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NASB | Acts 2:46 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:46 Day after day they met in the temple [area] continuing with one mind, and breaking bread in various private homes. They were eating their meals together with joy and generous hearts, |
Subject: Which sacrifices have ended? |
Bible Note: Dear Luke, I do not come to you with a sharp tongue but with a spirit of gentleness that you may have a better understanding to some of your statements. It was the purpose for God to let His Son go to the cross and to have the Jews do what they did. Jesus Himself says, "Father forgive them for they know not what the do." And they didn't, for we read in Romans 11:25 that God blinded the Jews to the truth. The cross was and is for all persons, Jew and Gentile. The root of the tree is Christ and the branches are His people, the Jews, and a wild branch, the Gentiles, has been grafted in so that we may partake of that root, that is Christ. We are admonished not to think of ourselves to highly lest we be severed from the tree as the natural branches were. The Scripture has to do with nations of people but it is also applicable to an individual for we are all accountable for our deeds also. (Rom 11:17-25 CEV) "You Gentiles are like branches of a wild olive tree that were made to be part of a cultivated olive tree. You have taken the place of some branches that were cut away from it. And because of this, you enjoy the blessings that come from being part of that cultivated tree. (18) But don't think you are better than the branches that were cut away. Just remember that you are not supporting the roots of that tree. Its roots are supporting you. (19) Maybe you think those branches were cut away, so that you could be put in their place. (20) That's true enough. But they were cut away because they did not have faith, and you are where you are because you do have faith. So don't be proud, but be afraid. (21) If God cut away those natural branches, couldn't he do the same to you? (22) Now you see both how kind and how hard God can be. He was hard on those who fell, but he was kind to you. And he will keep on being kind to you, if you keep on trusting in his kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too. (23) If those other branches will start having faith, they will be made a part of that tree again. God has the power to put them back. (24) After all, it wasn't natural for branches to be cut from a wild olive tree and to be made part of a cultivated olive tree. So it is much more likely that God will join the natural branches back to the cultivated olive tree. (25) My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in." So brother, I have said that to say this, "If you speak against those that, 'rejected and demanded the crucificion (sp) of there own King', you are speaking against the plan of salvation itself. For Christ said, "I lay down my life". Brother, it would be best not to speak against the Divine plan of Grace that God Himself ordained. It is for this reason that He came into this world. We are to be at peace with our Jewish brethren that we may be held blameless. Salvation is a Gift for All that will accept it. With this Gift comes freedom from being in bondage under the Old Laws. We are to be a ”living sacrifice” unto our Lord. eklektos |