False god in the book of acts obey

No matter what, we must obey god by proclaiming and teaching that jesus christ is the risen savior and lord. Unless they remain faithful, those who are in god s grace will fall from grace, and those whose names are in the book of life will have their names blotted out of that book. Bible verses about fake christians sadly there are many false believers. They replied, judge for yourselves whether it is right in god s sight to obey you rather than god. If your government instructs you to engage in false worship daniel 3. Jesus said that we can identify those who worship god in the right way.

Either the disciples were right or they were wrong. Before they heard the good news, they were foolish. But peter and the apostles said in reply, we must obey god rather than men. Acts begins with an account of jesuss ascension acts 1. There are veiled references to simons false christianity and similar heretical sects in the new testament. But peter and john replied, judge for yourselves whether it is right in god s sight to obey you rather than god. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. Persecution has never been effective in stopping the growth of christianity and the spread of the gospel. I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book.

I want you to open your bible to the 8th chapter of acts because were going to look at the history of a man by the name of simon, not simon peter. The emphasis throughout the story is that the mission to the gentiles was initiated by god himself, not by any human initiative acts 10. Once peter and john were ordered by powerful jews to stop speaking about jesus. But peter and john replied, whether it is right before god to obey you rather than god, you decide, new heart english bible but peter and john answered them, whether it is right in the sight of god to listen to you rather than to god, judge for yourselves, weymouth new testament. Acts 5 nlt ananias and sapphira but there was a bible. Deuteronomy and work bible commentary theology of work. To abandon any of these pursuits is to fall into idolatry, the worship of. We just sent our pioneer training school students out on what we call a luke 10 trip. Keener follows most commentators by hearing an allusion to the trial of socrates keener, 2. I bring all of this up because of just one line from our first reading in the acts of the apostles that id like to concentrate on for this weekendpeter and the apostles. The book of acts becomes alive when we obey jesus powerful. The vision of unclean animals was merely an illustration god used to help peter understand that salvation was open to those previously held at arms length see acts 11. You shall walk after the lord your god and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice. Civil disobedience in an age of coronavirus the good book.

In the great commission, jesus commanded us to make disciples. The short answer is that christians are instructed by god to obey. Two reasons why the bible tells us to obey authorities the. Our favorite verses from acts god has raised this jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. God s command to work for the benefit of others, the blessings of work for the individual and the community, the consequences of failure and the dangers of success, and the responsibility that comes from representing god to others. So if someone in authority tells us to deny jesus or to act wickedly, we have to say, we must obey god rather than men acts 5. The apostles before the council 28 we gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, he said. Circumcision controversy in early christianity wikipedia. May 11, 2017 the apostle paul explains that learning god s will and wanting to do god s will is a matter of development in our lives.

Similar charts to the one below examples of obedience in the book of acts are. But peter answering, and the apostles, said, god must be obeyed rather than men. Paul taught the gentiles to obey the requirements that the elders in jerusalem had listed in their letter to antioch acts 15. Jan 15, 2021 shadrach, meshach, and abednego disobeyed nebuchadnezzars order to worship false gods daniel 3. Here we learn that jesus remained with the disciples for forty days before ascending to heaven, teaching them about the kingdom of god. Instead, their strong desires and feelings controlled them. Civil disobedience in an age of coronavirus the good book blog. Whoever accepts a false god as true, even when he does not actually worship it, disgraces and blasphemes gods glorious and awesome name. Domitian marital says the beasts in the arena hailed him as a god. Why is god going to send a strong delusion in the end. All through the book of acts, people get saved when they accept christ as the man whom god raised from the dead and made lord. Acts 5 niv ananias and sapphira now a man named bible.

In this weekends message, pastor larry osborne continues to take a look at the life of stephen in the book of acts chapter 7. The book of acts in general is a history book that bridges the precross scriptures of the old testament and gospels when the gospel of the kingdom was the main focus of teaching and the postcross period when god s full revelation to man had been given through christ jesus a time when the gospel of the grace of god. Acts follows the gospel of john and precedes the letter of paul to the romans in the new testament of the bible. Chiefs, and churches, and provinces are in this book. This is further evidenced by the holy spirit being poured out visibly on these gentiles acts 10. The believers for whom john wrote the book of revelation were ordered by the. For a deed to be truly good in god s sight, the action must be right and the motivation must be right. One of the misconceptions common in christianity in america is that if you become a christian that god will make your life easy. In the case of nebuchadnezzar, shadrach, meshach, and abednego disobeyed the order to worship false gods. First, peter once again says he must obey god rather than men. But peter and the apostles replied, we must obey god rather than any human authority. It is our desire that everyone who wants it, would find the pearl of great price, and that they would have a well of water springing up in them, unto eternal life. Obedience involves knowing what god wants us to do, the way god wants us to do it and the purpose for the action. Aug 19, 2017 jesus yeshua is saying unless one obeys yhvh god the father one will not have everlasting life.

For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard. It is our desire to help as many people as possible learn how to be happy, and have the assurance of their salvation. As saul neared damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. If your government instructs you to stop sharing the gospel acts 4. Obey god in all these if they accept him as such they will receive repentance and ultimately forgiveness of sins. The book of acts describes many times jewish leaders commanded early christians not to preach. Study and obey bible studies for small groups and leaders.

Obeying god rather than men christ the king catholic church. His fellow bible writer, peter, wrote something very similar. Theudas was a false messiah, seen by the romans as an insurrectionary and rabblerouser. For it is god that worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Feb 05, 2019 peters response is more or less a summary of all of the speeches given previously in acts verses 2932. Thou shalt have no other gods before me is one of the ten commandments found in the. This only would i learn of you, received ye the spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith. Before humans turned away from god, before god established his partnership with the nation of. Jude 4, for example, is rather pointed against simons principal doctrinethe heresy that one does not have to obey god s laws after conversion.

One cannot deny that baptism is for the remission of sins and claim at the same time that in being baptized he is obeying god acts 2. Galatians 5 inductive bible study notes study and obey. The book of exodus tells the story of how the israelites escape from egypt. According to acts, stephen summarizes the spiritual history of israel and. One proponent of this false doctrine says, abraham obeyed god in. Mishneh torah, chapter 2, halacha 6 35 the idolater it doesnt matter whether one commits idolatrous worship or makes a sacrifice or burns incense or pours a libation or prostrates oneself or accepts it as a god or says you are my god. Why are the spiritual gifts in the book of acts not still. I am the l ord thy god kjv, also i am the lord your god njb, web, hebrew. Our vision here at study and obey is help you make disciples in small group bible studies and to help those disciples learn to not just head knowledge, but obedience.

I pray you find out who has got this book, and send it to me, for in my country my people will not obey my orders without it. Obey god not men we ought to obey god rather than men batw. How many times does jesus yeshua have to say it before you will understand it and do it. He was a companion of paul and reflected paul, who saw the risen. No, romans is not about obeying the governing authorities. Absolute confidence in god, like paul, even when those around us are afraid. In other words, if a governmental leader instructs you to do something contrary to what god has already instructed in his word, you not only have permission, but you have an obligation to disobey. Two of those requirements are found directly in the law of moses and two of them are logical interpretations of the law of moses which were part of the fence laws taught by the rabbis. Work is a major subject of the book of deuteronomy, and prominent topics include the following. And he taught us to teach those disciples to obey all that he commanded us. But no, they knew that lies and fraud are just as wicked in gods sight as worshipping false gods. Some of this is a simple but tragic misunderstanding of jesus comment in john 10 that i came that they might have life, and might have it. Why did peter say he must obey god rather than men.

The faith of true christianity can not only withstand persecution, but as we will see in our continuing study of acts, it can thrive in the midst of it. But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. Submit yourselves for the lords sake to every authority 1 peter. Yet you have filled jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this mans blood. When we obey god, we dont know what the result will be, but god will bless our obedience in some way.

Human rulers forfeit their right to obedience in situations where they prohibit what god requires or require what god prohibits. Jesus yeshua is saying unless one obeys yhvh god the father one will not have everlasting life. Apr 25, 2019 when we obey god by doing things such as loving an enemy, people will be amazed because it is not the logical thing to do. The false teaching that god promises health, wealth and prosperity to believers is a faith that cannot withstand persecution. The fundamental issue in the book of jeremiah is whether the people will be faithful to god in the midst of a difficult environment. Why do people get baptized in the name of jesus only. The overarching themes of the book are the need to trust god, to obey his commandments, and to turn to him for help. Nowhere in acts is there any hint of a trinity, and nowhere in acts is anyone told to believe in the trinity or that jesus is god. There is a book called kivera negust which contains the law of the whole of ethiopia, and the names of the shs i. In contrast, obeying man is the worldly thing to do. Gleanings from the book of acts berean bible society. The rigorous shammaite view, voiced in the book of jubilees l. In acts 5 he is mentioned as an example of the futility of pretense, and his claims are compared to those of jesus. Watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the.

Peters response is more or less a summary of all of the speeches given previously in acts verses 2932. Luke was the only gentile writer of the new testament colossians 4. A regular, rhythmic time of rest is right there in the opening story of the bible. Jeremiah is concerned with faithfulness in every aspect of life, including religion, family, military, government, agriculture and other spheres of life and work. If someone does not obey keeping the sabbath and all the law then it is impossible to have everlasting life.