SOLA FIDE, BY FAITH ALONE (8 OF 10)
by Tim Melton
Scripture: Acts 15:1-29
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Sola Fide, By Faith Alone (8 of 10)
Tim Melton
Series: Acts
Acts 15:1-29
As we begin today let's remember what has happened in the book of Acts up to this point. In Acts 1:8 Jesus had declared to His apostles, "8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The rest of the book of Acts walks us through how God carried out this mission through the first century church.
We read how the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost and 3,000 people were saved on that first day. We then read how because of persecution the followers of Jesus fled to Judea and Samaria and continued preaching about Jesus as they went. We then see how the first Gentile, non-Jews, put their faith in Jesus.
Acts 11:19-21 told us how some followers of Jesus who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Antioch. These men from Cyprus and Cyrene, "began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21 The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord."
The grace of God was truly at work and Gentiles, non-Jews, were now following Jesus and sitting side by side with the Jews in the church in Antioch. Eventually this church in Antioch, led by the Holy Spirit, had sent Paul and Barnabas and others on mission to preach the gospel and start churches.
Acts 15:1-2 tells this account.
15 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them.
We must remember that everyone in this story considered themselves to be followers of Jesus. These false teachers were Jews, who in their mind were doing the right thing, and who had traveled to Antioch to correct what t ...
Tim Melton
Series: Acts
Acts 15:1-29
As we begin today let's remember what has happened in the book of Acts up to this point. In Acts 1:8 Jesus had declared to His apostles, "8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The rest of the book of Acts walks us through how God carried out this mission through the first century church.
We read how the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost and 3,000 people were saved on that first day. We then read how because of persecution the followers of Jesus fled to Judea and Samaria and continued preaching about Jesus as they went. We then see how the first Gentile, non-Jews, put their faith in Jesus.
Acts 11:19-21 told us how some followers of Jesus who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Antioch. These men from Cyprus and Cyrene, "began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. 21 The Lord's hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord."
The grace of God was truly at work and Gentiles, non-Jews, were now following Jesus and sitting side by side with the Jews in the church in Antioch. Eventually this church in Antioch, led by the Holy Spirit, had sent Paul and Barnabas and others on mission to preach the gospel and start churches.
Acts 15:1-2 tells this account.
15 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: "Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved." 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them.
We must remember that everyone in this story considered themselves to be followers of Jesus. These false teachers were Jews, who in their mind were doing the right thing, and who had traveled to Antioch to correct what t ...
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