This chapter is an eye opener for me being a novice to the bible. I 've read it time and time again to remind myself that Jesus Christ forgives everyone regardless of his her sins. He wants us to repent and turn to him in faith. I believe that he forgave me of my sins when I got baptized a couple of weeks ago. Now all I have to do is have faith, trust him, and do everything that is good in his sight and he will guide me. Having a relationship with Jesus Christ is an exciting part of my new life.
Oluymi... Romans 3 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God What that tells me is that "no one " is worthy of the Grace of Jesus Christ but because of His great sacrifice our sins are covered. Also only Christ has the authority to judge each of us. No matter who we are or how we are born and died. 2 Corinthians 5 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 1 Samuel 16 7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature because I have refused him for the Lord seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
Can someone who has always been doing good and has never sinned? But did not beleive or know Christ go to Heaven. For examples people that were born and die immediately these people did not accept Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savious. Some were born disabled always doing good. Did not accept Christ as there Lord and Saviour.
It tells us that GOD has a plan and purpose for everyone.Never mind if you are still a sinner GOD can still can use you in a mighty way.GOD can take a nobody and make him somebody.It tells us that there is hope for everyone of us.We were bought at a price through the sacrifice and shedding of jesus blood.It tells us that our beginning of days are filled with evil deeds but once we receive CHRIST as our Lord and saviour our latter days are filled with good deeds.
Casmir Nsabimana (in Bujumbura) on Acts 9 - 10 years ago
Acts9 verse 3 to 5 As He appeared to Moses in the thick light, likewise he appeared to Saul going to Damascus. Saul had been taught about the Lord our God how He was appearing to different people like Moses for example. That 's why when he saw the light from heaven he immediately noticed the presence of the Lord. Then he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? In verse 5 he asks Who art thou, Lord? The answer is "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest " In others words, this Jesus who appeared to Saul, i the same Jesus who appeared to Moses. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, God of us all who beleive that we are sons of Abraham by the promise.
hi people of GOD my comment here is as we live this life what type of life are we living because Dorcas was a very good woman that why people was crying for her please child of GOD as we live let us not just live for nothing but to a life of remembrance to the glory of God
Peter raised Dorcas from Joppa from the dead. Peter stays with Simon, a tanner. For a law keeping Jew of that time, it was strictly forbidden to associate with anyone who routinely worked with dead animals. Cornelius, a God serving Roman centurion, is told by an angel to go to Peter. Cornelius goes to Joppa. Peter has a trance, in which a sheet comes down from heaven. The sheet has all kinds of clean and unclean animals on it. The Lord invites him to eat, and Peter refuses, saying he has never touched anything unclean. This happens three times, and the sheet reascends to heaven. After the vision, Peter is called by messengers to Caesarea to meet Cornelius. Cornelius falls down to worship Peter, but Peter says that he is merely a man. Peter keeps company with Cornelius, despite the fact it is forbidden for a Jew to do so. At Cornelius house, Peter preaches the risen Christ, and emphasises that all may be accepted by him. The Holy Spirit descends on the gentiles, who begin speaking in tongues, and are baptised. The Jews present are amazed.
D. Gray the book of Act,s is a reminder that the book of the Revelation chapter 8 and 9 will be comeing to pass soon.so every body should watch and pray no money or job,s will be needed.but love joy and peace comes from Jesus Christ if you have this you are blessed I love you all do not forget about our brother STEPHEN IN THE BOOK OF ACTS.LOVE YOU WOMEN STAY TRUE TO CHARST.this ones is for you with love PROVERBS 31 1 31
this chapter tells us that God He is able to do anything bcouse saul known as a person who prosecute Saints but now God made him his versels for goodnews Meaning God doesnt care what did you do inpast but He look on future
Acts 9 shows us how merciful the Lord is to choose Saul and make him Paul and use him so mightily for the glory of HIS name It also encourages us that no matter now bad a person seems to be he is never too far from the grip of the Lord and thus we should continue to pray for anyone who yet does not know the Lord no matter how impossible it seems to us We have to keep believing and praying
anyone who fights God's people will surely encounter God's wrath I mean God's people I believe Lord Jesus could have dealt with him beyond how he suffer for the same Gospel he oppose but being the merciful Lord he permitted him to change just as he expects you and I to still change our ways or perfect it
(This is my response to Dom Di Stroia's comment 8/12/2013 at 4:47pm on Acts Chapter 9):
Our Lord Jesus Christ was saying upon "THIS ROCK" I will build "MY CHURCH" ( Matthew 16:18). That spiritual "ROCK" was "CHRIST" ( 1 Corinthians 10:4). Therefore, HE meant to say upon "MYSELF" I will build "MY CHURCH". That Church which He built is none other but the "HOUSE of GOD", which is the "CHURCH of the LIVING GOD", the "PILLAR and GROUND of the TRUTH" ( 1Timothy 3:15). That "TRUTH" is our "LORD JESUS CHRIST" ( John 14:6). That "TRUTH" is the "WORD" of GOD ( John 17:17). That "WORD" was "MADE FLESH" ( John 1:14). But "BEFORE" the "WORD" was "MADE FLESH" HE "was" "GOD" ( John 1:1). If you understand the greatness of the "MYSTERY" of His "GODLINESS" ( 1Timothy 3:16) therefore there is no doubt that you belong to the "CHURCH" that "JESUS CHRIST" built upon "HIMSELF" because you also believe the "TRUTH". It was written in In Colossians 3:1-2, "If ye then be "RISEN" with "CHRIST", seek those things which are "ABOVE", where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things "ABOVE", not on things on the earth.
(This is my response to Archange's comment dated 3/11/2013 at 1:41pm and also to Susan Dalton's comment dated 9/21/2011 at 2:14pm on Acts Chapter 9 about verse 15-16):
Understand the wisdom about the WATER and the VESSEL.. The VESSEL represents the SOUL.. Our Lord JESUS CHRIST represents the WATER OF LIFE.. Those who believed in Him and be baptized in the "name" of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost were filled with the Holy Ghost.. Since SAUL was a chosen vessel to bear the "name" of the Lord therefore SAUL would also suffer to be persecuted for the sake of the name of the Lord just the same as how the disciples of our Lord were being persecuted. That was what our Lord Jesus Christ meant by saying, "For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake".
The Christ uses "a chosen vessel unto me" as the symbolism representing each of us. As HE was chosen so does HE even today chose us to serve HIS purpose. When we are blind HE gives us HIS vision when we are empty vessels HE fills us with the Holy Spirit. In some degree we are all like Saul broken and incomplete-you bring the message of the Christ to everyone, everywhere you go, everyday you wake-'BE the VESSEL' share The Word.
This is where the Christian church began. Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles and the first member of Christ's body. But I know that from reading the rest of the Bible.
The word is telling me when we are up to no good, God still love us. Saul had a troubled mind. He believed in God and not in Jesus, so we see what people can do when they don’t believe in Jesus and only God. They will put God's people in prison, kill God's people thinking that they are doing God's will. So we see and know that Jesus is the only way to God. Jesus knows how to bring us to him and the father in so many ways, because he knows how to catch a fish. We in so many ways know how to catch fish to eat, thank God for saving Saul and Isaiah and all that call on the name of Jesus. Maybe advise Oprah and all those who believe that there are other ways to God that there is no other way to God except through Jesus Christ.
Acts 9:5 considered a strong message to all who think that, they can deal against the divine will, to all who they deal against the divine truth, a strong message to all who feel weakness, to all who are hesitant.
to Hypocrites, to the blind leaders, to all who trade in the soul and the humanity under the name of the church or through pretense by false faith.
What does Jesus think of Paul? "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." Acts 9:15-16.( Acts 9:1-31.
My opinion of Acts 9 is that of "faith". These scriptures talk in references to having faith in Jesus christ. If you surrender your life, heart, mind, soul, spirit, and body to Christ he is faithful to fullfill your requests and desires as they fit in his plans for your life. Jesus raised Tabitha from the dead, just as he made the paralytic to walk. God is no respector of persons he not only brought Tabitha back from the grave but he in fact brought Lazareth back from the dead. God is revealing himself to his disciples as well as the people surrounding them believer and non-believers alike. Just as Christ did in those days, he too will raise one from the grave if it is his desire. Jesus' grace and mercy did not start or stop in the book of Acts. The bible tells us about all the Christ did while he reined on Earth. After being betrayed by the "kiss of Judas". Jesus was raised from the dead and came back to make a way for me and you to be saved...I am a sinner saved by grace. Thank you Jesus that you loved me this much (my arms spread wide)
Our Lord Jesus Christ was saying upon "THIS ROCK" I will build "MY CHURCH" ( Matthew 16:18). That spiritual "ROCK" was "CHRIST" ( 1 Corinthians 10:4). Therefore, HE meant to say upon "MYSELF" I will build "MY CHURCH". That Church which He built is none other but the "HOUSE of GOD", which is the "CHURCH of the LIVING GOD", the "PILLAR and GROUND of the TRUTH" ( 1Timothy 3:15). That "TRUTH" is our "LORD JESUS CHRIST" ( John 14:6). That "TRUTH" is the "WORD" of GOD ( John 17:17). That "WORD" was "MADE FLESH" ( John 1:14). But "BEFORE" the "WORD" was "MADE FLESH" HE "was" "GOD" ( John 1:1). If you understand the greatness of the "MYSTERY" of His "GODLINESS" ( 1Timothy 3:16) therefore there is no doubt that you belong to the "CHURCH" that "JESUS CHRIST" built upon "HIMSELF" because you also believe the "TRUTH". It was written in In Colossians 3:1-2, "If ye then be "RISEN" with "CHRIST", seek those things which are "ABOVE", where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things "ABOVE", not on things on the earth.
Understand the wisdom about the WATER and the VESSEL.. The VESSEL represents the SOUL.. Our Lord JESUS CHRIST represents the WATER OF LIFE.. Those who believed in Him and be baptized in the "name" of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost were filled with the Holy Ghost.. Since SAUL was a chosen vessel to bear the "name" of the Lord therefore SAUL would also suffer to be persecuted for the sake of the name of the Lord just the same as how the disciples of our Lord were being persecuted. That was what our Lord Jesus Christ meant by saying, "For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake".
If this is where the Christian church began, of what value are the Law of Moses, the Judgement of the Prophets, and the Doctrine of Jesus?
to Hypocrites, to the blind leaders, to all who trade in the soul and the humanity under the name of the church or through pretense by false faith.