OUTLINE

1. The Circumcision Party is Not a Fun Party [Acts 11:1–2]

2. The New Covenant Party is a Fun Party [Acts 11:3–18]

3. Ways to Respond

1. Holy Fear: The Foundation of his Resolve (v11-13)

2. Holy Constraint: Living in the Reality of Christ’s Love (v14)

3. Holy Freedom: The Release from Self-Service (v15)

1. Feel The Poetry (1-8)

2. Find The Posture (9-15)

1. Jesus is The Promised Greater Joseph (Genesis 49:8)

2. Jesus is The Promised Greater Judah/Shiloh (Giving Life For a Brother) (Genesis 49:9-10)

3. Jesus is The Promised Greater New Creation (Genesis 49:11-12)

1. Jesus Makes Us Holy and Clean (Acts 10:1-16)

2. Jesus Saves All Who Trust in Him (Acts 10:17-43)

3. Jesus Gives The Spirit to His One New People (Acts 10:44-46)

1. Jesus Heals (9:32-35)

2. Jesus Resurrects (9:36-42)

3. Jesus Saves (9:35, 42)

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]