2. Jesus Has The Right And Might To Order Our Lives [10-22]

3. Jesus Has The Right And Might To Build His Church Through Peace And Hardship [23-31]

1. Jesus Has the Might and Right to Overrule Any and All Authority

2. Jesus Has the Might and Right to Save

3. To Persecute a Christian, is to Ultimately Persecute Jesus

4. Christians All Have the Same Testimony, "Jesus is the Lord, the Son of God"

1. Five Truths About Baptism [Acts 8:36-39]

Baptize means to immerse

Why do we baptize?

Why this initiation rite?

Who gets baptized?

Who does baptism belong to?

2. What Does Baptism Mean? [Romans 6:1-12]

1. The Whole Bible Preaches Jesus (v. 26-35)

Isaiah 7:13-17; 9:1-7; 11; 26:19; 49; 52-53

2. The Gospel is for Outcasts (v. 27-40)

Deuteronomy 23:1; Isaiah 56:3-5

1. Jesus Saves From Magical Practices [Acts 8:4–13]

2. The Gospel is For All Who Believe [Acts 8:14–17]

3. God’s Grace Can’t Be Bought [Acts 8:18–25]

Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

1. The Gain Of Wisdom (13-16)

2. The Grief Of Wisdom (17-23)

3. The Gift Of Wisdom (24-26)

1. Pleasure Found (3-10)

2. Pleasure Lost (11)

3. Pleasure Reordered

1. Persecution Happens because the Darkness Hates the Light (Acts 8:1)

2. Persecution is a Sharing in the Suffering & Strength of Christ (John 15:18)

3. Persecution is a Means By Which Christ Assures Us of Salvation (Matt. 13:18-23)

4. Persecution is a Means By Which God Advances the Gospel (Acts 8:4)

5. Persecutors Will Either Be Defeated by the Love or Wrath of Jesus (Matt. 5:10; 2 Thess. 1:5-10)

1. Jesus is Worth Living For (6:8-15)

2. Jesus is the True and Greater Seed of Abraham (7:1-8)

3. Jesus is the True and Greater Resurrected Joseph (7:9-16)

4. Jesus is the True and Greater Prophet Like Moses (7:17-38)

5. Jesus is the True and Greater Tent of Witness (7:38-50)

6. Jesus is Worth Dying For (7:51-8:4)

1. The Crisis (v. 1)

2. The Standards (v. 2-4)

3. The Solution (v. 5-6)

4. The Result (v. 7)