The Acts of the Apostles

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The Acts of the Apostles Act 7 in God’s Story Expanding the New Community

The Acts of the Apostles Thread number 1: Partnering in Love outside the Faith

The Acts of the Apostles I Peter 2:11-17 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

The Acts of the Apostles Jeremiah 29:4-7 “Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, ‘Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce. ‘Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease. ‘Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.

Malta

The Acts of the Apostles • Acts 28:2-11

The Acts of the Apostles Thread number 2: Always 2 ways to look at our day!

Dike

Castor & Pollux

Appius

The Acts of the Apostles Thread number 3: Signs of a healthy church
Dedicated themselves to knowing the Story
Devoted themselves deeply to each other (responsible for each other)
Regularly ate meals together
Prayed for each other

The Acts of the Apostles Phil. 1:12-13 Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,

The Acts of the Apostles Thread number 4: Every Journey is a Missionary Journey

Never a “BAD DAY” but rather a TOUGH DAY that God steps into

The Acts of the Apostles • Acts 28:17-22

The Acts of the Apostles Thread number 5: Our lives will parallel Jesus

Particularly in His Suffering!

The Acts of the Apostles The threads of Acts: 1. Partnering in love outside the faith 2. Always 2 ways to view our day 3. Signs of a healthy church 4. Every journey is a missionary journey 5. Our lives WILL parallel Jesus 6. Where are your thumb prints God?