SURE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT-ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING? (1 OF 22)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Acts 13:1-12
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Sure Doesn't Feel Like It-Are We Missing Something? (1 of 22)
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 13:1-12
This morning we're picking back up our series we called ''Unfinished,'' which we began in the spring semester as we were working our way through Acts 1-12. We called it Unfinished, because the work of the church is still going on today. As long as there are souls who don't know the saving work of Jesus Christ, our work is not done. But here in Acts 13, we're reminded of an indispensable truth for followers of Christ, which is that the work we do that is still unfinished is in fact also unstoppable.
So that's our theme for Acts 13-28 as we finish up this year with our study through this book New Testament book. We've come a long way already. In our study of Acts 1-12, we've seen the church go from eleven scared disciples, and at times faithless and disobedient, to a church that grew to tens of thousands of people. We've also seen the church go from being centered in Jerusalem to reaching out to Judea and Samaria. Today in Acts 13, we'll see it start reaching the uttermost parts of the world.
Acts 1-12 put the spotlight primarily on the ministry of Peter and John, whereas Acts 13 introduces us to a new apostle-the man who had been a persecutor of Christians, who then bowed the knee to Jesus on the road to Damascus. Saul of Tarsus, soon to be renamed Paul, is the main figure in the rest of Acts. We'll follow his missionary journeys, seeing how God used him to go not only to the Jews, but also to the Gentiles, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.
Many times, it's assumed that the book of Acts is only about the acts of the apostles, but we should also be aware of two very prominent themes in the life of the early church. First, their continual opposition. After a short ''honeymoon'' period in chapters 13-14, for the rest of the book we'll see how the church was opposed again and again.
We can say with confidence that this mission that ...
Series: UnStoppable - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 13:1-12
This morning we're picking back up our series we called ''Unfinished,'' which we began in the spring semester as we were working our way through Acts 1-12. We called it Unfinished, because the work of the church is still going on today. As long as there are souls who don't know the saving work of Jesus Christ, our work is not done. But here in Acts 13, we're reminded of an indispensable truth for followers of Christ, which is that the work we do that is still unfinished is in fact also unstoppable.
So that's our theme for Acts 13-28 as we finish up this year with our study through this book New Testament book. We've come a long way already. In our study of Acts 1-12, we've seen the church go from eleven scared disciples, and at times faithless and disobedient, to a church that grew to tens of thousands of people. We've also seen the church go from being centered in Jerusalem to reaching out to Judea and Samaria. Today in Acts 13, we'll see it start reaching the uttermost parts of the world.
Acts 1-12 put the spotlight primarily on the ministry of Peter and John, whereas Acts 13 introduces us to a new apostle-the man who had been a persecutor of Christians, who then bowed the knee to Jesus on the road to Damascus. Saul of Tarsus, soon to be renamed Paul, is the main figure in the rest of Acts. We'll follow his missionary journeys, seeing how God used him to go not only to the Jews, but also to the Gentiles, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.
Many times, it's assumed that the book of Acts is only about the acts of the apostles, but we should also be aware of two very prominent themes in the life of the early church. First, their continual opposition. After a short ''honeymoon'' period in chapters 13-14, for the rest of the book we'll see how the church was opposed again and again.
We can say with confidence that this mission that ...
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