Sermons on Acts (Page 5)

Acts 8:9-25 Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! You can be seated. Turn in your copy of God’s word to Acts chapter eight. Our reading today will be verses nine through 25. As you’re making your way there, remember that Jesus made a promise to his disciples after his resurrection and during the 40 days or so he spent with them, preparing them for his continued mission of salvation to the ends of the earth, his upper room ministry…

Acts 8:4-8 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of God’s word to Acts chapter eight. We’ll be reading verses four through eight. While you’re looking, I just remind you that it’s been three or four weeks, I think, since we’ve been in Acts together, but things have shifted. Remember that Jesus told his disciples, you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem. Judea, Samaria, and then to the ends of the earth. So the apostles, the church, have been…

Acts 8:1-3 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of God’s word to the book of Acts. Acts chapter eight, verses one to three will be our reading. As you make your way there, remember we’ve hit a significant turning point in the book of Acts. Number one, persecution will scatter the church out of Jerusalem, keeping Jesus promise. that the gospel will spread from Jerusalem to Judea, Samaria to the ends of the earth. But also we have…

Acts 7:54 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of God’s word to the book of Acts chapter seven. I will read verse 54 and then just a couple of verses in chapter eight. While you’re making your way there, I’ll point out to you, we’re hitting a significant turning point in the story of the resurrected Jesus. continued ministry on earth through his apostles. Remember he told his apostles, you’ll go preach to Jerusalem, then Judea, Samaria, and…

Acts 7:1-53 You may be seated. And please turn in your copy of God’s word to the book of Acts, chapter seven, verses one to 53. Usually we do stand for this particular reading, but it’s a long one and I figure you could use a break and I’ll hear about it. So we’ll let you be seated. I want you to not be overwhelmed by these 53 verses. These are 53 verses where Stephen is going to give a…

Acts 6:8-15 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of God’s Word to Acts chapter 6. We’ll be reading verses 8 through 15. We continue in the story of the work of Jesus through his apostles on earth. Jesus has risen from the dead and raised to heaven. He is seated in glory where he rules and reigns over all things. He awaits the father’s command to return and to judge the earth and to make all things new.…

Acts 6:7 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of the scriptures to the book of Acts. We have one verse to read today, Acts chapter six, verse seven. Many of you know, for the last many weeks, we’ve looked at the broader implications of chapter six, verses one through seven. The occasion was that the early church was Not handling the distribution of food to widows well, so it was the occasion for the beginning of the deacons.…

Acts 6:1-7 Please remain standing and turn in your Bibles to Acts chapter six. Acts chapter six, verses one through seven will be our reading today. Over the next couple of weeks, we want to stay camped out on this passage. You’ll see why in a few moments. But next week, we want to look at the office of elder, the next week, the office of deacon, and then the third week, the office of the minister. And so we…

Acts 5:17-42 you may be seated. Turn in your copy of God’s word to the book of Acts. Our reading will be Acts chapter five, verses 17 through 42. As you’re making your way there, I want to point out something that I think maybe some of you have noticed along the way, but I hope you’ll pick up on this today. As we read through this passage, Remember that the disciples, the apostles of Jesus have been filled with…