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The War is About What You Believe In, Part 1
We behave according to what we believe. The devil knows
this. He lies to God’s people about God and His Word because he
wants us to believe lies. God said the truth will set us free. He
also said that He is going to have a bride without spot or wrinkle,
a perfected church. The battle line for Christianity in these last
days is between truth and lies. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the
Life.
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Psalm 2
| Why do the heathen rage,
and the people imagine a vain thing? |
| The kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take counsel
together, against the LORD, and against his
anointed, saying, |
| Let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their cords from us. |
| He that sitteth in the
heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in
derision. |
| Then shall he speak unto
them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore
displeasure. |
| Yet have I set my king upon
my holy hill of Zion. |
| I will declare the decree:
the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
this day have I begotten thee. |
| Ask of me, and I shall give
thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the
uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. |
| Thou shalt break them with
a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces
like a potter's vessel. |
| Be wise now therefore, O ye
kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. |
| Serve the LORD with fear,
and rejoice with trembling. |
| Kiss the Son, lest he be
angry, and ye perish from the way, when his
wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all
they that put their trust in him. |
Psalms 2 |
Acts 4
| And it came to pass on the
morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and
scribes, |
| And Annas the high priest,
and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as
many as were of the kindred of the high priest,
were gathered together at Jerusalem. |
| And when they had set them
in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by
what name, have ye done this? |
| Then Peter, filled with the
Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the
people, and elders of Israel, |
| If we this day be examined
of the good deed done to the impotent man, by
what means he is made whole; |
| Be it known unto you all,
and to all the people of Israel, that by the
name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even
by him doth this man stand here before you
whole. |
| This is the stone which was
set at nought of you builders, which is become
the head of the corner. |
| Neither is there salvation
in any other: for there is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved. |
| Now when they saw the
boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that
they had been with Jesus. |
| And beholding the man which
was healed standing with them, they could say
nothing against it. |
| But when they had commanded
them to go aside out of the council, they
conferred among themselves, |
| Saying, What shall we do to
these men? for that indeed a notable miracle
hath been done by them is manifest to all them
that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. |
| But that it spread no
further among the people, let us straitly
threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no
man in this name. |
| And they called them, and
commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in
the name of Jesus. |
Acts 4:5-18 |
Acts 4
| But Peter and John answered
and said unto them, Whether it be right in the
sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto
God, judge ye. |
| For we cannot but speak the
things which we have seen and heard. |
| So when they had further
threatened them, they let them go, finding
nothing how they might punish them, because of
the people: for all men glorified God for that
which was done. |
| For the man was above forty
years old, on whom this miracle of healing was
showed. |
| And being let go, they went
to their own company, and reported all that the
chief priests and elders had said unto them. |
| And when they heard that,
they lifted up their voice to God with one
accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all
that in them is: |
| Who by the mouth of thy
servant David hast said, Why did the heathen
rage, and the people imagine vain things? |
| The kings of the earth
stood up, and the rulers were gathered together
against the Lord, and against his Christ. |
| For of a truth against thy
holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both
Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles,
and the people of Israel, were gathered
together, |
| For to do whatsoever thy
hand and thy counsel determined before to be
done. |
| And now, Lord, behold their
threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that
with all boldness they may speak thy word, |
| By stretching forth thine
hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be
done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. |
| And when they had prayed,
the place was shaken where they were assembled
together; and they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost, and they spake the word of God with
boldness. |
| And the multitude of them
that believed were of one heart and of one soul:
neither said any of them that ought of the
things which he possessed was his own; but they
had all things common. |
Acts 4:19-32 |
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