Sermons preached in the book of acts chapter 1

It was, that is, an epochmaking day in the religious history of. The sermons recorded in acts give us a window into the preaching ministries of peter. 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. Below is a list of sermons preached in acts along with a short description and reference for each are listed below. Acts, expository sermons from the executable outlines series by mark a. On that day so it was computed by the later rabbis, though the book of exodus exodus 19. A list of sermons in the book of acts leadership resources. Its good to get a time of refreshingwhat does god want for our church in 2009.

There is nothing particularly remarkable about this event. 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. Martyn lloydjones 18991981 was a welsh evangelical minister who preached and taught in the reformed tradition. This part of the apostles message was the most objectionable to the jewish leaders. There is a handout for each chapter in corinthians. The series can also help your core group determine how it will engage the world as christians empowered by the holy spirit. The event is the lame man being healed in jesus name and the explanation is peters sermon preached in the temple. Not really but i want to suggest that the three part commission is mirrored in this book of acts. The book of acts records the events that made the gospel burst out of its.

For example, when philip was in samaria preaching the gospel, a great. Share the good news friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of god and christ jesus our lord. There are many other shorter teachings and words uttered by the apostles. As i approach the study of the first chapter of acts, one question. I find myself excited as i think about this series because acts is one of the most exciting books in the new testament. Both the gospel and the book of acts thus begin with gods spirit moving in the. 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. 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. His principal ministry was at westminster chapel, in central london, from 19391968, where he delivered multiyear expositions on books of the bible such as. 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. 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. 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. When jesus promised that he would return, he instructed his followers to wait.

They had executed christ as a blasphemer and now peter and john were proclaiming his resurrection. While we cannot travel back in time to meet with the apostles, we can learn from their preaching documented in the book of acts. In 2007, pastor don willeman and others preached a series on the message of the mission focusing on chapters 8 through 15 of acts. The book of acts tells us how his church began in jerusalem and spread to the ends of the earth. 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. Acts 1 new international version niv jesus taken up into heaven. If he sounds familiar, it is because thats the same guy who wrote the gospels of luke. It is also aptly named because acts is preeminently the book of. Finally acts 28 records the expansion of the gospel throughout the roman world. Sermon acts 2 the day of pentecost faithlife sermons. This is a simple and interactive overview of acts chapter 1 that was done in the sunday school hour on july 5, 2009. It includes a brief introduction to the book of acts as well. There is some overlap between the end of the gospel and the beginning of acts. Learning how to be the church in todays world through learning from the book of acts.

The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. Acts 17 deals with the preaching of the gospel in jerusalem and acts 812 deals with the preaching in judea and samaria. The following sermon transcript does not match the video version of the sermonit matches only the audio version. Today we are beginning a brandnew sermon series from the book of acts. The apostles preaching had certain traits that give us insight into what it means to preach the word 2 timothy 4. Acts 1 preached verse by verse in an independent fundamental baptist church. In the first gospel sermon, we learned the apostle peter.

Lukes gospel had described jesus work in galilee, judea and especially jerusalem. 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. Admittedly, book sermons are not easy to preach, but they are generally profitable to both the man in the pulpit and to those in the. One clear advantage to preaching from acts is that the book deals with almost.

And in the gospel of john the last recorded fact is the second coming of christ. An actsbased sermon series can help your core group embrace empowerment by the holy spirit. You know, weve been going through the book of john for the last year and a half having just finished it before the holidays. 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. A first recommendation for preaching is that you tell this whole story, acts 2.

In fact, luke and acts are almost like a two volume set of one book. Copeland hundreds of free sermon outlines and bible study materials available for online browsing and downloading. Like in acts 2, there was an event, namely, speaking in tongues and peters explanation of the event. Last, an actsbased sermon series provides an opportunity to connect your core group with john wesleys teachings about personal. 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. This gave oldness to his actions and there was an abiding authority that had not been present prior to pentecost. A sermon from acts 1 to encourage believers to think about reasons that god tells us to wait scripture. 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. John and peter are going to prayer at the normal hour. Acts 3 niv peter heals a lame beggar bible gateway.

In chapter the holy spirit is recorded as saying to the church at antioch. Acts 1 niv jesus taken up into heaven bible gateway. In this one verse we have a birdseye view of the whole book. The events of this chapter begin as the 12 apostles 1. These sermons are available for listening or download in the acts series category. Preaching from the book of acts part 1 the expositor podcast. When they preached the gospel, 3,000 souls were saved, acts 2. John macarthur routinely preaches a sermon more th. The sermons recorded in acts give us a window into the preaching ministries of peter, stephen, philip, james, and paul, along with the immediate impact those sermons had. Acts 3 is comprised of an event and peters explanation of that event as well, in the form of a speech or a sermon. Acts 3 new international version niv peter heals a lame beggar. In other posts i give an overview of these eleven sermons in acts. Contributed by rick crandall on jul 8, 20 message contributor based on 1 rating.