Acts Sermon Series

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Acts Sermon Series

• The Plan of the Kingdom
• The Power of the Kingdom
• The Proclamation of the Kingdom
• The People of the Kingdom
• The Penetration of the Kingdom

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Christian Counseling
• Self-help or God-honoring?
• Church Revival
• Self-help or God-honoring?

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Three Key Phrases to Guide Us
• Sovereign Lord (v.24)
• His Anointed (v.26)
• Your Servants (v.29)

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Sovereign Lord (v.24)
• A rare word in the NT
• In the OT, Lord GOD (e.g. Gen. 152, 8)
• LORD, GOD ? YHWH (Yahweh?)
• Lord YHWH ? Lord GOD ? Sovereign Lord
• Sovereignty of YHWH

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Sovereign Lord (v.24)
• Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the
  earth and the sea and everything in them. (v.24)
• Sovereign Lord, who prophesied. (v.25)
• Sovereign Lord, who planned and predestined.
  (v.28)

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• His Anointed (v.26)
• Jesus is the difference
• The Sovereign Lord and his Anointed who ushered
  in the Kingdom.

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Your Servants (v.29)
• Knowing God, knowing ourselves

Jesus
Christians

• Holy Servant
• Baptized by the Spirit
• Persecuted

• Servants
• Baptized by the Spirit
• Persecuted

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Your Servants (v.29)
• Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your
  servants to continue to speak your word with
  all boldness.
• Clear division of labor.

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Conclusion
• Whose business? Gods.
• Applications
• Be more thoughtful with words.
• Open our eyes and see Gods rule.
• Recognize our role and remind each other.
• Look for signs that testifies Jesus is alive.

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Things to Pray For
• Praise God for his sovereignty and our salvation
  (and worlds) through Jesus the Messiah.
• Growth (in order to see Gods sovereignty)
• Show us where we need growth
• Help us to growth in these areas
• Help our growth in biblical understanding of the
  world
• Give us mentors to help us grow.

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Our Business, Gods BusinessWhose Business?
(Acts 423-31)

• Things to Pray For
• Evangelism
• Open our eyes to see Gods work in us
• Show us whom we should reach
• Prepare us with desires and skills
• Personal
• Pray for one (non)Christian specifically
  (befriend him/her, understand them, openness,
  wisdom, ways to care, boldness, etc.)