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Having introduced to us Herod Agrippa, the grandson of Herod the Great, Luke proceeds to give us a little further history of this man.
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<br>I. HE RETURNED TO CAESAREA WHERE MEN FROM TYRE AND SIDON CAME TO SEEK HIS FAVOR.
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<br>A. We are told that he had been highly displeased with those of Tyre and Sidon.
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<br>1. We are not told the reason for his displeasure.
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<br>2. Nothing of secular histo...
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<div id="num">102.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1657.html"><b>Sermon 1657: Acts 13:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. NOW THERE WERE IN THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH, CERTAIN PROPHETS AND TEACHERS.
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<br>A. In Ephesians 4, we read that God has set in the church four different types of ministries; apostles, prophets, evangelists, and pastor teachers.
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<br>B. The purpose of these gifted men is:
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<br>1. The perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry.
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<br>2. To build up the body of Christ.
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<br>3. To establish the u...
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<div id="num">103.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1662.html"><b>Sermon 1662: Acts 13:4 </b></a>
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<br>I. "SO THEY BEING SENT AWAY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT."
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<br>A. Certainly this is one of the keys of success of the early church. It was directed by the Holy Spirit.
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<br>1. Today the churches have missions boards who look over the qualifications of the candidates who desire to go to the mission field to determine if they are qualified to go or not.
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<br>2. They have certain minimum requirements as to...
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<div id="num">104.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1658.html"><b>Sermon 1658: Acts 13:14 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. At the end of the last study we saw Paul and Barnabas minus John Mark leaving the island of Cyprus and crossing the sea to Perga in Phamphylia. Nothing is mentioned of any attempt to preach in Perga, but they went from there to Antioch of Pisidia. This is to distinguish it from Antioch from Antioch of Syria, from which they began their journey. This city and 16 other cities w...
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<div id="num">105.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1205.html"><b>Sermon 1205: Acts 13:22a</b></a>
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<br>"A MAN AFTER GOD'S HEART"
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<br>Intro: Paul and Barnabas are now carrying the Gospel into uncharted territory. They have sailed from island of Cypress to Asia Minor and have journeyed inland to the city of Antioch in Pisidia. It is the Sabbath day, so Paul and Barnabas have gone to the synagogue to worship. Paul is given opportunity to speak, and he begins his message by rehearsing their...
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<div id="num">106.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1659.html"><b>Sermon 1659: Acts 13:22b</b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Barnabas are in the Synagogue on the Sabbath day in Antioch of Pisidia. After the reading of the scriptures Paul has been invited to comment. He begins by rehearsing their common history, thus identifying himself with them and their Jewish heritage. He brings them up to King David so that he might then jump to the Messiah, for God had promised to David that the Messi...
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<div id="num">107.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1660.html"><b>Sermon 1660: Acts 13:30 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul is addressing those who are in the synagogue in Antioch on the Sabbath day. He has identified with them in their history. He speaks of their prophets who prophesied of the coming Messiah. The prophets had spoken of the Messiah being despised and rejected by the rulers, and this is exactly what happened to Jesus, for they crucified Him. He fulfilled all that was written o...
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<div id="num">108.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1206.html"><b>Sermon 1206: Acts 13:38a</b></a>
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<br>"THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS"
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<br>I. "THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS"
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<br>A. Paul was addressing himself to man's greatest need.
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<br>1. Man's greatest need is fellowship with God.
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<br>a. Fellowship is a oneness.
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<br>b. Through fellowship with Him our lives are complete.
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<br>c. Man was made subject to emptiness.
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<br>d. Apart from God, at best, you are 2/3's of a man.
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<br>1. Living on a body conscious level you are liv...
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<div id="num">109.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1207.html"><b>Sermon 1207: Acts 13:38b </b></a>
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<br>I. THE SCENE.
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<br>A. It is the Sabbath day, we are in a Jewish synagoge in Antioch of Pisidia and Paul is preaching Christ to them.
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<br>B. The things he tells them about Jesus.
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<br>1. He was the fulfillment of the promise of God to David that the Messiah would come through his seed.
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<br>2. That He was the Savior.
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<br>3. Those that dwell in Jerusalem and the rulers fulfilled the prophecies concernin...
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<div id="num">110.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1661.html"><b>Sermon 1661: Acts 13:38c</b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Barnabas are in the synagogue in Antioch of Pisidia, where Paul has been given the opportunity to speak on the Sabbath day. He has preached to them concerning the Messiah alleging that Jesus was the Messiah and that He fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament in His suffering and death, but that Jesus rose from the dead. Two great things are available through Je...
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<div id="num">111.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1208.html"><b>Sermon 1208: Acts 13:42 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE COMMOTION IN THE CITY.
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<br>A. The cause of the commotion.
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<br>1. Vs. 44,46,48,49,52 "the word of God."
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<br>2. God's truth had been proclaimed.
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<br>a. One God.
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<br>b. His overruling providence.
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<br>c. His unfailing grace.
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<br>d. The cross of Jesus.
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<br>e. The resurrection.
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<br>f. Forgiveness of sins.
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<br>g. Justification.
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<br>3. He was touching on the deepest issues of life.
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<br>a. The truth about God.
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<br>b. Age a...
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<div id="num">112.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1663.html"><b>Sermon 1663: Acts 13:44 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Barnabas are in the synagogue on the Sabbath in Antioch in Psidia. Paul has preached to them a powerful message showing that Jesus is the promised Messiah. He shared that through Jesus Christ, they could be forgiven of their sins, and could also be justified through faith in Him. The Gentiles were fascinated by the message and urge them to return on the next Sabbath....
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<div id="num">113.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2012.html"><b>Sermon 2012: Acts 13:47 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Barnabas are in Antioch of Psidia, or modern day Turkey, almost in the heart of the country. They went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day and showed from the scriptures that prophecy declared that the Messiah was going to be rejected and put to death, but would rise from the dead, and that Jesus was the Messiah. This caused a great discussion among the people who as...
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<div id="num">114.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1665.html"><b>Sermon 1665: Acts 14:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. IN 13:51, WE FIND PAUL AND BARNABAS LEAVING ANTIOCH OF PSIDIA AND GOING TO ICONIUM. THEY LEFT THE DISCIPLES THERE FILLED WITH JOY AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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<br>A. Those two things seem to go together.
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<br>1. The fruit of the Spirit is love, and joy is love's consciousness.
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<br>ROM 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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<div id="num">115.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1209.html"><b>Sermon 1209: Acts 14:8 </b></a>
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<br>"TURN TO THE LIVING GOD"
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<br>Intro: The preaching at Lystra.
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<br>I. MAN INSTINCTIVELY BELIEVES IN GOD.
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<br>A. Animals often demonstrate instinctive capacities.
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<br>1. Unlearned abilities or knowledge evidently passed through the coded genes.
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<br>2. The ability of the golden plover to find Hawaii from its birthplace in the Aleutians.
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<br>B. Man also demonstrates instinctive capacities.
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<br>1. The newborn...
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<div id="num">116.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1666.html"><b>Sermon 1666: Acts 14:11 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Barnabas are in Lystra and evidently witnessing on the streets. There is a lame man in the crowd who has never before walked in his entire life, and Paul perceived that the man had the faith to be healed, and said to Him in a loud voice, "Stand straight up on your feet." And the man leaped up and began to walk.
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<br>I. THE REACTION OF THE CROWD. THEY THOUGHT THAT THE GOD...
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<div id="num">117.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1667.html"><b>Sermon 1667: Acts 14:19 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. In our last study we find that as a result of the healing of the lame man, the people were ready to worship Paul and Barnabas. We read that they were scarcely able to restrain the people from offering a sacrifice to them.
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<br>I. THE NEXT VERSE TELLS US THAT CERTAIN JEWS CAME FROM ANTIOCH AND ICONIUM WHO PERSUADED THE PEOPLE.
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<br>A. It does not tell us how they persuaded the people ...
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<div id="num">118.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1668.html"><b>Sermon 1668: Acts 14:23 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey went as far as Derbe in Iconium. They are now retracing their steps as they return to their home church in Antioch of Syria. They were confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God. These people were new con...
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<div id="num">119.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2013.html"><b>Sermon 2013: Acts 15:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN CIRCUMCISED AFTER THE MANNER OF MOSES, YOU CANNOT BE SAVED.
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<br>A. Today we have those who are saying, "Unless you have been baptized after the manner of the Church of Christ, you are not saved." Others who are saying, "Unless you have been baptized in the name of Jesus only, you are not saved."
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<br>1. These are the same types of people as came to the church in Ant...
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<div id="num">120.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1672.html"><b>Sermon 1672: Acts 15:2 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. In the last lesson we saw how that certain of the Judaizers had come to the predominately Gentile church in Antioch and were stirring up strife among the brethren by declaring that Gentiles could not be saved unless they went through the Jewish ritual of circumcision and kept the law of Moses. They were basically teaching salvation through works. This was in sharp contrast of...
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<div id="num">121.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2014.html"><b>Sermon 2014: Acts 15:3 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul wrote to the Galatians:
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<br>GAL 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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<br>Some of the Jews from the church in Jerusalem had come to the Gentile church in Antioch to spy out the liberty that they had in Christ. They began creating division in the church by declaring that the Gentile belie...
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<div id="num">122.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1675.html"><b>Sermon 1675: Acts 15:6 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS CAME TOGETHER TO CONSIDER THIS MATTER."
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<br>A. The matter of the relationship of the law of Moses to the Gentile believers.
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<br>B. To consider if salvation is through faith in Jesus alone, or is it necessary to become a Jew to be saved.
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<br>C. And when there had been much disputing.
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<br>1. In that mid-Eastern culture, they can get very loud and demonstrative in t...
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<div id="num">123.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1210.html"><b>Sermon 1210: Acts 15:11 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE SUBJECT IS SALVATION. WHAT MUST ONE DO TO BE SAVED? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SAVED?
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<br>A. What are we saved from?
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<br>1. Our past life in bondage to sin.
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<br>a. Sin has a way of wrapping its ugly tentacles about our lives and holding us in its grip.
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<br>b. Experience of catching squid when in sixth grade.
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<br>2. The consequences of our sin.
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<br>a. The wages of sin is death. Spiritual death, se...
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<div id="num">124.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1670.html"><b>Sermon 1670: Acts 15:12 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. The church council in Jerusalem is considering the issue of the relationship of the Gentile believer to the ceremonial law of Moses. The bottom line is, is it necessary to become a Jew in order to be saved? This is exactly what the Jews had believed for years. Now that Gentile believers are being saved through faith in Christ, is it necessary that they go through the ritual o...
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<div id="num">125.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1671.html"><b>Sermon 1671: Acts 15:19 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. The church council has convened for the purpose to deciding if the Gentile believers are to be accepted into the fellowship without partaking of the ordinances and the laws of Moses? The testimony has been given and now James, the half brother of Jesus, is ready to give his conclusions.
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<br>I. "WHEREFORE MY SENTENCE IS:"
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<br>A. It appears that James is looked to as the voice of aut...
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<div id="num">126.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1673.html"><b>Sermon 1673: Acts 15:23 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. The church has spoken as to the issue of the Gentiles and the law. It has been determined that the Gentiles do not have to become Jews in order to be saved. They will not be required to be circumcised and keep the law of Moses. They recognize the grace of God that has been bestowed upon the Gentiles apart from the law.
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<br>I. THIS IS THE GIST OF THE LETTER:
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<br>A. The elders and br...
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<div id="num">127.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1674.html"><b>Sermon 1674: Acts 15:33 </b></a>
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<br>I. AND AFTER THEY HAD BEEN THERE A TIME.
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<br>A. When Paul and Barnabas returned from the Jerusalem council, there were certain leaders from the church in Jerusalem who returned with them to certify the genuineness of the letter, and to personally verify its contents.
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<br>1. These men ministered for a time to the Gentile church, but now are returning to Jerusalem.
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<br>2. However one of them, ...
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<div id="num">128.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1676.html"><b>Sermon 1676: Acts 16:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. "THEN CAME HE TO DERBE AND LYSTRA: AND, BEHOLD, A CERTAIN DISCIPLE WAS THERE, NAMED TIMOTHEUS, THE SON OF A CERTAIN WOMAN, WHICH WAS A JEWESS, AND BELIEVED; BUT HIS FATHER [WAS] A GREEK:"
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<br>A. It was at Lystra where Paul was stoned on the first missionary journey, and was drug out of the city because they thought he was dead.
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<br>1. Five years had lapsed since Paul was last here.
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<div id="num">129.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1680.html"><b>Sermon 1680: Acts 16:6 </b></a>
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<br>I. "NOW WHEN THEY HAD GONE THROUGH PHRYGIA AND THE REGION OF GALATIA."
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<br>A. From Lystra Paul evidently went north into the regions of Galatia.
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<br>1. Galatia and Phrygia were not cities, but territories, it is as though The writer said, when they had gone through Orange County and Riverside County...
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<br>2. Nothing of specifics of the ministry in these areas is recorded here.
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<br>3. They must...
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<div id="num">130.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1677.html"><b>Sermon 1677: Acts 16:13 </b></a>
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<br>I. AND ON THE SABBATH DAY WE WENT OUT OF THE CITY BY A RIVER SIDE, WHERE THEY WOULD GATHER TO PRAY.
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<br>A. As was Paul's method, he first sought to bring the gospel to the Jews.
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<br>1. He wrote to the Romans, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation, to the Jew first."
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<br>2. It was so much quicker to get a work started if you could convert the ...
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<div id="num">131.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2015.html"><b>Sermon 2015: Acts 16:16 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND IT CAME TO PASS AS WE WENT TO PRAYER."
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<br>A. They were probably headed again on the Sabbath day to the place where Jews assembled for prayer by the riverside.
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<br>B. "A certain damsel."
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<br>1. Two women play a prominent roll in the ministry at Philippi. Last week we met Lydia the seller of purple who became the first convert in Europe. She was from the top of the social scale.
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<div id="num">132.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1678.html"><b>Sermon 1678: Acts 16:22 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Silas are leading a missions team to bring the gospel to Europe. They are in the Roman colony of Phillipi where they have had some initial success. Their trouble came when Paul cast a demon out of a girl that had been following them, calling out that these men were servants of the most high God who shows us the way of salvation. Paul was not interested in having Sata...
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<div id="num">133.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1211.html"><b>Sermon 1211: Acts 16:25 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>"SONGS IN THE NIGHT"
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<br>I. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY SANG.
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<br>A. Sitting in the dungeon with their feet fastened to the stocks.
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<br>1. These inner prison areas were usually filthy, rat infested areas with horrible stench.
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<br>2. Their backs were cut open and still stinging from the beatings they received.
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<br>a. The blood was beginning to cake sticking their clothes to their bodies.
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<div id="num">134.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1212.html"><b>Sermon 1212: Acts 16:25b </b></a>
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<br>I. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
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<br>A. Question should concern all of us.
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<br>B. Saved from what?
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<br>1. Sin.
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<br>2. Slavery of sin.
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<br>3. Wage of sin.
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<br>a. Rescuing a drowning person.
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<br>C. Works cannot save.
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<br>1. "I am as good as any Christian."
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<br>a. I don't doubt it. Perhaps you are better.
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<br>2. You can live identical life with a Christian.
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<br>3. What is the necessary ingredient?
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<br>II. BELIEVE ON THE LO...
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<div id="num">135.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1213.html"><b>Sermon 1213: Acts 16:25c </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>"WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?"
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<br>I. WHAT IT IS TO BE SAVED?
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<br>A. To be forgiven of all past sin.
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<br>1. "The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son cleanses."
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<br>B. To live in fellowship with God.
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<br>1. "If we walk in the light."
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<br>2. Man with sin cannot know this fellowship.
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<br>C. To be at peace with God.
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<br>1. Make peace with God through the blood of His covenant.
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<br>D. To have power over sin.
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<br>1. "Any ...
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<div id="num">136.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1214.html"><b>Sermon 1214: Acts 16:25d </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>Intro. Paul was directed by the Holy Spirit to take the gospel to Macedonia. He came to the city of Philippi, and on the Sabbath day went down by the river and spoke to the ladies who had gathered there.
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<br>I. THE ANNOYANCE OF THE WOMAN WITH THE SPIRIT OF DIVINATION.
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<br>A. She followed them and cried saying, "These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of...
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<div id="num">137.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1679.html"><b>Sermon 1679: Acts 16:29 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul and Silas are bound in stocks in the jail in Phillipi. Their backs are lacerated from the caning. The blood is slowly drying into scabs. It is now midnight and they are singing and praising God. Suddenly there is an earthquake that shakes so violently that the doors of the prison are shaken open that the stocks that held them fast are loosed. The jailor waking out of his...
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<div id="num">138.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1215.html"><b>Sermon 1215: Acts 17:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. PAUL REASONED WITH THEM OUT OF THE SCRIPTURES.
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<br>A. There are those who have the opinion that when a person has embraced Christianity that they have somehow taken leave of their senses.
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<br>1. Quite the contrary he has come to his senses.
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<br>2. Believing that Jesus is the Messiah is a very reasonable thing.
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<br>3. The salvation from sin is a very reasonable offer that God has made to us. ...
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<div id="num">139.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1681.html"><b>Sermon 1681: Acts 17:1b </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Having left Phillipi under strained conditions they came to Thesalonica. Later Paul would write to them about it:
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<br>1TH 2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
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<br>ACS 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they...
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<div id="num">140.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1682.html"><b>Sermon 1682: Acts 17:10 </b></a>
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<br>I. AND THE BRETHREN IMMEDIATELY SENT AWAY PAUL AND SILAS BY NIGHT UNTO BEREA: WHO COMING [THITHER] WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS.
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<br>A. The early persecution of the church was instigated by the Jews.
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<br>1. In Jerusalem the church was teaching that Jesus had risen from the dead and that the miracles that were wrought were proof of His resurrection.
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<br>ACS 4:2 Being grieved that they ...
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<div id="num">141.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1216.html"><b>Sermon 1216: Acts 17:16 </b></a>
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"KNOWING THE UNKNOWN GOD"
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<br>Intro: Paul while in Athens seeing this city given over to idolatry, was provoked in his spirit. He began street witnessing, some of the philosophers upon hearing him invited him to Mars Hill. I perceive you are very religious.
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<br>I. ALTAR TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
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<br>A. What was indicated by all the idols?
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<br>1. Man has the capacity to worship God.
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<br>2. Man's worship ...
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<div id="num">142.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1217.html"><b>Sermon 1217: Acts 17:21 </b></a>
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<br>"WHAT'S NEW?"
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<br>I. WORD "NEW" ADJECTIVE OF EVERY GENERATION.
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<br>A. Use it in all fields.
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<br>1. Cars "Buy a new one why?" "Old one worn out?"
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<br>2. Hairstyles.
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<br>B. Tragic when religion approached this way.
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<br>1. "New faith for a new day."
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<br>2. Apostles creed, Bishop said he could still sing it as a piece of liturgy, but he could no longer speak it from his heart.
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<br>C. New theological ideas of t...
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<div id="num">143.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1218.html"><b>Sermon 1218: Acts 17:22 </b></a>
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<br>"THE NEARNESS OF GOD"
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<br>I. DECLARING TO THEM THE "UNKNOWN GOD."
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<br>A. What did he declare of Him?
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<br>1. They worshipped Him, but in ignorance.
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<br>a. They had acknowledged His existence (made altars to Him...)
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<br>b. They, as all men, knew He was there.
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<br>c. They were ignorant of Him.
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<br>d. Later he tells them there was a time when God winked (overlooked) that ignorance.
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<br>1. He had revealed Himse...
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<div id="num">144.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1219.html"><b>Sermon 1219: Acts 17:22b </b></a>
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<br>"KNOWING THE UNKNOWN GOD"
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<br>Intro: Paul had come to Athens for a R&R. As he walked about this city that represented the Apex of Greek culture, he was stirred as he saw their pantheism. He began to share in the Agura daily.
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<br>I. "I PERCEIVE YOU ARE VERY RELIGIOUS"
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<br>A. Indeed they were.
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<br>1. Above Paul was the Acropolis, with the Erechtheum and Ayekee.
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<br>2. Below him the market place know...
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<div id="num">145.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1220.html"><b>Sermon 1220: Acts 17:22c </b></a>
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<br>"GOD'S OFFSPRING"
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<br>Intro: Paul was in Athens, center of Greek culture and art. "Moved" when he saw their quest for God, "very religious". Quotes their poets, "We are also His offspring." Affirms this truth, "for as much..."
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<br>I. MAN IS THE OFFSPRING OF GOD.
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<br>A. The natural man likes to see himself at the tap of the ladder of evolutionary progression.
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<br>1. He sits as king, being the fi...
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<div id="num">146.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1683.html"><b>Sermon 1683: Acts 17:22d </b></a>
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<br>I. "THEN PAUL STOOD IN THE MIDST OF MARS HILL."
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<br>A. Above him the Acropolis, below him the agora with the great temple to Zeus and the many altars to every god imaginable. Before him the intelligentsia of the day represented by the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, who had nothing better to do than to tell or listen to something new.
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<br>B. His opening remark, "I perceive that you are ...
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<div id="num">147.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1684.html"><b>Sermon 1684: Acts 17:30 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul is on Mars' Hill sharing the gospel with the Epicurian and Stoic philosophers who know nothing of the true God or the Bible. He has told them the following things about God.
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<br>A. He is the creator of heaven and earth. Gen. 1.
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<br>B. He is over all of heaven and earth.
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<br>C. He does not dwell in buildings made with man's hands. (As Solomon declared the heaven of heavens can not...
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<div id="num">148.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1685.html"><b>Sermon 1685: Acts 17:32 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul had been teaching the Athenians on Mars' Hill of the true and living God. The God that they had worshipped ignorantly. He was the true God, the Creator and sustainer of the universe. He told them that at one time God winked, or closed his eyes to man's ignorance, but now He has appointed a day in which all men will be judged by the One He has ordained and has assured men...
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<div id="num">149.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1686.html"><b>Sermon 1686: Acts 18:1 </b></a>
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<br>I. AFTER THESE THINGS, PAUL DEPARTED FROM ATHENS AND CAME TO CORINTH.
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<br>A. From Athens, Paul had sent a message for Timothy and Silas to join him with all speed.
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<br>1. Before they could arrive, Paul left Athens for Corinth.
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<br>2. Corinth could be thought of as the capital of evil in that day. It was like Hollywood, Las Vegas, and San Fransico combined.
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<br>3. Almost every wicked vice was pr...
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<div id="num">150.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1690.html"><b>Sermon 1690: Acts 18:7 </b></a>
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<br>I. AND HE DEPARTED FROM THERE.
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<br>A. Paul had been teaching for some time in the synagogue no doubt showing in their scriptures the prophecies that spoke of the suffering of the Messiah, and His being rejected by the people.
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<br>B. Now that Silas and Timothy have joined him, Paul took the next step and declared to them that Jesus was the Messiah.
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<br>1. This created an uproar as some began ...
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<div id="num">151.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1221.html"><b>Sermon 1221: Acts 18:9 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE CITY OF CORINTH
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<br>A. It is located at the narrow isthmus where the Aegean Sea almost touches the Adriatic. Greece is almost separated in two parts. The isthmus is less than five miles wide.
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<br>1. In those days most of the goods from East to West passed through Corinth.
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<br>2. The cargo would be brought from the East over the Aegean to Corinth, there it would be unloaded and transpo...
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<div id="num">152.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1687.html"><b>Sermon 1687: Acts 18:11 </b></a>
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<br>I. AND HE CONTINUED THERE A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS TEACHING THE WORD OF GOD AMONG THEM.
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<br>A. Paul was teaching the word of God.
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<br>1. I feel that the most important ministry of the church is to teach the word of God.
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<br>2. Somehow the church has become sidetracked into many other ventures.
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<br>a. Many have become family social centers.
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<br>b. Sermon topics are:
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<br>1. How to better communicate with ...
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<div id="num">153.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1688.html"><b>Sermon 1688: Acts 18:18 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND PAUL AFTER THIS."
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<br>A. That is after appearing before Gallio the Roman procurator.
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<br>B. "Tarried there a good while."
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<br>1. It would appear that Paul spent a year and a half in Corinth before he was brought before Gallio. After that he remained a good while, perhaps another six months. So he was possibly there for two years.
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<br>a. The Lord had told Paul to speak boldly for He had ...
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<div id="num">154.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1222.html"><b>Sermon 1222: Acts 18:24 </b></a>
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<br>"THE EMPTY LIFE"
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<br>I. THE MINISTRY OF APOLLOS.
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<br>A. His qualifications.
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<br>1. Learned man.
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<br>2. Mighty in Scriptures.
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<br>3. Fervent in Spirit.
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<br>B. His message.
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<br>C. His instruction.
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<br>1. Priscilla and Aquila, "expounded unto him the way of God more excellently."
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<br>D. Lesson - You cannot lead people any higher than you yourself are.
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<br>II. THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS.
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<br>A. Paul observed something lacki...
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<div id="num">155.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1689.html"><b>Sermon 1689: Acts 18:24b </b></a>
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<br>I. A CERTAIN JEW NAMED APOLLOS, WHO WAS BORN IN ALEXANDRIA, AN ELOQUENT MAN, MIGHTY IN THE SCRIPTURES.
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<br>A. This is our introduction to the man, Apollos.
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<br>1. He does not have a Jewish name, but a Roman name. In fact, the name of a Roman god.
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<br>2. Alexandria was in Egypt, and was built by and named after Alexander the Great. It was intended to be his headquarters over that part of the ...
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<div id="num">156.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1223.html"><b>Sermon 1223: Acts 19:1a </b></a>
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<br>"THE NEED OF THE SPIRIT"
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<br>I. PAUL'S QUESTION: "HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT SINCE YOU BELIEVED?"
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<br>A. King James translation made before Baptist doctrine became so strong.
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<br>1. Baptist doctrine asserts the fullness of the Spirit is given to the believer at conversion.
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<br>2. There is no separate or subsequent experience such as "The Baptism of the Holy Spirit."
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<br>3. The believer only...
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<div id="num">157.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1692.html"><b>Sermon 1692: Acts 19:1b</b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul has left Corinth and sailed for Ephesus with Pricilla and Aquilla, who will remain in Ephesus starting a home Bible study, as Paul spending a few days there will continue to Jerusalem for the feast. As Paul was waiting for a ship to go to Caesarea, he went to the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews, who desired that he remain with them for a while, but he was determined...
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<div id="num">158.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1224.html"><b>Sermon 1224: Acts 19:2 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. We sing, "God in three persons, blessed Trinity." We know the person of Father, and the person of the Son, but so many do not know the person of the Holy Spirit. One of the reasons for this is that the Holy Spirit testifies to us of the Son, and not of Himself. He has come to glorify Jesus. Any true work of the Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus and draws attention to Jesus and not ...
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<div id="num">159.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1694.html"><b>Sermon 1694: Acts 19:8 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul has returned to Ephesus as promised, for a period of three months. He has been going to the synagogue and disputing and persuading the Jews concerning the kingdom of God. The word translated disputing is the word from which our English word dialog comes from (Dialego).
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<br>I. JESUS WAS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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<br>A. The kingdom of God, and the kingdom of heave...
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<div id="num">160.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1693.html"><b>Sermon 1693: Acts 19:11 </b></a>
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<br>I. "AND GOD WROUGHT SPECIAL MIRACLES BY THE HANDS OF PAUL."
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<br>A. There can be no question as to the fact that miracles were a prominent part of the ministry of the early church.
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<br>1. This might well bring up the question of why we do not see more miracles in the church today?
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<br>2. There are many who are ready to blame God for the lack of miracles.
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<br>a. Often the theory is that God used ...
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<div id="num">161.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2016.html"><b>Sermon 2016: Acts 19:13 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>I. CERTAIN VAGABOND JEWS, EXORCISTS.
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<br>A. The word vagabond means someone who traveled about, without a permanent home. People who wandered from city to city, much like many gypsy families.
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<br>1. In those days they would make a living however they could.
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<br>2. These particular Jews made their living through exorcism.
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<br>3. In those days people would pay a handsome price to have exorcism ri...
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<div id="num">162.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2017.html"><b>Sermon 2017: Acts 19:23 </b></a>
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<br>I. THE REFERENCE TO THE WAY.
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<br>A. Jesus had said to His disciples, "I am the way, the truth and the life no man comes to the Father but by Me."
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<br>1. The term "The Way" they came to believe that the only way to God was through Jesus Christ.
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<br>2. It referred to those who were trusting in Jesus Christ as the way to God.
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<br>3. In Acts 9:2, we find that Paul was authorized to go to Damascus t...
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<div id="num">163.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1695.html"><b>Sermon 1695: Acts 20:1b </b></a>
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<br>I. "AFTER THE UPROAR CEASED"
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<br>A. It is wrong to think that the world and the church can co-exist peaceably.
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<br>1. The only way that the church can be worldly friendly is to compromise its message.
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<br>2. James wrote, JAM 4:4: Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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<br>3. Paul warned against bein...
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<div id="num">164.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1703.html"><b>Sermon 1703: Acts 20:5 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>I. ACS 20:5: THESE GOING BEFORE TARRIED FOR US AT TROAS.
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<br>A. In our last lesson we saw the men that accompanied Paul in his travel through Greece and Macedonia.
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<br>1. Luke again joined with Paul, for again he uses the personal pronoun "us."
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<br>2. Back in Acts 16:16, Paul had left Luke in Philippi, no doubt to minister to the church that was begun there.
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<br>3. Now as Paul passes back throu...
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<div id="num">165.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1696.html"><b>Sermon 1696: Acts 20:13 </b></a>
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<div id="summary">
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<br>Intro. Paul is now on his way toward Jerusalem. He hopes to get there in time for the feast of Pentecost. It is about a five-day journey from Troas to Miletus. Luke tells us the route they took. First of all, Paul decided to walk the first leg of the trip. From Troas to Assos is about a twenty-mile hike. Going by ship, you have to go around the point of land and it is about 30 miles...
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<div id="num">166.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1225.html"><b>Sermon 1225: Acts 20:19 </b></a>
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<br>"THE TRUE MINISTRY"
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<br>Intro: Paul the apostle lived an exemplary life He was able to say, "be ye followers of me even as I also am of Christ." God has called each of us to a ministry.
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<br>I. HOW WE ARE TO SERVE.
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<br>A. "Serving the Lord"
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<br>1. This is the concept we must keep in our minds.
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<br>a. I am not here to please all men.
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<br>b. I should not look to men for the rewards of my service.
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<div id="num">167.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1697.html"><b>Sermon 1697: Acts 20:21 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul is on his way back to Jerusalem with an offering from the Gentile churches for the poor brethren in Jerusalem. He is in a hurry, for he wants to get there in time for the Feast of Pentecost. He has asked the elders of the church in Ephesus to meet him at Melitus, and knowing that he is seeing them for possibly the last time, he reminds them of his ministry among them. He...
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<div id="num">168.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1226.html"><b>Sermon 1226: Acts 20:24 </b></a>
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<br>"THE GOOD NEWS"
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<br>Intro: Paul is returning to Jerusalem to an uncertain future. He only knows that bonds and imprisonment await him. He has called for the elders from Ephesus to meet him at Miletus for this emotional farewell... Paul declares that the ministry that the Lord Jesus gave to him was to testify of the gospel of the grace of God.
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<br>I. WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? (Good news)
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<br>A. Tha...
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<div id="num">169.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1227.html"><b>Sermon 1227: Acts 20:24b </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul has called for the elders from the church in Ephesus to come to the coast to Melitus to meet him as he is on his way to Jerusalem. These are men that had labored for the Lord with him while he was with them for three years. Close bonds of love had developed between them.
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<br>I. PAUL'S DESIRE TO GO TO JERUSALEM.
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<br>A. In his heart his great desire was to witness for Christ in ...
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<div id="num">170.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1698.html"><b>Sermon 1698: Acts 20:24c </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul is talking to the elders of the church of Ephesus, and he is telling them of his ministry among them. He is now on his way to Jerusalem and everywhere he goes the Spirit is telling him that bonds and afflictions await him in Jerusalem. However, Paul tells them that these things do not bother him:
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<br>I. FOR HE DID NOT COUNT HIS LIFE DEAR TO HIMSELF.
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<br>A. It is interesting ho...
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<div id="num">171.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1699.html"><b>Sermon 1699: Acts 20:25 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul is on his way to Jerusalem with an offering from the Gentile churches to help the financially-plagued church in Jerusalem. He is uncertain as to what the future holds for him. He only know that the Holy Spirit has been warning him of the bonds and afflictions that he is to endure. Paul does not know if that means possible death. Still he moves forward with a resolute pur...
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<div id="num">172.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1700.html"><b>Sermon 1700: Acts 20:26 </b></a>
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<br>I. "I WANT TO GO ON RECORD THIS DAY, THAT I AM FREE FROM THE BLOOD OF ALL MEN."
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<br>A. As a minister of Jesus Christ there is a great responsibility laid upon me to speak the truth of God and to warn you of the penalty of the transgressors.
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<br>1. James warns those who would teach the word of God, "Be not many masters, knowing that you will receive the greater condemnation.
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<br>2. Paul took ...
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<div id="num">173.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1701.html"><b>Sermon 1701: Acts 20:29 </b></a>
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<br>I. PAUL'S GREAT CONCERN FOR THE CHURCH.
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<br>A. The wolves who will come in after he is gone.
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<br>1. Jesus warned His disciples about the false prophets who would be wolves in sheep's clothing.
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<br>2. One of the great banes of the church has been the false prophets who prey upon the unsuspecting saints.
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<br>3. They are wolves and they look upon the lambs as something to be devoured.
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<br>B. False ly...
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<div id="num">174.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1702.html"><b>Sermon 1702: Acts 20:31 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul has warned them about the wolves that will come in seeking to prey on the flock of God, and how that even from within their own company there would arise those who would seek to draw men after themselves.
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<br>I. THEREFORE WATCH AND REMEMBER.
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<br>A. Watching has to do with the future, remembering has to do with the past.
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<br>1. We need the foundation of the past so that we can wat...
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<div id="num">175.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1228.html"><b>Sermon 1228: Acts 21:10 </b></a>
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<br>Intro: These are the days of the bowl games. We have been watching dedicated men. Months of training; well conditioned bodies; the extra effort. They endure all the hardship and suffering for a corruptible crown. Since we labor for an incorruptible crown greater...
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<br>I. GOD IS SEEKING FOR DEDICATED MEN.
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<br>A. Men who cannot be dissuaded from their call.
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<br>1. We see Paul's friends beggin...
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<div id="num">176.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1229.html"><b>Sermon 1229: Acts 21:14 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul is on his way to Jerusalem, every where he goes he is being warned by the Spirit of the suffering and imprisonment that wait for him there.
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<br>I. THE WARNING BY AGABUS THE PROPHET.
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<br>A. He had come down to Caesarea to warn Paul what would befall him in Jerusalem.
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<br>1. He took Paul's girdle and bound himself with it, then prophesied that thus would the man who owned the girdl...
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<div id="num">177.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1230.html"><b>Sermon 1230: Acts 22:14 </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul the apostle is recounting to the multitude who were just trying to kill him, his conversion to Christianity. He has told them of His encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, and how that a devout man Ananias came to him and prayed for him to receive his sight, for he had been blinded by the brightness of the light of the presence of Jesus. Ananias then told him.
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<div id="num">178.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/2018.html"><b>Sermon 2018: Acts 22:19 </b></a>
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<br>"FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS."
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<br>Intro. Saul of Tarsus was on his way to Damascus breathing out threats of murdering those who had come to believe that Jesus was the Messiah. He was armed with papers from the high priest empowering him to arrest those who were calling on the name of the Lord, when suddenly he was arrested as he was approaching Damascus, by an authority that was much high...
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<div id="num">179.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1231.html"><b>Sermon 1231: Acts 23:11 </b></a>
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<br>"ON TO ROME"
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<br>I. PAUL'S DAY OF DEFEAT.
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<br>A. He had a burning desire to preach Christ in Jerusalem.
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<br>1. Soon after his conversion he came to Jerusalem, and the Lord told him to get out, for they would not receive his testimony.
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<br>a. Paul argued with the Lord.
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<br>1. If you ever find yourself arguing with the Lord, you're wrong.
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<br>2. Have you ever thought the Lord was making a mistake?
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<div id="num">180.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1232.html"><b>Sermon 1232: Acts 23:11b </b></a>
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<br>I. THIS HAD TO BE ONE OF THE DARKEST HOURS IN PAUL'S LIFE.
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<br>A. His life long ambition to preach the gospel to the Jews has ended in utter chaos.
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<br>1. He did not convince his former cohorts to become believers as he had hoped and was certain that he could do.
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<br>2. Contrariwise they are so incensed against Paul that 40 of them are taking an oath not to eat or drink until they have kille...
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<div id="num">181.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1233.html"><b>Sermon 1233: Acts 24:14 </b></a>
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<br>Intro: Paul had been rescued from the angry mob by the Roman soldiers. When the plot to assassinate him was discovered, he was transferred to Caesarea.
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<br>I. THE CHARGES AGAINST PAUL.
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<br>A. Pestilent fellow.
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<br>B. Move of sedition.
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<br>C. Ringleader of the sect of the Nazarene.
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<br>D. Profaned the Temple.
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<br>II. PAUL'S CONFESSION.
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<br>A. First, he denied all charges but one.
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<br>1. He declared they cou...
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<div id="num">182.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1234.html"><b>Sermon 1234: Acts 24:24, 25</b></a>
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<br>"A MORE CONVENIENT TIME"
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<br>I. "AS HE REASONED."
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<br>A. Salvation a very reasonable experience, "Come now... Let us reason together..."
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<br>1. I have never yet met a man who has rejected God on the basis of true reasoning.
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<br>a. Some are very prejudiced.
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<br>b. Most are concerned about life style.
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<br>B. He reasoned of righteousness, "His relationship with his fellowman."
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<br>1. Felix was a slave who ...
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<div id="num">183.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1235.html"><b>Sermon 1235: Acts 24:24b </b></a>
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<br>I. FELIX AND HIS WIFE DRUSILLA.
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<br>A. Felix was the Roman governor of the province.
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<br>1. He had at one time been a slave, and the only slave in the Roman Empire to rise to the position of governor.
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<br>2. His brother Pallas was a favorite of Nero, and through his brothers influence Nero appointed him governor of Judea.
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<br>3. The Roman historian Tacitus was very caustic concerning him, and d...
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<div id="num">184.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1236.html"><b>Sermon 1236: Acts 25:19 </b></a>
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<br>I. PAUL'S APPEAL TO CAESAR.
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<br>A. When Festus became governor in place of Felix, he went to Jerusalem to meet with the rulers of the Jews.
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<br>1. They informed him concerning Paul.
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<br>2. This shows how deep seated their feelings were against Paul.
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<br>a. You would think that by now they would have forgotten all about him.
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<br>b. They desired Festus to bring Paul back to Jerusalem that he might s...
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<div id="num">185.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1237.html"><b>Sermon 1237: Acts 26:8 </b></a>
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<br>"THE CREDIBILITY OF THE RESURRECTION"
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<br>Intro: Paul is making his defense before King Agrippa. Jesus had warned His disciples that they would be brought before magistrates and kings, but that it would give them a chance to witness.
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<br>I. THE RESURRECTION WAS THE CENTRAL WITNESS OF THE CHURCH.
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<br>A. When looking for someone to take the place of Judas.
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<br>1. "To be a witness with us of the r...
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<div id="num">186.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1238.html"><b>Sermon 1238: Acts 26:12 </b></a>
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<br>"THE HEAVENLY VISION"
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<br>Intro: Paul before King Agrippa.
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF THE GOSPEL.
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<br>A. "To open their eyes."
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<br>1. The man in sin is blind. "The god of this..."
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<br>a. Blind to his need.
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<br>1. He sees no need of repentance - forgiveness.
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<br>b. Blind to his condition.
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<br>1. He is bound - so blind he talks of freedom.
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<br>2. He is lost - so often thinks he has found it.
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<br>c. Spiritually blind.
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<div id="num">187.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1239.html"><b>Sermon 1239: Acts 26:18 </b></a>
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<br>"FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT"
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<br>Intro: Paul is recounting his conversion experience to Herod Agrippa. Many times this is the best and most powerful witness.
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<br>I. PAUL'S COMMISSION: "TO OPEN THEIR EYES, AND TO TURN THEM FROM THE POWER OF SATAN UNTO GOD."
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<br>A. In universe today, two kingdoms or spheres of government.
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<br>1. Kingdom of God, light and life.
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<br>2. Kingdom of Satan, death and darkness...
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<div id="num">188.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1240.html"><b>Sermon 1240: Acts 26:18b </b></a>
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<br>"THE TRUE MINISTRY"
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<br>Intro: Paul had returned to Jerusalem after 3rd missionary trip. The Spirit had warned that bonds awaited him. He was going into temple daily with four men who had taken a vow and were going through the purification rites. Arraigned before Felix, after two years he was replaced by Festus now before King Agrippa.
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<br>I. THE TASK OF THE MINISTER.
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<br>A. "To open their e...
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<div id="num">189.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1241.html"><b>Sermon 1241: Acts 26:18c </b></a>
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<br>"THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL"
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<br>Intro: Paul was making his defense before King Agrippa, he is relating his call.
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF THE GOSPEL.
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<br>A. "To open their eyes."
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<br>1. Paul speaks of the god of this world having blinded their eyes.
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<br>2. The gospel is the best offer ever made.
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<br>a. A person would have to be blind not to see it.
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<br>b. "Though He was rich, yet for our..."
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<br>c. "And God made Hi...
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<div id="num">190.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1242.html"><b>Sermon 1242: Acts 26:18d </b></a>
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<br>Intro. Paul is sharing how that the Lord had met him on the road to Damascus and commissioned him to take the gospel to the heathen. He was commanded:
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<br>I. "TO OPEN THEIR EYES."
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<br>A. The correct assumption is that men's eyes are closed. The Bible speaks of a spiritual blindness.
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<br>1. Paul spoke of those
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<br>2CO 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe...
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<div id="num">191.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1243.html"><b>Sermon 1243: Acts 26:18e </b></a>
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<br>Intro. The book of Hebrews has a probing question, "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?" On the subject last week we looked at the power of salvation here in verse 18. It opens people's eyes to the truth. It brings them from darkness to light. It brings them from the power of Satan to God. No longer slaves of Satan, but slaves of Jesus Christ, and everyone who ha...
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<div id="num">192.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1244.html"><b>Sermon 1244: Acts 27:23 </b></a>
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<br>I. PAUL IS ON HIS WAY TO ROME TO BEAR WITNESS OF JESUS CHRIST.
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<br>A. He is going as a prisoner because of his appeal to Caesar.
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<br>1. A Roman centurion named Julius, who was of the royal guard, has been given the responsibility to see that Paul gets to Rome.
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<br>2. There are other prisoners traveling with them.
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<br>3. Julius seems to respect Paul and treated him very kindly.
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<br>4. When they had...
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<div id="num">193.</div>
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<br>"I BELIEVE GOD"
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<br>I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE AFFIRMATION "ALL HOPE IS GONE".
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<br>A. They were harbored in isle of Crete.
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<br>1. It was getting late in the year when sailing could be hazardous.
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<br>2. Paul advised the centurion against sailing.
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<br>a. Predicting loss of ship and possibly lives.
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<br>b. Centurion listened rather to the ship's captain.
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<br>3. They loosed anchor to catch a soft s...
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<div id="num">194.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1246.html"><b>Sermon 1246: Acts 28:23 </b></a>
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<br>"BELIEVE IT OR NOT"
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<br>I. PAUL'S MESSAGE.
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<br>A. Expounded and testified the Kingdom of God.
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<br>1. God promised a day when He would step into time to save man from destruction.
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<br>a. He would be born in Bethlehem through a virgin.
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<br>1. "And thou Bethlehem..." Micah 5.
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<br>2. "A virgin shall conceive and..." Isaiah 7.
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<br>b. This child thus born would be the Son of God.
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<br>1. "For unto us a child is b...
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<div id="num">195.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1247.html"><b>Sermon 1247: Acts 28:23b, 24</b></a>
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<br>"BELIEVE IT OR NOT"
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<br>I. PERSUADING THEM CONCERNING JESUS.
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<br>A. How?
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<br>1. Through the Law of Moses (Torah...)
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<br>a. Began with Adam.
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<br>1. "For by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin."
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<br>2. If by one man's sin all born from him sinners, so by one man's righteousness all born...
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<br>b. Reminded them of Abraham offering Isaac.
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<br>c. Of Joseph being sold by his brothers.
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<br>d. Of God...
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<div id="num">196.</div>
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<a href="./Comm/chuck_smith/sn/Act/1248.html"><b>Sermon 1248: Acts 28:23c </b></a>
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<br>Intro. When Paul finally arrived in Rome, he called for the leaders of the Jewish community to meet with him.
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<br>I. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO ASSURE THEM THAT HE WAS NOT THERE TO BRING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
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<br>A. They told Paul that they knew nothing about his situation but desired to know his opinion concerning this new sect.
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<br>1. Paul set a day for them to c...
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