Acts

Acts 13 frames a testimony of God's call to gospel ministry and pastoral service. The message helps the church understand conversion, calling, gifting, and the congregation's role in recognizing ministry.

Acts 26 frames a testimony of conversion to Christ and the new birth. The message calls the church to understand conversion, bear witness, and make Christ's appeal to others as ambassadors.

New Birth

Acts 5 warns that secret sin and spiritual pretense cannot be offered to the God of truth as acceptable worship. The deaths of Ananias and Sapphira call the church to honesty, repentance, and reverence before the Holy Spirit.

Drawing from the sending of Barnabas and Saul in Acts 13 and the redeemed multitude of Revelation 5, the message calls the church to see missions not as optional but as the settled expectation of every local church, and challenges the

Working through Romans 10 and Acts 2, the message explains that confession of Christ is not a condition of salvation but its inevitable outward expression, illustrated by a church member's own halting, Spirit-wrought path to assurance of

Acts 3 and Hebrews 10 press the church to keep gathering, proclaiming the words of life, and stirring one another up to love and good works. Even in fearful days, the church must be the church and do the work Christ has given it.

Acts 2 and Hebrews 10 show that the Christian life is meant to be lived in fellowship, not isolation. The loss of gathered life exposes how deeply believers need one another for encouragement, love, and good works.

Stephen stands as a model layman for the church: committed to the body, consistent in godly character, and consumed with his calling. Acts 6 shows how Spirit-filled service can turn church problems into opportunities for growth.

Focusing on the local church as the God-ordained center of His redemptive work, the message calls the congregation, and especially its men, to pursue the purification, unity, and sanctification of the church so that God alone receives the

Acts 13 points to God preparing good works for His people and completing His purposes through them in His time. David's life shows that trials, hidden service, and delayed fruit are part of the work God appoints and empowers.