JESUS THE VICTOR (11 OF 56)
Scripture: Acts 4:1-22
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Jesus the Victor (11 of 56)
Series: The Church in ACTSion
Wyman Richardson
Acts 4:1-22
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Something heartbreaking has been happening to Christians in Iraq. The militant Islamic group Isis has launched a deliberate campaign to eradicate Christianity in Iraq. Christian communities that have been in this region for seventeen hundred years are being wiped out before our very eyes. It is a scandal and a terrible tragedy.
In the last couple of weeks, something interesting has been happening in the city of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq. Christians have been waking up to find the Arabic letter nun painted on their homes. The letter stands for ''Nazarene'' which is a pejorative term for ''Christian'' in that region. Isis is marking the homes of Christians as they persecute them.
This is chilling, but this is also telling. It strikes me that even today, two thousand years after the birth of the Church, followers of Jesus are still being saved by and persecuted for the name, Jesus of Nazareth. The early Christians were similarly marked by the name, as is evident when we see the reaction of the Jewish authorities to Peter's sermon after the miraculous healing of the lame man.
1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
A.T. Robertson defined the Greek words for ''came upon them'' as ''burst upon them suddenly or stood by them in a hostile attitude.'' This is a sudden seizure of Peter and John by men who are extremely displeased with what has happened.
3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. 5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with ...
Series: The Church in ACTSion
Wyman Richardson
Acts 4:1-22
Read Acts 4:1-22
Something heartbreaking has been happening to Christians in Iraq. The militant Islamic group Isis has launched a deliberate campaign to eradicate Christianity in Iraq. Christian communities that have been in this region for seventeen hundred years are being wiped out before our very eyes. It is a scandal and a terrible tragedy.
In the last couple of weeks, something interesting has been happening in the city of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq. Christians have been waking up to find the Arabic letter nun painted on their homes. The letter stands for ''Nazarene'' which is a pejorative term for ''Christian'' in that region. Isis is marking the homes of Christians as they persecute them.
This is chilling, but this is also telling. It strikes me that even today, two thousand years after the birth of the Church, followers of Jesus are still being saved by and persecuted for the name, Jesus of Nazareth. The early Christians were similarly marked by the name, as is evident when we see the reaction of the Jewish authorities to Peter's sermon after the miraculous healing of the lame man.
1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
A.T. Robertson defined the Greek words for ''came upon them'' as ''burst upon them suddenly or stood by them in a hostile attitude.'' This is a sudden seizure of Peter and John by men who are extremely displeased with what has happened.
3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. 5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with ...
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