SERMONS ON ACTS
Our sermon ideas on Acts will help you preach a powerful message on the life, ministry, and growth of the early church. Preach on topics including Pentecost, the Holy Spirit, the road to Damascus, Paul's missionary journeys, and the expansion of the church to the ends of the earth as you encounter the radical faith of the apostles of Jesus. Prepare your messages on God's Word in Acts with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
Acts: The Acts of the Holy Spirit (7 of 29)
by Roger Thomas
Introduction: Acts is an important book. It is important to the Bible because it bridges the Gospels and the Letters. It shows us how the message of Christ and the work of the church fit together. Acts is important to this and every congregation committed to restoring the life, practices, and teachings of the New Testament church. We insist that what we find in the church described in Acts is what Christ wants this church to be today. Acts provides the model. Acts is important for another reason. The Holy Spirit plays a vital role in the book. It can't be missed unless you really try. Some have insisted that the book....
Apollos - A Man on Fire for God (6 of 18)
by Ken Trivette
I have often noticed that the older we get in the Lord, the colder we get. It seems that many start out full of zeal but over time loose that initial excitement. That it was one of the reasons I like new converts. They are so full of zeal. I have found that Churches that are not getting people saved tend to become stagnant. New converts bring life to a church because they are so excited about being saved. The indictment of our Lord for the Church at Ephesus was: ''Neverthess I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love'' (Rev. 2:4). They had gotten over the burning heart that often accompanies...
O What a Day (4 of 33)
by Jerry Vines
We are surveying some of the opening chapters of the book of Acts in the series I’m calling Power2000. I want you to look at this second chapter. I’m going to try to give you the essence of the first 41 verses. So I have a lot of work to do. You pray for me and you listen real fast. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor is bombed, a day in infamy. World War II began. O what a day! July 16, 1942. In the deserts of New Mexico, a roar rushed through the desert. A huge mushroom cloud lifted above the desert and on that day nuclear power began. O what a day! Bethlehem. A little girl, young maiden named Mary, gave birth to a boy baby. His...
Acts - The Acts of the Holy Spirit through the First Century Church (5 of 32)
by Stan Coffey
INTRODUCTION: The writer of Acts was Luke who wrote the Gospel by that name. The book has the same introductory address as his gospel and resumes the history where that document leaves off. Actually the book describes not the ''acts of the Apostles,''' for only a few of them are given any degree of prominence, but the acts of the risen and ascended Lord through the Holy Spirit. - Luke used a number of sources for his information and some of his facts are firsthand. The ''we'' sections of the book (16:10-17; 20:5-15; 21:1-18; 27:1 - 28:16) indicate that he was often in the company of the Apostle Paul. THEME: The Book of Acts...
First Steps to Spiritual Growth
by Steve Jones
Intro: The TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV, from the serious Walter Cronkite's nightly signoff ''And that's the way it is'' to the silly: ''We are two wild and crazy guys!''You can see the article and the list of catchphrases at this link: I read through the one hundred catchphrases and recognized all but maybe two. What does that say about me? Among other things, it says that I've watched an awful lot of television (especially as a kid growing up). It follows that TV has been a big influence on my life. Let's see how you do on some of these...see if you can identify the source of the catchphrase...
Me: A Missionary?
by James Merritt
It is probably the most well known Bible verse in the world. It has probably been preached on more by the greatest evangelist of modern times, Billy Graham, than any other single verse. Of course, I am referring to John 3:16. There may be some of you who do not know it, so here is what it says, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16, NASB) I want you particularly to pay attention to three key words in this verse, because these three words actually form the basis of everything we are going to be talking about...
Christ in All the Book of Acts (34 of 37)
by John Barnett
A few years ago Bonnie and I were at a huge garage sale called the world for sale in Southern California. Members of Grace Church had been encouraged to drop off anything saleable in a large parking lot. Thousands of items placed in long rows for a fund raising sale for the college class missions trip. At the sale something happened which has deeply impacted my life. This is the scene. We are at the gate on Saturday morning with literally hundreds of others many of them unsaved residents of the area around the church. The gate opened and people rushed in to grab their treasures to buy. Along one side a whole bank of electrical...
Building an Acts 2 Church (2 of 6)
by Frank Damazio
Becoming the church God has in mind necessitates a revelation of the church Christ is building as revealed in the scriptures. In Scripture, God clearly reveals the church He desires for us to build. We must raise our passion level for the church, raise our commitment level, and unite our hearts to fulfill mission. Attending church is good for your health. Dr. George W. Comstock, a Johns Hopkins University medical researcher studied the relationship between church attendance and health. In his article he stated that the risk of fatal heart diseases is almost twice as high for the non-church-goer than for men who attend...
The Book Of Acts Introduction And Chapter 1:1-5 (1 Of 44)
by Harley Howard
Undoubtedly, the book of Acts is one of the most pivotal books in the entire New Testament. It is the bridge between the gospels and the epistles. If the book of Acts were taken out of our New Testament, we would never understand the rest of it. When you close the record of the gospels, you see nothing but a handful of Jews in the city of Jerusalem, the center of Jewish life, talking together about a kingdom for Israel. When you open the book of Romans, on the other side of Acts, you discover that a man (Paul) whose name is never mentioned in the gospels is writing to a group of Christians in Rome--of all places...
You Wouldn’t Believe it if I Told You Part 2 (4 of 6)
by Scott Maze
Happy Mother’s Day to Cross Church family and to You. To those who gave birth this year to their 1st child, we celebrate with you. To those who lost a child this year, we mourn with you. To those who are in the trenches with little ones every day and wear the badge of food stains, we appreciate you. To those who experienced loss this year through miscarriage, failed adoptions, or a child that ran away, we grieve with you. To those who walk the hard path of infertility, fraught with disappointment, we walk with you. To foster moms, mentor moms, and spiritual moms, we need you. To those who have warm and close relationships....
Where Do I Go from Here?
by Richard Bradley
Almost everyone has asked this question at one time or another. Occasionally, our futures are not as clear as we would like them to be and we'll not know where to go or what to do. Life changing decisions are tough, especially when we have several options to choose from. Paul and Silas had been sent on a mission trip by the Jerusalem church. They had been asked to instruct the Gentile believers on the finer points of Christianity. Having accomplished this task in Antioch they decided to stay on the mission trail and preach the gospel. They attempted to go into a couple of areas but were forbidden by the Holy Spirit. The Lord...
Ascension (8 of 8)
by Stephen Whitney
Frances Havergal (d.1879) was an English poet and hymn writer. She is best known for her hymn; Take My Life and Let It Be, but also wrote: Like A River Glorious and I Gave My Life For Thee. She wrote a hymn titled, Golden Harps Are Sounding in 1871. Golden harps are sounding, angels' voices sing, ?pearly gates are opened, opened for the King; ?Jesus, King of glory, Jesus, King of love, ?is gone up in triumph, to his throne above. All his suffering ended, joyfully we sing, Jesus hath ascended! Glory to our King! He who came to save us, he who bled and died, Now is crowned with glory at his Father's side, From the grave...
Pass It On (44 of 66)
by Tony Thomas
Steve Harvey is a comedian, host of Miss Universe and the host for Family Feud. He's quick on his feet, overly-dramatic and his humor is spot-on! That clip we just watched is from April, 2011. How would you have answered? What do you pass around? Just so you know the answers, #4 was yard tools, #3 was Thanksgiving dinner, #2 was a cigarette and the #1 thing people pass around is the flu! (Harvey's question was, ''What gets passed around?'' A neatly dressed, middle-aged man in a shirt and tie answered, ''A joint.'' Harvey hammed it up and suggested that not a single person in their survey of 100...
Being a Witness for Jesus
by Palitha Jayasooriya
Today, I would like to share with you on the topic of 'Being a Witness for Jesus.' And to start off, I would like to read a short portion from Acts 5:32, when the apostles were ordered not to speak about the name of Jesus. They were told, 'do not speak in the name of Jesus'. This is what they said in response, ''We are witnesses of these things.''Who is a witness? I looked up the word in Longman's Dictionary. It says a witness is someone who is present when something happens and they are able to tell it in a court of law. They will testify about what they saw happen or what they know. I don't know if that is the exact legal term for a witness...
Four Anchors for 2019
by Rex Yancey
Paul appeared before Agrippa and gave his testimony. Agrippa said to Paul, ''You almost persuade me to be a Christian?'' Agrippa decided to send Paul to Rome to appear before Caesar. It was past time for sailing and Paul tied to persuade the owner of the ship to postpone the trip. But what does a Baptist preaching know about sailing and the weather? A great wind came up and beat the ship and blew them around for days. They had all but given up when Paul came up from the bottom of the ship. He told them they should not have departed from Crete. However, he also encouraged them not to give up hope because an angel...
Gospel: The Resurrection
by Michael White
Now prior to reading this passage I'd like to note that Acts 13:26-39 is part of Paul's first recorded sermon. Obviously this was not his first ever sermon. He had been a Jewish rabbi and professor at the university of Jerusalem- and since becoming a Christian had likely preached many sermons before. But doctor Luke, who wrote the book of Acts through the inspiration of the holy spirit- Chose to include this sermon as an example of his preaching- and the very content of the Gospel. and the last few weeks we have been describing the Gospel. It's a simple message- that those who have faith in the substitutionary death...
Does God Have A Specific Plan For Your Life?
by Steve Jones
A Christian man who was overweight decided to go on a diet. One of his main problems with eating was that he would stop for donuts every morning on the way to work. So, he decided to make things easier for himself -- he would change his route to work to avoid the temptation of stopping. As the weeks went by he started losing a lot of weight and was receiving compliments from his friends and co-workers. Then one morning without thinking, he accidentally turned onto the road which would take him by the donut shop. At first he was going to turn around but then he thought to himself, "Maybe the Lord is rewarding...
Four Questions on Speaking in Tongues (2 of 3)
by Scott Maze
Video of University of Alabama's 2018 NCAA championship game appears before me. Shortly after the game, the young, inexperience QB was asked: ''How, in the name of Bear Bryant, did [you] rise to this ridiculously pressurized occasion and become an instant hero?'' ''I was praying,'' Tagovailoa said. ''I was speaking in tongues. It kept me calm.'' This morning, I want to speak to you about ''Experiencing on the Holy Spirit'' by looking at the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the speaking in tongues. Is there untapped power in the speaking in tongues that all of us need? I invite you to turn to Acts 2 and 1 Corinthian...
