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Back to Jerusalem

Dennis McCallum

Acts 21:1-22:29

Paul makes his way back to Jerusalem, despite the warnings of those closest to him. Convinced that this is the Holy Spirit's leading, Paul comes to Jerusalem, meets with James to hear about God's work among the Gentiles, and foolishly nearly performs a ritual purification before he gets arrested. During his defense, Paul preaches boldly about God's work in his life, before presenting himself to go before trial to argue his innocence. This narrative of Paul's journey reflects the importance of drawing strength from the Body of Christ, and how the leading of the Holy Spirit could draw us into intense trouble.

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Paul's Second Journey (Part 1)

Dennis McCallum

Acts 15:36-16:13

Paul's second missionary journey reflects several key New Testament principles of serving God through ministry: 1) timing; 2) contextualization; 3) centering ministry around discipleship; and 4) being led and empowered in the work by the Holy Spirit. From Paul's example, we see someone who, from the moment he received Jesus Christ into his heart, began immediately serving God. Paul made extensive efforts to ensure there weren't barriers for communicating with people from different cultures. He also centered his work around training and equipping others in discipleship to go and do God's work and wasn't human-centered, but depended on God's guidance through the Holy Spirit in the work God had placed before him.

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Paul's First Journey (Part 1)

Dennis McCallum

Acts 13:1-49

Paul begins his first missionary journey, starting with the church at Antioch. Led by the Holy Spirit, Paul and Barnabas set out to tell others areas about Jesus, including locations such as Cyprus, Salamis, Paphos, Perga and more. This is the first recorded missionary journey, and flies in the face of the postmodern thought that the account of the history and truth are arbitrary as God divinely orchestrated His plan to send broken people to tell others about the love of Jesus Christ. Throughout all of Paul and Barnabas' journey, they were led by the Holy Spirit and encountered much resistance and even flagrant persecution. The same principles for Christians today should stand. As we go and tell others about the love of Christ, we should depend on the Holy Spirit for guidance and expect resistance in a world that is resistant to God's revealed truth through His Word.

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Into Judea and Samaria

Scott Risley

Romans 8:9

Philip the Evangelist goes out to preach the Gospel. We see how God will sometimes send us into uncomfortable situations that may lead to persecution. We see through Philip how God will use these situations to cause good things according to his will.

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A Meditation on Joy

Gary DeLashmutt

John 13:3-17

When you come into a relationship with Jesus Christ, God indwells you with His Spirit. This kind act by God gives His followers the ability to experience joy at any time because the Holy Spirit is powerful. God wired us to be joyful and He is the one who offers true joy. It is in this joy that we can influence others to trust God and give their life to Him. To continue in a life full of joy, it is crucial to focus on the Gospel of God's grace and give His love out to others.

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The Holy Spirit Arrives!

Scott Risley

1 Corinthians 12:13

In this teaching, we learn about the beginning of the Church under Christ. The apostles and followers of Jesus receive the Holy Spirit, and Peter shares the Gospel with the gatherers at Pentecost.

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Spiritual D-Day

Dennis McCallum

Acts 2:1-18

The day of Pentecost comes and as all the believers are there, the Holy Spirit comes and fills them, giving them spiritual utterances. The Holy Spirit permanently indwells people that place their faith in Christ at the moment of conversion, not like some that believe the Holy Spirit is correlated with speaking with tongues. The day of Pentecost was a description of an extraordinary event orchestrated by God, not a prescription of what Christian conversion looks like. The Holy Spirit allows for unprecedented intimacy with God through the mystical union that binds us together with Him and is a key in learning how to mature in our faith. After the miracle at Pentecost, Peter teaches to the crowds about the need for forgiveness through Jesus Christ and 3,000 people came to faith.

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Something New

Scott Risley

Luke 24:44-47

We learn about who the author of Acts is and what purpose this book serves. Scott talks about the following days after Jesus's resurrection and contrasts the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. We learn about why God chose to wait until this moment in history to launch his church.

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From Old to New

Dennis McCallum

Acts 1:1-26

Luke wrote this letter to Theophilus in 60 AD to account the Acts of the Apostles during the early church. The account describes Jesus' instructions to wait in Jerusalem until receiving the Holy Spirit, who would empower the apostles to spread the gospel message outwards. The new program God was trying to introduce would be fully realized at Pentecost, where believers would be indwelt permanently by the Holy Spirit, who would become the focus of how to serve God outwardly through sharing Jesus with others.

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