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Acts 12:21–23 · BSB
12:21 On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
12:22 And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
12:23 Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
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…a nephew of Herod Antipas. Somebody may know this. Was he the son of one of the sons that he killed, that Herod killed? I don't know. Let's go toActs chapter 12. Acts chapter 12. Now we're going to start looking here at the impact that— we've seen the impact that the Herods have had on John the Baptist.…
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…is the first time he's mentioned at all in Scripture, though his name isn't mentioned. But the first time we have his name recorded for sure is inActs chapter 12. In Acts chapter 12, James, the brother of John, is killed by Herod. That's Acts 12:1-4. Peter is supposed to be killed next, or at least that's…
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…things becoming worse and worse? But I want to tell you this. Even in those dark moments, God comes through. There is a switch. The Bible says inActs chapter 12, things were getting rough for the church. Let me read verse 1. There was a guy called Herod. Tell your neighbor, there's a guy called Herod. Verse…
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…that maybe we can ground into the book of Acts, and that is that He was a mama's boy. She was a very prominent member of the church at Jerusalem.Acts chapter 12, the church is meeting in her home when Peter's in prison and they're praying there. She's wealthy enough that the church can meet in her home.…
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…remained real, but what had the natural ability to destroy them could not accomplish its assignment. When Peter was sleeping between soldiers inActs chapter 12, bound with chains and guarded inside a prison, Peter could not open those doors. He could not remove those chains. He could not overpower those…
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…the challenges of the church that the church will always face. We'll look at Acts chapters 13 through 15. If you remember last week, we finished inActs chapter 12. That's where Herod puts James to death and then attempts to put Peter to death, but Peter's released, makes it to Mary's house, and after Peter's…
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Daniel chapter 4 andActs chapter 12. Good to have you here tonight. I'm going to give you the negative first and give you the positive second. Look at Daniel chapter 4. And let me…
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…us to depend on him more? Why would God do that? To help us fall in love with him more. Look, if you would, uh a little bit farther and look atActs chapter 12. Acts chapter 12. And you're already holding Psalm 78, Acts chapter 12, and Psalm 78. Let me show you another illustration of marvelous in Acts…
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…he appeared to James and then to all the apostles. James, the oldest brother after Jesus, who did not believe. James. James, who is, as we read inActs chapter 12, is now the one. Peter says, report these things to James. This is the leader of the church in Jerusalem. This is the author of the book that we…
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…upside down. What many people don't mention is that his wife also died with him in the same manner. Do you remember when Peter was arrested inActs chapter 12by uh by Herod and they were gonna behead Peter the next day? He's in jail and he's gonna be beheaded the next day. And uh the Bible says that…
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…house, the Gentile, down in Joppa, that's been 10 years. From Pentecost to Cornelius. Peter has been the lead apostle from Acts chapter 1 toActs chapter 12. Peter is going to get arrested. He's going to die. And then in Acts 13, you're going to see the rise of the apostle Paul as he now takes the lead.…
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…in that home that believers gathered in one of the early gatherings of the church in the book of Acts. In fact, they were gathered in that house inActs chapter 12when Peter was in jail. And Peter's in prison, and the church gathers at Mary's house in Jerusalem, and the church is in a big prayer meeting. Oh…
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…Well, in the word of God increased, something else is going to happen. The numbers of disciples multiplied. In Jerusalem, how? Greatly. Look atActs chapter 12, please. Acts chapter 12. These are just all scriptures, if you would, that deal with this idea that we had a prayer that the word of God would go…
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Romans 13 and also would you pick upActs chapter 12? Romans 13 and Acts chapter 12. And uh last week we talked about Romans 13 a little bit. I want to pick it up there and go it a little bit…
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…with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. You may be seated. The first reading, will serve as the sermon text this morning fromActs chapter 12. At about that time, King Herod laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. He had James, the brother of John,…
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…in us in order to be his representative on earth in order to bring others into this family and when he came into us he came into us with gifts inActs chapter 12Romans chapter 12 we speak about the gifts of the spirit the abilities of the spirit in the believer and this empowerment is in every believer…
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…Right? Here, they're talking about someone who has just believed the gospel right not someone who has believed now let's go to Acts chapter 13 orActs chapter 12let's start from Act 12 let's show you someone who actually believed the gospel and uh maybe drew back in ministry right someone who has believed…
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…the Passover. I bet you've never thought about the water boy. He is unnamed. This gospel was written by Mark, also called John Mark. And inActs chapter 12, it tells us that the church met in Mark's mother's home. So some believe that this upper room may have, this occasion, may have been the beginning…
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…Galilee anymore. And then we're able to fast forward to the fact he's the leader of the early church. The book of Acts makes that clear. You get toActs chapter 12. Acts chapter 12, Herod has already put to death John, the other fisherman, the up the one of the disciples, the first disciple to be killed for…
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…when prayer was made for Peter rather, when Peter was delivered, it was actually a miracle. Prayer was made for him and a miracle happened.Acts chapter 12. Acts chapter 12. So, both the believer, in this context, we see a believer, even an apostle, right, had a miraculous escape from prison because…
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