Acts 19

8 min readDec 21, 2023

ACTS 19

Acts 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.Acts 19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.Acts 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

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12–20–23 Don’t believe a lie https://youtu.be/WMJH7MN51yY?si=9e1cK0LXue_aQ2PK

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4uzuo96y5tp3z4fuld7u6/Bible-teaching-Dont-believe-a-lie-12-20-23.mp4?rlkey=fk1g6asa01kj8klztn6kgh2qg&dl=0

Bible teaching- Dont believe a lie 12–20–23.mp4

12–19–23 Mike Bickle- Sam Storms- Frances Chan https://youtu.be/FmVNZHXq7Hk?si=JC_K7aaEOYE8sBQ3

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/skd6f43l7vknd5nxta670/12-19-23-Mike-Bickle-Sam-Storms-Frances-Chan.mp4?rlkey=mmlddl4lioqos6843yodfqnm4&dl=0

12–19–23 Mike Bickle- Sam Storms- Frances Chan.mp4

Acts 19 videos-
https://youtu.be/OIbFnRg8pt0

https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMhy0xT9wEz5cKBkBH

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kbmizws5jnrhc5w/8-3-17%20Acts%2019.mp4?dl=0

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ON VIDEO
.What was the cloud of fire seen on the GW bridge?
.Angelic activity is real
.Baptism of the Spirit
.Tongues and Prophecy
.They were not Christians yet
.They only heard the message of John the Baptist up until this time
.After they believed in Jesus and were baptized- then they received the Holy Spirit
.Paul spent 2 years at Ephesus- the longest recorded stay mentioned by Luke
.Kingsville Fire Dept.
.Charismatic Catholics
.7 sons of Sceva
.’Paul we know- but who are you’?
.Brother Skinner
.God’s word magnified
.Shrine income in jeopardy!
.False goddess Diana [in the Greek- Artemis]- the goddess of fertility
.Ephesus- the capitol of the Roman province of Asia
.Ephesus was a center for magical incantations
.The temple of Diana was considered one of the 7 wonders of the time-
.It was 220 feet by 425 feet in size- and had 127 marble columns
.Special miracles
.Some have abused the gifts for money
.Apostolic movements

PAST POSTS- [Here are my past teachings that relate to today’s post- ACTS 19- Verses below]

I mentioned the strange fire [Pillar of cloud by day- fire by night] seen over the G.W. bridge on today’s video- below are the links- [If they still work?]
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/mysterious_white_sphere_glows_over_gwb.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4752616/Mystery-glowing-cloud-George-Washington-Bridge-NYC.html
My links-
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/new-jersey-201516-i-made-these-videos.html
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/njnyc-2017.html
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/1477-how-blessed-is-god-and-what.html
http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/p/st-2-nd-corinthians-9421-st.html
https://ccoutreach87.com/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves/
https://ccoutreach87.com/protestant-reformation-luther/
https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-links/

(739)ACTS 19- Paul runs into some of Apollo’s disciples at Ephesus, he asks them if they received the Spirit ‘since they believed’ [Notice what they were believing!] And they said they have never heard about the Holy Spirit. He questions them on what they are believing in. They answer John’s baptism. They only knew the message of John the Baptist on repentance. The basic preaching from Apollos before he was ‘instructed in the way of the Lord more perfectly’. Paul does not say ‘now, believe in the Holy Spirit and you will have the baptism in the Spirit’. He says ‘John [the Baptist] preached that you should believe on him, that is JESUS, who would come after him’ after hearing THIS [the basic message of Jesus!] they were baptized in Jesus name and Paul laid his hands on them and they received the Spirit. There are lots of things here that different groups use to justify their beliefs. I fully believe in all the gifts and workings of the Spirit, but once again many well meaning pastors [from Pentecostal backgrounds] teach this chapter as saying these disciples were believers in Jesus and did not have the Spirit. This is not true! They were not yet believers in Jesus and the actual person they believed in to get the Spirit was Jesus, not the Spirit! But all in all we see the laying on of hands, prophecy and tongues happen. So these guys are charismatic! But also Calvinist [in my mind- I believe Paul was strong in predestination, but also operated in the gifts]. Now Paul goes and ruins his reputation! Can you believe he is actually sending handkerchiefs to sick people and they are getting healed and delivered from evil Spirits! Old Jonathan Edwards would never do that! [Or Calvin or Luther…or would they?] Paul casts out some demons in Jesus name [that’s it, he is canceled from speaking at our reformation conference!] and 7 sons from a Jewish family try to cast out a demon from some guy using Jesus name. The demon says ‘Jesus I know, and Paul too! But who in the heck do you think you are’ and the guy who’s possessed beats the hell out of them! Ouch! I find it funny that the demons knew Paul by name. They must have heard how Paul was one of the deadliest enemies to satan’s agenda. The demons who were showing up for orders were scared they would be assigned to Paul, they knew he had some strong handkerchiefs! Demetrius, a guy who made his living building idols to Dianna, a false goddess, realizes that if Paul keeps preaching about Jesus that his living will be threatened. So he stirs up trouble. He says ‘if we don’t stop these guys, our shrine making business will be in jeopardy, oh, and the great goddess Dianna will also lose her honor’ He couldn’t give a rip about the fake god, he was worried about the bottom line! I find it funny how people will choose which image of ‘God-Jesus’ they believe in based on the bottom line. Some choose to grasp an image of Jesus contrary to the New Testament, if you challenge this belief, they will simply ignore you based on the bottom line. The Jesus of scripture challenges the materialistic gospel that permeates many in today’s church. Some grasp this modern image of Jesus because they can’t let go of the possibility that there ‘trade’ [belief system of profit] is going away!

1ST CORINTHIANS 12:1–6 ‘There are different gifts, ministries and out workings of the Spirit’ [my paraphrase]. In this section we see an idea that I feel gets lost in the current paradigm of ‘doing church’. When Paul addresses a church [community of believers] he is speaking to all the believers in the city. When we think ‘church’ we assume it means ‘church’ as ‘going to the church [building] on Sunday’. Therefore we tend to read these types of verses as ‘there are different gifts and functions in ‘the church’- the Sunday school teacher, nursery worker, door greeter’ well you get it. The better reading would be ‘there are various expressions and ways the Spirit works and administers thru/in the community’. For instance, those who labor in ‘Para-church’ ministries are often considered noble, but not ‘a church’. But according to this passage, they would be just as much ‘church’, a legitimate part of the local body, as the home meeting [of course we know in Paul’s day there were no church buildings]. So the broader view of church as community would see these verses saying ‘where you live there are a variety of gifted ones whom the Spirit of God lives and operates thru. These saints all express the community of the Spirit in various ways. All these expressions are just as legitimate as the other, it is one Spirit manifesting himself in diverse ways for the overall benefit of all the believers in your city’. When we label what the Spirit is doing thru other ‘administrations’ as ‘Para-church’ we violate this passage of scripture. When we limit the various expressions and gifts to ‘the Sunday church meeting’ we actually are violating the intent of these verses. In your city you have doctors, lawyers, and all types of trades. While it is fine for them to operate out of a building and to keep regular business hours. Yet you wouldn’t describe them as separate, individual little ‘cities’ who all operate out of your town. You would see all of them as various gifted people who ‘operate out of your city’. So this is the broader view of what I think Paul is saying. Now he will also give directions on how these various gifts work in the meeting, this of course is part of it. But we need to see the broader view of what the Spirit is saying. Jesus expected his disciples to go out into the highways and hedges and ‘compel them to come in’ [not into the church building for heavens sake! But into the Kingdom] Paul taught that the Spirit accomplishes this in many different ways thru ‘the church’ [people of God].

(985)1ST CORINTHIANS 12:7 ‘But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to EVERY MAN to profit EVERY BODY’. I want to share a criticism that sometimes gets made against me. I know ‘the critics’ mean well, and are actually sincere men. It’s just they have been ‘shaped’ by the present system of ‘church’. The criticism goes like this ‘sure John has an effective teaching ministry [blog/radio] but if you need someone to come pray for you, lets see if he will come’. The idea is that the true legitimate ‘elders’ are those you can ‘call for’. James says ‘if any one is sick among you, let him call for the elders of ‘the church’. They see ‘the church’ as the actual 501c3, building, Sunday meeting [storehouse] type thing — they are simply seeing thru their ‘lens’. What James is simply saying is ‘if someone is sick in your community/local body of believers, call for the elders [more spiritually mature ones] and let them pray for you and anoint you with oil’. Now, I have personally spent many thousands [yes thousands!] of actual man hours on the streets helping people. I have helped and given to some of the local homeless population who attend some of these ‘churches’, out of my own pocket. Yet these same homeless brothers are encouraged to give ten percent of their money to ‘their church’. What am I saying here? I know the men who level this type of accusation are often intimidated by peer pressure and stuff. But the verse above says ‘the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every believer to profit every one around them’. The biblical view of ‘church’ would simply require all believers to ‘administer the gift’ in a way that would profit all those around them. There is no need to make these types of distinctions between ‘the elders of our church’ or ‘the spiritual leaders in our region’. They mean the same thing. So see your gift as a freely received charism that should be used unselfishly for the benefit of others. Also some Pastors do seem to come around to ‘my view’ after many years of hearing us. They might then try and do some city wide ministry, open to all the body. Then if the results are not good, they can become discouraged also. Understand, many of these men took many years before they could really see what we were saying, don’t expect a majority of local believers to see things that took you years to see! The paradigms don’t come down that easily. [Some sites see here https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2023/12/acts-19-text.html?m=0 ]

Acts 19

Written by John Chiarello

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