Acts 8:1-8
1. Persecution of Christians
2. Christians Proclaiming Christ
3. Progress Is Achieved
Acts 5:12-42
1. God Blessing His Church
2. Growing Opposition to the Church
3. God Delivering and Directing
4. Continued Proclamation of the Gospel
5. Suffering Endured
Acts 1:1-5
1. The Focus- Christ
2. The Message – The Gospel
3. The Method – Proclamation
4. The Power – The Holy Spirit
Matthew 28:16-20
1. Authority of the Commission
2. Focus of the Commission
3. Means of the Commission
a. Going
b. Baptizing
c. Teaching
d. Christ is With Us
Luke 24: 36-48
1. Jesus Appears
2. Jesus Preaches
a. A Biblical Sermon
b. An Evangelistic Sermon
c. A Missional Sermon
Luke 24: 13-35
1. A Hopeless Walk
2. A Lesson In Scripture
3. A Joyous Revealing
4. An Excited Testimony
Matthew 28: 9-15
1. Jesus Met Them
2. A Proper Response to Christ
a. We humble ourselves before Him
b. We take hold of Him
c. We worship Him
d. We become His witnesses
3. The Cover Up
John 18:39-19:16
1. Despised and Rejected By Men
2. Jesus is the Son of God
3. Jesus is Condemned to Die
The one big idea: At the cross Jesus crushed the rebellion and now reigns from heaven to bring glory to his Father through the Spirit empowered work of his people to bring all nations into his kingdom to reign with him forever.
1. The baptism of Jesus put the powers of darkness on notice that God had come down to take back what was rightfully his.
2. Jesus began his destruction of the gates of hell and setting the captives free with Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Christ, the son of the Living God.
3. The cross was the beginning of an unstoppable march across the known world that will result in a global Eden just as God planned.
Titus 1:10- 2:10
Chapter 1:1-16 describes the effects of those who teach contrary to sound doctrine
Chapter 2:1-15 provides a contrasting picture of a beautiful life, an appropriate picture of the healthy church.