The Bible, including the early church, is full of people using the gift of prophecy to direct God’s people. But where can we find this gift today? Is its rarity by God’s design or due to our own misunderstanding?
Acts 10 is usually explained by pastors as the iconic chapter releasing us from the Levitical dietary laws. But what does God Himself have to say about Peter's vision? When we read carefully, we find something many have missed in this vision, and it's so much more than about a diet!
Join PD in this episode of the Acts Series Chapter 10!
WATCH MENTIONED VIDEO: Why Jesus Cast the Demons Into Pigs - Unclean Food https://youtu.be/ezt52DSz2Yw
For every good thing God does, Satan crafts a counterfeit. But how do we tell the real from the fake? Join PD in this LIVE questions & answers as he answers various questions sent in by you guys!
The greatest miracle arguably isn't a healing or deliverance, but when someone absolutely hard-hearted against God, a persecutor, a zealot, and a viscous narcissist one day, becomes an emissary of Christ the next. Immediately proclaiming the coming of Christ in the same synagogues that he previously riled up against Christ. What miracle compares with the power of God to change hearts and minds?
But what if you had a role to play in God encountering people? Stephen played this role in Paul's life, crying for God's mercy on Paul as he was being stoned. Did God hear this prayer? And what if this is the prayer He decided to answer? If so, Stephen's prayer would be one of the most influential prayers in Christian history, as Paul begins one of the most influential ministries for Christ.
The Book of Acts lists 8 Keys that the Early Church followed which caused them to grow exponentially, taking over whole cities with new believers. In Acts 2:47 we read that the Lord added more to their number daily. How can we get back to this kind of vibrancy and revival in our communities and fellowships? Perhaps these 8 keys can give us a clue of where to begin.
An excerpt from the Book of Acts Series
In this episode, we are only dealing with 1 chapter in the Book of Acts, because I believe there are various lessons in this chapter that shed light on issues in the modern church. In fact, I would like to submit to you that if the church at large read this chapter with intent, we could solve many problems.
Many of the issues avoided by the early church has become pitfalls for the modern church, and today we are going to explore a few fallacies some have fallen into.
Table of Contents
00:00 Title Sequence 00:41 Introduction 02:05 Philip Cast Out Demons in Samaria 07:45 Simon the Sorcerer Does Magic 11:38 Satan's Tactics With False Signs & Wonders 18:28 Saved, yet not baptized in the Holy Spirit? 23:43 Replacement Theology Denounced by Jesus 27:29 Simon Tries to Buy the Holy Spirit 33:58 Is Money Evil? 37:55 Charging for the Gospel 41:30 Laborers are Worthy of Wages 46:41 Philip Makes A Disciple in a Day
Link to mentioned video: Baptism of the Holy Spirit & Fire (https://www.riseonfire.com/video/%E2%...)
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In pre-Nazi Germany, Hitler took note of his audience's grievances, and like any mastermind, knew that his audience needed someone to blame. Hitler harnessed the hatred they already felt in secret, and made it socially acceptable to act on this hatred in public. Just like Adam in the Garden, we are quick to point the finger and cast blame. We are quick to find scapegoats to bear all the misplaced weight of anger or hurt that we feel.
However, ironically, when we do so, we reveal our own sinful and prideful hearts. Be careful of listening to those who play with your emotions and who make scapegoats out of others, whether friend or foe. We need to stop allowing Hitler's "Blame Game" to cause division and destruction in the Body of Messiah, and instead love like Yeshua loved.
Rise on Fire is a ministry assigned to ignite a fire of Spirit & Truth around the world. God is calling us back to the walk of Yeshua without compromise. We are free from the traditions of men, led by the Truth and empowered by the Spirit.
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When we recount the stoning of Stephen and his death as the first martyr, we think on his great sacrifice for what he believed. But even more importantly, perhaps, we should ask about his famous last words where he explains what his faith really was. Was he dying for a new religion invented by Jesus in the first century? Or was he a part of something that started in the garden - handed down to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses - fulfilled by Jesus? Perhaps Stephen's faith was more ancient than new. More Hebrew than many would like to admit.
First Century Christianity wasn't another new religious invention, but considered a sect within Judaism in the first century. And even though deep separations exists today between Christianity & Judaism, it wasn't always that way. But if we considered our Messiah truly Hebrew, as Stephen did and died for, what would that change in how we lived out our faith? For many believers, it would radically change their faith into something more real, deep, authentic and satisfying as they return to worship in Spirit & Truth to walk as Yeshua walked. 00:00 Title Sequence 0:41 Intro: What will we be talking about? 3:21 The First Deacons Are Chosen 11:35 God Used Non-Apostles in Power 17:15 Stephen's Journey Begins: False Witnesses Raised 20:12 Christianity: A New Religion? 23:57 Resisting the Holy Spirit 38:05 Stephen's Murderers Expose Themselves 45:20 Stephen's Treatment Towards His Enemies 51:18 Does How Things Go With Us Define Us Before God?
Rise on Fire is a ministry assigned to ignite a fire of Spirit & Truth around the world. God is calling us back to the walk of Yeshua without compromise. We are free from the traditions of men, led by the Truth and empowered by the Spirit.
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"If God exists, then why is there so much evil in the world?" This is a question most, if not all of us, have encountered or even wondered at some point in time. A TikTok Atheist attempts to use this question to prove the non-existence of God. But what if this question actually proves God's existence?
Rise on Fire is a ministry assigned to ignite a fire of Spirit & Truth around the world. God is calling us back to the walk of Yeshua without compromise. We are free from the traditions of men, led by the Truth and empowered by the Spirit.
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Many believers have found their identity in a denomination, a label, or a doctrinal creed. But are you a disciple above all else, first? A disciple imitates his Rabbi, and is willing to follow in His footsteps even when it doesn't make sense. We are called to be disciples of Yeshua, but how often do we find ways to do what "we want", instead of doing what our Messiah did? How often have we fought against following certain aspects of our Messiah's walk, simply because they don't fit our personal paradigm or doctrinal understanding?
To be a disciple means to surrender what makes sense to us, to give up control of how WE think things should be done...and simply - without argument or debate - imitate Yeshua by doing the same things He did.
Yeshua began the process of bringing His Father's Kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven, and then commissioned us to continue this process up until His return as King. Will you give up control and step outside of your comfort zone so God can use you to bring His freedom and light?
Rise on Fire is a ministry assigned to ignite a fire of Spirit & Truth around the world. God is calling us back to the walk of Yeshua without compromise. We are free from the traditions of men, led by the Truth and empowered by the Spirit.
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