As Paul continues the final leg of his third missionary journey, a prophet named Agabus in Caesarea warned him of dangers awaiting him in Jerusalem. Ignoring his friends’ pleas to stay away, Paul proceeds to Jerusalem and meets with James and the other Elders of the church there. As James, the half-brother of Jesus and head of the church in Jerusalem, responds…
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Today’s message begins with Pastor Dustin’s eye-witness account of how Jesus is working through Far Reaching Ministries to set free the people of Uganda and South Sudan followed by remarks from former missionary to Italy, Abraham Singbeh. Pastor Kevin reviewed Paul’s warnings to the Ephesian elders about false teachers who would rise up in the church, drawing parallels to the prosperity gospel…
In today’s passage, the Apostle Paul continues his final address to the Ephesian elders with a defense of his ministry, declaring, “Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God (Acts: 20:26-27 NKJV). He also warns them “For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among…
After much discussion with Paul and Barnabas “declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles” (Acts 15:12 NKJV), James, the half-brother of Jesus and leader of the church in Jerusalem, issues the final decree on the question of whether Gentiles need to convert to Judaism to be saved. Quoting the prophet Amos and under the inspiration of…
Having returned to their home base in Antioch of Syria after completing their first missionary journey, Paul and Barnabas now confront men who came from Jerusalem to teach the new Gentile converts, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved” (Acts 15:1 NKJV). Understanding the urgency of this question – “Must Gentiles become Jews to be saved?” – Paul…