00:20my brothers and sisters we were having a
00:25the acts of the apostles
00:28reflecting about in about the chapter
00:32fourth of acts of apostles
00:34now we will continue reflecting
00:37these acts of apostle chapter 4 verse 13
00:40onwards we completed until 13 and we
00:43will continue from 13. let us
00:47now when they saw the boldness of peter
00:52and realized that they were uneducated
00:56they were amazed and recognized them as
01:02my brothers and sisters we were
01:04explaining the importance of this
01:08now where are they now peter and john
01:11standing in front of sanhedrin
01:16the captain of the temple
01:18and the high priest and his son-in-law
01:21and all these important people are
01:23gathered together around them
01:26and these two prisoners peter and john
01:29they were speaking boldly they were not
01:32afraid they knew this is the same group
01:35of people crucified jesus
01:37just around three months ago these are
01:39the same people the same people
01:43crucified jesus they have the power they
01:46have authority to do this and they can
01:48do it they may even do against peter
01:51they can even crucify peter peter knew
01:54this he was ready to face it
01:56he was ready to face this crisis and he
02:00was ready to go to any extent but he did
02:03not compromise his teaching he preached
02:06the gospel with boldness
02:08and then these people the leaders they
02:11were so shocked they were amazed
02:15and they also came to know these are the
02:19now jesus is working through them they
02:22could only kill one jesus but now so
02:26my brothers and sisters this happens and
02:29if christianity is persecuted
02:32blessed are the christianity the which
02:37christianity will flourish like anything
02:40all those who are trying to persecute
02:46each christian who is persecuted in his
02:49blood thousands will flow thousands will
02:53because that is how the christianity
02:55flourished in this world
02:57so now let's read verse 14
03:00when they saw the man who had been cured
03:03standing beside them
03:05so now they cannot accuse these people
03:08this son had dreamed they had no
03:10position to attack and or even imprison
03:15peter and john because there is a there
03:19there is a man who is standing next to
03:21them the man who got healing it is a
03:24clear evidence god worked through these
03:28therefore they were really afraid to
03:30take any action against peter and john
03:34the witness is standing the evidence of
03:36god's protection god's intervention is
03:39standing next to them the man who got
03:43and there had nothing to say in
03:45oppositions because of this man who is a
03:48evidence of god's intervention
03:50these leaders elders had nothing to say
03:53in opposition was 15
03:56so they ordered them now they want to
03:58escape from this situation because now
04:00they know they are in a position that
04:02they cannot accuse these two people of
04:06so they ordered them to leave the
04:08council why they discussed the matter
04:10with one another so they asked everybody
04:12did john and peter to stand outside and
04:15all these leaders so-called
04:18elders intelligent educated people the
04:24discussed the matter with one another
04:26inside and the peter and jones were
04:29standing outside was 16.
04:33what will we do with them
04:35they were in a dilemma they were in
04:37confusion what will we do with them for
04:40it is obvious to all who live in
04:42jerusalem that a notable sign has been
04:46done through them we cannot deny it this
04:48miracle cannot be denied
04:50everybody agreed even the leaders even
04:54his their enemies they were so
04:57clear that there is a notable miracle
05:02that means they knew there is a
05:04supernatural hand here
05:07there is a supernatural hand here there
05:10is a fulfillment of the prophecy
05:13there is something special
05:15but still they did not accept the
05:18still they did not accept jesus what
05:22they knew there is some truth in it they
05:25knew there is some supernatural thing
05:27god's intervention but still they were
05:30afraid of losing their comfort zones
05:34if they accept jesus christ
05:36then they will lose all the positions
05:38that they are holding now
05:40they will have to come out of all the
05:42sun rendering and all the positions
05:44they will have to follow jesus radically
05:48you know say in paul when he was sold he
05:51was a powerful man but when he became a
05:53christian he lost everything
05:56he left everything and came after jesus
05:59so the same thing will have to happen to
06:01all the members of the sanhedrin
06:03so now they notice something
06:05supernatural is happening here but they
06:07were not ready to accept jesus many
06:10people today is in the same situation
06:14they know jesus is there they know there
06:17is something supernatural in jesus and
06:19his faith and there is something special
06:21in the bible and follow jesus is very
06:23important but they don't want to follow
06:26they don't want to follow jesus
06:28radically they keep sunday mars and
06:31everything special but other than that
06:34they have no connection with jesus
06:37if they've practiced christianity daily
06:40then they will have to come out of their
06:42comfort zones they may have to give up
06:44many of their pleasures they may have to
06:47give up many of many things that they
06:49hold so special for them and therefore
06:52they keep a distance from god
06:54the same thing happened in the herod in
06:57the alt in in the early narratives the
07:00infancy narrative of jesus
07:04jesus is going to be born in bethlehem
07:10boy born this the born king of jewish
07:13people he is born in bethlehem
07:16herod came to know but still
07:19he was not ready to accept he wanted to
07:21eliminate this messiah
07:23therefore he killed all the children
07:26he knew the truth but he doesn't want to
07:28accept because he's afraid of losing his
07:32many people today knows the truth but
07:34they are keeping quiet
07:36many people the so-called atheist
07:39the so-called those who believe
07:41those who said i don't believe in god
07:44they know there is god but they don't
07:46want to profess it because if they
07:48profess it they will have to come out of
07:50their comfort zone they will have to
07:52give up many of their things that they
07:54are holding us special therefore it is
07:57easy for them to say i don't believe in
07:59god so they feel they are free
08:02my but are they the conscience is not
08:04free their heart is not free their soul
08:07is not free that is why they are having
08:09a turmoil in inner turmoil they
08:12experience in their daily life
08:14even today there are so many people in
08:16their inside of their heart they know
08:20inside of their heart they know there is
08:21a super intelligent being who controls
08:24this whole universe otherwise this world
08:27the whole universe cannot be like this
08:29there is a super intelligence behind
08:31working behind this otherwise this world
08:34cannot be like this the human being
08:36cannot be like this our body cannot be
08:38like this a small animal cannot be like
08:41these the plants cannot grow like this
08:43there is a super intelligent being
08:47but at the same time they don't want to
08:49accept it if they accept it they will
08:52have to give an answer for many things
08:54which they do and therefore the comfort
08:58here you can see these elders they want
09:00to protect their comfort zone they don't
09:02want to break this comfort zone
09:05let's read they said what will be do to
09:08them for it is obvious to all who live
09:10in jerusalem that a notable sign has
09:12been done through them we cannot deny it
09:18but to keep it from spreading further so
09:21we will control it this new movement
09:25these new movements should should not
09:28spread it should be controlled it should
09:32curtailed and therefore they said let us
09:38let us warn them to speak no more to
09:41anyone in this name now let's some
09:44somehow escape from this situation
09:48basis to find accusation against these
09:52now we need to wash our hand and escape
09:55now we'll do one thing we will warn them
09:57and say no more speaking in the name of
10:01jesus don't ever speak in this name they
10:05didn't even pronounce the name of jesus
10:07they said don't speak in this name
10:11then what happened was 18.
10:15and ordered them not to speak or teach
10:17at all in the name of jesus you know the
10:19sanhedrin is the highest supreme court
10:22of the jewish people once they order
10:24something everyone is supposed to obey
10:27no one is supposed to go against it
10:29because that is the final judgment
10:32therefore this son hadrian and the whole
10:35authorities of jewish people they called
10:37these two people peter and john and
10:39ordered them is an order
10:42order them not to speak or teach
10:45don't even speak don't even teach at all
10:49in the name of jesus don't speak at all
10:51in the name of jesus this is what they
10:54they thought with this they will calm
10:56they thought with these they will think
10:58okay anyway they are not punished they
11:00will be saved so they can escape
11:03they thought peter and john will be
11:05happy that they are set free
11:07therefore they will agree with these
11:08order this warning therefore they warned
11:11them strictly and said don't ever speak
11:13or teach anything in the name of jesus
11:18but peter and john answered them but
11:20they were not ready to withdraw
11:23these peter and john are no more afraid
11:26they are not the same peter and john
11:29these people met three months ago
11:32these peter and john are different now
11:37they are on fire there is somebody
11:39working through them there is something
11:41moving inside of them they said they
11:44answered them whether it is right in
11:46god's side to listen to you or rather
11:49than to god you must judge
11:52first you should tell us whether we
11:54should obey god or obey you
11:57they know there is some supernatural and
11:59hand in in them otherwise they can't
12:01perform such a big miracle so this is
12:05so they were so afraid they said whom
12:09obey should we obey you or obey god you
12:14they are threatening back
12:21the only quality that they have is
12:23companions of jesus christ
12:26they're just companions of jesus christ
12:28verse 20 we read like this for we cannot
12:32keep from speaking about what we have
12:37even if you tell us to not to speak we
12:40cannot keep from speaking
12:43we cannot keep from speaking
12:45about what we have seen and heard
12:48we have experienced it we have seen it
12:51and we have heard it we cannot keep from
12:56they are telling them
12:58there is an inner compulsion from inside
13:01there is a spirit working inside there
13:03is a fire burning inside this inner
13:06compulsion doesn't allow us to stop
13:09and also we are obeying the command of
13:12jesus jesus said go to the ends of the
13:14earth and preach the gospel therefore
13:16there is a command where you obey and
13:18there is an inner compulsion therefore
13:20we cannot keep from speaking
13:25after threatening them they knew
13:28they are in trouble they can't do
13:29anything these people are not going to
13:31listen and all the people are believing
13:33them because there is a notable miracle
13:36therefore they threatened them and said
13:39if you ever speak the in the name of
13:41jesus we will show you our real color we
13:44will teach you a lesson we will do these
13:46we will do that we will kill you we will
13:47threaten you we will hang you we'll
13:49cruise for you all these threatening
13:52and let them go with all this
13:55they were let them go
13:56they were allowed to go
13:59and because they could not find no they
14:01could not find any way to punish them
14:04because of the people for all of them
14:06praised god for what had happened
14:09these people all only concerned about
14:13they were really afraid to punish them
14:15because all the people are praising god
14:19they saw the witness
14:21miracle happened praise the lord
14:28to for the man on whom this sign of
14:30healing had been performed was more than
14:3240 years old he was just more than 40
14:35years old he was there 23.
14:38after they were released they went to
14:40their friends and reported what the
14:42chief priest and the elders had said to
14:45them now these two people john and peter
14:47they went back to the other members they
14:49were all gathered together how many of
14:52they were 5 000 people initially
14:57then 3 000 people gathered
15:01for the festival 3000 people were there
15:04now some more people are joined 5 000
15:07people the first christians the total
15:09number has reached to 5000 people
15:13and after they were released they went
15:15to their friends and reported what the
15:17chief priest and they went and told john
15:19and james john and peter told all the
15:21people see this is what happened
15:24the elders called us the son had invited
15:26us and they were threatening us but
15:28peter was not ready to leave he he
15:31bounced back he spoke back and he was so
15:34powerful he was full of boldness and
15:35courage they were speaking about how the
15:37holy spirit was guide guiding them
15:45they raised their voices together to god
15:48and said every situation led them to
15:53every goodness led them to praise and
15:57every even led them to worship god
16:00mighty brothers and sisters this was the
16:02characteristics of the early christians
16:04anything good happened anything any even
16:07happen even if he's torture even if it
16:10is imprisonment even if it is suffering
16:12and flogging they ended up in worship
16:16every situation led them to worship
16:21every situation led them to worship in
16:23fact it is a negative experience that
16:26until then there was no official threat
16:29now they have a threat
16:31until then there none of them were
16:33imprisoned other than jesus
16:35now they were imprisoned for the first
16:39therefore this is not a positive
16:41it is a negative experience
16:44now all the sun had dreams are against
16:47initially there was no only they were
16:50against jesus now they all the
16:52sanhedrins are against all the
16:56now the captain of the temple is against
16:58them initially they were not
17:01now therefore this situation is a very
17:06but why did god allow that
17:08why did god allow this negative
17:10situation in their life in the early
17:13stages of the christianity why did god
17:15allow because of these negative
17:212000 more people were added to the
17:25all the elders were able to listen to
17:28the preaching of peter
17:30all the whole the peter was able to
17:32preach the gospel to the sanhedrin if
17:36head spirits did not happen peter will
17:38never get a chance to preach to them
17:41peter was got a chance to preach the
17:46they are ready to face even prison
17:52you know he was a man of fear he doesn't
17:56want to go to the prison and that is why
17:58he denied jesus three times
18:00now for the first time he had an
18:02experience of imprisonment imprisonment
18:05though it is only for one night but he
18:07started now he knows what is present he
18:10start experiencing it so now he is ready
18:16they increase their boldness and courage
18:20in the first sight itself they were able
18:23to preach the gospel to the sanhedrins
18:26the captain of the temple and all the
18:29even the chief priests and the israel
18:31son-in-law and all the others they were
18:33able to preach the gospel now they are
18:35not afraid of anyone
18:37their boldness and courage increased
18:40and these are the goodness that came
18:43because of this negative experience that
18:45is why god allowed these things to
18:47happen remember there are some negative
18:52permits in your life because god knows
18:54the goodness that is going to come out
18:57that is why romans 8 28 we know god can
19:00turn every evil into good
19:02we know that all things work together
19:04for good for those who love god who are
19:06called according to his purpose even if
19:09negative things happens in your life god
19:11can turn everything into good and in
19:13fact this negative experience of
19:16imprisonment and an insult from the
19:19was turned into a big blessing for the
19:22early christians especially for peter
19:25let's go back to read
19:28they raised their voices together to god
19:32together they prayed together they
19:35raised their voice it was not a
19:36meditation prayer but it was a raising
19:39vocal prayer loud prayer they were
19:41worshiping god the situation led them to
19:44praise and worship every situation in
19:46your life should lead you to worship
19:49every negative and positive situation in
19:51your life should lead you to worship and
19:53why did they worship sovereign lord who
19:56made the heaven and the earth
19:58and the sea and everything in them verse
20:03it is you who said by the holy spirit
20:05through our ancestor david your servant
20:08why did the gentiles rage and the
20:10peoples imagine vain things now they are
20:13repeating the psalms some chapters
20:15chapter 2 the psalm chapter 2 they were
20:17repeating the chapter 2 of the psalm
20:20but you know they were praying in one
20:24they didn't they have any confusion when
20:27nowadays when people come together for
20:29prayer there is confusion one person say
20:31i want divine mercy another person say
20:34no i want holy rosary another person say
20:36i want meditation i want silent prayer
20:38this confusion in many communities when
20:41they come together for intercession they
20:43come with lords of zeal and prayer zeal
20:46and the moment the prayer starts one
20:47person starts the other person doesn't
20:49join because other person want divine
20:51mercy another person one holy rosary
20:53another person want to read bible
20:55another person want to pray small small
20:58this is the biggest problem many people
21:00face today and such places the holy
21:03spirit will not work the spirit of babel
21:06the babel tower will work
21:08but not the holy spirit holy spirit
21:10bring everyone together there is unity
21:13there is peace there is order no
21:15disorder therefore any community or any
21:18industry prayer where there is confusion
21:21it's taking place because each one has
21:24is better come out of that place because
21:26there is no holy spirit working in that
21:28community and all those who are creating
21:31problem should be asked to leave because
21:34they are bringing disunity
21:36because early christians they prayed
21:40one heart one mind there was no
21:43confusion they were just worshipping god
21:47and then verse 26 we read like this
21:51the kings of the earth took their stand
21:53and the rulers have gathered together
21:55against the lord and against his messiah
21:59now this is they are reading repeating
22:02the psalm chapter 2 psalm chapter 2 the
22:04whole chapter my brothers and sisters
22:07whenever they prayed they were praying
22:09psalms they mostly they were praying
22:11psalms even jesus when he prayed psalms
22:15that is why initially in the church we
22:17had psalms or petition of psalms even
22:24when the priest and and deacons
22:27pray the holy hours in the religious
22:29houses when they pray holy hours most of
22:31the prayers are psalms repetition of the
22:35verse 27 for in this city in fact both
22:38hearer and pontius pilate with the
22:40gentiles and the peoples of israel
22:43gathered together against your holy
22:44servant jesus whom you anointed so they
22:47continue praying all whatever that that
22:50happened there they were just repeating
22:53you know many times i've seen people
22:55asking why should we speak to jesus
22:56everything he knows everything why
22:58should we tell everything to jesus
23:02you know these unnecessary questions
23:06whatever that comes to your mind just
23:09see the early christians they were
23:11speaking out everything that was
23:13happening there whatever that comes to
23:14their mind whatever that was taking
23:16place in front of them they were just
23:18picking it out even though they know
23:20jesus knows everything
23:23for and they were explaining everything
23:25even about jesus and verse 28
23:28to do whatever your hand your plan had
23:31predestined to take place whatever that
23:33you predestined to take place you are
23:37and now they are praying a very powerful
23:40now lord look at their threads there is
23:43a threat happening there
23:45there is a threat in front of us
23:48there is a highest threat from the
23:52but we are not ready to withdraw
23:54we are not going to escape we are going
23:58one side there is a threat now another
24:01side please give boldness and courage
24:05see they are not asking help
24:08they are not asking a way out
24:10they are not asking for some convenience
24:12or conveyance to escape from that city
24:15they are not asking for a hiding place
24:18they are only asking for courage and
24:23my dear brothers and sisters now they
24:25are asking there is a powerful threat
24:30grant your servants to speak your word
24:32with all boldness they know even if
24:35there is a threat the word should not be
24:38the preaching of the word should not be
24:40stopped even if there is a threat
24:43my dear brothers and sisters even the
24:45laws of the country may be against you
24:47from preaching but you should never stop
24:50preaching the word of god
24:52don't care about these unnecessary rules
24:54which are trying to stop you from
24:56preaching the gospel because before all
24:59these rules and regulation comes before
25:01all these politicians were born jesus
25:03was here and the preaching of the word
25:05of god was here therefore what was here
25:08earlier let it continue
25:10and we should be preaching the gospel
25:13and the preaching the truth
25:15even it at the cost of your own lives
25:18and verse 30 we read like this while you
25:21stretch out your hand to so give the
25:23boldness for the people of god who are
25:25preaching and give the courage for those
25:29preachers and you stretch out your hand
25:31to heal and signs and wonders are
25:33performed through the name of your holy
25:37when the preaching is done with boldness
25:41the signs and wonders will be performed
25:43in the name of jesus christ
25:45even in the online ministry even if you
25:48preach the gospel anywhere any part of
25:50the world in any method the miracles
25:53will happen wonders will take place
25:55because this is the promise this is what
25:58happened to the early christians
26:00praise the lord verse 31 we read when
26:03they had prayed so when they prayed god
26:06approved it god gave them courage
26:09initial days especially in the acts of
26:11the apostles you can see the powerful
26:13manifestations of the presence of god in
26:15the form of wind in the form of fire in
26:18the form of the gift of tongue in the
26:20form of the earthquake and shaking of
26:24so it was there very common in the early
26:26church because they needed consolation
26:30support consolation prizes because this
26:32is the beginning of the church
26:35when they had prayed the place in which
26:36they were gathered together was shaken
26:38and they were all filled with the holy
26:40spirit and spoke the word of god with
26:42boldness praise the lord
26:44they were all already they are filled
26:46with the holy spirit but rekindling of
26:48the holy spirit is needed
26:49maybe you are you had a baptism in the
26:52holy spirit sometime back
26:53maybe you had an anointing of the holy
26:55spirit sometime back when you joined the
26:58maybe when you had a conversion you had
27:00a baptism in the holy spirit for the
27:02first time does it mean you can live
27:04with this baptism forever
27:06you need to rekindle the anointing of
27:09the holy spirit every now and then even
27:11peter even john all the apostles early
27:14christians they were experiencing this
27:16rekindling of the holy spirit now and
27:18then every now and then therefore we
27:21need to renew the spirit inside of us
27:24that is why we have frequent retreats
27:26frequent confessions monthly
27:29recollections off-yearly
27:31retreats and yearly retreats these
27:33things are compulsory for all of us all
27:36the family people all not only religious
27:38people and priests even those who are
27:40leading family family life you are
27:43supposed to go for retreats at least
27:46once in a year you should attend the
27:48retreat and refill the holy spirit and
27:51every four frequent confessions refill
27:54your holy spirit rekindle the holy
27:57it is needed without the help of the
27:58holy spirit you cannot survive
28:01let's read it was 32
28:04now the whole group of those who
28:06believed were one heart one soul no one
28:09claimed private ownership of any
28:12possessions but everything they owned
28:14was held in common now
28:17they all those who joined they started
28:19selling their property and handed over
28:22to the apostles and the apostles were
28:26this is how the communism
28:28the first the idea for communism started
28:34karl marx and the other angles and got
28:37inspiration from the bible
28:39and it is true that they are christians
28:41and their catholics they were catholics
28:43and they were christians and they got
28:45bible inspirations from the bible and
28:47they started communism
28:50but there is a problem of the early
28:57and this present day communism has got a
29:01the how the early church worked there is
29:03common property even communism speak
29:05about common property
29:08government will be the authority of the
29:10whole property everything will be
29:12together and it will be distributed for
29:16the early church also was one done the
29:18similar things but there is a difference
29:22communism says your property is mine
29:28but the early church was
29:30their attitude was like this my property
29:32belongs to you i share it
29:35this is the difference between communism
29:37and the socialism of the church
29:40so communism says your property belongs
29:42to me give it to me i will handle it
29:45so the government takes the property of
29:49that is what happens in the communist
29:51governments in the whole world
29:53central leadership and central
29:54possession the government is in charge
29:56of all the property and they distribute
29:59whatever according to the need of the
30:02and but in the early church is just
30:04opposite there is no compulsion that
30:06everyone has to sell the property and
30:08give it to them it is each one's
30:10decision it's up to them whether to give
30:15they suck sold all the property and they
30:18said my property belongs to you share it
30:21and they gave it like this
30:23so this is the difference between
30:24communism and the early church under
30:26understanding so always make sure that i
30:29have seen some communist leaders say
30:31jesus christ is the first communist
30:33there is nothing but rubbish and
30:37nothing but a lack of understanding
30:39about the early church
30:41so mighty brothers and sisters these two
30:44uh is uh we should we should understand
30:48why did they solve the property and
30:51collected in common why did they keep
30:53all these things common
30:58they thought jesus is going to come soon
31:02they initially they had a
31:04misunderstanding that jesus is going to
31:06come soon though jesus told them
31:08it can happen anytime in the future it
31:11can be even in the seasons that means it
31:13can be thousands even thousands of years
31:15later but he didn't tell any date so
31:18they thought jesus is going to come soon
31:20therefore they kept everything in common
31:25majority of the members of the
31:27christianity they are not locals of
31:31because the first three thousand people
31:35they all gathered from different
31:37countries who had come for festival
31:41they came from different countries and
31:43they came for festival
31:45and then after baptism they did not go
31:49they were waiting to know more about
31:51this religion this faith
31:54they were really remaining in jerusalem
31:57but they have no job no property no
32:02and all these 3 000 people should be
32:05therefore there was common property was
32:09and that is one of the reasons they were
32:12they all the other members who joined
32:15they sold their property and give it to
32:17the apostles therefore they could share
32:19the money among all the members and all
32:22these refugees who had come to jerusalem
32:24and continued and got baptized and
32:26continued living there should be taken
32:30and this this can happen
32:32many people they though they came for
32:34the festival and they became christians
32:37and they did not go back to their
32:38families they went back after so many
32:40years being christians in jerusalem and
32:43learned all the theology and doctrines
32:46of the church and then they went back to
32:47their family i remember when i was very
32:50small i was in the school days that was
32:52the early days of the divine ministry
32:55divine potter ministry was a big
32:58sensation all over india every part of
33:01the world every part of india and i
33:03remember in our remote village where i
33:07and so many people are talking about
33:09divine potter ministry and every all the
33:14and all those are addicted to wrong
33:15things and bad habits they were
33:18forcefully taken into one bus or car and
33:21for and the parish priest arranges or
33:23some people arranges and everyone was
33:27and all those who go to divine majority
33:29many of them doesn't come back
33:33so i remember one of my friends one of
33:35our neighbors was a very addicted to
33:38drinking he was a big drunkard and big
33:40nuisance for the whole village and so
33:42all the young people they gathered
33:44together they collected some money they
33:47arranged a special vehicle and
33:49forcefully put him in the car and send
33:53and and there were so many other people
33:56who are very good people very prayerful
33:58people they also went with him
34:00and after the retreat all the others
34:02came back he didn't come back
34:04because he got converted and he will
34:06remain there as a volunteer in the
34:09and he and his parents i remember his
34:13one side they were happy and other side
34:15they were concerned because he didn't
34:17he's not coming back even after one
34:19month two months he came back only after
34:22and he started always saying rosary and
34:25always praying always with the bible
34:27sharing the visiting all the houses and
34:29speaking about jesus so he was totally
34:32so this is exactly what happened to the
34:34early christians they only came to
34:36jerusalem for the festival
34:38pentecost festival they were coming from
34:40different countries all the way from far
34:44but after listening to the preaching of
34:46peter they all got converted and
34:48baptized and they didn't go back they
34:50remained in jerusalem but what about
34:52their food and accommodation and all
34:55so that is why the early christians
34:58started voluntarily sacrificing their
35:01they handed over to peter and all the
35:03apostles and they divided the food and
35:06everything accordingly to all the
35:08christians who are newly baptized and
35:10that is how the common property and
35:12everything came in the early church
35:17so now the whole group of those who
35:19believed were one heart and one soul and
35:21no one claimed private ownership of any
35:24possessions but everything they owned
35:26was held in common was 33 let us read
35:31and with great power the apostles gave
35:33their testimony to the resurrection of
35:35the lord jesus and great grace came up
35:37they were preaching more about the
35:39resurrection the more they speak about
35:41resurrection more grace came upon them
35:44when we speak about the life after death
35:47that is when you craze get get more
35:50more grace will be given to you when you
35:51speak there is a life after death
35:54because the world wants to listen about
35:57everybody when you whom you meet
35:59everybody wants to listen about this
36:01how to live a good life how to be happy
36:04how to be prosper how to get more money
36:07how to get a job how to get healing how
36:09to get miracle how to get deliverance
36:11everybody wants these worldly things
36:14but hardly you can see people speaking
36:18hardly you can hear people speak about
36:22but bible says anybody who testifies the
36:25resurrection life life after death more
36:28grace will be given to them
36:30great grace will come upon them
36:35there was not a needy person among them
36:38for as many as owned lands or houses
36:40sold them and brought the proceeds of
36:44all those who saw everything they
36:45brought it and give it to them go and
36:47give it to the priest and give it to the
36:49apostles and said you distribute to
36:51everyone please distribute we don't want
36:53anything we are ready to give whatever
36:55share that you give we are ready to live
36:57with that so common property and
37:00sharings were given to everyone was 35.
37:03they laid it at the apostle speed they
37:05gave it to not to anyone but to give to
37:07the apostle speed and it was distributed
37:10to each as any had need according to the
37:13need it was distributed verse 36
37:17there was a levite a native of cyprus
37:20joseph to whom the apostles gave the
37:22name barnabas which means son of
37:24encouragement there was a levite levite
37:27person he also had some property
37:28normally the levites did not have land
37:34there were levi's were working in the
37:36temple they don't have property or
37:38positions possessions because god is
37:40their portion but there are some other
37:42levites who are not getting chance to
37:44work in the church and the temple they
37:46have they were allowed to have property
37:51he sold a field that belonged to him
37:54then brought the money and laid it at
37:56the apostles feet he's a levite he's a
37:58priest and he knew that he doesn't need
38:00any land anymore because as per the rule
38:02in the old testament god is their
38:04portion therefore he understood and he
38:07repented he collected all the money and
38:09gave it at the apostle speed praise the
38:12now we have completed the chapter four
38:15and we will continue the bible study
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