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A11 • ACTS 11, MATTHEW 6<br />
REPORT<br />
THE BIBLE TIMES • SECOND EDITION<br />
Good instructions<br />
MATTHEW<br />
CHAPTER 6:9-21<br />
This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father<br />
in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom<br />
come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.<br />
Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our<br />
debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And<br />
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the<br />
evil one.”<br />
For if you forgive other people when they sin<br />
against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive<br />
you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your<br />
Father will not forgive your sins. When you fast, do<br />
not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure<br />
their faces to show others they are fasting.<br />
Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in<br />
full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and<br />
wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to<br />
others that you are fasting, but only to your Father,<br />
who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is<br />
done in secret, will reward you.<br />
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on<br />
earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and<br />
where thieves break in and steal. But store up for<br />
yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and<br />
vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not<br />
break in and steal. For where your treasure is,<br />
there your heart will be also.<br />
Even to Gentiles God has granted repentance<br />
ACTS<br />
CHAPTER 11<br />
The apostles and the believers<br />
throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles<br />
also had received the word of<br />
God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem,<br />
the circumcised believers criticized<br />
him and said, “You went into the<br />
house of uncircumcised men and ate<br />
with them.”<br />
Starting from the beginning, Peter<br />
told them the whole story: “I was<br />
in the city of Joppa praying, and in a<br />
trance I saw a vision. I saw something<br />
like a large sheet being let down from<br />
heaven by its four corners, and it came<br />
down to where I was. I looked into it<br />
and saw four-footed animals of the<br />
earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.<br />
Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get<br />
up, Peter. Kill and eat.’<br />
“I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing<br />
impure or unclean has ever entered<br />
my mouth.’<br />
“The voice spoke from heaven a<br />
second time, ‘Do not call anything impure<br />
that God has made clean.’ This<br />
happened three times, and then it was<br />
all pulled up to heaven again.<br />
“Right then three men who had<br />
been sent to me from Caesarea<br />
stopped at the house where I was staying.<br />
The Spirit told me to have no hesitation<br />
about going with them. These<br />
six brothers also went with me, and<br />
we entered the man’s house. He told us<br />
how he had seen an angel appear in his<br />
house and say, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon<br />
who is called Peter. He will bring<br />
you a message through which you and<br />
all your household will be saved.’<br />
“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit<br />
came on them as he had come on us<br />
at the beginning. Then I remembered<br />
what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized<br />
with water, but you will be baptized<br />
with the Holy Spirit.’ So if God gave<br />
them the same gift he gave us who believed<br />
in the Lord Jesus Christ, who<br />
was I to think that I could stand in<br />
God’s way?”<br />
When they heard this, they had no<br />
further objections and praised God,<br />
saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God<br />
has granted repentance that leads to<br />
life.”<br />
Now those who had been scattered<br />
by the persecution that broke out<br />
when Stephen was killed traveled as<br />
far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch,<br />
spreading the word only among Jews.<br />
Some of them, however, men from Cyprus<br />
and Cyrene, went to Antioch and<br />
began to speak to Greeks also, telling<br />
them the good news about the Lord<br />
Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them,<br />
and a great number of people believed<br />
and turned to the Lord.<br />
News of this reached the church<br />
in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas<br />
to Antioch. When he arrived and saw<br />
what the grace of God had done, he<br />
was glad and encouraged them all to<br />
remain true to the Lord with all their<br />
hearts. He was a good man, full of the<br />
Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number<br />
of people were brought to the Lord.<br />
Then Barnabas went to Tarsus<br />
to look for Saul, and when he found<br />
him, he brought him to Antioch. So<br />
for a whole year Barnabas and Saul<br />
met with the church and taught great<br />
numbers of people. The disciples were<br />
called Christians first at Antioch.<br />
During this time some prophets<br />
came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.<br />
One of them, named Agabus,<br />
stood up and through the Spirit predicted<br />
that a severe famine would<br />
spread over the entire Roman world.<br />
(This happened during the reign of<br />
Claudius.) The disciples, as each one<br />
was able, decided to provide help for<br />
the brothers and sisters living in Judea.<br />
This they did, sending their gift to<br />
the elders by Barnabas and Saul.<br />
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