Sermons About Saul
Spiritual Warfare without Vengeance
I. Our spiritual warfare is outward and inward II. Our spiritual warfare impacts everyone around us III. Our spiritual warfare is successful if we have the right friends
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"But You Promised Me!!" Friendship that Make a Difference
I. Friendship promised II. Friendship tested III. Friendship confirmed
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Friendships That Make A Difference
Into the midst of the growing danger and chaos of David’s life, God provides Jonathan an incredible friend. Jonathan call us to real friendship and shows us an amazing picture of how Jesus—the friend of sinners.
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The Spirit's Annointing to Bless the City
David connects with the Spirit, David develops in maturity to be able to live in the disparity between the promise and current reality; David is released to serve in the power of the Spirit.
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The Birth of Foreign Missions
Acts 13:1-12 The church at Antioch was the birthplace of all foreign missions. The work of foreign missions began with a prayer meeting among five men who had a zeal for obeying Jesus Christ and seeing the gospel spread to the ends of the earth. Barnabas, Simeon, Manaen, Lucius, and Saul were men who had a clear understanding of the mission that had been given to them by Christ. The church at Antioch sent these men forth and supported them on their mission. The model set forth by the church at Antioch, provides us with five marks that exemplify the kind of church that has a mindset for missions. By God's grace, this example should help our church to develop a global vision to take the gospel to everyone in the world who has yet to hear it. The people of the church at Antioch were: 1. WELL EQUIPPED by their leadership (v. 1) 2. WORSHIPERS of the Lord (v. 2) 3. WILLING to send and be sent (v. 3) 4. WISE in their course of action (vv. 4-5) 5. WARRING against the forces of Satan (vv. 6-12) Missions exist because worship does not. There is a whole world out there that does not acknowledge God and does not worship Him. James Montgomery Boyce eloquently stated "The mission of the church is sending people by the church under the leadership of the Holy Spirit into areas of the world where the name of Jesus Christ is not known and God is not worshiped." A mindset for missions starts with a strong relationship with Jesus Christ and a heart of missions flows out of a heart of worship. If we are not consumed with worshiping the Lord ourselves we will not care about the worship of others!
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Becoming a Christian: The Road to Eternal Life
Saul was on the wrong road, persecuting Christians and despising Christ. How did he become the greatest missionary in the history of the church?
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Paul, Peter, and the Whole Gospel
Building on the foundation provided in our exploration of the first eight chapters of the NT Book of Acts, today's reading and sermon focus our attention on three aspects of the "Good News" (the "Gospel") that God has graciously given us in Christ. These three are conversion, healing and resurrection. The account of Paul's conversion, his turning to Christ in faith, the healing of a paralyzed man named Aeneas and the raising of Tabitha, a woman deeply loved by many people on the margins of life whom she had helped, give us not just information, but beautiful pictures of the grace of God and an appreciation of the fact that the Whole Gospel is larger than we usually think it to be. We tend to be more familiar with the role of the Gospel in conversion, but the Gospel never stops with conversion. As we will see today, the Gospel can also bring us into an experience of God's gracious provision of healing and resurrection. We know about the importance of faith in the process of conversion, but even in the account of Paul's conversion, we see that God's grace is not merely "spiritual," but a whole-body experience. This is especially evident in the healing of Aeneas and the raising of Tabitha. But what does all of this mean for us today? Have we in the church lost something precious that the Scripture and the Spirit would have us find again?
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