Five Words Rather than Ten Thousand

The Will of the Lord Acts 21 & 22 Key Concept …be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. The Will of the Lord Acts 21 & 22 Will of God Positions in the Church.…………………………1 Cor 1:1 Submission to authority…………………………2 Cor 8:5 Doing your best work……………………………….Eph 6:6 Sanctification & avoidance of sin……….1 Thes. 4:3 Suffering……………………………..................Heb 10:36 Will of God Cease from sinning………………………………..1 Pe 4:1 Shepherd the flock………………………………….1 Pe 5:2 Careful walk…………………………………….…….Eph 5:17 Seeking God direction……………………………Jam 4:15 Submit to government…………………………..1 Pe 2:15 What is God’s will? Perfect Permissive Perfect and Permissive Marriage and divorce Meat offered to idols King for Israel The Garden Salvation Two-part idea God’s sovereignty Man’s freewill God’s Sovereignty For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether t

1. Tying Up Loose Ends Acts 20 2. Key concept …let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds…encouraging one another…Hebrews 10:24-25 3. Tying Up Loose Ends Closing the coffeehouse story 4. Fixing to get ready After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left to go to Macedonia. When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece. 5. Great story! 7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. 8 There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. 9 And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. 10 But Paul went down and fell upon

1. Counter Move Acts 17:1–15 2. Key Concepts Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Timothy 2:15 (KJV) 3. Key Concepts …always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you… 1 Peter 3:15b 4. Counter Move Wrestling History 5. Working the plan Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths 6. Working the plan (continued) reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” 7. Have a plan, Work the plan Synagogue Scriptures Conclusions 8. UNAMBIGUOUS This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ 9. Win the meet And some of them were p

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Cessationist claim that the gift of apostleship ceased with the passing of the Apostles. If we are going to rely solely on scriptures then there is no place where even hints that the apostles were a temporary gift. I will say that the original Apostles were unique in the history of the church. There will never be any like them ever again. There are the Apostles and those who serve as apostles. The Apostles is a title like the Twelve. The office of apostle is a position of leadership. In two places in the New Testament Paul refers to the apostles as one of the gifts Christ gave his church. Ephesians 4:11 (NASB95) And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 1 Corinthians 12:28 (NASB95) And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. Although not all spiritual gifts are offices, all offices

1. Chosen to Serve Acts 6:1-7 Timothy 3:8-15 2. Key Concept whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; 3. Opening Servant leadership 4. There are problems with success Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, 5. There are problems with success (continued) because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. 6. Foodbank Hellenistic Jews-from other countries Day of Pentecost effect Growth causes tension 7. Word Wealth Complaint-Greek “to speak privately in a low voice” Same word used for grumbled/murmured LXX 8. Don’t let problems stew So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.” 9. Solution Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in