Revelations from Acts 13:13-34: The Eternal Promise of David

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Speaker 1 0:00

Happy Saturday y'all . Happy Saturday everybody . I hope you're waking up to a beautiful morning , wherever you are . Maybe this is later in the afternoon and you already had your morning . Well then , happy afternoon to you Y'all . It's so amazing to just be back on this Saturday , and I'm just popping in for a quick check-in and hello .

Speaker 1 0:19

I wanted to also let the folks in the Come Out of the Wilderness Prayer Ministry , the Facebook group , know that the list of prayer watches have been posted . Y'all need to have this information so that you can align your prayers . There are certain watch and it's all biblical scriptures , so there's scriptures that were even assigned to that . So y'all go back and look at this information . It's really going to help you as you're standing in the gap and praying for your families . For those of you , if you're outside of this group , you can actually go to graceandgreatmediacom or you can send an email to comeoutofthewilderness C-O-O-T-W . Prayerministryatyahoocom . I'll drop this in the comments so you'll know how to read this and listen . I'm happy to share information , but y'all need to come into the prayer community so that you can catch what we throw in Amen .

Speaker 1 1:08

So today I was in Acts 13 , and this is really talking about from verse 13 to . I'm going to stop at verse 34 . And this is really talking about Paul and Barnabas at Antioch . And so they were . I'm going to try to contextualize a little bit and I pray that this bless you . Lord , we just thank you for today , this Saturday . We thank you for waking us up and ask now that you will just even give us some encouragement and revelation in this word so that we can get through today . We thank you for the blessings of the day and your mercy and your goodness . Oh , thank you , lord , amen , amen , holy Spirit , make me aware of your presence so that I can deliver your word , amen .

Speaker 1 1:46

So in verse 13 it talks about this act 13 . Paul and his companions had set sail and they came to pergamon kind of break it down for y'all and um , and it said that they were reading the law and the prophets and the rulers of the synagogue sent somebody out to say you know , if you have any word of encouragement for the people , say it right , so , right . So Paul stood up and , motioning with his hand , said now I want y'all to be very keen on everything in the word means something , everything in scripture . So when I look at this , one of the first questions I said to the Lord was why did you need to tell us about moving his hand ? There are what we consider prophetic acts . There are acts in the same way when you read about Moses raising both his hand when he was praying , when he was tapping back into heaven and as the waters were being parted , both his hands were raised and he was so physically exhausted that he had to get help . Y'all can go back and read that , but there's always a meaning . So don't just read the word and overlook it . Start asking the Holy Spirit to reveal what it means . So for me , when I came across that , my one of my question was like was why was he motioning his hand and what was ? What was he doing ? Cause I'm inquisitive and I needs to know . Okay , so it comes further down and it starts with the men of Israel and and you who fear God , listen . So I love that verse I would started with . He was addressing the men of Israel , but it also says and you who fear God . So that's us . We fear God , we revere God , respect God . So he's talking to us again . You got to put yourself in the word .

Speaker 1 3:23

It talks about the God of this people , how God chose our fathers and made the people great . He talks about the 40 years that he says put up with them in the wilderness . That's verse 18 . God had to put up with us in the wilderness . He talks about how , after destroying seven nations in Canaan that he gave us Now I'm in the story gave us our land and inheritance . He talks about how that took 450 years . He goes down further and he talks about when they asked for a king , that he gave them Saul , and he talks about when they removed him . He raised up David to be their king . He talked about how God testified I found David , the son of Jesse , a man after my heart , who will do all my will .

Speaker 1 4:09

So , even as you're reading this , I want to encourage you , as this is kind of a summary of all of the incredible things that the Lord had done for all of us , right Men of Israel and you who fear God . That's us y'all . Right men of Israel and you who fear God . That's us y'all . All the amazing things that God had done over time and time again . It talks all .

Speaker 1 4:30

It comes all the way down to in verse 25 , as John was finishing his course . Um , you know , talks about John talking about Jesus , and before his coming , had John had proclaimed looking at my word a baptism and a repentance to all the people . It comes all the way down . Brothers , sons of the family of Abraham , that's us , and those among you who fear God to us , have been sent the message of this salvation . It's how we can receive the message of salvation for ourselves .

Speaker 1 4:57

And so , as he keeps sharing the rest of it , there is a particular verse that I love , in verse 32 . And it says and we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers , this he has fulfilled to us , their children , by raising Jesus . Let me read that again and we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers , this he has fulfilled to us , their children . We're a part of that To us by raising Jesus , by raising Jesus , so through Jesus , we have the inheritance of our fathers . The promises that you read about in Deuteronomy , the promises of Abraham , isaac and Jacob , those are . They belong to us . Don't get mad at me , that's what the word says . I'm just reading scripture . Don't get mad at me . It says we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers , this he has fulfilled to us , their children , by raising Jesus . I love that we are a part of the promises . So , with all of the things that had happened , that Paul , all of the information that he shared , the encouragement that he gave , with all of the trials and challenges , all of the you know , all the things that the people of Israel had gone through , with everything , with all of those things where he talks about David , the son of Jesse , being raised up , with all of those things , the sons of the family of Abraham , and how we receive salvation that we're connected into this . We are a part of this and I love that . This powerful reminder is that y'all , we're a part of the story . This is for us too . This is for us In verse 34 says and as for the fact that he has raised him from the dead , now we're talking about Jesus no more to return to corruption .

Speaker 1 7:02

He has spoken in this way . I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David . I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David and I want to encourage you today , because there are a lot of folks who are standing in need of a for real blessing and you feel like you are not really connected to this great God that we serve , you are a part of , you are a part of , and the same promise . The same promise , the same covenant , that God had to take care of his children , right Tearing , destroying strongholds , right Securing them , protecting them for generations . The same promise , the same covenant that belongs to us because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ , because when Jesus came , because when Jesus came , what he did was he removed that law saying that the rest of us , gentiles , we now have access to that same promise .

Speaker 1 8:08

What God promised to the fathers , this he has fulfilled to us , the children , by raising Jesus . It's only because of him , us , their children , by raising Jesus , it's only because of him , I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David . That's what the word says . So I want to pray that for us , that we receive that for ourselves , that the word says , lord , that you will give us . Father , I thank you that you will give us the holy and sure blessings of David , that we are connected all the way back . We are a part , we are a part of your body . We are not separated , because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ . The word says in 47 , for so the Lord has commanded us , saying I have made you a light for the Gentiles , that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth . And when the Gentiles heard it , they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of God and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed .

Speaker 1 9:17

It's one thing to accept Jesus as your personal savior . Personal savior makes them personal , like a one-on-one relationship . It's another thing to understand that when you come into this relationship with Jesus , you're also a part of a larger kingdom , kingdom of heaven , larger kingdom . You're part of a larger body of Christ . You're part of a bigger story . If you understand that what Jesus did for us was to bring us Gentiles into this promise , then you start to see things just a little bit differently . Then you start to pull on heaven just a little bit differently . And it's nothing that we have done . There's no petition that I make to Jesus that's different from what you've made . He's pulled us into his kingdom , he's selected us . It's not like we are saying , hey , pick me , he's pulling us . He's pulling us into that kingdom . And as we enter into that , as we accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal savior , as we understand that we're now a part of a larger body , a kingdom of heaven right .

Speaker 1 10:34

We also can be encouraged of his word when he says I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David . I want to be tapped into that . You see , I have big hopes that we will get the word of God out to many , many people . Not for me , not for hype y'all , just because I'm a girl who loves Jesus and I want to tell as many people as I can about him because he is real for me , real to me , because I know that Jesus saves lives , because I know , because I've experienced it , I am the least likely , the most busted vessel , and yet the Lord has pulled me into his kingdom and blessed me . The same way that he is blessing me is the same way that he will bless you . I will give you the holy and sure blessings of david , and I want that for you and I want that for me . I don't want to see us suffer . I don't want to see us um , you know , for as long as we're on this plane called earth , as long as we are physically here , I don don't want to see the suffering .

Speaker 1 11:45

I spend a lot of time scrolling on Facebook . I probably need to cut this out , but I get kind of caught into the videos that show people in need and what it does for me it's not . It's every time one of those things come up , I start praying . God , you know , give them the sure blessings of David . I'm not scrolling just to satisfy myself . I'm scrolling because I'm looking for an assignment and where I can maybe pray for somebody else or touch somebody else's life or help in some kind of way .

Speaker 1 12:18

But for today , I want to just land you with this word , just a reminder of what it says . So go back to Acts 13 . That was Acts 13 . I took you all the way from verses 13 through 34 . I did touch on verse 47 . But I just want to leave you with . I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David , but you've got to have a relationship with Jesus . He's not a genie , so I pray that this word is going to encourage you that you to have a relationship with Jesus . He's not a genie , so I pray that this word is going to encourage you that you are a part of the family . God loves you and there's nothing you can do about it .

Speaker 1 12:52

Y'all , god bless you . God bless you . God bless you . Please be kind to the people around you . The word says that we were made a light for the Gentiles . We were made a light , we're a light , and so we show up differently . And so just by showing up and with a smile on your face , you can change the environment . Just with a smile on your face and being kind to somebody else . You don't know how you'll change people's lives , you don't know . So I pray that you will be encouraged to just be the light , remembering that you holy and sure blessings of David . I receive that , father . I thank you that I have the holy and sure blessings of David . I thank you that my family has the holy and sure blessings of David . Father , I thank you that our prayer ministry has the holy and sure blessings of David . Father , I thank you that every person under the sound of my voice has the holy and sure blessings of David . Amen , amen . All right , y'all have a good one . I love you . I'll talk to you later . Bye .