BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS - book of Acts - Lesson #27Sermon Notes |
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Date of Sermon: October 25, 2015
Main Idea: God intends the gospel to break down cultural barriers Key Verse: "And he said to them, 'You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.'" Acts 10:28 Bible Reading: 23 When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, 24 but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket. Saul in Jerusalem 26 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 So he went in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists. But they were seeking to kill him. 30 And when the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. 31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied. The Healing of Aeneas 32 Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. Outline: I. The Gospel Draws a Crowd (23b-24) A. A Jewish crowd (23b) B. A Gentile crowd (24) II. The Gospel Hindered by Cultural Differences (25-29) A. Non-Christian cultural barriers (25-26) B. Christian cultural barriers (27-29) III. The Gospel overcomes Cultural Differences (30-33) A. God prepares the non-Christian to hear the gospel (30-33) B. God prepares the Christian to share the gospel (28, 33) |