The story of the chosen Apostles and the first followers of the way of Jesus.
When we read in the book of Acts we follow along and witness the way the first followers of the way taught the people. In paying close attention to the words they used and the way they bore their testamony, we see that they used the OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS to show PROOF and TO BARE WITNESS that the MESSIAH HAD COME AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
After the disciples had received the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentacost, and were able to speak in other languages, people later heard of this as the news was spread abroad and gathered and asked questions of this thing.
Acts 2:4-6
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Dispelling the Theory of The Greek Bible
Now the people were confounded because they all spoke different languages. They definitely weren’t all Greeks, nor all learned in Greek, nor all Aramaic, nor Hebrew. The day of Pentacost and after is a good witness to the fact that people outside of the area heard of this wonder and came to find out about it. People came who were not from the Galilean area. This is the important thing to remember in order to fully understand this event. In verse 6 it states, “When this was noised (heard and reported like the news) abroad (outside the area) the multitude ( a great number of people) came together (they gathered to see if this thing were so) and were confounded because they heard them SPEAK in their own languages.
This shows the apostles and disciples were not versed in speaking all these foreign tongues. It also shows that if the Apostles wrote their books in Greek (as many theologians claim) it would have been much easier to just speak in Greek, if everyone knew Greek and read Greek in the region as that seems to be the logic that goes with the Apostles wrote their books in Greek? This is what many of today’s shepherds would have us to believe. The truth is, these were Galilaeans and Galilaeans spoke in Galilean dialect. The term Galilean dialect generally refers to the form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic spoken by people in Galilee during the late Second Temple period (the time starting when King Cyrus gave the decree for the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, the walls and the city. This time period also included the time of the Maccabees.) It was the language used at the time of Jesus and the disciples, and was distinct from the Judean dialect spoken in Jerusalem. It is also known that most all who spoke the Judean dialect understood Aramaic as a second language, but not all did.
The point here is, Greek was not the language of the 12 apostles of Jesus, nor the Jews. They spoke in their language of Aramaic and or Galilean. They were able to speak in a tongue, where all the PEOPLE HEARD THE WORD IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. This was done by the POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Not by taking a consensus of what language they all needed to hear the word in. They spoke in 18 different languages one after another people heard in their own language of their birth place.
Acts 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
So it is made clear that the massive group of diverse nationalities had heard the news in their own native languages. This also suggests, that many, if not most of these people would not have understood anything told them in Greek as the distinction is made that they heard the tongue from where they were born. Whether they were a Parthian, or a Jew.it’s not clear how many were from each nation, but, the scripture specifically identifies 18 nationalities and or native tongues.
But, they couldn’t believe what they were hearing, so they talked amongst themselves doubting and some just yelled they were drunk, basically frustrated and in denial of it all. Acts 2: 12-13 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
To prove the truth in what had taken place, Peter quoted the Prophet Joel, as a witness that what he had prophecied had come to pass. Joel’s prophecy was written in Hebrew text for the God of Israel and God’s people. It was not written to come to pass, nor included in the Greek Pantheon of God’s and Goddesses, and not in Baal Worship, or Ishtar, or any of the Pagan religions. Even though in their not so distant past, Alexander the Great had conquered Jerusalem, and later Rome had conquered Alexander and seized Jerusalem and all of Judea. In this sad state of being occupied, they had somehow, by the grace of God, been allowed to keep their Temple laws, even though Rome had taken over Antonio Fortress for their Roman garrison and placed Pontius Pilate to govern over them, and appointed Herod Agrippa as their new King. The entire political climate was a lot like today
Acts 2:14-16 14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 2:17-21 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
This testimony and witness of Joel shows evidence that the last days began at the time of the disciples and the recieving of the Holy Spirit. And that being said…this was also the time of great tribulation. The times Jesus forewarned them of. A sort of the best of times and the worst of times, but the Lord promised that He would dwell in them and them in Him and sent them the Holy Spirit as he promised. And just wait until you see the power they were given. That very same super power is available for all who believe today. We have not been shown how to use it! How to wield it. But, the good news is…we can all learn! Do you believe it?
Jesus said all we require is faith as the size of a mustard seed and we can move mountains!,
Matthew 17:20 “And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”
Peter continued to speak to the people of his testimony of Jesus and the things he saw Him do that did indeed fulfilled the words spoken by God’s Prophets and the miracles that He did. Bearing testimony of his own that now through receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, by faith they are granted the power to do such wonders.
Acts 2:22-41 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Therefore my friends in the Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ, we are in the final throngs of the later days.
We have been lacking in the power of the Holy Spirit, for we have fallen away, so far away with false interpretations of the Word. The Lord has said he shall teach his people himself.
Jesus came to shepherd the people to return to the ways of God, for the people had gotten far away from the teachings of Moses. Whereas the Scribes and Pharisees sat in the seat of Moses and taught those laws, they also made up their own laws that burdened the people, and yet, they did not follow these laws themselves.
Matthew 23: 1-5 KJV
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments.
The scriptures make it very clear that the people are to observe the laws and commandments of God and avoid the man made laws for not even they who make them up are following what they say. Trust in God and follow the good shepherd of the Lord. Open the Bible and He shall teach you Himself!
Read Ezekiel Chapter 34.
Keep pressing into the Kingdom!
Dianne
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Dianne, I think it’s time to be Jewish and turn from those roman church practices.
https://youtu.be/7h4q9YEn15Q
Don’t hate my Catholic Faith. The bad apples are not the Word of God nor the Way which is Jesus. I read enough hatred about Catholics and Catholicism on other sites, I certainly don’t like it here.
Dianne has created a compassionate blog for many including a conservative vegan conservative Catholic like me who loves cats especially ( and devoted a page to me😻).
To be jewish is to deny Jesus. If you wish to be jewish, fine. I prefer to remain my cradle Faith, Catholicism, & believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the Redeemer who became man to be our Savior and save us from our sins. Amen.
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Love you for exactly who you are, Anita. You are a bright light shining above the fray, spreading the truth with courage, energy and conviction. God bless you, sister.. Give my love to your mom please. 💖🙏😊😻😹🙋🌟💫🌈🌠🐩🐕
My mom so appreciates your love ❤️.
Thank you for your kind words.
You walk in in the Light! I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.
God bless you always, sister! 😻
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https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org
Thanks much Duchess01 – you may have saved a life today!
Oh, that would be wonderful, Small!!!
God Bless – <3
Frontline docs got attacked via puter yesterday…system is down right now….I called the local doc and made appointment for tomorrow to just get a prescription…I may have to wait a couple of weeks to get the Ivermectin due to the pharmacy’s delays…either way, sounds like I have to wait….but at least I have it coming….
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Here’s many ways that you’ve been taught how to wield the power of the Holy Spirit who resides in you, Jesus’ followers. If you have done any of the following, then you can fully believe that, yes indeed, the Lord has taught you to embrace the power of the Holy Spirit within you. Just a few examples:. 1) If you’ve ever put on the full armor of God, and walked in it’s power. 2) If you’ve ever countered a negative, defeating thought with a word in scripture….such as a thought that says, “I can’t do it.”. And you countered it by claiming the verse that says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” 3) If you’ve ever stood in faith and prayer for someone who is sick (or for yourself), or shaken in their faith, and you’ve believed for their healing or strengthening. 4) If you’ve ever walked through a trial and stood on the promises of God for your deliverance. 5) If you’ve spent days, months and years praying for someone and you believe God will answer. 6) If you’ve ever battled spiritual forces (such as depression, doubt, etc) with the word of God. 7) If you’ve ever put on the garment of praise, regardless of difficult circumstances. 8) If you’ve ever loved the unlovable and you knew it was God in you that was capable of such love. 9) If you’ve ever forgiven someone that you knew in your humanness you could never have forgiven. And, 10) If you’ve ever been obedient to pray for your enemies and you knew it was only through the power of the Holy Spirit that you could sincerely love & pray for them. If you have done any of these things, and there are endless more, than believe that YES, you absolutely do know how to wield the mighty power of the Holy Spirit in you. How did you know? The Word of God has shown you. The disciples have modeled examples to you. Jesus’ life on earth has demonstrated for you. The Spirit has shown you, taught you, and helped you every step of the way. He has not left you to discover this on your own. Continue to believe that what you are doing in Holy Spirit power is just the tip of the iceberg of what the two of you are capable of doing. Reach higher. The Spirit will take you higher. Be blessed and continue to walk in your anointed power with the One who lives in you. The two of you together are an unstoppable force. Amen!
Amen. Each of those testimonials are so true. The power in the marvel of the Holy Spirit and the power of two or more gathered in the Lord’s name is earth moving. I recently had a relative who showed a miracle through many people praying that the doctors could not understand and the entire hospital was talking about it asking what happened. What is this that we have seen. The person was slipped something into their coke that caused them to convulse and wrench uncontrollably on the ground and paramedics were called and the scene was as imagined – dramatic. At the hospital the strength displayed in the young man was that of supernatural, it took 13 men to secure him. His eyes had turned black and he was out of his mind. They had believed him to be poisoned with a drug K2 that contains battery acid and other things that causes severe brain damage and death. We prayed and gave it to the Lord and focused on the healing and not the anger in the person who did this and it took couching to get the mother to focus on the healing and not the anger of the horrible thing done to our loved one…but she focused and we prayed and the doctors had all the tests and scans showing this was severely affecting his brain and we were told he may have brain damage and family was shown the brain scans showing what was happening to him and why his eyes were black as coals…he has beautiful bright blue eyes normally. Family was told, if he makes it, he most likely will have brain damage.
We prayed, and had faith that God was in charge and cast out the evil and demanded him healed in the name of Jesus….and around five hours later, an odd thing happened. His eyes returned to their normal blue, and his breathing and heart rate were normal….and they did another scan, and there was absolutely NO SIGNS THAT ANY THING HAD HAPPENED TO HIM! Nothing…the doctors said, this can’t be. They did another scan…again nothing wrong and no signs that any thing had happened. He was talking, normal, asking what happened? And he was released from the hospital at 9am. He entered the hospital at around 10Pm. the night before….the entire thing took place in less than 12 hours. He was poisoned, and suffered severe damage to the brain, and it all disappeared in 6.5 hours….and he was released some hours later when there was nothing at all wrong with him. The doctors were all talking and the entire hospital was asking…what happened? They were told the Lord healed him by all the family members.
They were marveling at the entire thing. I say, thankyou for all who prayed and now take witness with me in what the Lord has performed and how giving God the problem in praise for he can heal and change this evil into good, and knowing with faith that God will heal and answer your prayer…is the power of the Holy Spirit.
An absolutely beautiful testimony of faith with the best outcome ever. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for protecting Dianne’s family. Thank you for sharing this, Dianne. It strengthens all of our faith. May God bless you and your loved ones. 💖🙏😊
Not to play the devil’s advocate overly much, because I agree with your statement that we should allow the Lord to teach us; but what do you do with the scriptures regarding the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8? After Philip asked him “do you understand what you are reading?”, his reply was, “how can I except some man guide me?” Clearly from his question and Philip’s actions following, the Lord needs human agency to assist in teaching others.
Additionally, one of the ‘fivefold ministries’ given in Ephesians 4 is that of a teacher. And in 2Timothy 2:2 “and the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” So, it is clear that the Lord employs those so gifted in teaching to ‘teach others also’.
The key of course is found in your review of Act 2 and the arrival of the gift of the Holy Spirit, and His accompanying manifestation of tongues. There is so much more in this manifestation gift than just the Apostles speaking the languages of those present on Pentecost. It is my firmly held belief that one of the benefits of speaking in tongues in one’s own prayer life is that it “preps” you to hear the voice of the Lord more clearly, particularly when one also employs the accompanying gift of Interpretation of tongues. It was only after these two became prevalent in my own life that I was able to perceive the Lord’s voice amid the cacophony of my own mind. It may not be so for others, as the Lord is not limited on how He can reveal Himself to you, but rest assured any ‘revelation’ not in accordance with the written Word, is disqualified.
I agree that we are to help and teach one another, and discern the spirits and not be tossed about with every whim of new doctrine. It is the false shepherds that Jesus spoke of himself and through the prophets. Even in the letters to the churches. Jesus pointed out the things they did good and what they lacked. Some he pointed out what he hated. When we have over 38,000 denominations…all with the same Jesus…and all with different theologies…therein lies the issues of false leadership in some if not many. The opening up and reading the scriptures for ourselves and not letting anyone interpreting for us is what we are instructed to do, that does not mean we don’t gather and learn from one another and editfy where we lack undertanding, for we are to witness to others of the truth of the word of God.
Any time we read the word and then hear a shepherd speak opposite of it, that is when the “Spirit” speaks to us that this is not sitting well and there have been many times many people believe what someone has said, instead of what was said in the written word. Jesus said it well, when he said to follow all the things they tell you of Moses and God’s commands but don’t do their man made written laws, for even they don’t follow them. He was instructing the people in his audience and the future generations, and much of what He came to correct was of the teachings that had been forgotten and replaced with emphasis on washings and rituals…and leaving the sick, poor, widows and orphans to go without. He called them out on their sabbath rules when they accused him of breaking them by healing the sick on the sabbath. He said they make laws making the new converts more of a candidate of hell then themselves. These are the false shepherd examples. There are yet, many good shepherds, but many have fallen away teaching things of men and not of God. We all have witnessed this some first handed, and most all on televised programs. There are good shepherds on TV, and many false misguided ones. We are each responsible for our own choices in what to think, feel and do. This is the emphasis and where the Holy Spirit guides us. In my understanding anyway. And as I grow I see how the Lord answers, protects, and guides more clearly and my relationship becomes stronger and know when I am wandering off much faster.
We should keep open the possibility that the apostles spoke Hebrew, not Aramaic or some Galilean language. I agree that they likely did not speak Greek.