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Acts Post Acts
Household of faith Household of God
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Tell me!
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The article
21 ¶ (AV) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
21 (TR) λεγετε μοι οι υπο νομον θελοντες ειναι τον νομον ουκ ακουετε
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Col.1:23‐29
Hid from agesGenerations
BUT NOW made manifest
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Was the New Jerusalem “hid” from Abraham?
Heb.11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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Callings and hopes
The Land
In heavenly places
New Jerusalem
Acts 28
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:Eph 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
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Heb.11:8‐16
No Foundations
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Calculation (Rev.21:16)
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How big is new Jerusalem?
Rev.21:16επι σταδιων δωδεκα χιλιαδωνA stadios = a space or distance of about 600 feet (185 m)
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Abraham had two sons
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Active or Passive?24 (AV) Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
24 (TR) ατινα εστιν αλληγορουμενα αυται γαρ εισιν αι δυο διαθηκαι μια μεν απο ορους σινα εις δουλειαν γεννωσα ητις εστιν αγαρ
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Jerusalem which is above Mother of us all
26 (AV) But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
26 (TR) η δε ανω ιερουσαλημ ελευθερα εστιν ητις εστιν μητηρ παντων ημων
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For it is written
27 (AV) For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
27 (TR) γεγραπται γαρ ευφρανθητι στειρα η ου τικτουσα ρηξον και βοησον η ουκ ωδινουσα οτι πολλα τα τεκνα της ερημου μαλλον η της εχουσης τον ανδρα
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The comparison
Jerusalem above is MotherOf us all
HagarHas the husband
SarahMany more
η της εχουσης τον ανδρα
For
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The Wife
The Bride
The Body – Christ the head
Some hopes!
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NJ the bride = the Lamb’s wifeRe 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
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Cast out the bondwoman and her son
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Gal. 5:1 Three related words
ἐλευθερόωTo set free
verb
ἐλευθερίαLibertyNoun
ελεύθεροςFree
Adjective
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7x
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ἐλευθερόω=“to make free”Joh 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make <1659> you free <1659>.
Joh 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make <1659> you free <1659>, ye shall be free indeed.
Ro 6:18 Being <1659> then made free <1659> from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Ro 6:22 But now being made free <1659> from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Ro 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made <1659> me free <1659> from the law of sin and death.
Ro 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered <1659> from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Ga 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made <1659> us free <1659>, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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Lessons learnt• There exists more than one hope in the Bible
• Once a calling has been made to us we should answer!
• The former hope should be left behind.
• Right division applied in the life of an obedient christian will produce real freedom!
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