Unwrap Your Spiritual Gift, Part 1 of 2 (A Passion For the Church)
October 8, 2013
For some, church is a weekly duty. People go through the motions, really wishing the services would just get over sooner. These people are missing out on the great adventure of finding their place in the body of Christ and learning how to serve in the power of the Spirit. Today, we want to ignite in you a passion for your local church.
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It is one thing to have strong faith in God when the sun is shining and all is well with the world. It is quite another when storms come. Storms teach lessons that calm seas never teach. A boatload of prisoners was sailing to Rome when the vessel sank in gale force winds. Were it not for the courage of Paul, a fellow prisoner, all would have been lost.
October 7, 2013
Mature Christians know God’s will is not a flower-strewn pathway. Often, storms arise that threaten to throw us off-course. Paul was determined to go to Rome, knowing it would be a one-way trip. He would take the gospel to the highest levels of government, but while en route, a shipwreck slowed his journey. Today we will hear of his troubles on the way to see Caesar.
October 4, 2013
One never knows what a day may bring forth. Locked up for two years, Paul suddenly faces a Roman King. What would he say? He was on his way to Rome, knowing he faced almost certain death there. But not before getting the gospel to the heart of the world’s dominant empire. On the way, he pled his case before Rome’s king in Israel at the time. Paul seizes the moment to make sure the gospel is understood.
October 3, 2013
What do you do with a political football like Paul? Various Roman leaders punted his case back and forth for two years. Accused of sedition, the Jews wanted him dead. Paul had appealed to Caesar, and ended up in a Caesarea prison. Years passed. Eventually a new governor appeals to Rome’s King in Palestine, Herod Agrippa. And so the gospel was taken to ever higher government levels.
October 2, 2013
Felix was a Roman governor in Caesarea, Rome’s headquarters in what is now Israel. His job today? Facing Paul. The Apostle Paul ended up being more than just a criminal defendant. Felix and his wife Drusilla find themselves confronted with the gospel, a message that brought their own sins to light. Today we will watch as the gospel works its power in the ancient world.
October 1, 2013
Caesarea lies along the northern shore of Israel facing the Mediterranean. This was the site of a famous confrontation. Paul had appealed to Caesar in his conflict with Jewish authorities. This meant facing the Roman governor. As the waves lapped on the nearby shore, Governor Felix came face to face with a man, the likes of whom he had never seen.
September 30, 2013
The Gospel brought liberty to a culture that had long been bound in tradition. Jewish customs were a big deal in Jerusalem, and some new believers in the first century insisted that converts to the Christian faith keep observing Jewish laws. The conflict was sharp, and Paul had to settle an argument that put the outreach of the Gospel at risk.
September 27, 2013
The Apostle Paul rejected the counsel of his peers and went back to Jerusalem after completing two missionary journeys. His determination to settle a church split there drove him into hardship, deprivation, and eventually, execution in Rome. What price would you pay to do God’s will?
September 26, 2013
Pastor Lutzer toured the sites of the seven churches of Revelation in what is now Turkey. All seven of those churches are long gone. Sand covers their ancient foundations. What happened?
September 25, 2013
In Ephesus, the locals had a good thing going: a famous pagan temple, a good business making souvenir idols for visitors, silversmiths who sold shrines to the goddess Artemis... But when Paul showed up with the Gospel, business dropped, and Paul found himself in a riot. When the Gospel impacts culture and trade, things get real hot real fast.
September 24, 2013
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