Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-ch chapter verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message,

hide the word in your heart as we pick up in Acts chapter 2, verse 24.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Thank God that we've been begotten again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ

from the dead, whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not

possible that he could be held by it. Why wasn't it possible? Because

the scripture not only prophesied his death, but it also prophesied his resurrection. And because

God had predicted or prophesied it in advance, it had to happen. It was not possible that he could be held by death. For David speaking

concerning him, said, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, free is on my right hand,

that I should not be moved. Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad. Moreover,

also my flesh shall rest in hope because you will not

leave my soul in hell neither will you allow the holy one to seek corruption thou hast made known to me

the ways of life thou shalt make me full of joy with your countenance. And so again, he is quoting from the

scriptures. Notice how he just, you know, has the capacity of just quoting God's word. It was something

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