Acts
Part 28: Sent to be Faithful
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Dave Winters - April 23, 2023
Christian = Generous
Money, money, money! When Jesus transforms us, saves us, makes us born again, it also means our wallets and resources are born again, too. God is a generous God and when his Spirit comes into our hearts God moves us to be more generous as he is generous. Yet God won't force us or pry open our grip on our stuff, he allows us to choose to be generous. God desires for us to be cheerful givers not duty givers. Our money and resources are a gift from God to serve him. At the end of Acts 11 we again see the first Christians living out their faith in Jesus in a natural way which includes the church in Antioch taking up a voluntary offering to send to the church in Jerusalem. This is one of many mentions of money and generosity in the Book of Acts. You see, Christian fellowship is not talking about the weather and drinking coffee in the church foyer... it's worshipping together, prying together, getting into the Bible together, and sometimes giving each other money and resources!
Scripture References: Acts 11:26-30, Matthew 6:19-24, Colossians 1:16, Psalms 50:10-11, Acts 19:18-19, Acts 4:34-35, Acts 2:44-47
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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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