5/20/12

An eye for wisdom


Unusual, to say the least!!!  Looks like an eye, doesn't it?  If I just take this one step farther, it reminds me the exaggerated eyes that you would see on the ancient Greek warriors called Hoplites.  The ancient Greeks laid the foundation of much of modern society because of their emphasis on thought and reason as a basis for belief.  The Socratic method is still a great teaching method to this very day!  However, not everyone is a Socrates and not everyone is blessed with an abundance of insight and wisdom.  BUT, human wisdom is not EVERYTHING....


1 Corinthians Chapter 1
  20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe. 22 For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,  23 but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,  24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.  25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.  26 For you see your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, and not many noble;  27 but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;  28 and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:  29 that no flesh should boast before God.  30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:  31 that, according as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

I find it interesting that Science keeps changing its mind.  First, butter was bad for you, then its not; likewise with Coffee, sugar and many other things.  Those who look to science for all the answers have a problem in that their own answers keep changing.  Now, there is nothing WRONG with SCIENCE, but there is with SCIENTISM; that is, placing SCIENCE ABOVE THE WORD OF GOD.  Scientism is arrogance personified!!!  Its very true that we now know far more than the ancient Greeks did, but how much of this knowledge can truly be classified within the definition of WISDOM???  Five hundred years from now, humans will still be learning, but God has nothing to learn, for HE is the embodiment of wisdom perfected.  Now, that is something to boast about!!!  I wonder, can you see the wisdom in what I am saying???

May 20 Joshua 21, 22


May 20
Joshua 21, 22

Jos 21:1 Then the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
Jos 21:2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for our livestock."
Jos 21:3 The children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs.
Jos 21:4 The lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. The children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had thirteen cities by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
Jos 21:5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Jos 21:6 The children of Gershon had thirteen cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Jos 21:7 The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.
Jos 21:8 The children of Israel gave these cities with their suburbs by lot to the Levites, as Yahweh commanded by Moses.
Jos 21:9 They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
Jos 21:10 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
Jos 21:11 They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.
Jos 21:12 But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Jos 21:13 To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
Jos 21:14 Jattir with its suburbs, Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
Jos 21:15 Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,
Jos 21:16 Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Jos 21:17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
Jos 21:18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four cities.
Jos 21:19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Jos 21:20 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Jos 21:21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
Jos 21:22 Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.
Jos 21:23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs,
Jos 21:24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; four cities.
Jos 21:25 Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath Rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
Jos 21:26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs.
Jos 21:27 They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.
Jos 21:28 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,
Jos 21:29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En Gannim with its suburbs; four cities.
Jos 21:30 Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs,
Jos 21:31 Helkath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four cities.
Jos 21:32 Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.
Jos 21:33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
Jos 21:34 To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, Kartah with its suburbs,
Jos 21:35 Dimnah with its suburbs, and Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
Jos 21:36 Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, Jahaz with its suburbs,
Jos 21:37 Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities.
Jos 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
Jos 21:39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
Jos 21:40 All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
Jos 21:41 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs.
Jos 21:42 Each of these cities included their suburbs around them. It was this way with all these cities.
Jos 21:43 So Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers. They possessed it, and lived in it.
Jos 21:44 Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Jos 21:45 Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
Jos 22:1 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Jos 22:2 and said to them, "You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you.
Jos 22:3 You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of Yahweh your God.
Jos 22:4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
Jos 22:5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."
Jos 22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
Jos 22:7 Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
Jos 22:8 and spoke to them, saying, "Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with brass, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers."
Jos 22:9 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
Jos 22:10 When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.
Jos 22:11 The children of Israel heard this, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel."
Jos 22:12 When the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
Jos 22:13 The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
Jos 22:14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
Jos 22:15 They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
Jos 22:16 "Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, 'What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?
Jos 22:17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the congregation of Yahweh,
Jos 22:18 that you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? It will be, seeing that you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
Jos 22:19 However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh's tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God.
Jos 22:20 Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn't perish alone in his iniquity.' "
Jos 22:21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Jos 22:22 "The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don't save us this day),
Jos 22:23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.
Jos 22:24 If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, "What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
Jos 22:25 For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh." ' So your children might make our children cease from fearing Yahweh.
Jos 22:26 Therefore we said, 'Let's now prepare to build ourselves an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice;
Jos 22:27 but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;' that your children may not tell our children in time to come, 'You have no portion in Yahweh.'
Jos 22:28 Therefore we said, 'It shall be, when they tell us or our generations this in time to come, that we shall say, "Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you." '
Jos 22:29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tabernacle!"
Jos 22:30 When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
Jos 22:31 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, "Today we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh."
Jos 22:32 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Jos 22:33 The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.
Jos 22:34 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar "A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God."

May 20, 21 John 3


May 20, 21
John 3

Joh 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Joh 3:2 The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
Joh 3:3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
Joh 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
Joh 3:8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Joh 3:9 Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"
Joh 3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?
Joh 3:11 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
Joh 3:12 If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
Joh 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
Joh 3:14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
Joh 3:15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:17 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
Joh 3:18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
Joh 3:19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Joh 3:20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
Joh 3:21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
Joh 3:22 After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.
Joh 3:23 John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.
Joh 3:24 For John was not yet thrown into prison.
Joh 3:25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification.
Joh 3:26 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."
Joh 3:27 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
Joh 3:28 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
Joh 3:29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
Joh 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
Joh 3:31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
Joh 3:32 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
Joh 3:33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
Joh 3:34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
Joh 3:35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
Joh 3:36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."

"ACTS OF THE APOSTLES" Chapter Three by Mark Copeland


                         "ACTS OF THE APOSTLES"

                             Chapter Three

OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER

1) To study the healing of the lame man, noting various aspects of the
   miracle

2) To examine Peter's second gospel sermon, his call to repent and the
   blessings to follow

SUMMARY

The chapter opens with Peter and John going to the temple where they
encounter a man lame from birth begging for alms at the gate called
Beautiful.  In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Peter commands him
to rise up and walk.  Taking the lame man by the right hand and lifting
him up, the man is healed instantly and completely.  Walking, leaping,
and praising God, he accompanies Peter and John into the temple to the
wonder and amazement of the crowd (1-11).

On Solomon's porch, Peter explains that the healing occurred by faith in
the name of Jesus.  God has glorified His Servant Jesus, the Holy One
and the Just, the Prince of life, whom they denied and killed, but whom
God raised from the dead as witnessed by Peter and John.  While their
crimes were done in ignorance, even foretold and fulfilled by God, they
are commanded to repent and turn.  Those that do are promised to have
their sins blotted out and experience other blessings from Jesus who
will remain in heaven until the times of restoration of all things.
Those who do not heed Jesus will be utterly destroyed as foretold by
Moses (cf. Deut 18:15,18-19).  As sons of the prophets, and of the
covenant God made with Abraham to bless all families through his seed
(cf. Gen 22:18), to them first God has sent Jesus to bless them in
turning them away from their iniquities (12-26).

OUTLINE

I. THE HEALING OF THE LAME MAN (1-11)

   A. THE MIRACLE AT THE TEMPLE GATE (1-8)
      1. Peter and John go to the temple
         a. At the hour of prayer
         b. Which was the ninth hour (3 p.m.)
      2. The lame man at the temple gate called Beautiful
         a. Lame from his mother's womb
         b. Carried daily to the gate to ask for alms
         c. Seeing Peter and John, asks them for alms
      3. Peter heals the lame man
         a. They fix their eyes on the man, and Peter tells him to look
            at them
         b. The man gives them his attention, expecting to receive
            something
         c. Peter has no gold or silver, but gives what he has
            1) He commands the lame man in the name of Jesus to rise up
               and walk
            2) He takes him by the right hand and lifts him up
         d. Immediately his feet and ankle bones receive strength
            1) Leaping up, the man stands and walks
            2) He enters the temple with Peter and John
            3) He is walking, leaping, and praising God

   B. THE RESPONSE OF THE CROWD (9-11)
      1. The people see the lame man walking and praising God
      2. The people know him as the one who begged alms at the Beautiful
         Gate
      3. They are filled with wonder and amazement at what happened
      4. As the lame man holds on to Peter and John, the people run to
         them in Solomon's Porch

II. PETER'S SECOND SERMON (12-26)

   A. THE MIRACLE EXPLAINED (12-16)
      1. Peter questions why the crowd marveled
         a. Why look at Peter and John so intently?
         b. As though by their own power or godliness they made the man
            walk?
      2. God has glorified His Servant Jesus
         a. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of their
            fathers
         b. Has glorified Jesus
            1) Whom they delivered up and denied
               a) In the presence of Pilate
               b) When he was determined to let Him God
            2) The Holy One and the Just
               a) Whom they denied
               b) And asked for a murderer to be granted to them
            3) The Prince of life
               a) Whom God raised up
               b) Of which Peter and John are witnesses
      3. It was through faith in His name that made the man strong
         a. A man whom they see and know
         b. Faith which comes through Jesus has given him perfect
            soundness in their presence

   B. THE CALL TO REPENT AND BE CONVERTED (17-26)
      1. Peter knows they and their rulers crucified Christ in their
         ignorance
         a. Those things God foretold by the mouth of His prophets
         b. How Christ would suffer, God has fulfilled
      2. Peter commands them to repent and be converted
         a. That their sins may be blotted out
         b. That times of refreshing may come from the presence of the
            Lord
         c. That God might send Jesus Christ
            1) Who was preached to them before
            2) Whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration
               of all things
               a) Which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy
                  prophets
               b) Since the world began
      3. Even as Moses warned the fathers (cf. Deut 18:15,18-19)
         a. That God would raise up for them a Prophet from their
            brethren
         b. Whom they should hear in all things, whatever He says
         c. Those who will not hear that Prophet will be utterly
            destroyed from among the people
         d. As all the prophets foretold these days, from Samuel and
            those who followed
      4. They are the sons of the prophets, of the covenant God made
         with their fathers
         a. Saying to Abraham, "And in your seed all the families of the
            earth shall be blessed"
         b. To them first, God sent His Servant Jesus to bless them
            1) Having raised Him up
            2) To turn every one of them from their iniquities

REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAPTER

1) What are the main points of this chapter?
   - The healing of the lame man (1-11)
   - Peter's second sermon (12-26)

2) When did Peter and John go up to the temple? (1)
   - At the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (3 p.m.)

3) What was the name of the gate of the temple where the lame man begged
   for alms? (2)
   - Beautiful

4) When Peter and John spoke to the lame man, what he expecting? (3-5)
   - To receive something from them

5) As Peter prepared to heal the lame man, what did he say?  What did
   Peter then do? (6-7)
   - "In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."
   - Took the lame man by the right hand and lifted him up

6) How soon was the lame man healed?  How did the lame man respond?
   (7-8)
   - Immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength
   - Leaping up, stood, walked into the temple, leaping and praising God

7) Who saw the lame man walking in the temple?  What was their reaction?
   (9-10)
   - All the people, who knew he had been the lame beggar at the gate
     Beautiful
   - Filled with wonder and amazement

8) Where did the crowd gather in the temple area? (11)
   - Solomon's porch

9) What did Peter first deny? (12)
   - That by their own power or godliness they made the man walk

10) What had God done through this miracle? (13)
   - Glorified His Servant Jesus

11) Of what did Peter accuse of the crowd concerning Jesus? (13-15)
   - They delivered and denied Him in the presence of Pilate, who wanted
     to let Him go
   - They denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for murderer to be
     granted to them
   - They killed the Prince of life

12) What did Peter then proclaim regarding Jesus?  What evidence does he
    provide? (15)
   - God raised Him from the dead; he and John as witnesses

13) To what does Peter attribute the healing of the lame man? (16)
   - The name of Jesus and faith in His name

14) What does Peter say regarding their guilt?  What else about their
    actions? (17-18)
   - They did it in ignorance, as did their rulers
   - It was foretold by God through His prophets, which God has now
     fulfilled

15) What two commands does Peter give to the people? (19)
   - Repent
   - Be converted (lit., turn)

16) What three blessings are extended to those who obey? (19-20)
   - That your sins may be blotted out
   - That times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord
   - That He may send Jesus Christ

17) How long must Christ remain in heaven?   As described by whom? (21)
   - Until the times of restoration of all things
   - God, by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began

18) What did Moses promise to the fathers?  What did he also warn
    them? (22-23)
   - God would raise up a Prophet like him whom they should hear
   - Those who do not hear Him will be utterly destroyed

19) Who else foretold of these days? (24)
   - All the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed

20) How did Peter describe his audience? (25)
   - As sons of the prophets
   - As those of the covenant God made with their fathers

21) What promise did God make to Abraham? (25)
   - "And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

22) How was God seeking to bless the people? (26)
   - Having raised up Jesus, sending Him to bless them in turning people
     away from their iniquities