Mission 2 complete - Acts 17

This is a sermon by Peter Birnie from the Riverside Church service on 17th November 2024.

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Today’s sermon: Acts 17v1-18v23 “Mission 2 complete”

Intro: The archaeologist and the search for buried treasure

 

           1) What does good gospel proclamation look like?

 

What message?

  • Get the core gospel message right (Acts 17v30-31)

 

 

How to deliver?

  • Reason, explain, prove, persuade

 

 

  • Explain the implications of rejection and acceptance

 

 

  • Expect and demand a response!

 

 

 

           2) Good gospel proclamation reveals character

 

Archaeologists can’s produce treasure, they can just find it!

 

 

What responses did Paul and the team get?

  • Positive responses

 

  • Negative responses

 

Conclusion

 

  • Challenge

 

Encouragement

 

Memory verse: Acts 17 v 31

“For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”

 

Life Group Questions:

  • What is the core gospel message? What parts of Acts 17v30-31 are we prone to missing out?
  • What different words are there in the passage that show Paul’s methods of delivering the gospel? How can we learn from this?
  • What are the implications of accepting or rejecting the gospel? How should these implications help us push people for a response?
  • Do negative responses to the gospel put you off sharing it? How should this passage help us to persevere in evangelism?

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