John macarthur routinely preaches a sermon more th. I find myself excited as i think about this series because acts is one of the most exciting books in the new testament. The apostles preaching had certain traits that give us insight into what it means to preach the word 2 timothy 4. Acts, expository sermons from the executable outlines series by mark a. Acts 3 niv peter heals a lame beggar bible gateway. The church it is important to understand that when peter stood to preach on the day of pentecost that he had been filled with the spirit.
This video explains the transitional book that is the book of acts, and how it starts with jews to jews, and slowly changes to gentiles, as the jewish nation as a. Below is a list of sermons preached in acts along with a short description and reference for each are listed below. It is as if the four gospels had been poured into a funnel, and they all come down into this jug of the first chapter of the book of acts. Not really but i want to suggest that the three part commission is mirrored in this book of acts. Luke gives us the key to the book of acts at the front door of this book, in acts 1. If he sounds familiar, it is because thats the same guy who wrote the gospels of luke. It was, that is, an epochmaking day in the religious history of. This is a simple and interactive overview of acts chapter 1 that was done in the sunday school hour on july 5, 2009. In the first gospel sermon, we learned the apostle peter.
In chapter the holy spirit is recorded as saying to the church at antioch. There is a handout for each chapter in corinthians. A first recommendation for preaching is that you tell this whole story, acts 2. There are many other shorter teachings and words uttered by the apostles. Acts 1 niv jesus taken up into heaven bible gateway. When that power came on the day of pentecost, those terrified disciples, who had been hiding from the jews in fear, became bold preachers of the gospel of jesus christ, acts 2. When they preached the gospel, 3,000 souls were saved, acts 2. The focus of the message was concerned with the principles that were found in the book of acts concerning how the church was to function and operate. Today we are beginning a brandnew sermon series from the book of acts. The lord encouraged paul with a double promise 1 that no one should harm him, although danger would menace him as he boldly preached the truth. Last, an actsbased sermon series provides an opportunity to connect your core group with john wesleys teachings about personal. The book of acts records the events that made the gospel burst out of its.
Learning how to be the church in todays world through learning from the book of acts. Martyn lloydjones 18991981 was a welsh evangelical minister who preached and taught in the reformed tradition. Copeland hundreds of free sermon outlines and bible study materials available for online browsing and downloading. Share the good news friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of god and christ jesus our lord. When jesus promised that he would return, he instructed his followers to wait. The sermons recorded in acts give us a window into the preaching ministries of peter. One clear advantage to preaching from acts is that the book deals with almost. For example, when philip was in samaria preaching the gospel, a great. A sermon from acts 1 to encourage believers to think about reasons that god tells us to wait scripture. In 2007, pastor don willeman and others preached a series on the message of the mission focusing on chapters 8 through 15 of acts. Acts 3 is comprised of an event and peters explanation of that event as well, in the form of a speech or a sermon. The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations.
Finally acts 28 records the expansion of the gospel throughout the roman world. Its good to get a time of refreshingwhat does god want for our church in 2009. While we cannot travel back in time to meet with the apostles, we can learn from their preaching documented in the book of acts. The suggestion has been made that he accepted the gospel through the preaching of paul, and was so grateful that he sent luke to be a. There is some overlap between the end of the gospel and the beginning of acts.
His principal ministry was at westminster chapel, in central london, from 19391968, where he delivered multiyear expositions on books of the bible such as. They had executed christ as a blasphemer and now peter and john were proclaiming his resurrection. Acts life in the spirit several years ago, i had my interest piqued concerning the book of acts due to a message i heard preached in a conference setting. Sermon acts 2 the day of pentecost faithlife sermons. The book of acts tells us how his church began in jerusalem and spread to the ends of the earth. Both the gospel and the book of acts thus begin with gods spirit moving in the. On that day so it was computed by the later rabbis, though the book of exodus exodus 19. In fact, luke and acts are almost like a two volume set of one book. Acts 1 new international version niv jesus taken up into heaven.
John and peter are going to prayer at the normal hour. For three glorious years jesus was the one who had led their bible study, who had preached their sermons, who had offered a fresh hermeneutic perspective on. Acts 17 deals with the preaching of the gospel in jerusalem and acts 812 deals with the preaching in judea and samaria. As a starting point for preaching from acts, a minister might be well advised to preach a book sermon, giving in broad outline the general theme and scope of the book. This part of the apostles message was the most objectionable to the jewish leaders. The events of this chapter begin as the 12 apostles 1. Acts 1 preached verse by verse in an independent fundamental baptist church.
The book of acts is a series of expository preachingnotes that will give the listener an account of what happens in the book of acts. It is also aptly named because acts is preeminently the book of. An actsbased sermon series can help your core group embrace empowerment by the holy spirit. Luke was the author of two booksthe gospel of luke which tells the story of the life of jesus and the acts of the apostles which tells the story of the early church. As i approach the study of the first chapter of acts, one question.
A list of sermons in the book of acts leadership resources. The following sermon transcript does not match the video version of the sermonit matches only the audio version. The gospel will be preached in jerusalem and judea acts chapters 17, in samaria chapter 8, and eventually all the way to rome chapters 28. These sermons are available for listening or download in the acts series category. The event is the lame man being healed in jesus name and the explanation is peters sermon preached in the temple. Preaching from the book of acts part 1 the expositor podcast. Contributed by rick crandall on jul 8, 20 message contributor based on 1 rating. Lukes gospel had described jesus work in galilee, judea and especially jerusalem.
The series can also help your core group determine how it will engage the world as christians empowered by the holy spirit. It includes a brief introduction to the book of acts as well. In other posts i give an overview of these eleven sermons in acts. Acts 3 new international version niv peter heals a lame beggar.