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Posted by Carol Swenson (Member # 6929) on :

Acts 12:7-8

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists. The angel said to him, “Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.” He did so. Then he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” (NRSV)

This section of Acts is one of the most exciting and most humorous scenes in the whole book: exciting, because Peter was in jail and was prayed out by a faithful, fervent, praying church; humorous, because this praying church didn’t really believe God had answered their prayer even when they had their answer in the flesh at the front door of their prayer meeting! This chapter teaches a great deal about prayers, answers, and the God who is behind them all.

Posted by phillip tidwell (Member # 6966) on :

Good for you! Thanks for sharing a new revelation.

My pastor made a comment in one of his sermons to the effect that if he had spent the same number of years he has devoted to the study of God’s word to reading and studying any other topic, say history, math, whatever, he would be an expert and know all there is to know about that topic. But no one, regardless of the number of years of study, can know all the Bible has to reveal. It’s a humbling thought. No matter how many times I’ve read a verse, there is always something new to be revealed. What other conclusion can be reached than this is further proof of God’s inspiration?

Not only is the wisdom unfathomable, the poetry is beautiful.

I Kings 19:11-12 “…And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind and earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.”

Posted by WildB (Member # 2917) on :

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