Powerful Church - Preaching The Word

Intro -

Stand under pressure.

Overcome temptation

Persevere in persecution

Conquer crisis

Repent - Jesus first message and His last message - (Mark 1:15; Rev. 3:19)

50 days from Peter’s denial to Pentecost

Acts 3:19 NKJV

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

Be converted (mind, attitude, and motive)

Sins forgiven

Refreshing (reprieve, rest) will come from the presence of the Lord

Revival

Do you want to bring glory to God?

Acts 4:1 NKJV

Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 4:2 NKJV

being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Acts 4:3 NKJV

And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.

Acts 4:4 NKJV

However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

People prepared to carry His glory.

1 Peter 2:19

2 Cor. 4:17

Reason

People who know theres only one way

Acts 4:12 NKJV

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

John 14:6

John 6:68

Relationship

Acts 4:13 NKJV

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

Be with Jesus.

He is the Word.

John 1:1 NKJV

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Repent, Revival, Reason, Relationship