Explaining the Gospel

Acts 17

When Paul encountered opposition on his second missionary journey, he did not allow it to stop the spread of the gospel but rather found new opportunities to proclaim the risen Christ.

When Paul saw an altar to an unknown god in Athens, he used it to proclaim the one true God to those who were listening. Jesus came to earth so that we might come to know God through Him, the perfect representation of God, being Himself.

Because we have come to know God through Jesus, we look in our culture for ways that we might be able to point others to the gospel so that they too might move from ignorance and disbelief to knowledge and faith in Christ.

An Independent God

Acts 17:25

Do You Know God?

Acts 17:22-23

Baptism

Acts 2:38

Knowing Christ

1 Corinthians 15:3-8

Apologetics

Acts 17::16-18

Christian Enthusiasm

Acts 17:11-12

Prioritizing the Gospel

Acts 15

When questions arose about the gospel, the early church gathered to clarify that justification is through faith alone, affirming a core doctrine that unites all of God's people.

The Jerusalem Council met to resolve a dispute in the early church: was faith in Christ sufficient for justification and inclusion into God's people? The early church's response affirmed the sufficiency of faith in Jesus for justification. Because of His finished work on the cross, Jesus alone is all we need to be saved.

Because we have been saved by grace through faith and not by works, we proclaim the gospel message to everyone that justification is available through faith in Christ alone.

Gospel Challenges

Acts 15:33

Choices

Acts 2:36-37