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INTRODUCTION
Good Morning CrossPointe
Excited to restart our series through the book of Acts that we’ve entitled “Witnesses”
WITNESSES EXPLAINED (3/5 min)
Two meanings… (1) To See and (2) To Speak
TO SEE -
Gospel of Luke & The Disciples
Birth, Life, Resurrection
Disciples
TO SPEAK -
“be my witnesses...”
End of Luke & Beginning of Acts
ACTS OVERVIEW (5/7 min)
Big Idea / Expansion
“The Gospel will be proclaimed among all peoples through witnesses empowered by the Holy Spirit.”
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Jerusalem ()
The gospel is preached among the Jewish people in Jerusalem
Peter’s first sermon in
Threat, Imprisonment, Beatings and then return to the temple mount to continue preaching
We see God purifying and transforming his church as sin is addressed and God continues to add people to their number day by day
Judea & Samaria ()
God uses persecution to move his church outside of Jerusalem.
ends with the death of Stephen and begins with the intense persecution of Christians.
The very man who was leading the persecution of the Church, Saul, then becomes a Christian in and by the end of the chapter people are trying to kill Saul until they finally send him back to his hometown.
God begins to show the disciples that Jesus died for non-Jews also, even though many still considered them unclean - and outside the mercy of God.
Ends of the Earth ()
Another expansion of the gospel beyond Judea and Samaria
says, “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth”
-11 says, “Paul lives in Rome for two years, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hinderance.
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Rome was considered the end of the earth
It’s also interesting that Luke adds the phrase, “without hinderance,” considering Paul was in prison.
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THE HAND OF GOD | In Evangelism (7)
CONNECTION
When you think about the gospel going out - do you typically think, yes! and I get to be part of that or do you think - No! other people are better
Do you find it hard to share your story and your faith?
Who am I? My story isn’t anything special...
What would I say?
My words seems so small and insufficient compared to how God uses other people.
I’ll just leave it to the professionals or those who have the gift of evangelism.
UNIQUE PHRASE
The expression, “hand of God” is actually rare in the New Testament.
Luke, who is the author of the Gospel of Luke and Acts, is the only person to use the phrase in the New Testament.
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
Stephen was appointed as a deacon, he presented the gospel and was killed
Some people think that is anywhere from 7-10 years after that event.
Followers of Jesus fled Jerusalem and went into the surrounding area.
Phoenicia (modern day Lebanon)
Cyprus
Antioch (in modern day south-central of turkey, near the Syrian border)
When these people left Jersualem, the gospel was only for the Jews.
They weren’t around for when God first sent Peter to preach to non-Jews.
As people scattered beyond Jerusalem we see they continued to only share the gospel with Jews (19)
There were these unknown men
No name, no title, no church or institution.
No mission agency or seminary.
One guy was from Cyprus, another from a town in modern day Libya.
It seems their love for Jesus compelled them to share without possibly even understanding the revolutionary greatness of their act.
“Without knowing it, they were the first believers to bring the explosive light of the gospel into the midnight of paganism.”
It took Jesus giving Peter a vision for him to preach to non-Jews but these men just did not.
No name, no fame -
“Priesthood of All Believers”
“you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Personally: Direct and equal access to God - the pastor or priest is not your mediator between you and God.
This was the role of Jesus.
Publicly: there is no hierarchy of spirituality based on vocation.
The pastor and the plumber are both priests.
Responsibility & Privilege to fulfill your God-given role.
UNIQUE PHRASE
The hand of God signals the invisible God’s making his power and might visible and tangible.
This phrase, “hand of God” is not common in the New Testament.
In fact, Luke is the only author to use it and he only uses it it 3 times.
The phrase signals the invisible, almighty God making his power visible and tangible.
There’s never any doubt if man accomplished the feat or God.
It is obvious to everything that God intervene and worked according to his purposes.
GOD’S ROLE AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY
Understanding Roles & Responsibilities
People preached the Lord Jesus
God caused people to believe and turn to Jesus.
What is this important?
If you take on the responsibility of convincing and converting people
(Pride), I’m right, you’re wrong - believe me
(Anger) - why don’t you listen
(Shame) - I’m not good at sharing the gospel
(Fear) - I’m not a great communicator, What if I mess up
Right perspective
(Humility) - I’m save by grace, not because I’m right
(Prayer) - God, open their eyes to see and love the beauty of the gospel in the face of Jesus.
(Hope & Joy) - I am free to share and mess up because the power of the Gospel is in God’s hands, not my ability
THE GRACE OF GOD | In Transformation (7)
BARNABAS
Barnabas was first introduced in
His official name os Jospeh but the Apostles give him the nickname, Barnabas, because it means “Son of Encouragement” and this is what they witnessed in his life.
He was originally from Cyprus tells us and this may be part of the reason why the leaders in Jerusalem sent him to Antioch to check things out.
Barnabas came and saw the result of God’s hand and the passage says, “he saw the grace of God, he was glad.
He witnessed a change and transformation
ANTIOCH
300 miles north of Jerusalem and was the third largest city in the world at the time, behind Rome and Alexandria.
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