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Acts 16:35-40. The Spirit of God will convict every man who ever mistreats a believer. No man will ever escape His convicting power. But note: repentance is up to the man. God cannot repent for the man. Repentance is the man's responsibility. And if the man does not respond to God's conviction by repenting, he will be judged and condemned eternally. God Bless.

...buried and after three days rose again from the dead according to the scriptures.
Acts 16:31, John3:16; Eph.1:7; Eph.2:8,9

Its really good

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, lean not on thine own understanding; in all thy ways acknowledge him. And he will direct thy paths."
You are trusting in man.

How happy those who believe in Christ its so amazing! Praise the Lord,

I agree totally with you. But how do we know what will come true and what wont, even after we have prayed, believed,trusted, been prophesied to about the same thing over and over have had dreams for years about the samething? I never shared the dreams with anyone a total stranger came to me in a different city and said the same it never happened.

what about the promise to rehab the harlet and saving her family?

To believe is to commit : To deposit , like you would deposit money in a bank account. I can never express the Great Goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ how that He would come to a sin sick world to save humanity : But He did and I am so very Grateful that He called me to be one of His children . It is a Great Privilege to be one of His own and to own a copy of His Holy Word !!!!!

Peter was given the keys to the kingdom of heaven which was turned down in Matthew 12:31, forgiven in Luke 23:34 and turned down again in Acts 7:51. Paul was sent to the Gentiles, Rom 11:13, Acts 9:15, 1 Tim 2:7, 2 Tim 1:11. No one asked what must I do to be SAVED in Acts 2. That question is asked and answered in Acts 16:31. Acts 2 is a Jewish message to Jews expecting the return their Messiah.

I noticed for the first time that if we are locked in any type of prison be it mental or physical,if we pray and sing praises to God... not only will we be set free but OTHERS around us that hear will ALSO be SET FREE. Thar is powerful praise God!

Paul and Silas gives us an example of the power of prayer and praise. We only need to read down to the next first, verse 16:26 to see results of prayer and praise.

Acts 16, stood out greatly I saw some amazing revelation there. Thanks for this opportunity

If we do God will ,no problem will overcome God's children

praising of faith connects Man to God.And the praising that changes evil plan to victory comes from the heart of man unto God. Praising God in holiness manifests God's power and breaks chains of evil. Children of God, let's always praise God in terms of good and trials in our lives as Paul and Silas did. Pst. Joseph Benjamin.

When we go through situations and it seems no way out if we like Paul and Silas sing praises and pray the Lord will deliver us. If we will praise the Lord for what He is doing in the situation instead of murmuring and complaining it will be a positive witness for the Lord to others and bring salvation to them.

Notice they received the Holy Spirit before water baptism in verse 44. Romans 8:26 is not speaking of speaking in tongues because it says " but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which CANNOT BE UTTERED. The Church Age saint does not have to keep himself saved because God does that Eph 1:13, 4:30, 1 Corinthians 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. If baptism is a "Command, " how are unsaved children obeying a command? An unborn child can 't obey the Fathers commands until he has been born. John 3:5 flesh is water birth. We say, her water broke. Mark 16:16 is still the gospel of the kingdom not the gospel of the grace of God. Can you drink poison and handle snakes? Acts 2:38 is to Jews see verse 5,14,22,etc. They say what must WE do? Not what must I do to be saved? Acts 16:31. Acts 22:16 says calling on the name of the Lord. Matthew 28:19 says nothing about water baptism saving anyone. The apostle never got baptized according to Acts 2:38 and all are in heaven now. It was a Jewish faith Rom 1:16 that involved signs 1Cor 1:22, 14:22. Acts transitions from Jew to Gentile, from Law to Grace. Your gospel for today is 1 Cor 15:1-4. Trust the shed blood of Jesus Christ and go to heaven. Water only gets you wet in this dispensation.

Accept salvation while it is close to you.the keeper of the prison received salvation through Christ by the hand of Paul and Silas

Praising God takes you inner tabernacle of God where all things a possible. so when next you find yourself in the chain, praising God is the key.

Many are devices of a man heart, but the council of God will always prevail. In the midst of all the accusations livid on Paul,Silas and the others keeping the faith God had to use a different means in bringing man to the full knowledge of Jesus Christ as the king of kings. Every knee will bow down coming to the full knowledge of the saving power of Jesus.

I want to study more the word of God. This is a great help to me God Bless You.

In Acts chapter 2:38 Peter was addressing Jews on the day of Pentecost, when they asked what must they do verse 37, He Peter said unto them, repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. That was the requirement of the early church. Now, turn to Acts 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words the Holy Ghost fell on them which heard words. In Acts 2:38 the Jews had to repent, be baptized everyone of them in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins in order to receive the Holy Spirit. But, Acts 10:44 they The Gentles received the Holy Spirit without being baptized. They early believers who were Jews still under the old Mosaic covenant at that time. Which was a different dispensation, were required to be water baptized to be saved. But, under the new dispensation according to the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 1 4 all that is required for salvation, "both Jews and Gentles is truly believing in the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, plus nothing. Then we will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Look Acts 16: 30-31 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said Paul and Silas Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. He did not saw they should repent and be baptize. No. all they said was believe!

- Acts 16:16The girl had a spirit of divination,this is a very deceiving spirit that witchdoctors and sangomas use.A lot of ppl are deceived coz we love to be told something true about our lives. The spirit in the girl said something that was true about Paul and Silas, but Paul recognised it as wn evil spirit and cast it out! Amen!

It brings me even closer to my high power knowing in my heart and it feeds my sole with happiness. I know he is always there for us to help us when we come to him in are troubled times. That's why I know he IS really there. When you have no one and you turn to him you find out he is real.GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!!!!!...

Praise God and have faith in our lord Jesus he will see is through .

Thank GOD for the WORD OF GOD

There is power in praising the Most High God in Heaven, Amen

No matter how big the situation is God is always bigger than any situation

In the books of Acts there are several ways that an individual is saved. The reason is Acts is a transitional book. In Acts 2 people are saved with water baptism added, in Acts 8 hands are laid, in Acts 10 they are saved before water baptism, then in Acts 16:31 believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Baptism in the name of the Lord mentioned in Acts 10 is the baptism for today. The Lord is what the Father is called in the O.T. The Lord is the name of Jesus Christ see Phil 2:11. Then the Holy Ghost is called Lord, Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Jesus name baptism of Acts 2:38 is Jewish baptism and Jews and proselytes are the only ones addressed in that chapter. Anyone preaching Acts 2:38 is preaching a false gospel for today. If you want to apply verse 38 for today why don 't you apply verse 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. Rightly divide your Bible 2 Tim 2:15 or it will divide you Hosea 6:5.

We we believe the whole bible but take in consideration to whom it is speaking. Before the cross is O.T. doctrine Heb 9:17. The verse you quoted said covet to PROPHESY. So according to that verse one should ardently want to prophesy. The speaking in tongues was needed at Corinth because Corinth see Acts 18:1 had lots of Jews see verse 2 and there was a synagoge beside the place where they were meeting and Jews require a sign 1 Cor 1:22 and tongues are for a SIGN 1 Cor 14:22. Those are verses in their context. Mark 16 and Acts 2 has baptism associated with salvation because it is the Kingdom gospel being preached by a man names Simon Peter who didn 't even know of the body of Christ mystery. This was revealed to the Apostle Paul Eph 3:1-9. They said what must WE do in Acts 2. This is as a Nation because the KINGDOM is being offered to the JEWISH NATION see Acts 3:19, Rom 11:26-29, Heb 8:8-12, Jer 31:33-34, 33:8,50:20, Dan 9:24. No one is saved like Acts 2:38 again. Acts 16:31 shows how an individual is saved. What must I do to be SAVED? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and THOU SHALT BE SAVED.

I don 't pretend to have all the answers, like some do, and I 'm not going to twist Gods word to suit my beliefs, I fear GOD to much.Faith and obedience should work hand in hand with each other, it is this faith and obedience and the power of the Holy Spirit that brings us to our Savior, and belief in Him, this is the first step to Salvation, believing in your heart, and confessing with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, Acts 16:31-- And they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And again: Romans 10:13--For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. The point I 'm making to you! is there are some who twist Gods word and spread heretical lies, that are in denial of Gods Holy word and of this sort beware! II Corinthians 11: 14 And no marvel, for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Verse " 15--Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to there works. AMEN!!