“Theophilus”
(kratistos)
'A Roman of high
rank'!
'Book of Acts'
Few biblical books
are as misused as the Book of Acts.
Denominations have
collected their distinctive and divisive teachings from their interpretation of
them,
of what to do but
also what not to do.
We cannot properly
interpret the Book of Acts by merely teaching the experiences the apostles had.
We must experience
the things they taught.
The apostles taught
out of their experiences, and we ought to do the same thing.
When the apostles
experienced something early in the church age, yet later taught contrary
principles,
we must realize God
does not desire us to practice that today.
For example, the
apostles cast lots in Acts 1;
we should not, for
we possess the inner leading of God’s Spirit
(Rom. 8:14, 26-27;
Gal. 5:18).
The early church
shared all things communally (chapters 2 and 4).
We are instructed to
be faithful stewards who freely and cheerfully share (2 Cor. 9:6-8).
Some regard the
absence of musical instruments in Acts as a mandate to exclude them from church
services today.
The apostles do not
so instruct us.
Some teach us to
receive the Holy Spirit as (in Acts 2); others, as (in Acts 10).
The apostles teach,
however, that everyone who receives Christ also receives the Spirit
(Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor.
12:13; Eph. 1:13; 1 John 3:24; 4:13).
“We must not make
the tragic spiritual mistake of ‘teaching the experiences of the apostles,’
but rather
‘experience the teachings of the apostles’ ”
Hell was not made
for Humans.
Humans made 'Hell
for Humans'!
Hell was made while
'Lucifer was being casted out of Heaver'
while it was being
made for 'Lucifer and his follower angels'!
Hell had to be made
larger to include,
'humans wishing to
enter it'!
Please think about
that?
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