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Blood, fire, and vapor of smoke

Open Door Baptist Church

Acts 2:14-28

15 the third hour of the day: 9am

Peter is coming out of a 10-day period of intense Bible study which was what lead him to figure out that they had to replace Judas. He and the others had probably read every parchment and scripture that they had 10 times over. He is filled with the Holy SPirit, but he is also bubbling over with the word of God.

17 Peter quotes Joel 2

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

( Joel 2:28 )

Joel was echoing something prophesied by Isaiah:

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

( Isaiah 44:3 )

18 Peter quotes Joel 2

And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

( Joel 2:29 )

19 Peter quotes Joel 2

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

( Joel 2:30 )

20 Peter quotes Joel 2:31,

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

( Joel 2:31 )

The disciples have realized that a lot of scripture was written about the days in which they were living. They must be wondering if this has already happened, when Christ died on the cross. Many others would have been wondering too:


And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

( Luke 23:44 )

Was this the darkness of the great and terrible day of the Lord that had been prophesied? They no doubt remembered something else that Jesus said, and made another connection:

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

( Malachi 4:5 )

According to Jesus, John the Baptist was the prophesied coming of Elijah:

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

( Matthew 17:10-13 )

21 Peter quotes Joel 2

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

( Joel 2:32 )

25 Peter quotes Psalms 110:1

A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

( Psalms 110:1 )

26 Peter quotes Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

( Psalms 16:9 )

27 Peter quotes Psalms 16:10


For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

( Psalms 16:10 )

Is this an echo of Job? And does this again point to the time in which they are living?

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

( Job 19:25-26 )

28 Peter quotes Psalm 16 again

You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

( Psalms 16:11 )

Then he pauses for a breath.

Peter Quotes

  • Joel 2:28-32
  • Psalms 110:1
  • Psalms 16:9-11
  • Job 19:25-26

Remember Acts 1:15? And in those days Peter stood up?

He quoted

  • Psalms 41:9
  • Psalms 55:12-13
  • Jeremiah 32:6-10
  • Zechariah 11:12-13
  • Psalms 69:21, 25
  • Psalms 109:8

Jesus spoke about this, too:

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

( Matthew 10:19 )

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Speaking in Tongues

Open Door Baptist Church

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

( Acts 2:1-13 )

What is speaking in tongues?

According to our context it is speaking in foreighn languages so that you may be understood.

Why do we have language?

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

( Genesis 1:28 )

But what happened?

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

( Genesis 11:1-2 )

This was not God’s will because it didn’t fit his plan.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

( Genesis 11:7-9 )

If God has the power to confound language then he has the power to unconfound it.

So God has power over language and the ability for us to understand each other.

Jesus said this:

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

( Mark 16:15 )

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

( Matthew 24:14 )

Has this been accomplished?

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

( Mark 16:20 )

So the gospel has been preached everywhere. It is accomplished. It was done with signs following. The signs, such as speaking in tounges, were to confirm the authenticity of the apostles.

Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

(Acts 5:15 )

And then what happened?

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

( 2 Timothy 4:6-7 )

And what happened to Paul’s power to heal?

Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

( 2 Timothy 4:20 )

He didn’t have the power to heal anymore.

Do we have the power to speak in tongues?

If I were you I would be very suspicious of anyone who thinks that incoherent babble is speaking in tongues.

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Missing the Point

Danby House

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

( Isaiah 58:13-14 )

In my daily Bible reading I have just finished the book of Isaiah. I noticed that at some time in the past I had underlined a verse: the second of the two above.

Now to add some context to this I preached a sermon at Open Door Baptist Church last September called “Desires of Thine Heart.” This sermon was an attempt to understand how we can know whether or not something that we are desiring is godly and helpful, or worldly and destructive.

I think I did a reasonable job of showing how you can use godly judgment to figure out what’s going to be good for you and help you vs. what is going to bed bad for you and hinder you, but I took the long way round. I realize now that I missed the point.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

( Psalms 37:4-5 )

Instead of asking:

How do I get the desires of my heart?

I should be asking:

How do I delight myself in the Lord?

The best way to know for sure if what I desire is appropriate is not to try to figure out if my desire is appropriate. I don’t need to figure it out. If I delight myself in the Lord then he will give it to me – whatever it is.

So that brings us back to the first of the two verses which I based this sermon on. The one that I didn’t underline.

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Peter Stood Up

Open Door Baptist Church

Acts 1:12-26

12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.


And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
( Luke 24:52 )

13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Prayer, supplication and diligent Bible study.

15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

Why did Peter stand up? They had been studying the Scriptures and it was time to sum up everything that they had learned.

16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

( Psalms 41:9 )

How is this relevant? Jesus quoted this passage in John’s gospel:

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

( John 13:18 )

17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.


For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

( Psalms 55:12-13 )

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

( John 17:12 )

18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

( Matthew 27:3-10 )

19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

The prophecy may have been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, but it was not written not written. However Jeremiah did buy a field in Anathoth, not far from Jerusalem.

And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

( Jeremiah 32:6-10 )

The prophecy was written by Zechariah

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

( Zechariah 11:12-13 )

When Peter and the disciples realized that Jeremiah and Zechariah wrote 700 years before that the Potter’s field was bought for 30 pieces of silver, and that the money was cast down in the temple, then when Judas cast down the money in the temple and the priests bought the field everything must have clicked into place.

Incidentally, 30 pieces of silver was the price of blood, but Hosea paid 15 pieces of silver to buy his wife.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

( Hosea 3:2 )

20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

This is a combination of two passages from the Psalms:

1.

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

( Psalms 69:25 )

This is not the only prophecy about Christ in Psalms 69

They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

( Psalms 69:21 )

2.

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

( Psalms 109:8 )

21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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An Anchor of the Soul

Danby House

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

( Hebrews 6:18-20 )

God cannot lie.

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Where is Your Dynamite?

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. ( Acts 1:1-9 )

  1. Theophilus   theo – god; philus – lover
  2. There were 11 apostles at this time. The ascension was at Bethany, not far from Jerusalem
  3. 40 days after Easter gets us to 10 days before Pentecost, so they had to wait over a week after the ascension
  4. Told to wait at Jerusalem
  5. Pentecost: 50 days after Passover ( 7th Sunday after Easter ) Jesus was the Passover lamb
  6. Still expecting a conquering King as prophesied
  7. Power here translates the Greek word – ἐξουσίᾳ – exousia ( authority )
  8. Power here translates the Greek word – δύναμιν – dynamin ( miraculous power )* Luke 24:49
  9. Taken up as he intends to return
  10. Angelic messengers
  11. Prophesying his return

Dunamis

*Definition (miraculous) power, might, strength

*Usage (a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b) plur: powerful deeds, deeds showing (physical) power, marvelous works.

  • dýnamis
  • (from 1410/dýnamai, “able, having ability“) – properly, “ability to perform” (L-N); for the believer, power to achieve by applying the Lord’s inherent abilities. “Power through God’s ability”
  • (1411/dýnamis) is needed in every scene of life to really grow in sanctification and prepare for heaven (glorification).
  • 1411 (dýnamis) is a very important term, used 120 times in the NT.

Do we have dynamite power?

What do we have to do the get dynamite power?

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Caused to Approach

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

(Psalms 65:4) KJV

This is an outline for a message at Danby House. The word chosen occurs in a couple of Jesus’ parables: The parable of the vineyard workers in Matthew 20:1-16.

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Why Art Thou Cast Down?

Open Door Baptist Church

  1. {To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
  2. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
  3. My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
  4. When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
  5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
  6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
  7. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
  8. Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
  9. I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
  10. As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
  11. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ( Psalms 42:1-11 )

We have talked before about depression.

If the Bible is a source of wisdom and knowledge which covers all life situations, then where does it talk about depression?

We found that it is described in the Bible in a couple of ways:

  1. A spirit of heaviness ( Isaiah 61:3 )
  2. Discouragement ( Isaiah 42:4 )

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. ( Isaiah 61:3 )

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. ( Isaiah 42:3-4 )

Here we may be seeing it again described as feeling cast down. Today we would call this being downcast.

  1. (of a person’s eyes) looking downward.”her modestly downcast eyes”
  2. (of a person) feeling despondent. synonyms: despondent, disheartened, discouraged, dispirited, downhearted, low-spirited, in low spirits, hopeless, cast down, crestfallen, down, low, disconsolate, in despair, despairing, wretched, oppressed;

Disquieted isn’t in this list but it certainly is appropriate.

Being downcast means we are looking downward feeling discouraged. Depression can affect the outward appearance:

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. ( Genesis 4:1-7 )

Is it possible that Cain was depressed? Abel’s offering was better than Cain’s. Animal husbandry doesn’t happen overnight, it takes generations of breeding to produce the type of offering that God was satisfied with. What if Cain watched Abel raising his livestock for years and knew the whole time that he really wasn’t putting in the effort like Abel was?

We know when we aren’t working hard enough or applying ourselves. Then we get depressed and unmotivated and it is hard to break out of it. We may get warnings at work or poor evaluations and we have to buck up. We know what will happen if we don’t:

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. ( Hebrews 10:26-27 )

So how do we snap out of depression and get back on track?

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ( Psalms 43:1-5 )

We have to praise the Lord. This is the third time we have been able to find depression in the Bible and again we find that the cure is to praise the Lord!

  1. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise himfor the help of his countenance. ( Psalms 42:5 )
  2. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ( Psalms 42:11 )
  3. to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; ( Isaiah 61:3 )
  4. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ( Psalms 43:5 )

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By Their Occupation

Open Door Baptist Church

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. ( Acts 18:1-3 )

  1. On Paul’s second missionary journey he worked to pay his way.

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. ( 2 Corinthians 11:9 )

2. On Paul’s third missionary journey he was receiving support.

Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. ( Philippians 4:15 )

Philippi and Thessalonica are not far from each other.

For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. ( Philippians 4:16-20 )

3. The often used quote

“But my God shall supply all your need”

Was to the Philippians who were supporting Paul’s ministry. It exists within the context that God will supply the need of people who are supporting the church. This is the reason why we step out in faith and support the church: so that God can supply our every need.

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Do We Blame God?

Danby House

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. ( Job 1:22 )

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. ( Job 2:9-10 )

And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. ( Job 42:10 )

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. ( James 5:16 )