MAKING A DIFFERENCE MEANS MAKING DISCIPLES (8 OF 22)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Acts 17:1-15
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Making a Difference Means Making Disciples (8 of 22)
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 17:1-15
We're in a series in Acts titled ''Unstoppable,'' which is the second part of our study of Acts. Our first part last year was called ''Unfinished,'' where we learned that the work of the church was left unfinished. That means we need to pick up that mantle in the 21st century here in the Fox Valley area to impact people for the cause of Jesus Christ. As we enter that unfinished work, we can have confidence because our gospel is unstoppable.
We're learning this as we've moved into the second half of Acts, looking at the ministry of Paul through his three missionary journeys. While the world and the devil and evil men sought to do everything they could to stop the cause of Christ, nothing was able to stop it. Does that mean we won't suffer? No, we will suffer. We will have hardships. We will see persecution. But the gospel will never be thwarted or stopped. It was Jesus Who said, ''I'm going to build My church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it'' (Matthew 16:13-19). We can have boldness and confidence that when we share the gospel of Jesus Christ, just as in the book of Acts, lives will be changed.
Acts 16 told about the ministry in Philippi during Paul's second missionary journey. Paul and Silas and their new convert Timothy, along with Luke, who wrote Acts, made up a team that headed out from Antioch in modern-day Syria across the Aegean Sea and into what is now modern-day Greece. They went to the city of Philippi, where they preached the gospel, resulting in the conversion of a successful business woman named Lydia.
After that, they exorcised a demon, allowing a slave girl to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ through her healing. Then we saw them get beaten and thrown into jail for preaching Christ. But as they were singing praises, God used an earthquake to free them from the jail. As a result, the jailer, whose job ...
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 17:1-15
We're in a series in Acts titled ''Unstoppable,'' which is the second part of our study of Acts. Our first part last year was called ''Unfinished,'' where we learned that the work of the church was left unfinished. That means we need to pick up that mantle in the 21st century here in the Fox Valley area to impact people for the cause of Jesus Christ. As we enter that unfinished work, we can have confidence because our gospel is unstoppable.
We're learning this as we've moved into the second half of Acts, looking at the ministry of Paul through his three missionary journeys. While the world and the devil and evil men sought to do everything they could to stop the cause of Christ, nothing was able to stop it. Does that mean we won't suffer? No, we will suffer. We will have hardships. We will see persecution. But the gospel will never be thwarted or stopped. It was Jesus Who said, ''I'm going to build My church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it'' (Matthew 16:13-19). We can have boldness and confidence that when we share the gospel of Jesus Christ, just as in the book of Acts, lives will be changed.
Acts 16 told about the ministry in Philippi during Paul's second missionary journey. Paul and Silas and their new convert Timothy, along with Luke, who wrote Acts, made up a team that headed out from Antioch in modern-day Syria across the Aegean Sea and into what is now modern-day Greece. They went to the city of Philippi, where they preached the gospel, resulting in the conversion of a successful business woman named Lydia.
After that, they exorcised a demon, allowing a slave girl to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ through her healing. Then we saw them get beaten and thrown into jail for preaching Christ. But as they were singing praises, God used an earthquake to free them from the jail. As a result, the jailer, whose job ...
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