Monday morning coffee.

Good morning, good morning. Welcome to the Monday Morning Coffee Podcast for Monday, February the 9th. I'm Mark. I am drinking great coffee. You knew that already. I have my Bible open to the book of Acts, and I have some notes from yesterday's sermon. It's all happening. It's all going on. Grab your Bible, grab your coffee, let's grow together. Yesterday, then was the second in this series on sermons and their role in our lives and in worship. This series is called Preaching Matters, and I have really been pushing the importance of biblical preaching. And Sunday we talked about how to judge it. But great preaching can't do everything. And sometimes people get frustrated with sermons because they're asking the pulpit to do something God never designed for it to do. For example, preaching cannot replace personal responsibility. Acts two, powerful preaching, but Peter preaches and then the crowd asks a question, brothers, what shall we do? And Peter tells them they need to act. Great preaching does not do the responding for you. You do the responding. And of course, sometimes people leave disappointed, not because the sermon lacked truth, but because it didn't carry them across the finish line emotionally or spiritually. Well, preaching brings you to the edge of the decision, but crossing that line is always on the listener. Again, you have to respond. And preaching cannot compete with the distracted heart. That is uncomfortable, but that is absolutely true. Jesus talks about that in the parable of the soils. The same word falls on different hearts and produces wildly different results. If my heart is already crowded with resentment or cynicism or the desire for entertainment, or I'm just thinking about anything and everything else during the sermon, it isn't the preaching that is powerless. It is the resistance to the preaching that is defeating it. And so sometimes the issue isn't, was the sermon great? It was was my heart open? And that's that audience stuff I talked about yesterday. Are you a great sermon consumer? Or are we doing a million other things during the preaching and then judging the sermon off whether it was dynamic enough to make me stop and listen anyway? I do think preaching is a sacred responsibility, but it is not magic. God chose preaching to proclaim truth, to confront hearts, and to call for repentance. He did not choose it to override free will, replace discipleship, or remove the need for daily obedience. You have to respond. When we understand that, we listen better, we judge more fairly, and we take responding to the sermon much more seriously. Let's think about some sermons. What a great lead in to our daily Bible reading this week, because we're in the book of Acts and we're going to talk about the first gospel sermon ever preached. Grab your Bible. Lots of discussion yesterday about a football game, Super Sunday. I'll tell you what, this is Super Sunday right here. Verse 1 tells us that this is about Pentecost. Pentecost is one of the three annual festivals, the Biggies, and this would probably be somewhere around in June. It's always seven weeks and one day from Passover, so that makes it a Sunday. By first century times, many had decided it was the anniversary of the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, and that comes from timing out the Exodus. And actually, might actually be kind of close. So the day that Israel received the law is the day the church receives the gospel. I have to think about that, but maybe there's something to that. And of course, it's very important to know that the they, when the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. That's the eleven apostles, 126. And there's conversation and discussion about that, but later on we'll see in Acts that the apostles have something from the Holy Spirit that no other believers can possibly have or get. And I need a swing of coffee here because my notes have a typo. The apostles have something special from the spirit that no other beavers have or can get. Probably didn't know that Bucky's was in the Bible. Watch out, beavers, you can't have what the apostles have. The fire here, I do need coffee. The fire here does represent the presence of God, and the tongues are given to prove that the spirit has come. They show that the gift of prophecy speaking for God has in fact been restored. So let's look at Peter's sermon. I really worked on this yesterday. So we're thinking about Acts chapter 2 and what it says about the audience. Peter really has a plateful here. He needs to deal with several problems: the accusation that they're drunk. He needs to explain this remarkable phenomenon that's going on. And then he needs to point people to Jesus, but Jesus got killed in a really bad way. So he has to cover that and make sure everybody understands what that's all about. And then he needs to get a response from the listeners. And this sermon is an absolute masterpiece. It covers all of those bases and more. And as a bonus, verse 17, it even says some things about the last days. The last days is the last period, epoch, whatever you want to say, of human history. It's the time when there won't be anything after this. It's the Christian dispensation. And I think here particularly it's the time of transition where the Jewish dispensation, the law of Moses, is going to come to an end. And so there's this heavy apocalyptic language out of Joel chapter 2 and verses 19 and 20. All of that is to say that this is a time of judgment. That's what Joel is about. The people aren't right, that's going to be a day of judgment. But there's also a day of salvation. It depends on whose side you're on. If you're with the Lord, this is going to be a great day. So the signs correspond to what Joel prophesied, marking a new age of salvation, the time of the Messiah. And what you need to do to get in on that is to make sure that you're not on the judge side, but on the saved side, is you need to call on the Lord. But the question is, who is the Lord? Verse 21, it'll come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. From verse 22 on, here Peter deals with Jesus is the Lord. But of course, he was crucified. How could he possibly be the Messiah? Peter works through that heavy reliance on the Psalms here. And then notice verse 32. Where is Jesus now? Hey, okay, if Jesus is the Messiah, let's see him. We want to see him, if he's raised from the dead. No, he is raised up, verse 32, and he's been exalted at the right hand of God. So Psalm 110 comes into play here. Jesus is the Messiah. He is Lord, King, and Christ, Savior, Messiah. He is both of those things. And this gets a fabulous, fabulous response. People are cut to the heart. Cut to the heart here is strong language. Cut to the heart here means heartbroken, filled with remorse. Is there any hope for us at all? And we get some new ideas. I would have said, if I hadn't read Acts 238 before, repentance. You got to repent. We saw that all through the Gospel of Luke. Luke is heavy on repentance. Okay, get you some repentance. But we get some new things here. Repentance is the change of heart about sin, that desire to turn to God. But now we get everyone, verse 38, repent and be baptized, everyone, not just you, everybody's welcome here. Universal nature of the gospel is being pushed. And then it's not just repentance, but it's repentance and baptism in the name of Jesus. And I think this is more than just by his authority. It means the recognition that he is Lord. It's a turning to and submitting to him as King and Messiah. And then there's the receiving of the Holy Spirit. That's the invitation to join in the pouring out that Joel had talked about. And what exactly, verse 38, I'll tie up today's episode. Woo, going a little long today. I'll tie up, tie this episode up a little bit here by thinking about the gift of the Holy Spirit. Some have thought this is miraculous gifts, but it's pretty clear from the rest of the New Testament, not everybody gets miraculous gifts. I would have a very hard time defending that position. It could be the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but again, that that's a really unique deal. And when we get to Acts chapter 10, Acts chapter 11, we'll see how unique that is. Once again, very difficult to make that play. So what are the options here? It could be the Holy Spirit himself. He is the gift, that the believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit. And that does not necessarily mean that it's a charismatic Pentecostal experience and that you feel the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit tells you where to park and you get these warm fuzzies. That is not necessary to this position. But the Bible does affirm in many places in the New Testament that believers are indwelt by the Spirit. And I have to say, there is strong proof for that position. Others have said it is the gift from the Spirit, it is salvation. And this sermon is about how to be saved. So there's something to be said for that. I think there's strong proof for either of those positions. More and more I lean towards the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. This is what separates, or one of the things that separates the New Testament from the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, very few people have the Spirit. Joel says everybody can have the Spirit in the Messianic age, in the messianic time. And so a whole bunch of people respond, verse 41, and they come together, 42 to 47, and form the church. These people aren't just momentarily moved by Peter's preaching. They're changed. They are different because they have, verse 47, been saved. The reading for Monday, Acts chapter 2. Welcome to Tuesday. Welcome to Tuesday. And we will have Zoom tonight, Westsiders. Pretty excited about that. It's been a bit since we've been able to have a Zoom call. It will be really nice to study and read in Acts chapter 3. Pray together on the Zoom this evening. This chapter breaks into two pieces. Verses 1 to 10 is the healing of a lame man. And then verses 11 to 26, Peter preaches. If you look at verse 1, the hour of prayer here is the ninth hour. That would probably be 3 p.m. And if you see verse 2, this lame guy, and you think, hey, buddy, you must be a really good person on and on, you're missing the point. He would be a very unlikely prospect for the favor of God. Many Jews coming to the temple probably thought he was cursed of God. The reason you are lame is because you've done something terrible. He is at the beautiful gate, which is probably within the court of the Gentiles. This gate on the east side where Israelite men and women were allowed to access the next court, the court of the women. And it says very clearly here that he had been lame from birth. Luke likes to include little details like that that makes it clear this is a major healing. This is not he fell down and sprained his ankle last week, and now he's gonna be pretty much all better, whether Peter and John do anything or not. And pay particularly attention Wow, coffee, need coffee. Pay particular attention, verse 6. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the use of the name of Jesus shows the healing power of Jesus is still available because Jesus is still alive. So the man is healed, everybody sees it, people are really excited. There's so much joy and optimism in Luke's writing, of course. And we're asking, okay, why'd you tell us about that? There's been a lot of healings. Why do we need to know about this healing? What's the point? Why, why is this important? And the reason it's important is because it gives Peter the opportunity to preach. And this sermon looks a lot like the Acts 2 sermon. Maybe a couple of things are a little bit different here than what we saw before. There's the discussion here of signs and wonders, and particularly an emphasis on all of this is in harmony with the scripture and that we are eyewitnesses. Immediately, verse 12, Peter says, Don't look at us like we're the ones that did this. Notice how different this is than modern-day fake healers. They're always trying to draw attention to themselves and pass the hat. Peter does not do that. And then verse 13, we get a big shift. What we expect is the God of our fathers did this. But instead, what we get is Jesus healed him. Jesus healed him. Jesus is the servant, verse 13. That's Isaiah 52 being being quoted there. Isaiah 52, 13. Jesus is the suffering servant. He is resurrected. Verse 15, the resurrection stands in the center of everything. There's nothing to say without the resurrection. And because of this, Jesus brings times of refreshing. That's an unusual expression and subject to a lot of conversation and debate. Probably just means the refreshing blessings of being in Jesus. Christianity is wonderful and being in Christ is a joy. Catch the reference in verse 24 to 2 Samuel 7. And all that Peter is saying here is it's time to repent because the time of these prophecies, 23, 24, 25, that's happening right here, right now. So you need to get right with God. It's the time of the Messiah, it's the time to repent. And please note verse 26. God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first. If somebody's first, then someone else is second. And I think there's an implication here already in the preaching that's going on in Acts that the kingdom will be opened to Gentiles at some point. Maybe the audience isn't ready for that, but I'm certainly thinking about that as I look at verse 26. See you tonight on Zoom, Westsiders. Everyone else, see you on the podcast tomorrow, the reading for Tuesday, Acts chapter 3. It's Wednesday. Welcome to Wednesday. And today we're reading the fourth chapter of the book of Acts. This chapter, the reading for Wednesday is Acts 4. This chapter begins, verse 1, with powerful people. The priests, the captains of the temple, and the Sadducees come upon them. The Sadducees control the temple. And because they try to cooperate with the Romans, kind of a liaison between the Roman government and the Sanhedrin and the Jewish people, there was a lot of people who didn't much care for them, but their job is to keep disturbances from happening, especially there in the temple. We have a disturbance. We have preaching. The Sadducees don't believe in the resurrection of the dead, verse 2. So this would be annoying to them. We get more reference to what a powerful group of people this is in verse 6. These are the people who got Jesus put to death. These are big dogs. You don't want to mess with them. Peter is utterly, utterly uncowed by them. Verse 8, Peter is filled with the Holy Spirit. Like Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit, Luke 4, chapter 1. This is the fulfillment of Luke 12, 11 and 12. This is all about Peter is a changed person because he is filled with the Spirit. This is not scaredy cat Peter, who could not stand up to a maid on the night that Jesus was tried and executed. This Peter stands up, looks at these guys, and says, it's all about Jesus, verse 10. He is the cornerstone. That's the favorite Christian text, Psalm 118, verse 22. And basically Peter hacks off everybody in the room. Look at verse 10. He's been raised from the dead. You crucified him. Pharisees, Sadducees, everybody in the room is now mad, and there's not anything they can do about it. Because verse 13 tells us they realize it's not illegal to heal people in the temple, and that these are changed people. Being with Jesus changes you. And that probably references Peter being spirit-filled, probably represents his holy boldness, probably says some things here about how this is not what you would expect, the way for a fisherman to handle the Bible and to be able to quote scripture. Notice as well here that although everybody says this is a miracle, nobody is believing. Miracles don't compel belief. We cannot, but speak of what we have seen and heard. Peter says in verse 20, you can't shut us down. We won't be stopped. And then the chapter ends with two very important pieces, 23 to 31. Once again, the Holy Spirit appears in 25 and also in verse 31. And this is a prayer. Prayer is the response to persecution. It's the fourth time Christians are praying together in the book of Acts. This prayer shares some similarities with Hezekiah's prayer in Isaiah 37, and it quotes out of Psalm 2, which David wrote. And this is very much about when you threaten Jesus, you threaten the church because the church is the body of Christ. And the church is doing what Jesus did, preaching the gospel. And so you're trying to shut down the preaching of the gospel. That's trying to shut down us. You're trying to shut down Jesus. That will never work. And of course, it's important to see that the church prays for God's word to go forth boldly, not relief from persecution. Then we get this generosity section, 32 to 37. And sometimes people get a little confused here and think that this is a commune. It is not a commune. The church did not withdraw. You can go down to the Dead Sea and see a commune. That's the Qumran community where the Dead Sea scrolls were written, but this is not that. They are living in their own homes, 246, and they had their own wealth and possessions, chapter 5, and they were in control of them. They could do with them as they please. But the church is generous and the church is caring for one another, helping saints. There'd be a lot of people who are still here. They came for Passover, they stayed for Pentecost. Now they become Christians. They want to be around the apostles. They want to continue to learn about Jesus the Messiah before they go home. You've got a lot of folks here that are out of pocket and out of sorts. And so the church is helping all of those people, all of those brethren. And I like verse 36. Hey, Joseph, who's also called by the apostles Barnabas, he sold a field and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet. Luke loves to do that. You get a glimpse of a figure who later on turns out to be a major player in the story. A reading for Wednesday, Acts chapter 4. It's Thursday, and we're reading one of the most dramatic texts in the book of Acts. We're reading Acts chapter 5. The reading for Thursday is Acts 5. And if my voice pitch has changed a little bit here, it's because I've changed microphones. I'm always tweaking and fiddling with this, trying to make it sound better, so I hope it does sound better. Let's get into Acts chapter 5. What's famous about this is the story of Ananias and Sapphira. And the amount of room that's been given to this by Luke tells us very clearly that the church is to be warned about hypocrisy and deceit. Lying among the church will destroy the church. And Peter's strong reaction to this shows that he understands what is at stake. You should see in verse 2, the expression he kept back for himself, kept back as identical to the term for committed a trespass in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, in Joshua chapter 7 and verse 1, for what Achan did at the fall of Jericho. And this opening sets up a very strong contrast. Notice verse 1, but a man named Ananias. There's a very strong contrast here to what Barnabas has done at the end of chapter 4. In verse 3, please pay particular attention to the parallel of the Holy Spirit and God in verse 4. This passage definitively proves the Holy Spirit's deity. And breathed his last, verse 5, is used only in the New Testament when someone is struck by God directly. Acts 5 5, Acts 5 10, Acts 12.23. And this does emphasize that this is a divine judgment. He did not just suddenly go into cardiac arrest. No, God judged him here. In verse 11, great fear came upon the whole church. Luke has a wonderful mastery of understatement. I should expect so. And the expression church here, it is the first time the word ecclesia is used of the church here in the New Testament, with a possible exception of Acts 247. In the Western text, that's a whole long conversation. Let's just go with it. The Ecclesia is used as church here for the very first time in the New Testament. It used to be kingdom. Now Ecclesia is the church. And there is always someone who will say that ecclesia means called out. That's not exactly correct. But probably what Luke is going for here is that the ecclesia, ecclesia is the term used in the Septuagint of Israel, of the Israelite nation. And so in Deuteronomy and several of the following Old Testament books, ecclesia is the regular rendering for the Hebrew word for assembly, and it often speaks of the Israelite nation. So here the church is being identified. As yes, as the Ecclesia, as the new Israel of God. And that brings us then into the results of this wonder and sign, verse 12. Many signs and wonders are regularly done among the people, among the people by the hands of the apostles. Oh, you got a little coffee here to help us out, wouldn't it? Okay. And that links back, this signs and wonders, verse 12, links back to chapter 4 and verse 30, where they had prayed that signs and wonders would be done. And then verse 13 says, none of the rest dared to join them. And then verse 14, you've got more than ever believers are being added unto them. So how does all of that work? And I think the best answer here is that there are three groups going on. The Christians who are meeting in the temple, and then unbelieving Jews who didn't want to get too close. They're afraid. And then there are responsive Jews who believed. And I think the rest here speaks then more than ever believers were added unto the Lord. Those are responsive Jews, whereas the rest, verse 13, are unbelieving Jews who want to stay away. Beginning then in verse 17, we have another arrest, and this will lead to the first of three prison releases. Chapter 12 and chapter 16 also have a get out of jail free card. And there is no attempt here by the church to fight back. There's no civil disobedience. There's no let's get a militia movement, let's be armed. None of that happens at all. And the offer of salvation, I'm pushing ahead here as quickly as I can. Verse 31, God exalted him as right hand as leader and savior. This is the first place outside of the gospels that Jesus is called Savior. And the offer of salvation is being made to the Sanhedrin Council. That ought to stop us for more than just a moment. These are the people who orchestrated the death of Jesus, and yet, if they will turn to the Lord, they can be saved. The chapter concludes then with Gamaliel's incredible advice. And Gamaliel is super famous. He is the VIP of VIPs, probably the most important Pharisee in the Sanhedrin Council. He is the grandson and disciple of Hillel, one of the most famous rabbis of all. He is one of only seven rabbis who was given the title Rabban. Rabbon means our teacher. Rabbi means my teacher. And one rabbi said that when Rabbon Gameliel died, the glory of the Torah ceased, and purity and separateness died. And his advice here is in accordance with Pharisaical belief. God is sovereign, God is overall. He does not need help from men to do what he wills. Men need to obey God and leave it up to the Lord. And what I think is particularly significant here is verse 39. If it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God. That is an excellent summary of the rest of the book of Acts. Over and over again, people fight against God and they can't overthrow the gospel movement. They can't stop what Jesus started. They are, in fact, fighting against God. Our reading for Thursday, Acts chapter 5. It is Friday. It is Friday. Always glad to end the week with you in the Word of God. Today's reading for Friday is Acts 6. The reading for Friday is Acts 6. And for the first time, wow, look at that. It's only 15 verses. And we're used to reading 9,000 verses in Luke's long chapters. 15 verses. That didn't seem very much at all. I should say this. These are 15 packed passages, verses that just mean so much. And I should start right away by noticing how Luke uses this expression, the Word of God, verse 2. It is not right that we should give up preaching the Word of God. He will use that expression, the Word of God, at a number of places in the book of Acts to designate the growth of the church and especially a new, a new packet, a new part, a new piece in his outline. So get ready to watch for the expression word of God. That will mean, yeah, something new is starting for Luke. Now, you're probably familiar with the seven and the original deacons. These probably are the original deacons, and here they are serving. Who are they serving? They are serving the Hellenists, verse 1. Those are probably Greek-speaking Jews who this is important. They speak Greek and they think in Greek. This might be people who have come and have stayed now a long time from the original Passover and Pentecost. Probably better, these are Jews who live in Jerusalem or live in that area. Maybe they have moved to this area. But the key here is they are Greek in their culture. They are Greek in their thinking. That's what matters about this. Just imagine for a moment how different it would be to have, say, people from California and people from Texas in the same congregation. There's some things that people in California think are very, very important, and people in Texas maybe not so much. And there are some things that Texans think are matters of almost life and death, and Californians are like, we've passed a law, you can't even do that. So there's a very different culture going on here. And when you remember how important food and eating are in New Testament times, this may be about a whole lot more than just we're going hungry. We're being treated as second-class citizens. We don't count. So what we get, verse 3, is some men who are full of the Spirit. That means under control of the Spirit. And that, of course, is exactly the kind of person that we still need to serve as deacons today. In verse 7, please observe that everybody likes the church. In fact, a great many of the priests become obedient to the faith. We need to underline verses like that, because in chapter 8 and verse 4, everybody hates the church, and we need to figure out what happened between Acts 6.7 and Acts 8.4 to make such a giant change. And the answer is Stephen happened. Verses 8 to 15 introduce us to Stephen. Now we're somewhere, anywhere from 33 to 37, right in here. Not sure how long the church has been in existence, maybe for quite some time. And there are significant parallels between Stephen and Jesus. Remember, the book of Acts is about the church does what Jesus did. The church carries on the work of Jesus in preaching the gospel. And just watch for all the parallels here. You can't stop Stephen. You couldn't stop Jesus. There are witnesses that were paid off to speak ill and bring false charges and lies against Jesus, and they do that with Stephen. There's the charge of blasphemy made against both of them. The people are stirred up. Jesus is said to be guilty of teaching that the temple would be destroyed. Watch the charge against Stephen. So he really functions in many ways here as a Christ-like figure. He's doing what Jesus did, and he gets the reaction Jesus got. Now in verse 9, he is doing some preaching, full of grace and power. Verse 8, this is the first miracle being done by somebody who's not an apostle. And then there is opposition. This is verse 9. For the first time, there is opposition from someone besides the Sanhedrin and the Sadducees. And the question is, what exactly is he teaching and preaching here? That's not part of the job description in verses 1 to 7 for these first deacons. So what is he doing here? What's going on? But if the Hellenistic Jews meet separately, it's only fair to assume that they would have a Greek preacher who spoke their language and knew their culture and would naturally gravitate to them. I think folks in Texas like Texas preachers who know how to say howdy and y'all, and probably people in England like English preachers who drink tea or whatever English people do. I well, I painted myself into a corner with that. I don't know where I'm going with that. Now, what is Stephen preaching? What is he preaching that gets him into so much trouble? Clearly, he is pushing the primacy of Jesus Christ, and especially that the gospel is for everyone. Please remember, in Acts, you're in chapter 6, not in chapter 10. There are no Gentiles in the church at this time. But somebody is saying the gospel is for all. We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God, verse 11. That's a lie. Nobody has more respect for Moses than Stephen does. And then verse 12, they stirred up the people and the scribes. I mean, this sounds exactly like what happened to Jesus. They set up false witnesses, verse 13. This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place in the law. We heard him say Jesus will destroy this place. That would send everybody over the edge. Because Jerusalem, Jerusalem lives off the temple. That's a religious attack. That's an economic attack. Jerusalem's chief livelihood was the temple and the trade and the tourism that it generated. So you're going to destroy the temple? That's an ungodly, blasphemous thing to do, and it's going to bankrupt everybody. And so chapter 6 ends, verse 15, gazing at them all and gazing at him, I'm sorry, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel. Once again, Luke presents us with an uncertain miracle. Does that just mean, as one commentator says, that his eyes burned with an inner light? And all of us have seen somebody who just has a look upon their face, that fierce look, the eye of the tiger. They're ready to go. They're ready to defend themselves. Or does it mean in some ways he has an unearthly glow, a supernatural glow, that there is something about him that says, this man is possessed of the Holy Spirit. He's about to speak from the Holy Spirit and say some things that these people desperately need to hear. Reading then for Friday. Acts chapter 6. Once again, the podcast ends on a cliffhanger. How can you stop reading in Acts 6.15? It's just it's nearly impossible. I'll see you Monday and we'll take up Stephen's speech and see what he's saying and why he is saying it. We'll see if we can see where this ends up. But since you already know that he is a Christ-like figure and he's being treated like Christ, yes, he will be treated fully like Christ. Well, thank you so much for listening. This is the podcast for the week, then it concludes here. If the podcast is a blessing to you, please tell someone about it. Help them in their daily Bible reading and in capturing some of the spiritual momentum of Sunday and bringing it right into their week. I love doing this, especially I love doing it with a oh, I'm at the bottom of this cup of coffee. I love doing it with a cup of coffee in my hands. I'll see you on Monday. I'm Mark Roberts. I want to go to heaven. I want you to come to see you Monday with a cup of coffee.

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