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Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 26
We're finishing up a long series on the book of Acts, but I hope and pray it has been a profitable time for you, whether through the pulpit ministry on Sundays or through your small groups. We've studied this incredible ''Second Gospel of Luke,'' if you will, where he tells the story of the New Testament church-how it was birthed, how it grew and how it made life-changing impacts on people. And because its testimony has continued now for 2,000 years across the globe, we find ourselves as a 21st-century church being mesmerized and changed by what they did back then. We also realize that we, too, are called to proclaim the unstoppable gospel of Jesus Christ.
Over these weeks we have walked in the footsteps of the apostle Paul, who himself was changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ in Acts 9 through a dramatic conversion experience. There he met Jesus face to face as he was in the process of persecuting the church and seeking to destroy the movement of Christ. We've followed Paul as he's taken the gospel message throughout the Roman Empire, preaching to Jews and Gentiles alike.
Paul has preached to people who were far from God and to those who seemed to be close to God. He's preached to the rich and the poor. He's preached to men and women. He's preached to people in high authority-kings, governors, rulers-and he's preached to slaves and servants. We are reminded through his ministry that the gospel is for all.
Whoever you come into contact with this week, however you might define their identity, Paul reminds us that they too are in need of the gospel. Just as Paul went without prejudice, without hypocrisy, without pre-judging individuals, so we should be ready to proclaim the gospel to everyone. That's the great theme of the book of Acts. The world is lost, and Jesus came into the world to save sinners from their sins. He uses you and me-broken, flawed, finite individuals-to make li ...
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 26
We're finishing up a long series on the book of Acts, but I hope and pray it has been a profitable time for you, whether through the pulpit ministry on Sundays or through your small groups. We've studied this incredible ''Second Gospel of Luke,'' if you will, where he tells the story of the New Testament church-how it was birthed, how it grew and how it made life-changing impacts on people. And because its testimony has continued now for 2,000 years across the globe, we find ourselves as a 21st-century church being mesmerized and changed by what they did back then. We also realize that we, too, are called to proclaim the unstoppable gospel of Jesus Christ.
Over these weeks we have walked in the footsteps of the apostle Paul, who himself was changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ in Acts 9 through a dramatic conversion experience. There he met Jesus face to face as he was in the process of persecuting the church and seeking to destroy the movement of Christ. We've followed Paul as he's taken the gospel message throughout the Roman Empire, preaching to Jews and Gentiles alike.
Paul has preached to people who were far from God and to those who seemed to be close to God. He's preached to the rich and the poor. He's preached to men and women. He's preached to people in high authority-kings, governors, rulers-and he's preached to slaves and servants. We are reminded through his ministry that the gospel is for all.
Whoever you come into contact with this week, however you might define their identity, Paul reminds us that they too are in need of the gospel. Just as Paul went without prejudice, without hypocrisy, without pre-judging individuals, so we should be ready to proclaim the gospel to everyone. That's the great theme of the book of Acts. The world is lost, and Jesus came into the world to save sinners from their sins. He uses you and me-broken, flawed, finite individuals-to make li ...
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