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| 1 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 01) Introduction | 4201 | What is the Book of Acts about? Is all about the biographies of church heroes, the spread of the Gospel, the model of the New Testament church, or sermons or revivals or missions? Ed labors to show from the first two verses of the book the purpose for which God gave it: to see the continuation of the acts of the Apostle--the risen and ascended Lord Jesus Christ--through His new body--the Church. | Ed Miller | Acts_01Introduction.mp3 | Acts 1:1-2 | ||||||
| 2 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 02) Introduction Pt. 2 | 4201 | What Jesus continues to do in Acts is what He does today. The miracles in Acts are both familiar (that Jesus is the source) and unfamiliar (greater works through His body). The two contrasting titles of Jesus--Lord and the Nazarene--contrast His glory and sufferings now through His people. | Ed Miller | Acts_02Introduction.mp3 | Acts 1 - 2 | ||||||
| 3 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 03) Chapter 1:1-11 | 4201 | These first 11 verses prepare us for the rest of Acts in 4 ways: 1) announcing the theme, 2) calling attention to the three Persons of the Godhead, 3) verse 8 as the key verse, and 4) opens the ministry of the risen Savior. Acts 1:8 lays stress on who we are versus what we do and points to "all the dynamite of heaven"--the Person of the Holy Spirit--is within us to fulfill the Great Commission! Ed concludes by sharing how the ascension of Jesus has contributed to his Christian life. | Ed Miller | Acts_03Chapter1_1-11.mp3 | Acts 1:1-11 | ||||||
| 4 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 04) Chapter 1 - Pre-Pentecost | 4201 | Ed revisits the first 11 verses, keying on verse 7 about the warning against setting dates and knowing the future in advance. The "reoffering" of Jesus as Messiah to the Jews was met with increasing rejection: mocking (chapter 2), threatening (chapter 4), beating (chapter 5) and finally murder (chapter 7). The message ends with 5 simple observations about chapter 1. | Ed Miller | Acts_04Chapter_1_Pre-Pentecost.mp3 | Acts 1 | ||||||
| 5 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 05) Final Preparation For Pentecost | 4201 | Prayer and studying the Scriptures lays the foundation of how God will guide His people in the future (no longer by lots). The safeguard of taking verses out of context was the 120 praying Christians all in one accord. The glory of the old temple to radiate Christ will be replaced in the true temple, the Church, having the wonder of the imparted Life--God Himself living in us! | Ed Miller | Acts_05Final_Preparation_For_Pentecost.mp3 | Acts 1:15-26 | ||||||
| 6 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 06) Pentecost | 4201 | What is the abiding lesson of Pentecost? The wind teaches: "I am coming in great power"; the tongue: "I am coming to communicate"; and the fire: "I am coming to indwell". The greatest miracle God ever did was coming down to indwell His people! | Ed Miller | Acts_06Pentecost.mp3 | Acts 2:1-11 | ||||||
| 7 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 07) Peter's Sermon On Pentecost | 4201 | A true preacher is not a preacher; the Lord is the preacher. In Peter's sermon on the day of Pentecost, Jesus was both the theme and the invitation. The prominent powers in New Testament days that influenced society--religion, military and culture--resisted the invitation to make Jesus preeminent. | Ed Miller | Acts_07Peters_Sermon_On_Pentecost.mp3 | Acts 2:12-39 | ||||||
| 8 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 08) The Baby Church | 4201 | The Church is people--who you are, not where you go. The birth of the church started what began the "battle for truth in the Jewish temple" up until God settled the whole issue with Titus' destruction of it in 70 AD. The church in its infancy had at least 5 characteristics, including a hunger for instruction, loving one another and prayer. | Ed Miller | Acts_08TheBabyChurch.mp3 | Acts 2:40-47 | ||||||
| 9 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 09) Chapters 3-4 - The Lame Man | 4201 | What is the issue behind this miracle of the healing of the lame man at Gate Beautiful? The reality behind it--the Name of Jesus--is what got the religious so upset. The redemptive history gives an object lesson of the overview of all the church history, where the crippled man represents the whole wide world sitting outside the church, occasionally thrown a coin by the parade of worshippers, but truly ministered to by the remnant who have learned the secret of the indwelling Christ. | Ed Miller | Acts_09The_lame_man_ch3_4.mp3 | Acts 3 | ||||||
| 10 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 10) The Persecuted Church | 4201 | God uses persecution in a mighty way, as evidenced by the five persecutions in the first 12 chapters of Acts. "Anything that drives us to the Lord," comforts Ed, "has to be good in the final analysis." The recorded prayer of the saints in chapter 4 are marked by resting on the creative power of a sovereign God and almost all praise instead of petition. | Ed Miller | Acts_10ThePersecutedChurch.mp3 | Acts 4 - 12 | ||||||
| 11 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 11) Ananias and Sapphira | 4201 | All three miracles (the supernatural death of Ananias and Sapphira, the mass healings in Peter's shadow, and the angelic deliverance from prison) had an effect on the home-born Jew. Ed proposes that the severity of the judgment against Ananias and his wife came when God was establishing a new order on the earth. It is at those critical junctures that miracles are clustered together along with judgements that are unusually overt and severe. | Ed Miller | Acts_11Trinity_Ananias_Sapphira.mp3 | Acts 4:36-5:16 | ||||||
| 12 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 12) Chapter 5 - Picture Of The Church | 4201 | The picture of the channels that Christ manifests through are ones the are real (contrasted with Ananias & Sapphira), walk in the light (their shadow implies the wonderful influence of a life), and live in freedom. People are not attracted to us but are attracted to the Christ in us; they want to get into our "shadow". | Ed Miller | Acts_12PictureOfTheChurch.mp3 | Acts 5 | ||||||
| 13 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 13) Introduction To Stephen | 4201 | The imprisoned apostles experienced two miraculous deliverances--one by an angel and another by an avowed enemy. God's selection of deacons was His solution to disunity, showing that all Christians--and all Christian workers--are on level ground. God used the deacon Stephen to draw a dividing line between Judaism and the church, that "new wine" must be put into a "new wineskin". | Ed Miller | Acts_13IntroToStephen.mp3 | Acts 5:27 - 6:6 | ||||||
| 14 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 14) Stephen's Vision | 4201 | Stephen is the first one who got a taste of his identity in Christ. A Christian is one who stands under an open heaven and seeing a glorified Savior. Stephen was God's picture of a complete Christian, full of the Spirit, wisdom, faith and power, and what we can expect when we see an exalted Christ. | Ed Miller | Acts_14StephensVision.mp3 | Acts 6:7 - 6:60 | ||||||
| 15 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 15) Stephen Triumphant In Living | 4201 | Stephen caught the heavenly vision that new wine has to be put in a new wineskin. The old skin (Judaiam) stresses the physical more than the spiritual (they could only see history in Abraham, Joseph and Moses where Stephen saw Jesus). Stephen looked like Jesus--he was full of the Holy Spirit, accused of the same things, killed outside the city, and died with a loud voice and forgiveness on his lips. | Ed Miller | Acts_15StephenTriumphantLiving.mp3 | Acts 6:7 - 6:60 | ||||||
| 16 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 16) Stephen Triumphant In Dying | 4201 | Stephen's triumphant death shows Christ's victory over man's most unsolvable problem in its most aggravated form. The open heavens illustrates that a person looking to Christ is aware of two worlds at the same time. Among other truths, Stephen's death was redemptive - Paul came to the Lord through it! | Ed Miller | Acts_16StephenTriumphantInDying.mp3 | Acts 6:55-60 | ||||||
| 17 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 17) Chapters 8-11 - Jews and Gentiles | 4201 | The Book of Acts is not a whole bunch of Sunday school stories but a progressive unveiling of God's breaking down the wall of division between Jew and Gentile. With each group being converted, God gradually got away from saving purebred Jews to full fledged Gentiles at Antioch. | Ed Miller | Acts_17Jews_Gentiles.mp3 | Acts 8 - 11 | ||||||
| 18 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 18) Saul's Conversion Pt. 1 | 4201 | Christ in you will do what Christ did in Paul. The conversion of Saul of Tarsus occupies the most inspired space of any event in the whole New Testament (except for the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus). Ed's introduction lesson lays the groundwork for the model conversion and the model pattern for all Christians. | Ed Miller | Acts_18Sauls_Conversion.mp3 | Acts 9 | ||||||
| 19 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 19) Saul's Conversion Pt. 2 | 4201 | Every truth of real conversion is found in Paul's illustration. True conversion is: 1) A matter of pure grace, 2) A revelation of Christ that leads to a decision, 3) Accompanied by the humbling of man, and 4) Acknowledges the lordship of Jesus Christ. | Ed Miller | Acts_19Sauls_Conversion.mp3 | Acts 9, 22 | ||||||
| 20 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 20) Saul's Conversion Pt. 3 | 4201 | One thing that is always true about real conversion is transformation of vision. Once you see Jesus in reality, you'll never see the same way again. Ed shares numerous other precious observations how Paul's conversion is a model conversion for all conversions. | Ed Miller | Acts_20Sauls_Conversion.mp3 | Acts 9, 22 | ||||||
| 21 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 21) Philip: The Model Evangelist | 4201 | Philip as a model evangelist illustrates 4 principles of evangelism: 1) a true evangelist is available for the masses or for one person, 2) swiftness to obey the Holy Spirit, 3) willingness to let somebody else be used, and 4) a heart of hospitality. On the negative side, Simon the sorcerer serves as a warning against imitation, personal advancement, and remorse not repentance. | Ed Miller | Acts_21PhilipModelEvangelist.mp3 | Acts 8:4-40, Acts 21: 8-9 | ||||||
| 22 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 22) Barnabas | 4201 | Barnabas is God's illustration of the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, the one who comes beside and supports. Ed shares how this man with a giant heart, always for the underdog, lived to bring comfort and consolation to the Body of Christ. | Ed Miller | Acts_22Barnabus.mp3 | Acts 4:36-37, Acts 11:19-26 | ||||||
| 23 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 23) Chapter 12 - Deliverance | 4201 | Ed shares several principles of deliverance. Deliverance must be in terms of the perfect will of God. James was killed but Peter was delivered. If your heart is set on the will of God, it won't matter of God delivers you from or God delivers you through. | Ed Miller | Acts_23Chpter12_Deliverance.mp3 | Acts 12:1-11 | ||||||
| 24 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 24) Chapter 10 - Cornelius | 4201 | The Italian centurion Cornelius is God's model how He deals with all sinners. God will respond to the seeking heart, no matter where they are. God gives additional light to the one who is seeking, whether it be saved or unsaved. | Ed Miller | Acts_24Trinity_Cornelius.mp3 | Acts 10 | ||||||
| 25 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 25) Antioch: The Model Church | 4201 | The fifth line of preparation is the ministry of the model church at Antioch. If you want to compare a church with God's original blueprint, we must turn away from Jerusalem (though itr had many wonderful qualities) to the church that God built: Antioch. Another chief characteristic was their Christ-centeredness, first called Christians and preaching Christ to everybody as they ministered first unto the Lord. | 2002-10-17 | Ed Miller | Acts_25Antioch_The_Model_Church.mp3 | Acts 11:19-26, 13:1-2 | |||||
| 26 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 26) Antioch: The Model Church Conclusion | 4201 | Another chief characteristic of God's model church was their marvelous unity; they were one in heart in everything. A closing characteristic was their overflowing of unselfish love, as illustrated by their generous giving to the famine-stricken saints in Jerusalem. | Ed Miller | Acts_26Conclusion_To_Church_At_Aticoch.mp3 | Acts 11:19-30, 13:1-2 | ||||||
| 27 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 27) Chapter 13:1-12 Paphos | 4201 | Chapter 13 opens a new section in the book of Acts picturing Paul as the representative missionary channel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ed clears up some confusion about God's call being a call to Himself, not to a specific place or work. The first of five places under the spotlight of the Holy Spirit in this first missionary journey is Paphos on the island of Cyprus. We learn that the way to combat Satan's attacks is not by fighting error but committing it to the hand of the Lord to show the seeker the blindness of that false teacher. | Ed Miller | Acts_27Chap13_6-12_Paphos.mp3 | Acts 13:1-12 | ||||||
| 28 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 28) Chapter 13:14-51 Discord & Jealousy | 4201 | The departure of John Mark from the missionary journey was the second attack of Satan--sowing seeds of disunity. The great sermon at Antioch of Pisidia and the results that followed illustrate that great rest that Paul and Barnabas enjoyed in the sovereignty of God. | Ed Miller | Acts_28Chap13_13_Discard_13_14-51_Jealousy.mp3 | Acts 13:14-51 | ||||||
| 29 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 29) Chapter 13: Jealousy & Sovereignty | 4201 | How did Satan oppose the worldwide spread of the gospel? Ed expands upon the false teacher (Paphos) and the seeds of discord among the brethren (Pamphylia) and jealous men and women at Antioch at Pisidia. The hungrier we are for Christ, the safer we are. | Ed Miller | Acts_29Jealousy_Sovareiqnty.mp3 | Acts 13, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, Matthew 5:6 | ||||||
| 30 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 30) Iconium & Lystra | 4201 | Satan's fourth attack on the spread of the gospel is physical attack and persecution, as at Iconium and Lystra. Satan pulled out his big gun at Lystra: spiritual pride--treating the ministers as if they were gods. God's counterattack to pride is a revelation of the Lord, as he experience (many think) being caught up into the third heavens as a result of the stoning there. | Ed Miller | Acts_30Iconium_Lystra.mp3 | Acts 13:51 - 14:22, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 | ||||||
| 31 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 31) The Jerusalem Council | 4201 | The first missionary furlough and first church council are good models to apply God's age abiding principles. The first epistle of the New Testament came as a result of the Jerusalem council; its basic message consisted of the liberty of the Gentiles but not a liberty that violates the moral law of God. The essential error combatted here was supplementing Christ, for to supplement Christ is to change Him completely. | Ed Miller | Acts_31The_Jerusalem_Concil.mp3 | Acts 14:27 - 15:29, Galatians 2:1-6 | ||||||
| 32 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 32) Introduction To 2nd Missionary Journey | 4201 | The sovereign God is ruling the good and overruling the evil, and guidance is just living. God guides those whose hearts are not on guidance but the Guide. Ed points out the first two principles of guidance on this second missionary journey: disagreeing with a brother and responding properly to an annoying person. | Ed Miller | Acts_32Intro_2nd_Missionary_Journey.mp3 | Acts 15:36 - 16:34 | ||||||
| 33 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 33) Chapter 16 - Guidance | 4201 | Another principle of guidance is that one guided by the Lord doesn't despise the day of small beginnings. God's missionary channels don't need to make a "big splash" amisdt huge crowds. The forth principle of guidance is setting one's heart to delight in the Lord. "Men who delight in the Lord," says Ed, "cannot be imprisoned." | Ed Miller | Acts_33Guidance.mp3 | Acts 16 | ||||||
| 34 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 34) Chapter 17 - Guidance Continued | 4201 | This second missionary journey focuses on the unique guidance these people had. The fifth principle of guidance is that God guides His missionary channels to be all things to all men. Paul, as a channel of redemption, was "rightly flexible" without compromising the truth. | Ed Miller | Acts_34Guidance.mp3 | Acts 17, 1 Corinthians 9:22 | ||||||
| 35 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 35) Chapters 13-18 - Results Of Guidance | 4201 | How do we be all things to intellectuals? At Athens Paul appealed to "primary truth" (everybody believes it) and went after the will. Anyone being guided by the Lord can expect to be encouraged with fruit, supernatural lifetime friends, and having all needs met. | Ed Miller | Acts_35Results_Of_Guidance.mp3 | Acts 13 - 18, Psalm 25:15 | ||||||
| 36 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 36) Conclusion To 2nd Missionary Journey | 4201 | Paul had faced many adversities and hardships before, but at Corinth he needed a special word from God not to fear. God will give me a word when I need it to energize me to continue on in the work of the Lord. | Ed Miller | Acts_36Contd_To_2nd_Missionary_Journey.mp3 | Acts 18:1-11 | ||||||
| 37 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 37) Chapters 18:23-21:16 - The Whole Counsel Of God | 4201 | While in the first missionary journey the Holy Spirit emphasized the enemies of redemption and in the second missionary journey the messengers of redemption, the third focuses upon the message of redemption. Ed generally observes how Ephesus held a prominent place and the constant emphasis on the complete message--the whole counsel of God. | Ed Miller | Acts_37The_Whole_Counsel_Of_God.mp3 | Acts 18:23-21:16 | ||||||
| 38 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 38) The 3rd Missionary Journey | 4201 | As the messengers of redemption go out with the full message (i.e., the fragrance of Christ), the full message always brings a 2-fold response: riot or revival. The three climactic miracles speak of the circle of influence keep getting greater and greater (Paul's handkerchiefs) and the resurrection power needed to hear the whole complete message (raising of Eutychus). | 2003-02-20 | Ed Miller | Acts_38The_3rd_Missionary_Journeies.mp3 | Acts 18 - 20, 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 | |||||
| 39 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 39) The 3rd Missionary Journey Continued | 4201 | The burning of the books at Ephesus is a moral miracle that ties in with the theme of the third missionary journey of the complete message of redemption. The fire illustrated the public testimony of the new life inside. NOTE: only first 31 minutes of this message were recorded. | 2003-04-17 | Ed Miller | Acts_39Third_Missionary_Journey_Cont.mp3 | Acts 19:11-20 | |||||
| 40 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 40) Paul's Decision to go to Jerusalem | 4201 | The Christians who warned Paul, Ed remarks, had an incomplete message; Paul had the complete message from the Lord. These sections teach us that we must be willing to act on any clear word from the Lord and be unafraid of the cross. "If there's a word," Ed concludes, "act on it; if there's no word, don't court trouble." | Ed Miller | Acts_40Pauls_Decision_to_go_to_Jerusalem.mp3 | Acts 20:1-3, 21:1-14 | ||||||
| 41 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 41) Paul's Vow | 4201 | A legalist is a believer who is zealous for the law and is an incomplete Christian. How does Paul, the model of the complete Christian, deal with Christian brothers living with an incomplete message? It was his responsibility to "shave his head" as a way of loving hearted forebearance to demonstrate that he is not against the incomplete message but for the complete one. | Ed Miller | Acts_41Pauls_Vow.mp3 | Acts 21:15-30, Romans 15:25-27 | ||||||
| 42 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 42) Paul Meets Ephesian Elders | 4201 | The first characteristic of the model Christian is that he is a broken vessel through whom the life of Christ is manifested. Paul looks so much like Jesus because it is Jesus living in Paul! The second characteristic is faithfulness to give tearful warnings. The third characteristic is being free from covetousness. | Ed Miller | Acts_42Paul_Meets_Ephesian_Elders.mp3 | Acts 20:16-38 | ||||||
| 43 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 43) Chapters 21-28 - Prisoner Of Christ | 4201 | These last chapters in Acts bring to a climax the complete Christian and the complete message. "The Lord Jesus will be sailing the stormy sea of life through His prisoner," Ed remarks, "and He will bringing miracles and life to the ends of the earth." The prisoner of Christ is a free man who becomes increasingly open to things that are "supernaturally natural" (i.e., God's sovereignty in the everyday circumstances of life). | Ed Miller | Acts_43Prisoner_Of_Christ.mp3 | Acts 21 - 28 | ||||||
| 44 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 44) Chapter 24 - Sheep Among Wolves | 4201 | What people can you expect to meet as a prisoner of Christ? Tertullus the lawyer will be there to lie about your reputation and misrepresent your character. Felix will be there to drain you of your time, money and energy. | Ed Miller | Acts_44Sleep_among_Wolves.mp3 | Acts 24 | ||||||
| 45 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 45) Chapter 25 - Sheep Among Wolves (Continued) | 4201 | What people can you expect to meet as a prisoner of Christ? Festus are those who hate you without a cause and are the mockers. The King Agrippas are those who meet you with pride and arrogance. | Ed Miller | Acts_45Sleep_Among_Wolves.mp3 | Acts 25 | ||||||
| 46 | New Testament Books | Church History | Acts | (Acts 46) Chapters 27-28 - Conclusion | 4201 | The real ministry is when Christ ministers in the life of the prisoner of Christ behind the scenes," Ed concludes. God has a silent witness by the storms that blow into your life and you have peace, when Satan strikes you and you don't fall down dead, and when you are chained and still have joy! | Ed Miller | Acts_46Conclusion.mp3 | Acts 27 - 28 |