Acts 15:12-21 - Corps Notes - October 7, 1976
Acts 15:12-21 October 7, 1976 Acts 15:12 I defined and gave you the great accuracy of that word “multitude” in verse 12 as being “fulness” which is a very unique usage of that word, a very wonderful usage; it’s not the common usage of the word ‘multitude”. “gave audience” - listened attentively and thinking-ly “declaring” - exegeomai “miracles” - semeion - signs “wonders” - teras - miracles, Acts 15:13 “held their peace” - same as “kept silence” in verse 12 - That means they just shut up; they closed the discussion. “James” - Galatians 1:19: But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother. This James who is speaking here, in Acts 15:13, is the Lord’s brother. You and I would know him as his half brother; same mother, different father. And yet he’s called brother. John 7:3-10 Drill verse 5 into your minds. John 7:5: For neither did his brethren believe in him. In Acts 1:14: These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication [thanksgiving], with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. So something did occur in some of their lives. James l:la: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ It’s really neat, isn’t it? James, the Lord’s half brother, writing, “a servant of God, and [a servant] of the Lord Jesus Christ” James had been the Lord’s own half brother, but at one time, he didn’t believe in him. Look at I Corinthians l5:5 & 7 and especially note verse 7: After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. Jesus was seen by James; singled out individually. I’ve often wondered what they talked bout. It doesn’t tell me. I’ve wondered about it. This is the same James that we’re going to read about here in the Book of Acts. That’s why I’m giving you all these references; to show you how a man can change and does change; and how he is really terrific in what he says in Acts, as we shall see. In Acts 12:17, you see how James is singled out time and again? Look at Acts 21:18 and in Galatians 2:2, they
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Tweet Format: mp3-pdf Publication Date: 10-7-1976 On Ephesians 4:25 where I want to begin tonight, or where we will begin tonight , the first part of what the Research Team gave me is the work that Walter Cummins published in our wonderful Way Magazine on "The Spoken Word." Also, as we cover Ephesians 4:28 tonight, I had all the information in front of me from another article that Walter Cummins has in the... has had in the Magazine. The first article on Ephesians 4:25 is entitled "The Spoken Word." The one on Ephesians 4:28 is "Workers for God." Both of these pieces of work by Walter are absolutely superb. And I believe that they should appear and will appear in our research journal GMIR whenever we begin publishing that. {GMIR Aramaic word meaning ' to perfect, accomplish , mature, complete, arithmetically to be divisible without any remainder.} And I noticed again that some of the thi