Monday, January 17, 2005

Acts 19

Paul at Ephesus

1It happened that while (A)Apollos was at (B)Corinth, Paul passed through the (C)upper country and came to (D)Ephesus, and found some disciples.


2He said to them, "(E)Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, (F)we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."


3And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "(G)Into John's baptism."


4Paul said, "(H)John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people (I)to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus."


5When they heard this, they were (J)baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.


6And when Paul had (K)laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began (L)speaking with tongues and (M)prophesying.


7There were in all about twelve men.


8And he entered (N)the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them (O)about the kingdom of God.


Link about stuff tounges exist vs. tounges have ceased.

tounges have ceased here

So anywho, today LOTS of homework to do. I went to evening service at church yesterday. It was really really good! Did you know that God has a special love for those he's chosen to be his children? His love for believers is far beyond unbelievers. It's crazy. Anyways Hmm I met these two really fobby girls (One was shanghaiesse and the other was from hong kong) on the ride to church. What I like about grace church is that you interact with girls and guys who are focused and interested in spiritual growth and all that good stuff. The attitudes are so different, it's really cool. People who truly desire the Lord and wish to obey him really, really impress me!