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Series: Unfinished - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 11:19-30
We're in a series in Acts we're calling ''Unfinished.'' Last week we learned that Peter had taken some heat for taking the gospel to a new group of people-the Gentiles-who had not heard the gospel before. We read about the conversion of a single family, that of the Roman centurion Cornelius. They came to know Jesus and were filled with the Holy Spirit, something that had never happened before.
The Jewish people in Jerusalem had assumed that salvation was only for people of Jewish descent or who became Jewish by adopting all the Jewish customs and traditions. Peter's experience brought them to realize that the gospel was not just for the Jews but also for the Gentiles. Most of us are here because the early church reached out not only to the Jewish nation but to all the nations with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Today we're going to see something even bigger than what took place in Cornelius' home. The gospel is going to be taken beyond Judea and Samaria, now reaching to the uttermost parts of the world. We'll be moving to a city called Antioch to see what God was doing there, and we'll see how God used what He was doing in this city to change the world-and to change the world in our day as well.
Let's turn to Acts 11:19-30. After we read this, I'm going to help us draw seven principles from the story of this church and apply them to our lives today.
19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. 22 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 When he came and ...
Series: Unfinished - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 11:19-30
We're in a series in Acts we're calling ''Unfinished.'' Last week we learned that Peter had taken some heat for taking the gospel to a new group of people-the Gentiles-who had not heard the gospel before. We read about the conversion of a single family, that of the Roman centurion Cornelius. They came to know Jesus and were filled with the Holy Spirit, something that had never happened before.
The Jewish people in Jerusalem had assumed that salvation was only for people of Jewish descent or who became Jewish by adopting all the Jewish customs and traditions. Peter's experience brought them to realize that the gospel was not just for the Jews but also for the Gentiles. Most of us are here because the early church reached out not only to the Jewish nation but to all the nations with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Today we're going to see something even bigger than what took place in Cornelius' home. The gospel is going to be taken beyond Judea and Samaria, now reaching to the uttermost parts of the world. We'll be moving to a city called Antioch to see what God was doing there, and we'll see how God used what He was doing in this city to change the world-and to change the world in our day as well.
Let's turn to Acts 11:19-30. After we read this, I'm going to help us draw seven principles from the story of this church and apply them to our lives today.
19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. 22 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 When he came and ...
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