God’s Conspicuous Favor for You
References:
- The story of how I came to understand our word.
- Teaching in Myanmar
- 1 Peter?
- No. Acts!
- Jesus’ Authority, His Kingdom and
- His Commissioning of Ordinary People
- Who, with Boldness will
- Join Jesus on His Mission without Hindrance
- Acts 2:1-13
- The gift of the Holy Spirit
- The mighty works God has done
- μεγάλεῖα (megaleia) - v 11
- What was it that people were hearing in their own language?
- A doctrinal argument for faith in Jesus?
- An historical account of what God had done, like Stephen’s account in Acts 7
- A sermon like Peter’s in Acts 2:14-41?
- Or personal testimonies of God’s mighty works in the lives of each disciple?
- magnificent, excellent, splendid, wonderful
- to do great things for one (show one conspicuous favors)
- Luke 1:46-55 - the Magnificat
- v 49 - “For the Mighty One is holy, and he has done great things for me.”
- Revelation 12:10-12
- v 11 - “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony”
- v 12 - “the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.
