Beaten, bloody, and unjustly imprisoned, Paul and Silas spent their night in the Philippian jail “praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them” (Acts 16:25 NKJV). “Suddenly there was a great earthquake…and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed” (Acts 16:26 NKVJ). Fearing that all the prisoners had escaped, the jailer prepares to kill himself…
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Sermons on Acts (Page 4)
After a time of reporting and ministry in Antioch, Paul tells Barnabas, “Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing” (Acts 15:26 NKJV). After disagreeing about whether to bring John Mark with them again, Paul takes Silas instead and begins to retrace the route of the…
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…
Pastor Kevin opens today’s message by addressing the biblical / prophetic significance of the July 27, 2024 murderous bombing of a children’s soccer field in northern Israel, purportedly by the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, and the satanically-inspired opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. After his stoning by the mob in Lystra, Paul is left for dead. “However, when the disciples…