The Book of Acts (Page 2)

The Enemies of God Acts 5:12-42 The Kingdom of God is about God helping people. It is about God saving people, God healing people, God restoring people to Himself. It says that sick people get healed. We believe that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He has healed, he will heal, and he is healing. We believe that in the kingdom of God, no one will be sick. We believe that sickness has entered the world because of…

Acts 4:32-5:11

Acts 4:23-31 The Roman Empire was the biggest, most prominent, powerful, prosperous nation in the history of the world. The citizens lived relatively lavish lifestyles. They had multiple religions, multiple spiritualities, multiple gods, multiple goddesses. Their values included tolerance and diversity. They had widespread sexual sin. Homosexuality was very popular. Bisexuality was very popular. Adultery within marriage was common. They also had child sacrifice where if they didn’t like the baby, they would kill it. Sound Familiar? Yeah they are…

Acts 4:1-22 Introduction Our country was founded on the principle that people of all religious creeds and backgrounds are welcome.  All religions are equally tolerated under the law.  But somewhere along the way, we seem to have adopted the belief that all religions should not only be tolerated, but also that they are all equally valid.  That there are many roads to heaven, and it doesn’t really matter which one you take as long as you are sincere. And One…

Acts 3:11-26 Acts chapter 3 breaks neatly into 2 parts.  The Miracle (last week) – Peter and John heal a cripple.  and the Message (This week) Peter uses the opportunity to preach the gospel.  Same thing He did at Pentecost.  The text tells us that this guy was crippled from birth.  Think of his childhood. (watching others climb trees, build forts, play ball) He had none of that.  He was crippled from birth.  This wasn’t America where some people could…

The Princess Bride: Adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, sword fighting, revenge, and true love. Our text this morning is a lot like that… It has so many wonderful truths contained within its few verses.  Within 7 verses we find: Salvation, Baptism, Revival, Corporate Worship, Preaching, Fellowship, Potlucks, Prayer, Miracles, Sacrifice, Finances, Generosity, Worship, Evangelism, Small Groups, Gratitude.  This is like the princess bride of Passages.   I am really excited for it, but as you can imagine, we don’t have a…

Introduction Try to imagine that you were a bystander, an eyewitness, to the events that transpired in Jerusalem when God opened the heavens and poured out the Spirit on His church.  Where God, through the Holy Spirit, enabled the Apostles to speak in languages in which they were unskilled, so that people from all over the world could hear their proclamation in their native tongue. Acts 2:14-41 Context/Story first recorded sermon from one of the disciples.  Never before have they…

This morning we are going to look at one of the 3 most important moments in the history of the world.   Creation. John Calvin – “God created the world to function as a  theater of His glory in the drama of redemption.” Death and Resurrection of Christ – Implications throughout all of human history. Both before AND after the event. Pentecost – Pentecost was that moment in redemptive history when God unlocked the power of the Holy Spirit and gave…

Introduction If you have been a Christian for any serious amount of time, you perhaps have considered leadership within the church.  Whether Pastoral Ministry, Missionary, Eldership,  Deacon, Ministry leader, Some may have dismissed the idea without much thought, while others may have felt such a calling to something greater for many years.  Regardless, all of us must consider leadership seriously.  We must know what makes a good leader.  Not only for ourselves but for others whom we choose to place…

  Acts 1:6-11 Starting a new series in the book of Acts! (week 2) Luke – In the secular, scholarly world, Luke has been esteemed as the most accurate historian of the ancient world. He enjoys a higher reputation than Heroditus, Tacitus, Pliny, Josephus, or any of the rest. His work has been checked more carefully than anybody else’s. Last week…  Jesus is back on the scene giving marching orders to the disciples and His fledgling church. We talked about…