Title [re] [September 2, 2003] Acts 1:12~26
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Verses 24 and 25. “They prayed, saying, Lord, you know the hearts of all men.
Which of these two was chosen by the Lord to do the ministry and the apostleship?
Show me someone to take my place."
Lord, work as valuable and precious as the office from You
I know it doesn't exist in this world.
But the ministry of serving the body of the Lord, the church,
The formality of this age that cannot be valued
Looking at Christians by name only,
How painful is the Lord's heart?
The saints of Jesus Village are
All of them become officebearers = workers so that they can witness the resurrection of the Lord.
Help me to become a witness not only with words, but with life.
There is no exception for anyone in the building up of the body of the Lord, the church.
without staying as a spectator
I am moved by the work the Lord has given me
let me work
>12. The disciples returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Orchard, which is nearer to Jerusalem and is a suitable way for the Sabbath.
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>13. They went in, and their children went up to the upper chamber, where Peter, John, James, Andrew and Philip, Thomas and Bartholomew, Matthew and James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zelotite, and Judas the son of James were all there .
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>14. Together with the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and the brothers of Jesus, they devoted themselves to prayer at all.
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>15. And the number of the assembled crowd was one hundred and twenty. Then Peter stood up among the brothers and said,
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>16. Brethren, the scripture which was prophesied in advance of Judas, whom the Holy Spirit trusted by the mouth of David to guide those who captured Jesus, has come true.
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>17. This man was originally a part of our number and was entrusted with a part of this office.
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>18. (This man bought a field with the wages of unrighteousness, and after he fell, his body ruptured, and all his intestines came out
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>19. When this became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, the field was called Akeldama in the native tongue, which means Field of Blood.)
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>20. It is written in the Psalms, Let his dwelling place be desolate, and let no one dwell in it; and he said, Let another take his office.
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>21. For this reason, from the baptism of John until the day he was taken up from us, when the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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>22. We must appoint one of those who have always been with us so that he may be a witness with us to the resurrection of Jesus.”
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>23. They despised two of them, one called Barsabas and his nickname Justus Joseph, and the other Matthias.
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>24. And they prayed, saying, O Lord, who knows the hearts of all, which of these two
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>25. Show me someone who will take the place of the ministry and the apostleship, for Judas has left it and has gone to his own place.
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>26. Matthias was cast by lot, and she joined the number of the eleven apostles.