Queen's Road Cell

For Thought and Discussion:  Why can a person be acquitted only by merciful forgiveness, never by justice according to the Law (see 13:38-39)? See Romans 1:18–3:20; 7:7-12.   This idea is expressed in   Gal 3:24: "yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified." Rom 3:20-21: "For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. 21  But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22  the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe." "Frred" (dikaioo) is often translated 'justified' - to be declared innocent.  The Law, though good an perfect (e.g. Psalm 119) in ...

1. What part did the believers in Jerusalem have in Peter’s escape from Herod (see 12:5)?  " but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church". Would Peter have been saved without prayer?   2. God saved Peter from being executed by Herod (see 12:6-11), but He allowed James to die (see 12:2). What conclusions about persecution, prayer, and deliverance can we draw from these facts? God sometimes saves from persecution; sometimes not. God sometimes answers prayer as we wish, sometimes not. God sometimes delivers physically and sometimes not .(cf. Lk 21:18 " But not a hair of your head will perish ").   Angels often act urgently At dawn, angels urged Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” (Gen 19:15) Elijah, weary and despondent, was touched by an angel who said, "Arise and eat." Later, the angel returned, saying, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too ...