08/16/2020 Won’t You Be My Neighbor Week 18

Acts 1 and 8

 

Week 18 

Jesus is rising from the grave 

 

Brought victory over sin and death, restoring relationship with God 

 

Brought confidence and courage to people 

 

“Neighbors on the run”

 

Jerusalem->Judea->Samaria ->earth 

 

 

“Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria. (Some devout men came and buried Stephen with great mourning.) But Saul was going everywhere to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragging out both men and women to throw them into prison. But the believers who were scattered preached the Good News about Jesus wherever they went.”

Acts of the Apostles 8:1-4 NLT

https://www.bible.com/116/act.8.1-4.nlt

 

What we see if we slow down...

 

-The persecution was GREAT (not in a good way)

-ALL the believers were scattered (Judea and Samaria)

-CONNECTIONS always come before CONVERSIONS 

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What we see in the lives of authentic disciples 

 

Come and see->kneel and die->go and tell 

Daily.. continually... imperfectly but consistently