Ananias of Damascus asked Saul, “Why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins” (Acts 22:16). Saul obeyed without delay. Why do so many others hesitate?
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
Sermons on Acts (Page 3)
In this Kids Day presentation, the apostle Paul gives a first-person account of his transformed life. Acts 9: The Damascus Road: Saul Converted 9 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that…
Acts 17: 25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.
Acts 4:23-31 23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. 24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea,…
Acts 27 21 But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss. 22 And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life…
In his address to Agrippa and the other dignitaries in the audience hall, Paul gave a clear and meaningful definition of repentance (Acts 26:16-18).
In the presence of Felix and Drusilla, Paul reasoned about “justice and self-control and future judgment” (Acts 24:25). Are we really following Christ if we are too timid to speak the truth in awkward circumstances?
he final section of Acts presents Paul as a prisoner for Jesus. But he is no victim of painful circumstances. On the contrary, he seems the master of the events unfolding around him. What is the secret of his confidence (Acts 23:6)?
The Lord told Paul in a night vision that he had “many people” in Corinth (Acts 18:10). But were the immoral Corinthians really looking for God?
The Athenians worshiped so many gods that they couldn’t keep track of them all. In his Areopagus address (Acts 17:22-31), Paul introduced his audience to the real God.