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Death and Life

Death and Life. The Gospel was Spreading Northward Acts 11:19-26. Death of James the Apostle (12:1-2). ACTS 12. Famine and persecution , 12:1 Now about that time: Judean famine (A.D. 41-48), 11:28-30

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Death and Life

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  1. Death and Life

  2. The Gospel was SpreadingNorthward Acts 11:19-26

  3. Death of James the Apostle (12:1-2) ACTS 12 • Famine and persecution, 12:1 • Now about that time: Judean famine (A.D. 41-48), 11:28-30 • Herod Agrippa I: Grandson of Herod the Great and nephew of Herod Antipas (King of Judea: A.D. 42-44) • James murdered (John’s brother, Mk. 10:35-39) • Restraint of the record suggests inspiration • No apostolic succession mentioned • It is now about 14 years after church began

  4. Arrest and Escape of Peter (12:3-19) ACTS 12 • Arrested to please the Jews, 12:3-4 (11) • Church is no longer in favor, Acts 2:47 • Peter was guarded by 16 soldiers • Angel freed Peter from prison, 12:5-19 • Constant prayer, 12:5, 12; 1 Ths. 5:17 (Jas. 5:16) • Peter is securely in prison, 12:6 • Miraculously escape; went to brethren, 12:7-17 • House of Mary, mother of John Mark (cousin of Barnabas, Col. 4:10); cf. Acts 1:13; 4:23; Lk. 22:10 • Peter went to an undisclosed place

  5. Arrest and Escape of Peter (12:3-19) ACTS 12 • Lesson: God frees us from prisons of… • Sin, Rom. 6:17-18 (gospel obedience) • Fear of death, Heb. 2:14-15 • Fear of men, Matt. 10:27-28 (Heb. 13:5-6) • Anxietiesthat distract and discourage, Phil. 4:6-7 • Results of Peter’s escape, 12:18-19 • Great disturbance (Acts 19:23) • Soldiers examined and executed

  6. God Punishes Herod for his Pride (12:20-23) ACTS 12 • King Herod reveled in divine praise, 12:20-22 • Herod failed to give glory to God, 12:23 cf. Rev. 7:10-12 • An angel of the Lord: Divine retribution • God’s judgment upon a godless, murderous ruler, 12:23

  7. The Word of God Spreads (12:24-25) ACTS 12 • The word of God is not restrained, 12:24-25; 2 Tim. 2:9 • Persecution, prison, and pompous politicians did not prevent the spread of the gospel • Relief of needy saints was not hindered (demise of Herod likely made it easier), 12:25 • Barnabas and Saul took John Mark back to Antioch with them

  8. Stirs our hearts with full confidence in God • Acts 12 ends first major division of the book of Acts • The gospel will spread “to the end of the earth” (1:8)

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