Acts
Part 28: Sent to be Faithful
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Josh Weiland - November 15, 2020
What's On the Line Online
We’re sent by Jesus as his ambassadors, and there’s not any area of life where we do not represent him—for better or for worse. A Christian’s only presence is as important as their physical presence. How are you doing at representing Jesus online? God is calling you—all of who you are—to do what Jesus commands online as it is IRL (in real life). Maybe before you post you should ask yourself, WWJT? (What Would Jesus Tweet?). We close with some principles of what it looks like to follow and represent Jesus online. As we interact with a world full of outrage—seen especially in online social media mobs—our goal must always be to win people over winning arguments.
From Series: "Life in the Age of Outrage"
This series is inspired by and borrows from the 2018 book from Dr. Ed Stetzer, "Christians in the Age of Outrage". As we face the 2020 election while also finding our way through COVID, this series will explore how, as followers of Jesus, we can bring our best to a world at its worst.
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Sent to be Faithful
Acts 14 records the heart of Paul and Barnabas’s first journey to spread the Gospel. After being run out of Antioch, they head to Iconium where once again there is fruitfulness as they share the Gospel along with opposition to it. When a plan to mistreat and stone them surfaces, they move on to Lystra. In Lystra a crippled man is healed at Paul’s word. After witnessing the miracle, the crowds believe Barnabas and Paul to be Zeus and Hermes. When Paul and Barnabas insist they are not gods but mere men chaos ensues. Paul is stoned and dragged out of the city, assumed dead. After the disciples gather around him he rises, reenters the city then heads to Derbe the following day. Paul and Barnabas were ministering in a culture deeply divided, chaotic, and often opposed to the Gospel—not unlike our own. When the world is full of chaos, opposition, & division, our job is to be faithful and point people to Jesus, leaving the results to God. Pastor Josh also gave a helpful paradigm of “Receive, Reject, Redeem” for us to use as Christians as we interact with our culture.
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