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OUTLINE FOR SUNDAY MESSAGE, 8-17-25
“THE DEVIL IS A LIAR, PT. V,”
ACTS 2:1-18, 38, 39 (KJV)
Acts 2:1-18 (KJV)
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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
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And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
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Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
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And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
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And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
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Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
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Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
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Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
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And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
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Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
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But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
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For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
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But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
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And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
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And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
Acts 2:38-39 (KJV)
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Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
The missing ingredient in many of our Churches today is the baptism in power, the baptism in the Holy Spirit as revealed in the above scriptures. The disciples were ordinary men until they received the baptism in the Holy Ghost, Matt. 26:56-75 (some disciples forsook the Lord and Peter denied Him 3 times); Acts 17:6 (These that have turned the world upside down). Jesus’ last words before ascending to Heaven, “”Receive power from on high,” Acts 1:4-11 (KJV):
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And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
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For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
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When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
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And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
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But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
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And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
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Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Luke 24:45-53 (KJV)
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Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
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And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
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And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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And ye are witnesses of these things.
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And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
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And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
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And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
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And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
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And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Jesus needed the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 3:16-17 (KJV):
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
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And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The Apostles needed the baptism in power, Acts 21-18 above. The Apostle Paul needed the Holy Ghost, Acts 9:17 (KJV): 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Many in this present day don’t believe in the baptism in power but the devil is a liar! Jesus said that we would receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon us,
Acts 1:8 (KJV):
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But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. If you have the Holy Ghost you have power. If you don’t have power then you don’t have the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Spirit directed, oversaw, and was in the forefront in the early Church during the days of the Apostles, Acts 13:1-4 (KJV):
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Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
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And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts 16:4-7 (KJV)
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And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
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And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
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Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
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After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Acts 15:23-29 (KJV)
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And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
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Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
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It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
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For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
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That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
One thing we must remember is that during the times of our text the Jews were a conquered people by the Romans. Throughout history there have always been difficult and challenging times for God’s people due mostly to their own rebellion against Him, yet God has always given His people power to get the victory in every situation. Spirit-filled Believers don’t give in, give up, or give out, but are empowered from on high to cope with the challenges of their time and when the enemy tries to convince you otherwise then remind the enemy of the Words of Christ, John 8:44 (KJV): 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. The devil is a liar!
OUTLINE FOR BIBLE STUDY MONDAY, 8-18-25
“FAITH & VISION,”
GEN. 22:15-18 (KJV); DEUT. 8:18 (KJV)
Genesis 22:15-18 (KJV)
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And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
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And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
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That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Deuteronomy 8:18 (KJV)
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But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
In our previous Bible study, we established that the Lord’s purpose for the prosperity of Israel was to establish His covenant that He had made with their fathers. Their fathers who? What fathers and what covenant did the Lord make? The covenant was made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob above. That covenant that would be a blessing to all nations of the earth through the seed, not seeds with an “s,” but the 1 seed, Jesus Christ as revealed in the following scriptures.
Galatians 3:13-29 (KJV)
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Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
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Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
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And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
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Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
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Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
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Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
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But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
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For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
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For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Hebrews 7:22 (KJV)
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By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Hebrews 8:6-13 (KJV)
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But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
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For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
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For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
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For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
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And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
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In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Again Gal. 3:14 reads: “ That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” It’s through Christ, by faith, that the covenant promised to Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, is established with the people of God today. Heb. 8:6, again reads: “But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” God gave the vision to Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, but they had to have the faith for the vision just as we need to have for the vision to come to pass today. We need faith for the vision to come to pass.
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