Sovereign Grace Church of Lawrenceburg

Paul and Barnabas are God's very first missionaries who faithfully and effectively take the gospel to city after city. In this sermon, which details their work in Lystra, Brother Tracey continues to look at the qualities of these two missionaries that helped make them so effective.

Wherever Paul and Barnabas have gone, they have been successful and effective in delivering the gospel message. The story is no different in Iconium as they bring the gospel there for the first time. In examining their time in Iconium, Brother Tracey looks at the qualities of Paul and Barnabas's ministry that help make it effective.

In this  passage Paul and his companions visit the synagogue in Antioch. Paul waits for the Lord to present the opportunity for him to speak, and he launches into his first sermon to the Jews at Antioch. He addresses the "fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship God". In his first sermon, he points them to Jesus, His redeeming work, and their need to believe in Jesus.

There is a lot of focus and energy put into missions in the modern church. But, is it all done according to God's plan and will? In this sermon Brother Tracey looks at the characteristics of these very first missionaries, which help to clarify that missions and missionaries are to be according to God's word.

Acts 12 contains a story where God moved in a miraculous way to deliver one of His saints from persecution and certain death. In this story we find many lessons that will both encourage and teach us how to view and respond to persecution when it comes.

Acts chapter 11 details the birth and growth of the first Gentile church in Antioch.  In this sermon Brother Tracey examines several aspects of this first Gentile church and looks at what we can learn from them.

In this passage that contains the second half of the story of the conversion of Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, we see God sovereignly bring salvation through faith in the gospel of Christ. As Brother Tracey breaks down this story he looks at many applications this story has for our own life and walk, including the essential elements of a gospel presentation.

Acts chapter 10 details the very important story of Cornelius, the first gentile convert of the church. In this first part of the story, we see how God sovereignly brings a bout Cornelius's salvation by sovereignly preparing both Cornelius and Peter ahead of time. In this sermon, Brother Tracey looks at the many lessons we can learn from these stories of divine preparation.

God built His church by working in a mighty way through His servants, the apostles. They were effective in their ministry because God's power was working through them.  However, in following Peter in his personal ministry in this passage we can also see some aspects of Peter's ministry that helped make him effective. No doubt, it was God and His that ultimately made his ministry effective, but we can learn a lot from Peter as we examine how he went about doing the ministry God gave him.   Peter can teach us a lot about how to  be an effective servant.

The life of Saul after his conversion is completely different than his life before his conversion. Because God had done a work in Saul, these differences were definite evidence of that work. In this passage that describes Saul's  life right after his salvation, Brother Tracey looks at the features of Saul's transformed life that should also be  manifest to some degree in the life of all Christians if they have been truly converted.