Sovereign Grace Church of Lawrenceburg

We are all called to be evangelists in that we are to be witnesses of the gospel of Jesus Christ. By looking at the characteristics of Philip the evangelist which we see in this passage as he leads the Ethiopian Eunich to salvation, we can all learn how to be better witnesses of Christ ourselves.

When the gospel is faithfully preached it will many times produce both true and false converts. In this passage, Simon the magician is an example of the false conversion. He believes and gets baptized, but he shows that is views and beliefs have major errors. In this sermon, Brother Tracey looks at these areas of crucial error in belief.

In the description of what took place when Stephen was martyred for his faith, one can easily see a very stark contrast between the persecutors and the persecuted. One can be only described as darkness and the other as light as then contrast so greatly when looked upon against each other in this passage. In this sermon Brother Tracey looks at the ways one can easily see this stark contrast.

*The first few minutes of this sermon was unfortunately not recorded. We apolologize.

Even though the story of Stephen in Acts is very brief, when compared to other giants of the faith, his life and ministry are no less significant and influential. He was a man of great character and faith. In fact, Stephen's life emulates Christ as much as any other figure in the New Testament. In this sermon,  Brother Tracey looks at the ways Stephen was like Christ.

In this passage, the potential for discord and disunity in the early church surfaces for the first time. In this sermon Brother Tracey looks at how the apostles solved the problem in a way that would not take them away for their most necessary work of studying the word and prayer.

In today's passage, the apostles are miraculously set free from prison, and the return immediately to the temple and continue teaching the gospel message for which they were arrested previously. Once again, they are arrested, and this time they are flogged. The leave, rejoicing to be counted worthy to suffer for the sake of Jesus Christ. In this sermon, Brother Tracey looks at this account, and the example set before us that we are to rejoice in suffering for Jesus Christ, and boldly proclaim the gospel message in every circumstance.

We are experiencing some trying times in our culture. The prevailing attitude is one of fear. However, we see in scripture that God has not given us a spirit of fear. Since He is sovereign, we know we have nothing to fear. Brother Tracey takes us to Psalms this week to remind us of this truth.

Immediately following God's swift and sudden discipline of Ananias and Sapphira for their sin, we are given another overall picture of life in the church. By looking at the life of the church given in this picture, we can see the results that this discipline had on the church.

in this passage we see God bring swift and sudden judgement upon a husband and wife in the church for their sin. In this sermon, Brother Tracey examines the sin, its judgement and the lessons God wants us to learn from them.