On the night before his crucifixion, jesus prayed for the apostles and for all future disciples, that they would be united john 17. It is a high privilege god hath given us to share this evening hour of praise and preaching with you who are listening on krld radio and on the radio of our bible institute, kcbi. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brethren. The books of reference used for this study of the book of acts were the bible, king james version, called the companion bible, publisher kregel.
A unique greek word, used 10 of its 12 new testament occurrences in the book of acts, helps us understand the. On one accord is a murder mystery in which the main character, tony jennings, honors god in all that he does. Ministered to the lord as the early church came together you see one set of words that run throughout the book of acts and that is one accord we today need to walk this way and see the power of god in our churches. There is one final use of the greek word ekklesia in the book of acts. Now we need to see the practice of the oneness, which is with one accord acts 1. You have one master, one faith, one baptism, one god and father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Fellowship and community and they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, acts 2. For example, all these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and his brothers acts 1. Acts shows what the early church believed and practiced.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The book of acts niv audio holy bible high quality and best speed. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed. The early church had great power from god in large part because of their unity. One accord sunday sermons fifth street church of christ. The beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church a chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 5 first ten years. For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice. The word is a compound from homos meaning same or together, and thumos meaning passion, anger, fierceness, wrath, indignation, heat, or glow. In his excellent treatise with one accord, author joe conti gives the reasons why. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brothers. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. In the gospel of john, the lord stresses the oneness, but in the book of acts, he stresses the one accord.
And from miletus he sent to ephesus, and called the elders of the church. Paul and the early church were not at odds with the laws of the old testament. Five times in the first five chapters of acts, scripture records that the disciples were in one accord. The book of acts is a key historical record of what the early church believed and practiced. This teaching included an exhortation to take care of the local believers, the flock that god had given these leaders to shepherd. One of the characteristics of early christians was the unity that so often prevailed among them. Clearly luke draws attention also to the way the holy spirit promoted the unity of the body in the book of acts by repeatedly using the greek. On the day of pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
Its initial chapters describe the churchs founding and early years. Mary and the other women shared in the community life with the original disciples and ministered to each other in. We read, the men all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women. Midland baptist church sermon pastor keith acts chapter 2 one accord. The phrase with one accord or with one mind is a translation of the greek word. And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did. The acts of the apostles paperback february 7, 2012 by joseph b. And in the day of the pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at. Pentecost is antibabel, and prayer beats that building project a megachurch has nothing to do with architecture or numbers the apostles could not leave jerusalem, for our faith is arielcentric one accord will bring salvation or bring the sure judgment of god journey with us through this book of transitions, as we tackle the themes of denominations, the gifts, and the call of paul. The legends of some apocryphal books represent her as staying at. With one accord definition of with one accord by merriam. Acts 2 kjv and when the day of pentecost was fully. In this topic we briefly survey the book of acts and observe the ministries of women.
Definition with one mind, with one accord, with one passion a unique greek word, used 10 of its 12 new testament occurrences inthe book of acts, helps us understand the uniqueness of the christiancommunity. And in those days peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty, 16. And when the day of pentecost was come, they were all with one accord in one place. Homothumadon is a compound of two words meaning to rushalong and in unison.
Acts 9 tells the story of the dramatic conversion of the man formerly known as saul, the persecutor. In the book of acts it is said that they were of one accord or of one mind acts 1. He is mild mannered, but willing to take risk to do the right thing. A unique greek word, used 10 of its 12 new testament occurrences inthe book of acts, helps us understand the uniqueness of the christiancommunity. I encourage you to go on this adventure filled with danger, action, and suspense mixed with. Comment note that the textus receptus uses homothumadon the greek manuscripts used for nas, esv, niv, etc, have homou meaning simply together in place of homothumadon of the textus receptus. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with oneness.
Again, luke notes that they were unified perfectly. The phrase one accord here is from the greek homothumadon, which means with one mind, with unanimous consent, in one accord, all together according to the complete word study dictionary new testament. And when the day of pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to the fellowship, to the. You find it at least six times in the book of the acts. Christian standard bible when the day of pentecost had arrived, they. The phrase with one purpose occurs 10x in acts and only one other time in the rest of the new testament. The concept of being in one accord is expressed frequently in the bible, with ten instances in the book of acts. Here we see they were in one accord both publicly in the temple area and from house to house. With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and with his brothers. Acts 2 kjv and when the day of pentecost was fully bible gateway. And when the day of pentecost was fully come, they. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing. In each instance the greek word homothumadon is used.
When the fiftieth day was come, they were all with one accord together in one. The first mention of gods feasts in the book of acts is found in acts 2. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. There is a greek word homothumadon that pretty much only shows up in the book of acts 11 of 12 nt uses. In the studying i did in preparation for this sermon, the best comment that i came across in regard to one accord came from adam clarke. So the disciples were characterized by their devotion to prayer for a particular request. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the. A major figure in the book of acts and the new testament is the apostle paul. I want to briefly look at what the early church was doing that kept their unity.
When pentecost, the fiftieth day after passover, came, all the believers. The phrase in one accord appears often in the book of acts. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and mary the mother of jesus, and his brothers. This chapter functions as a transition from the former account that is, gospel of luke with a narrative prelude verses 15, repeated record of. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and mary the mother of. Paul places this in the very forefront of that gospel which, as it. The record from the book of acts couldnt be clearer. Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. Blue letter bible gives a beautiful description of the use of this word here.
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