THE UNSEEN WAR (5 OF 12)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Acts 4:32, Acts 5:12
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The Unseen War (5 of 12)
Series: Unstoppable
Joey Rodgers
Acts 4:32-5:12
If you're just joining us, we're in a series in Acts entitled - Unstoppable. From inception, God has intended that His church would be an unstoppable force to carry His good news of God's love and Jesus sacrifice to the nations. Yet for this to occur, this movement can't be a movement of human ability/ingenuity, but a movement of the H.S.
Starting at Pentecost, after Jesus ascended, the H.S. descended to empower/launch the G.C. in/through His people - and all heaven broke loose. As we've already witnessed through the first four weeks - God was/is radically at work transforming lives in miraculous ways.
What you may've missed in this early story is the opposition the disciples were facing. It wasn't solely against flesh and blood, but as Eph. 6 tells us - our struggle isn't against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, authorities, powers of this dark world and spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms.
Up to this point, the battle the early church was facing was primarily external in nature - and the enemy was losing. In Acts 4-5, Satan changes his tactics to the internal - and he chooses a man who was ripe for the picking. And he chose area of his life where we're all vulnerable - the area of generosity/money. (Read Text)
Before we go any further, let me clear the deck for this lesson - it's not directly about stewardship/money, but about the generosity of the H.S. and spiritual war we're engaged.
I GENEROSITY and the Movement of the Spirit
All the believers were one in heart/mind. No one claimed any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had...God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them.
What's going on here! As the H.S. was transforming lives - generosity, unity, and concern was abounding. Instead of selfish consumption that marks the nature of the flesh, the church was experi ...
Series: Unstoppable
Joey Rodgers
Acts 4:32-5:12
If you're just joining us, we're in a series in Acts entitled - Unstoppable. From inception, God has intended that His church would be an unstoppable force to carry His good news of God's love and Jesus sacrifice to the nations. Yet for this to occur, this movement can't be a movement of human ability/ingenuity, but a movement of the H.S.
Starting at Pentecost, after Jesus ascended, the H.S. descended to empower/launch the G.C. in/through His people - and all heaven broke loose. As we've already witnessed through the first four weeks - God was/is radically at work transforming lives in miraculous ways.
What you may've missed in this early story is the opposition the disciples were facing. It wasn't solely against flesh and blood, but as Eph. 6 tells us - our struggle isn't against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, authorities, powers of this dark world and spiritual forces of evil in heavenly realms.
Up to this point, the battle the early church was facing was primarily external in nature - and the enemy was losing. In Acts 4-5, Satan changes his tactics to the internal - and he chooses a man who was ripe for the picking. And he chose area of his life where we're all vulnerable - the area of generosity/money. (Read Text)
Before we go any further, let me clear the deck for this lesson - it's not directly about stewardship/money, but about the generosity of the H.S. and spiritual war we're engaged.
I GENEROSITY and the Movement of the Spirit
All the believers were one in heart/mind. No one claimed any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had...God's grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them.
What's going on here! As the H.S. was transforming lives - generosity, unity, and concern was abounding. Instead of selfish consumption that marks the nature of the flesh, the church was experi ...
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