New American Standard Bible Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. And he said, Well, how could I, unless someone guides me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. As the Apostle says, he sees all the business about sin, grace and salvation to be just so much foolishness that only "weak" people get involved with. Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 11. He rejects it, denies it, and disputes it. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." 1 Corinthians 15:18 Verse Concepts Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. Ministering To The Unsaved. From preceding discussion it is evident that common grace falls far short of efficacious grace. this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. For they are foolishness to him, nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. The doctrine is, therefore, important in its significance and necessary to a full appreciation of proper Gospel preaching. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The importance of this doctrine, therefore, justifies a careful study. In this post we will unveil the esoteric meaning. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. But the person who is not a Christian does not understand these words from the Holy Spirit. The condition of man is hopeless apart from divine intervention. C For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says:The Lord said to my Lord,Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet. Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christthis Jesus whom you crucified. Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do? Peter said to them, Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The many other ministries of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament tended to restrain sin. The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. Apart from this work of the Holy Spirit, God would continue to be unrevealed to a lost race; the death of Christ would be inapplicable to men; and the purpose of God to save the elect would be impossible of fulfillment. This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. F And they were saying to one another, Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb? And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled backit was very large. Common grace is related almost entirely to revelation on the one subject of salvation with a view to providing an intelligent basis for faith. For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet, Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christthis Jesus whom you crucified., Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?. After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. For He is at my right hand, so that I will not be shaken, Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue exulted, You have made known to me the ways of life, You will make me full of gladness with Your presence. And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter. Peter said to them, Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. and there they continued to preach the gospel. And so, because he was a prophet and knew that, God had sworn to him with an oath to seat, he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that, He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did. The Scriptures reveal that it is characteristic of the Holy Spirit to minister in scenes of disorder and sin. And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word. Nor can he perceive them, because they are spiritually examined. In the case of Balaam, God even used a donkey to communicate truth (Numbers 22). For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. The sun will be turned into darknessAnd the moon into blood,Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come. Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza. (This is a desert road.). The ministry of the Holy Spirit in restraining sin in the world is most important, however, though few direct references are found in Scripture. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. The judgments which followed rejection of His striving against sin (Isa 63:10-11) had their effect. But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? John F. Walvoord, long-time president of Dallas Theological Seminary, was one of the most prominent evangelical scholars of his generation. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. For a beastly man perceiveth not those things that be of the Spirit of God; for it is folly to him, and he may not understand, for it is examined ghostly [for it is examined. For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. This article was taken from the Theological Journal Library CD and posted with permission of Galaxie Software. Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. Departure means "The act of going away; a moving from or leaving a place". And I answered, O Lord GOD , thou knowest. For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean., (Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.). Romans 11:14. if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. Proverbs 20:27 - The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. Needless to say, the subjects included in the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the unsaved should constitute an important part of effective Gospel preaching. The character of this work of restraining sin varies slightly in different ages, however. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. G As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. To him the gatekeeper opens. Of himself or of someone else? Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? The work of the Holy Spirit in restraining sin is seen, therefore, to be an important work of God, essential to divine providence, and a part of the work of God for His own. Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. When we are regenerated, we are made alive together with Christ ( Ephesians 2:5) and renewed by the Holy Spirit ( Titus 3:5 ). Verse Concepts. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Common grace provides none of the normal experiences of the Christian such as are produced by the unhindered indwelling Holy Spirit. - Is sanctified; literally, has been sanctified, the status has been rendered (so to speak) theoretically clean. As Charles Hodge summarizes the Lutheran position, This divine efficacy is inherent in, and inseparable from the Word.4 The chief difficulty with this view is the obvious fact that many unsaved men are completely unaffected by hearing or reading the Bible. A third revelation is given the unsaved by the Holy Spirit concerning the relation of the cross to judgment and Satan. So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. Lutheran theologians have overemphasized the living character of the Word of God (Heb 4:12) to the point where it is claimed that the Bible has power in itself, and no attendant work of the Holy Spirit is necessary to make it effective. Paul referred to his impending death as "departure". The unbeliever does not welcome the Word of God. For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. The subject of the passage is the coming day of the Lord in which the man of sin will be revealed (2 Thess 2:3). The work of the Holy Spirit for the unsaved world constitutes another proof that God is a God of infinite grace and condescension, working in those who are the objects of His righteous judgment, striving to bring them to the knowledge of Christ as Savior. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. The spirit of a man can endure his sickness,But as for a broken spirit who can bear it? 39 views, 0 likes, 1 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Gethsemane Baptist Church, Idaho Falls: Sunday Evening February 5, 2023 Without this preliminary ministry, the work of efficacious grace would be impossible. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. J And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying, You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them. But Peter began and explained it to them in order: I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me. 4 There is one body and one . Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, In humiliation His judgment was taken away, The eunuch answered Philip and said, Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.. While these elements may not be always seen clearly, they form the principles which combine to bring the unsaved into the knowledge necessary to place saving faith in Christ. So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer. Job 32:8 - But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. been overemphasized by the church, these sacraments do reveal in symbol the Gospel message, and the Lords Supper in particular is to be observed because it shows the Lords death till he come (1 Cor 11:26). The Scriptures bear constant witness to the inability of man. While these many factors in themselves are not the work of the Holy Spirit in restraining, they are means used by the Holy Spirit in accomplishing His purpose. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word. And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. The person who does not have the Spirit does not receive the blessings of the Spirit of God. The unsaved need to know that sin was judged in the cross, and for those who trust in Christ there is deliverance from judgment upon sin and deliverance from condemnation. And Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For by grace you have been saved through faith. The Scriptures do not enlarge upon the ministry of the Holy Spirit in restraining sin. By the husband; rather, in the brother. So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. It should therefore be expected that the Holy Spirit should have a special ministry to the unsaved world in every age, particularly in the age of grace during which the Holy Spirit is resident in the world in the Church. But while human governments may be agencies in the restraining work of the Spirit, we believe that they in turn are influenced by the Church. This phase of common grace is never sufficient to provide understanding of the issues of the Gospel. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The prophets of the period of Israels decadence before the captivities were living examples of the power of the Holy Spirit to minister in the midst of sin and unbelief. Because death is departure not cessation, not annihilation. The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the innermost parts of his being. The fact remains that the Spirit of God brings conviction and understanding to many who never believe, who turn from the Gospel even after the way of salvation is made plain to them. The convicting power of the Holy Spirit is at work in the world "because they believe not in [Christ]." Once a person responds to the Spirit's conviction and turns to faith in Christ, the other sins he practiced will be taken care of. American King James Version ). Do we have to live a perfect life to go to heaven? Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. Everyone will stand before God in judgment. that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, For we also are His children.. Notice all the Scriptures that mention these two natures inside of you: Matthew 26:41: "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, This is what in theology is called common grace.3 The work of the Holy Spirit revealing the Gospel to the unsaved is, therefore, an important aspect of a larger program of God in dealing with the need of a lost world. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; How will they preach unless they are sent? It is closely parallel to the idea of moral and intellectual persuasion, constituting an influence, but in itself not resulting in decision. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. R Water! The Holy Spirit presses upon the heart of the unsaved the fact of God's judgment. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. He is considered perhaps the world's foremost interpreter of biblical prophecy.John is perhaps best known for his bestselling work on Bible prophecy, Armageddon More. Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. Interpreters of Scripture have not all agreed on the identity of the one restraining lawlessness. But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing. It is possible that many only understand vaguely that God through Christ cares for their unrighteousness without realizing all the wonders of justification. However, in Matthew 7:21-23, Jesus says that there will be many who will say to him 'Lord, Lord' to whom Jesus will reply, 'I never knew you.'. Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. The importance of this ministry of the Spirit must be recognized before the necessity of prayer for the lost can be realized. The act of God whereby He makes us alive from spiritual death is called regeneration. Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

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