Sermons from March 2025
ACTS CHURCH ON FIRE PART 11CAN GOD USE SOMEONE LIKE ME?
Reading: Acts 9 v1-19 Can God Use Someone Like Me? Paul wasn’t a super-saint. He had a dark past and had normal flaws. None of things you and I see as obstacles, are obstacles for God. The testimony of Paul’s life proves it! Your PAST Is No Obstacle for God. Three records of your past floating around: Carried In your own mind. Beware the negative narratives we build about ourselves from shame/embarrassment. Carried by people who knew you before you…
ACTS CHURCH ON FIRE Part 10: A Good Death
Acts: Recap (Acts Chs. 6 & 7) Different Jobs, Same Power (Acts 6v8) While Stephen was not an apostle, he was a Spirit Filled disciple of Jesus, filled with grace and wisdom. The same powerful Spirit is available to you, wherever you serve the Lord. Religion, Religion Everywhere! (Acts 6 v9-14) Throughout the Roman era, thousands of diaspora Jews returned to Jerusalem. Jerusalem had over 480 synagogues! These groups of returned Jews were particularly strict and full of bigotry. They…
ACTS Church On Fire – Part 9″A Dollar, A Devil And A Dead Man.”
Scripture: Acts 5v1-11 Testing God: Lying to The Church & the Holy Spirit. They didn’t just lie to Peter and the church family – they offended God. The entire community could have suffered due to Ananias’s and Sapphira’s actions. God held all of Israel responsible for Achan’s singular act. Joshua 7v11 Greed & Pride “Look at me!” Satan had filled Ananias and Sapphira with the desire for recognition as “big givers.” Jesus warns us to avoid practicing piety in order…
ACTS Church On Fire Part 8: Extraordinary Community: Extravagant Generosity
The Believers Share Their Possessions Acts 4v32-37 A Tale Of 2 Temples Herod’s temple: an imposing cathedral. Jesus’ temple: His people. The early church Jesus approached life in a radical new way. John 15v12-14 The Way of Jesus is to lay down your life. John 13v34-35 The Way of Jesus is to live by the law of love. 1 John 4v10-12 The Way of Jesus is to love the way God loves. Matthew 20v28 The church’s mission is to introduce…