But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.But the word of God grew and multiplied.But the word of God grew and multiplied.But the word of God grew and multiplied.
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… and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last. But the word of God increased and multiplied and Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark. Well, Father, thank you for these few moments we have around your word. I do pray you would help us now understand what it means. So Lord, quicken our minds to grasp what's happening in this moment in the life of the church. But I pray we wouldn't just understand it, God. I pray we'd be affected by it. I pray it would touch our hearts and affect how we feel and affect how we live. I'm praying our lives would change today as a result of this text, God, and we need your grace for that. and I want to invite you church if you're willing to take a moment and pray and ask that if you're up for it say Lord please please teach me today and then if you would please pray for me that the lord would use me and i'd be helpful to you and last family I hope you don't mind it's heavy on my heart today this is the third time within a month that political violence has occurred in D.C. …
… fear of the Lord. Church continuing to grow. We get to Acts chapter 12. These statements, Luke just kind of plugs in here and there to show us how the church was still growing. Look at Acts chapter 12 verse 24. This is after Peter escapes from prison, threatened to have the Word and proclamation. The Word stopped, and it says in verse 24, but the Word of God continued to increase and to spread. Let me show you just a few more. Look at Acts chapter 16. Acts chapter 16, verse 5. This is talking about the growth of the church. Guys like Timothy and Paul and Silas and Barnabas have gone out and they're planting churches and leading people to Christ. And it says in verse 5, so the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they grew daily in numbers. Now turn over to chapter 19. In between 16 and 19, the gospel goes throughout Europe to Greece, to Asia Minor. You get to chapter 19. Look with me at verse 20. 19, verse 20. This is Paul in Ephesus, and it says, in this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power. And then one more, come to the very end of the book of Acts, Acts chapter 28. Acts chapter 28, and we'll look at verse 30 and 31. …
It says, The word of God continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly. Now listen, even a large group of priests were becoming obedient to the faith. That was of monumental significance. Who were the priests? Well, they were the chief officers of the temple. They were the ones who presided over the animal sacrifices, the prayers, the instruction at the temple. They were the officers of this great place. If they were accepting the faith, what does that mean? It means that in some way they sensed Jesus represented the fulfillment of the temple. Not the repudiation of it. That's the wrong way to think about it. Not like an either or. But Jesus is the fulfillment of all that happened in the temple. And indeed, it's all through the Gospels. This language of sacrifice and atonement and blood offering and the veil being torn in two and all of that. Well, the priests, see, these priests, these early, early figures understood that. …
… and they spake the word of God with boldness. Acts 12, verse 24. But the word of God grew and multiplied. Romans 10, 17. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by, now you say it this time, the word of God. All right, Ephesians 6, verse 17. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Colossians 1, 25, Whereof I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given to me for you to fulfill the Word of God. 1 Timothy 4, verse 5, For it is sanctified by the Word of God and prayer. Hebrews 4, 12, for the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. First Peter 1, verse 23, being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. Second Peter 3, verse 5, for this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the Word of God the heavens were of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water. …