Sharon Church | Sermons

Season 1 of Acts took place in Jerusalem and as we step into season 2 we are moving to Judea and Samaria. It took persecution to move the Christians from the comfort of Jerusalem to their calling to reach the ends of the earth but God will use it in His power.___While much of the ministry of the early church was moving forward with the only opposition being from the religious jealousy of the Jews, things change in this passage. Famine, James is murdered by the Roman government, & Peter is arrested. How do the Christians respond to this wave of tribulation? Earnest prayer.

Season 1 of Acts took place in Jerusalem and as we step into season 2 we are moving to Judea and Samaria. It took persecution to move the Christians from the comfort of Jerusalem to their calling to reach the ends of the earth but God will use it in His power.

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As the Gospel takes root in far away places like Antioch, the need for a new leader emerges and Barnabas has been waiting for a moment and for a people who were ready for Saul.

Season 1 of Acts took place in Jerusalem and as we step into season 2 we are moving to Judea and Samaria. It took persecution to move the Christians from the comfort of Jerusalem to their calling to reach the ends of the earth but God will use it in His power.

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For Peter, like many Jews, the law had become twisted to mean something it was not intended to mean. It became the way he protected himself - insulated himself from the world rather than seeing it as a means of invitation...a way to invite the unclean nations to the holy presence of God.

Season 1 of Acts took place in Jerusalem and as we step into season 2 we are moving to Judea and Samaria. It took persecution to move the Christians from the comfort of Jerusalem to their calling to reach the ends of the earth but God will use it in His power.

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In a dramatic reversal, God radically saves a man who was hell-bent on destroying the early church. By supernatural means, God appeals to Saul but God chooses natural means to open his eyes. At the intersection of the supernatural and the natural is where we find miracles.

Season 1 of Acts took place in Jerusalem and as we step into season 2 we are moving to Judea and Samaria. It took persecution to move the Christians from the comfort of Jerusalem to their calling to reach the ends of the earth but God will use it in His power.___Leaving the successful ministry in Samaria, Philip follows the Spirit to a desert road for one purpose - for one person - a Gentile Ethiopian Eunuch who can't understand Isaiah 53. Philip's trust in the Lord is displayed in quick obedience.

Season 1 of Acts took place in Jerusalem and as we step into season 2 we are moving to Judea and Samaria. It took persecution to move the Christians from the comfort of Jerusalem to their calling to reach the ends of the earth but God will use it in His power.___As the church is scattered into Samaria, revival takes place but it starts to feel awfully familiar with one "convert" trying to leverage the Holy Spirit for personal gain. This passage makes us wrestle with what it means to actually believe.

What we experience in life shapes our vision of Jesus. If left to our own devices we will miss Him even if He is walking with us. Because of the Resurrection we do not walk alone, we can see Him for who He really is.

For thousands of years Christians have gathered around the world once a week to remember and celebrate Jesus together. However, is what we call “church” what it was intended to be?

This movement that we have been swept up in began with a handful of people who were not terribly sure of what they were doing. In fact, they were mostly unsure and confused in their nature.But by the grace of God, the Holy Spirit empowered them to establish and lead a revolutionary vision creating witnesses of the love and grace of Jesus that has continued even to this day. We are here today because of the ACTS OF THE APOSTLES through the Holy Spirit just weeks after Jesus was crucified and resurrected.This study of the book of Acts should bring us back to purpose of the church and the power of the Holy Spirit.---

The next tactic of the enemy to stop the preaching of the Gospel in the early church is distraction. How the early church handles this boiling controversy is how we are still here today.

For thousands of years Christians have gathered around the world once a week to remember and celebrate Jesus together. However, is what we call “church” what it was intended to be?

This movement that we have been swept up in began with a handful of people who were not terribly sure of what they were doing. In fact, they were mostly unsure and confused in their nature.But by the grace of God, the Holy Spirit empowered them to establish and lead a revolutionary vision creating witnesses of the love and grace of Jesus that has continued even to this day. We are here today because of the ACTS OF THE APOSTLES through the Holy Spirit just weeks after Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

This study of the book of Acts should bring us back to purpose of the church and the power of the Holy Spirit.---

Stop us if you've heard this one before...the Lord works in miracles, the church leaders teach the Gospel, the religious leaders get mad, they throw the church leaders in prison, then beat them, then release them and tell them not to preach the name of Jesus anymore, and the church leaders preach the name of Jesus. There seems to be cycles of this wave happening repeatedly already and it continues in the book of Acts...but also in our lives. What if God is using those waves, though? What if the intensity is to force a decision from us?

For thousands of years Christians have gathered around the world once a week to remember and celebrate Jesus together. However, is what we call “church” what it was intended to be?

This movement that we have been swept up in began with a handful of people who were not terribly sure of what they were doing. In fact, they were mostly unsure and confused in their nature.But by the grace of God, the Holy Spirit empowered them to establish and lead a revolutionary vision creating witnesses of the love and grace of Jesus that has continued even to this day. We are here today because of the ACTS OF THE APOSTLES through the Holy Spirit just weeks after Jesus was crucified and resurrected.

This study of the book of Acts should bring us back to purpose of the church and the power of the Holy Spirit.---

While the enemy has been unsuccessful attacking the early church from the outside, he turns his attention to the inside.