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Getting Connected with God. “What in the World is God Doing?” Acts 28:28-31. What … GOD Doing ???. Nothing. Everything. Some Things.
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Getting Connected with God “What in the World is God Doing?” Acts 28:28-31
What … GOD Doing ??? Nothing Everything Some Things
Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him.
1A. The Gospel of God is MovingForward Geographically Acts 28:30a • Rome - Acts 28:16 • Paul started in Antioch - Acts 13:1 • Book of Acts started in Jerusalem -Acts 1:8 • Moved out into Judea and Samaria -Acts 8:1
2A. The Gospel of God is MovingForward Universally Acts 28:30b • Jews - 28:17-25a, esp vs. 23 • Gentiles – 28:25b-28 • “all” – universal • “you purchased for God with your blood from every tribe and tongue and people and nation” – Revelation 5:9
3A. The Gospel of God is MovingForward Circumstantially Acts 28:31 • with all boldness (ESV) … openness (NASB) … boldly (NIV) • without hindrance • Last word of the Book of Acts “unhindered” • The Gospel of God, The Kingdom of God, The Church advances in spite of insurmountable obstacles
Fear Uneducated People Persecution Famine-Poverty Imprisonment Leadership Differences False Teaching Spiritual Attack HIV/AIDS Global Warming Poverty and Famine Racial reconciliation Sexual trafficking Abortion War and Peace Financial Meltdown Rising Health Costs Insurmountable Obstacles1st Century 21st
The Blood of the Martyrs was the Seed of the Church Hudson Taylor “3 Steps to God’s Work” 1st – Impossible 2nd – Difficult 3rd - Done
We are World Christians. We put God’s love for all people first. No race is superior to another. We don’t put our nation’s economy before God’s economy. He tells us to seek first His kingdom. We are driven to action daily with the knowledge that 4 billion people do not know our Savior. Our passion in life, our unquenchable desire, is to take God’s love to them. No task is too small for us. All that limits us is our unwillingness to believe God can enable us to do it. We are sold out to Jesus Christ. Nothing less. We understand following Him means absolute death to ourselves.