Sermons

Laying the Foundation (Acts 17:22-29)

 

An invitation accepted “What does this all mean?”

Context in Athens, yet Paul is alone

  1. The Point of Contact Defined
    • Connection in their context
    • “Paul doesn’t commend them but takes it as a free matter for teaching” Calvin
    • What is our point of connection today?
  2. The Truth About God
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Paul Amongst the Philosophers (Acts 17:16-21)

 

  1. We should see the world through God’s eyes.
    • Pliny claimed there were 73,300 statues in Rhodes with ‘no fewer’ in Athens. Xenophon called it ‘one great altar, one great sacrifice’ and The Satyricon, ‘there are so many gods that it is easier to meet one than it is
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Preaching in a Pagan Backwater (Acts 14:8-20)

 

Jews pursuing Paul and Barnabas who flee to Lystra. Roman outpost. Different language and mythical beliefs and practices. Home of Timothy, Lois and Eunice.

  1. Miraculous Healing (vv.8-10)
    • Man cannot walk x3 in verse 8.
    • Given faith to be healed (perhaps God used Paul’s preaching from v.7)
    • Definitively healed
    • Paul
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Responding to the Gospel (Acts 13:42-52)

 

George Whitefield: “If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed… In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.”

  1. THE GOSPEL DIVIDES AS IT DEMANDS A RESPONSE
    • The people of Antioch in Pisidia are divided in their
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Preaching in the Synagogue (Acts 13:13-41)

 

Gospel preaching in book of Acts Sermon # 2, Paul’s first recorded.

Start of 1st Missionary journey, Barnabas & Paul set apart. Journey thru Cyprus now Antioch in Pisidia. It’s the Sabbath & so the Synagogue.

An invitation

  1. Preaching from Scripture – Redemption History leads to Jesus v16-31
    • The
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The Living Church (Acts 2:42-47)

 

‘Are you a Bible-living church?’

  1. The Church lives for worship.
    • The church is continually devoted to the ordinary means of grace. Westminster Shorter Catechism question 88: Q. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption? A. The outward and ordinary means
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Responding to the Gospel (Acts 2:37-41)

 

Response to Peter’s Pentecost sermon where “This Jesus” (v.23) was declared Lord. This Jesus was the One whom Peter’s hearers crucified.

  1. Pricked Hearts and Consciences (v.37)
    • Peter’s whole sermon and particularly his final statement cut to the heart
    • Heart of stone transplanted with a heart of flesh. “And I
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Showing Jesus is Lord and Christ (Acts 2:22-36)

 

Confusion at Pentecost proceeds this passage, Peter responds by preaching this sermon.

  1. Death could not hold him
    • Peter now boldly proclaims Christ’s death and resurrection
    • Hosea 6:2
    • The OT points forward to this (Psalm 16)
    • Sin vs. Grace
  2. The resurrection had to happen
    • Why?
    • Because of His Deity (John
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This is That (Acts 2:12-21)

 

Gospel preaching in book of Acts. The first Christian sermon Acts 2:14-36

  1. A Bold Declaration v12-15
    • “Speaking in tongues had achieved a valuable purpose in gathering a large crowd around the disciples” F.F Bruce
    • 2 responses: amazement or false assumption
    • “addressed” : Luke 2:4, 2:14, 26:25
    • Drunk, really?
    • Here’s
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What Does it Mean? (Acts 2:1-13)

 

Pentecost: ‘The time when the sickle was to be put to the harvest and the fruits to be gathered.’ – John Chrysostom. ‘Fifty days are reckoned from the celebration of the Passover… to the day on which Moses received the law on tablets written by the finger of God.’ …