Acceptable Worship

Acts 6 presents Stephen as a servant whose life and death testified to worthy worship and faithful service. The sermon holds him up as a hero not only in martyrdom but in the way he lived.

StephenFaithful ServantAcceptable WorshipMartyrdom

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.

Ananias and SapphiraSecret SinAcceptable Worship

Psalm 24's question of who may ascend the hill of the Lord finds its answer in Christ alone, whose fulfilled righteousness makes believers acceptable worshipers as they serve him from love rather than mere obligation.

Fulfillment in ChristAcceptable WorshipServing From Love

Using Cain and Abel, the message warns that growing up with believing parents, church attendance, and knowledge of God's Word cannot substitute for a regenerate heart, since an unbelieving heart enslaved to sin will eventually show its

Cain and AbelSlavery to SinFalse Assurance

Mary of Bethany shows the beauty of pouring out what is precious on Christ rather than spending life on lesser kingdoms. Her costly devotion points believers to waste their lives well in service to Christ and His body, the local church.

Costly DevotionMary of BethanyWasted for Christ