Satan - The Biggest Scammer in History - sermon
Volume 4, Number 26Your browser does not support the audio element.Today’s study is a message I presented at the West Valley Grace Fellowship on Sunday, October 8, 2017. The following link should take you to the recording on our church’s web site:https://soundcloud.com/user-854534204/the-biggest-scammer-in-history-eph-21-3If this link will not work by clicking on it, try copying and pasting it in your browser. Or, you can go to our church website, http://www.westvalleygf.com/Home_Page.php and go to the “listen to sermons” section and click on the October 8, 2017 message.Please let me know if you have any trouble finding and/or listening to this recording, or if you have any... Continue reading →
Peter's Kingdom Gospel To Paul and Barnabas Gospel of Grace
Volume 4, Number 25“Believe” in Acts - Part 9 - Occasions 13 & 14:Our last study examined a series of four events in Acts that picture the transition from the Gospel of the Kingdom that God promised Israel in the Old Testament, taught by Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry and presented by Peter and the 12 Apostles at Pentecost --- to the Gospel of the Grace of God that the Lord Jesus Christ from Heaven committed to the Apostle Paul for Gentiles as well as Jews. The last of the four events we examined in the last study involved the Jewish leaders... Continue reading →
Micacles By Peter to the Saving of Cornelius
Volume 4, Number 24Believe in Acts, Part 8 - the Gospels of the Kingdom Then & Future & the Grace of God for almost 2000 years:Our last study referenced the 10th occasion of the word “believe” in the book of Acts, i.e., 9:36 - 42 where many believed in the Lord in the area around Joppa after the Apostle Peter was used to raise from the dead a Jewish woman named Tabitha, also known as Dorcas. Today we’ll visit that incident again, but this time consider it in relation to the miracle recorded immediately prior to it and what is recorded immediately after... Continue reading →
Men & Women Named In Acts - List of those raised from Dead
Volume 4, Number 23Believe in Acts, Part 7 - The Three women in Acts 1 - 9:In the first nine chapters of Acts the Apostle Peter stands out prominently as God’s representative to the Jews in the Pentecostal church in Jerusalem. Many men are mentioned by name in these chapters while only three women are named. None of the women preached the Gospel of the Kingdom and only four men are named as doing so:•Peter is named 12 times in the first nine chapters of Acts as having preached, judged, used to the heal the sick and blessed people with the Holy Spirit,•John... Continue reading →
Numbers in Acts - Peter & Paul
Volume 4, Number 22Believe in Acts, Part 6 - Significant Numbers:Continuing our study of the Greek word “Pisteuo,” normally translated “believe” in the New Testament (NT), found most frequently in the Gospel of John (100) and second most often in Acts (39). Why 39? We’ve studied the first 8 occurrences in Acts and found they reference Jews who believed the Gospel of the Kingdom preached by Christ’s 12 Apostles. That Gospel is encapsulated in Peter’s sermon to the Jews in the Temple: “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from... Continue reading →
The Etheopian Eunich & the Gospel of the Kingdom
Volume 4, Number 21Believe in Acts, Part 5 - The Gospel of the Kingdom Proclaimed:We’ve been studying the use of the Greek word “Pisteuo” in the book of Acts where it is translated “believe” 38 times and “believer” once and so far have observed that the believers alluded to in the first chapters of Acts were Jews who believed Jesus was their Messiah. From Jesus’ teaching, they understood the next thing to happen would be the Tribulation period, followed by Jesus Christ’s Second Coming, i.e., His return to establish His Kingdom on earth, Matthew 24:3 - 44; Mark 13:3 - 37; Luke 21:7... Continue reading →
The vain belief of Simon
Volume 4, Number 20Vol 4 - No 20, March 27, 2017Believe in Acts, Part 4 - Vain Belief:We’ve been studying each occurrence of the Greek word “pisteuo,” translated “believe” in the book of Acts and now arrive at the 5th and 6th occurrences thereof in chapter 8, about a man who believed - but he really didn’t. Chapter 8 begins with Saul giving consent to the stoning death of Stephen and generally creating havoc by entering the homes of Jews who believed Jesus was their Messiah and carrying them away to prison, Acts 8:1 - 3. But God had a purpose even in... Continue reading →
Israel's revealed program vs. Paul's secret program
Volume 4, Number 19Believe in Acts, Part 3 - Israel’s Revealed Program vs Paul’s Secret Program - The transition in Acts:Your browser does not support the audio element.Today's Faith Study was presented as a sermon last Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 10:30 AM at West Valley Grace Fellowship. It is titled "Israel's Revealed Program" vs "Paul's Secret Program." In this study I tried to demonstrate that although the Gospel the Lord Jesus Christ revealed to the Apostle Paul was God’s secret until He revealed it to Paul, nevertheless God used His dealings with Israel as types or shadows of the Gospel of Grace... Continue reading →
Jerusalem Temple necessary for Israel's Kingdom Gospel
Volume 4, Number 18Believe in Acts, Part 2 - Israel and Their Temple in Jerusalem:The third time the Greek word “pisteuo,” translated “believe” is used in Acts is in the context of additional believers being added to the Jewish Pentecostal church. That church met on Solomon’s porch in the Temple in Jerusalem and were all in one accord; many signs and wonders were done among them by the 12 Apostles to the point that people with unclean spirits were brought in from around Jerusalem to be healed and the sick were laid outside their homes, all of whom were healed when Peter’s shadow... Continue reading →
Introduction of the word "Believe" in Acts
Volume 4, Number 17Introduction to “Believe” in Acts:The Greek word Pisteuo occurs 248 times in the New Testament (NT). In the King James Version (KJV) it’s translated “believe” 239 times and with 9 various other words. It occurs most frequently in the Gospel of John at 100 with second place going to Acts where it occurs 39 times. The word “believe” describes the primary action on the part of mankind in regards to God’s Word required throughout the ages in order to be saved to eternal life. During the three years Christ was on earth God’s Word to the Jews was to repent... Continue reading →