Acts 13: Paul’s Missionary Journeys
Acts 13 describes a pivotal point in the history of the church. Now the gospel begins spreading through Paul’s missionary journeys.
Acts 13 describes a pivotal point in the history of the church. Now the gospel begins spreading through Paul’s missionary journeys.
The kingdom of God can be described in 7 Gs: God’s greatness, goodness, and grace; our gratitude, growing, and going; and the final state of glory.
Acts is a book of transitions. One of the biggest of these transitions is the inclusion of non-Jews in God’s plan of salvation. Not only did God bring salvation to both Jews and Gentiles, but He made them one body together in Christ.
Life has always been gift and grace. God’s grace is even bigger than we thought. John 21 demonstrates this truth to us through His love for Peter after his denial of Jesus as well as through His service to the disciples.
God’s grace of forgiveness is a wonderful gift. Allow it to transform you and to cause you to extend grace to others.
The apostle Paul was adamant that all who put their faith in Christ were free from sin and death and are now free to live a life in the Spirit.
Is Jesus the basis for your being made right before God, or is He not? Do you simply have to believe, or are there certain things you have to do to be saved?
Despite the racial, gender, and social barriers that would normally prevent a rabbi from speaking to the woman at the well, Jesus shows that the grace of the Messiah has no boundaries.
As Joseph and his brothers are reconciled at last, we clearly see the grace and sovereignty of God, who redeems even the worst acts of men for His own good purposes.
Grace as opposed to law, which is the crux of the Christian faith, is the sixth of eight “spiritual essentials” (core aspects of the Christian faith) Ken Boa discusses with his Friday morning men’s study at First Redeemer Church (Cumming, GA).
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