WHAT PRICE UNITY? - BOOK OF ACTS LESSon #43Sermon Notes |
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Date of Sermon: April 10, 2016
Main Idea: Unity is worth the price of cultural change Key Verse: “Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God,” Acts 15:19 Bible Reading: 12 And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. 13 After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me. 14 Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name. 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written, 16 "'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, 17 that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things 18 known from of old.' 19 Therefore my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, 20 but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood. 21 For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues." Outline: I. A Price To High; Changing Salvation (12-18) A. Evidence from experience (12-14) B. Evidence from Scripture (15-18) II. A Price Just Right; Changing Culture (19-21) A. Salvation cannot change (19) B. Culture may change (20-21) |