Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000393
00:16 Hi, and welcome back to His Words Are Life.
00:19 I'm Kelly Mowrer. 00:20 We'll be reading today from the book of Acts, and we'll be 00:23 reading Chapter 7, beginning with Verse 10. 00:28 But before we read let's go to God in prayer. 00:30 Dear Jesus, thank You so much for Your presence 00:35 in our lives every day. 00:37 Thank You for Your wisdom that we can come to Your word and 00:40 read, and grow to be more like You. 00:43 Please send Your Holy Spirit now as we read, to make this 00:47 message a message not just heard, but put into practice, 00:52 so that we may serve You and others better. 00:54 We love You so much! 00:56 Amen. 00:57 Again, I'm reading from the King James Version in the book 01:00 of Acts, Chapter 7. 01:02 And when we were last together we were reading about Stephen. 01:04 He's standing before the council, and he's speaking of 01:07 God and how when Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt, 01:11 God was with him. 01:12 And we'll begin in Verse 10. 01:15 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor 01:20 and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; 01:23 and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 01:27 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, 01:31 and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. 01:36 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out 01:40 our fathers first. 01:42 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; 01:46 and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. 01:50 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his 01:54 kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 01:57 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, 02:02 and were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the 02:05 sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons 02:08 of Emmor, the father of Sychem. 02:10 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn 02:15 to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 02:19 till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. 02:23 The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our 02:28 fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end 02:33 they might not live. 02:34 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, 02:38 and nourished up in his father's house three months: 02:41 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, 02:45 and nourished him for her own son. 02:48 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, 02:52 and was mighty in words and in deeds. 02:55 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart 03:00 to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 03:03 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, 03:08 and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the 03:12 Egyptian: for he supposed his brethren would have understood 03:15 how that God by his hand would deliver them; 03:18 but they understood not. 03:20 And the next day he showed himself unto them as they 03:23 strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, 03:26 Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? 03:30 But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, 03:35 Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? 03:37 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? 03:41 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land 03:46 of Midian, where he begat two sons. 03:49 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him 03:52 in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame 03:56 of fire in a bush. 03:58 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew 04:02 near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying, 04:06 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, 04:09 and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 04:12 Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. 04:17 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: 04:21 for the place where thou standest is holy ground. 04:25 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is 04:30 in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to 04:34 deliver them. 04:35 And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. 04:39 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler 04:45 and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and 04:50 a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him 04:53 in the bush. 04:54 He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs 05:00 in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness 05:03 forty years. 05:04 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, 05:08 A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your 05:12 brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. 05:16 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with 05:19 the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our 05:23 fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: 05:27 to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, 05:32 and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 05:35 saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for 05:40 this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not 05:43 what is become of him. 05:44 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto 05:48 the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 05:53 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of 05:57 heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, 06:00 O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and 06:04 sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? 06:08 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your 06:13 god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: 06:16 and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. 06:20 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, 06:24 as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make 06:28 it according to the fashion that he had seen. 06:31 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus 06:35 into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out 06:39 before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; 06:42 who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for 06:46 the God of Jacob. 06:47 But Solomon built him an house. 06:50 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 06:54 as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my 06:58 footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: 07:02 or what is the place of my rest? 07:04 Hath not my hand made all these things? 07:07 Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, 07:12 ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so 07:16 do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers 07:20 persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the 07:23 coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers 07:28 and murderers: who have received the law by the 07:32 disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 07:35 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, 07:39 and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 07:42 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly 07:48 into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing 07:52 on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens 07:57 opened, and the Son of man standing on the 07:59 right hand of God. 08:00 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, 08:04 and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the 08:07 city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their 08:12 clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 08:15 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, 08:19 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 08:22 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not 08:27 this sin to their charge. 08:29 And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 08:33 We're reading from the book of Acts, in the King James Version, 08:36 and we're going now to Chapter 8. 08:39 And Saul was consenting unto his death. 08:43 And at that time there was a great persecution against the 08:46 church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered 08:49 abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, 08:52 except the apostles. 08:54 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great 08:58 lamentation over him. 09:00 As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every 09:05 house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. 09:09 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere 09:13 preaching the word. 09:14 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached 09:18 Christ unto them. 09:19 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things 09:23 which Philip spake, hearing, and seeing the miracles 09:26 which he did. 09:27 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many 09:32 that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, 09:35 and that were lame, were healed. 09:38 And there was great joy in that city. 09:41 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime 09:45 in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of 09:49 Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: 09:53 to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, 09:57 saying, This man is the great power of God. 10:00 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had 10:04 bewitched them with sorceries. 10:06 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning 10:11 the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, 10:13 they were baptized, both men and women. 10:16 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, 10:21 he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles 10:26 and signs where were done. 10:27 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria 10:32 had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and 10:36 John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, 10:39 that they might receive the Holy Ghost: (for as yet he was 10:44 fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name 10:48 of the Lord Jesus.) 10:49 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received 10:53 the Holy Ghost. 10:55 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands 10:59 the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, 11:03 Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, 11:07 he may receive the Holy Ghost. 11:09 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, 11:14 because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased 11:18 with money. 11:19 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart 11:23 is not right in the sight of God. 11:25 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, 11:30 if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. 11:33 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, 11:37 and in the bond of iniquity. 11:39 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, 11:44 that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. 11:48 And they, when they had testified and preached the word 11:51 of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the 11:54 gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. 11:57 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, 12:01 and go toward the south, unto the way that goeth down from 12:04 Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 12:07 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, 12:12 an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the 12:16 Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, 12:20 and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, was returning, 12:24 and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 12:28 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join 12:33 thyself to this chariot. 12:35 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet 12:39 Isaiah, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 12:44 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? 12:49 And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. 12:52 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as 12:58 a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his 13:02 shearer, so opened he not his mouth: in his humiliation his 13:07 judgment was taken away: and who shall declare 13:10 his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. 13:14 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom 13:17 speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 13:22 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, 13:26 and preached unto him Jesus. 13:30 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: 13:34 and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me 13:38 to be baptized? 13:39 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, 13:43 thou mayest. 13:45 And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ 13:49 is the Son of God. 13:51 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down 13:55 both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; 13:58 and he baptized him. 14:00 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the 14:03 Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: 14:07 and he went on his way rejoicing. 14:10 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached 14:15 in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. 14:19 Thank you again for being with us for the reading of the 14:23 precious word of God today. 14:24 And until we meet again for His Words Are Life, may He 14:27 keep you, and bless you, and may you know His love as 14:31 you serve Him and others. 14:33 Goodbye. |
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