Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 11 GNT, Ch. 12 NCV

Podcast Introduction

It’s Gospels Saturday, and we’ll read Acts 11-12. I’m calling this episode “Sons of Thunder.”

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Summary

In Acts 12, King Herod persecutes Christians and arrests James, the brother of John, who is later executed. The narrative quickly shifts to Peter’s imprisonment and miraculous rescue by an angel. James and John were known as “Sons of Thunder,” possibly due to their passionate and impulsive nature, as seen in an incident where they wanted to call down fire on Samaritans who rejected Jesus. Acts 12 and 13 offer a glimpse into the challenges faced by early disciples and the personalities of James and John.

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Steve Webb 0:00
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Steve Webb 0:01
This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you almost live from Riverside, California podcasting since 2004. My name is Steve Webb and I’m your OG Godcaster. This episode is pre recorded since I’m on vacation, as you know, and if everything is going as planned, the lovely lady Leanne and I are either on a train on the way to Alaska’s Denali state park, or we’re at the park right now, as you’re hearing this, I’ll share some of the highlights of our trip when I’m back behind the mic next week. It’s gospel Saturday, and we’ll read Acts 11 and 12. The website is Lifespringmedia.com. and of course, I’ll have contact information at the end of the show. Before we read, let’s pray. Our Heavenly Father, we love you and we thank you for our time together. I pray God that you would bless our time of reading and that you would teach us as we read, I pray this in Jesus name, Amen. All right, are you ready? Let’s begin.

Steve Webb 0:56
Acts chapter 11. The apostles and the other believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. When Peter went to Jerusalem, those who are in favor of circumcising Gentiles criticized him saying, you were a guest in the home of uncircumcised Gentiles, and you even ate with them. So Peter gave them a complete account of what had happened from the very beginning. While I was praying in the city of Joppa, I had a vision. I saw something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it stopped next to me. I looked closely inside and saw domesticated and wild animals, reptiles and wild birds. Then I heard a voice saying to me, get up Peter, kill and eat. But I said, certainly not Lord. No, ritually unclean or defiled food has ever entered my mouth. The voice spoke again from heaven, do not consider anything unclean, that God has declared clean. This happened three times. and finally the whole thing was drawn back up into heaven. At that very moment, three men who had been sent to me from sesor RIA arrived at the house where I was dying, the Spirit told me to go with them without hesitation. These six fellow believers from Joppa accompanied me to assess Surya and we all went into the house of Cornelius, he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house who said to him, send someone to Joppa. For a man whose full name is Simon Peter, he will speak words to you by which you and all your family will be saved. and when I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them just as on us at the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord had said, John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. It is clear that God gave those Gentiles the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I then to try to stop God. When they heard this they stopped their criticism and praised God saying, then God has given to the Gentiles also the opportunity to repent and live. Some of the believers who were scattered by the persecution, which took place when Steven was killed, went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message to Jews only. But other believers who were from Cyprus and Cyrene, he went to Antioch and proclaimed the message to Gentiles also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus, the Lord’s power was with them and a great number of people believed in turn to the Lord. The news about this reached the church in Jerusalem, so they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he arrived and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad and urged them all to be faithful and true to the Lord with all their hearts. Barnabas was a good man full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and many people were brought to the Lord. Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul. When he found him, he took him to Antioch, and for a whole year The two met with the people of the church and taught a large group. It was at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians. About that time some prophets went from Jerusalem to Antioch, one of them named Agabus stood up and by the power of the Spirit, predicted that a severe famine was about to come over all the earth. It came when Claudius was Emperor, the disciples decided that they would each sand as much as they could to help their fellow believers who lived in Judea. They did this then and sent the money to the church elders by Barnabas and Saul,

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Acts chapter 12. During that same time, King Herod began to mistreat some who belong to the church. He ordered James the brother of John to be killed by the sort. Arid saw that some of the people like this, so he decided to arrest Peter to this happened during the time of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. After Herod arrested Peter, he put him in jail and handed him over to be guarded by 16 soldiers. Herod planned to bring Peter before the people for trial after the Passover feast. So Peter was kept in jail, but the church prayed earnestly to On for him. The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers bowed with two chains. Other soldiers were guarding the door of the jail. Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood there, and a light shined in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side and woke him up. Hurry, get up, the angel said, and the chains fell off Peters hands. Then the angel told him get dressed and put on your sandals. and Peter did. The angel said, Put on your coat and follow me. So Peter followed him out. But he did not know if what the angel was doing was real. He thought he might be seeing a vision. They went past the first and second guards and came to the iron gate that separated them from the city. The gate opened by itself for them, and they went through it. When they had walked down one street, the angel suddenly left him. Then Peter realized what had happened. He thought, Now I know that the Lord really sent this angel to me. He rescued me from Herod and from all the things that people thought would happen. When he considered this he went to the home of Mary the mother of John Mark. Many people were gathered there praying. Peter knocked on the outside door and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it. When she recognized Peters voice. She was so happy she forgot to open the door. Instead, she ran inside and told the group Peters at the door. T...

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