PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG (13 OF 18)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Acts 9:32-43, Acts 10:1-33
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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (13 of 18)
Series: Unfinished - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 9:32-10:33
We are in a series on the book of Acts, seeing how the early church lived out the Great Commission in the days following Christ's resurrection and ascension. We've traveled a long journey so far. In the earlier chapters we read about Peter, John, and the other original disciples. In the last couple of weeks, we've been introduced to a new character-Saul of Tarsus, a persecutor of Christians. On the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, where he was going to snuff out the church so the gospel would spread no farther, Saul was blinded by a vision of Jesus. Jesus asked Saul, ''Why are you persecuting Me?'' When he came face to face with Christ, Saul bowed in repentance and obedience, believing Jesus to be his Savior. He remained blind for three days, until a man named Ananias was sent by God to heal him and to welcome him into the Christian community. Last week we learned that after this transformation, Saul spent three years alone with God-possibly to heal from the guilt and bondage he had felt. This story previews the life of Saul, who would become Paul, the great apostle of Jesus Christ.
Then Luke shifts the spotlight off Saul and puts it back on Peter, who had previously been the main character in Acts. Peter actually stays on center stage through the first half of the book, after which Paul's ministry is highlighted, including his missionary journeys in which he reaches the Gentile world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Peter now is beginning to minister in areas outside Jerusalem. In Acts 9:31 we read, ''So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.'' Peter had previously spent most of his time in Jerusalem, but now that the persecution has died down, he ventures into the outlying regions. So we'll be learning next about his sto ...
Series: Unfinished - Acts
Tim Badal
Acts 9:32-10:33
We are in a series on the book of Acts, seeing how the early church lived out the Great Commission in the days following Christ's resurrection and ascension. We've traveled a long journey so far. In the earlier chapters we read about Peter, John, and the other original disciples. In the last couple of weeks, we've been introduced to a new character-Saul of Tarsus, a persecutor of Christians. On the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, where he was going to snuff out the church so the gospel would spread no farther, Saul was blinded by a vision of Jesus. Jesus asked Saul, ''Why are you persecuting Me?'' When he came face to face with Christ, Saul bowed in repentance and obedience, believing Jesus to be his Savior. He remained blind for three days, until a man named Ananias was sent by God to heal him and to welcome him into the Christian community. Last week we learned that after this transformation, Saul spent three years alone with God-possibly to heal from the guilt and bondage he had felt. This story previews the life of Saul, who would become Paul, the great apostle of Jesus Christ.
Then Luke shifts the spotlight off Saul and puts it back on Peter, who had previously been the main character in Acts. Peter actually stays on center stage through the first half of the book, after which Paul's ministry is highlighted, including his missionary journeys in which he reaches the Gentile world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Peter now is beginning to minister in areas outside Jerusalem. In Acts 9:31 we read, ''So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.'' Peter had previously spent most of his time in Jerusalem, but now that the persecution has died down, he ventures into the outlying regions. So we'll be learning next about his sto ...
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