Acts: The gospel unleashed Part 16
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17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
We must proclaim the gospel with urgency.
We must proclaim the gospel with urgency.
19 and taking food, he was strengthened. For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.
20 And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”
21 And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?”
22 But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
Why?
Because!
The gospel is able to change your story.
The gospel is able to change your story.
When Christ changes your story you must share His story.
When Christ changes your story you must share His story.
The power of the gospel is shocking.
The power of the gospel is shocking.
“Amazed” “Confounded”
Paul the persecutor becomes the preacher.
The power of the gospel is troubling.
The power of the gospel is troubling.
Look at verses 23-25
23 When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,
24 but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him,
25 but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Christ never promised safety in sharing the gospel.
Christ never promised safety in sharing the gospel.
26 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
28 So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord.
29 And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him.
30 And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
31 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.
What risk is Christ calling you to take in order to propagate the gospel?
What risk is Christ calling you to take in order to propagate the gospel?