Mercy Seat Christian Church

Continuing verse by verse, this sermon covers the first recorded conflict in the Body of Christ - and also records the beginning of the third confrontation with the civil and ecclesiastical authorities. Lots of wise insights in this sermon - as well as practical Christian living. 32 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse, this sermon covers Saul's conversion to Christ and Christianity. It also looks into the suffering the Lord declares he will endure as His chosen vessel. 49 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse, the persecution against the early church continues to mount. This sermon is loaded with valuable insight for those Christians who want to faithfully serve Christ in the public realm. May Christ be praised- 37 min. MercySeat.net

I never published this sermon because it is missing the first 8-minutes due to a recording error. But I now realize that what was preserved is of too great importance not to air. Very few Christians who have been martyred were told - "Deny Christ or die." The vast majority of persecutions had and have to do with some point of obedience. The matter is about authority - and about rule. The design of the state is to persecute and eliminate Christianity, or subjugate it, or dull, deaden, and defile the form of Christianity in their midst. This is what has happened in America and throughout the West. The state makes laws or policies that impugn the law or Word of God. The Christian is brought into confrontation and conflict with the state because of this point of obedience - whatever the situation may be. He refuses to join in the state's rebellion against Christ. He is obedient to the Lord. This results in suffering, persecution, and martyrdom. Lawrence the Deacon exemplified this in the 3rd century. 23 min. MercySeat.net DefyTyrants.com "Defy Tyrants" YouTube channel and GAB channel.

Very little has been preached or written about Ananias and Sapphira in modern-day Christianity. Why- This sermon addresses 'why' as Pastor Matt continues verse by verse. 22 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse, this sermon covers the expansion of the Gospel into non-Jewish areas as we see the conversion of the Samaritans and an Ethiopian eunuch. The early Jewish believers were beginning to realize what Jesus said in Acts 1:8 was true - that they would be His witnesses in Samaria and to the ends of the earth! The sermon also covers whether Simon's conversion was genuine or not. 39 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse, this sermon is loaded with great insights. The history of the world is revealed, and the relation between Christian men and the magistrates. Among other matters. 41 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse. Acts 3 records the first miracle of the early church. Miracles are not meant to produce saving faith within the individual - rather miracles are meant to provide the opportunity to preach. And Peter does- 55min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse with the first sermon preached. This sermon completes the first sermon which was preached by Peter, and the response of those listening. 41 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing through verse by verse. In this passage we see the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the very first sermon ever preached. Peter preaches and he quotes from the Book of Joel.--37 min. MercySeat.net