Darryl’s Daily Devo
Darryl’s Daily Devo
Darryl Byle
20220720 Act 2:14-21 Walking in the power of the Spirit
21 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2022 at 2:53 pm.
(ESV) But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
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(ESV) For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
(ESV) But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
(ESV) “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on 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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(ESV) even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
(ESV) And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
(ESV) the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
(ESV) And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
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Act
The newly appointed apostle, Matthias, was with them and they were all standing, representing the truth of Christ. No more hiding behind locked doors for fear of the Jews!
Joh
19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
Peter is actually stepping out boldly under the power of the spirit and declaring the truth.
2Ti
7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
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Act
Peter speaks to the lie then speaks the truth.
Jews calculated from sunrise making it about 9 AM.
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“The last days“ refers to the entire period of time spanning from the coming of Christ to His return.
Heb
1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
1Pe
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1Jn
18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
Joel’s prophecy sweeps through an immense portion of time starting with the release of the Spirit. These other signs correlate directly with the end times including the tribulation.
Visions and dreams are present in the book of Acts but not universal. Peter and Paul are the primary ones noted to have them in Acts. God will increase the use of these as the End draws near.
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To prophesy is to “tell forth“ the divine counsels and to predict future events especially in relationship to God and His kingdom.
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God‘s spirit is the means and the mechanism for all that he will accomplish in this world. We are the vessels in conduit through which his power flows.
2Ti
7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
We have this treasure inside our imperfect human flesh…
2Co
Circumstances do not affect us when we are walking in the power of the spirit!
We are called to live out the character of Christ – this is how we manifest him in our mortal flesh!