Worship Service 03/27/2022

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text: Acts 18:24-28

Thesis: The Church needs growing pastors,
working together with gracious people,
filled with Gospel power,
to accomplish God’s mission.

Notes:

Interpreting Acts:

1. Acts is descriptive, not didactic
2. Acts is transitional, not normative
   • From old covenant to new covenant
   • From Israel to Church
   • From Law to Grace, John 1:17
   • From Jewish to Gentile
   • From exclusive Israel to inclusive ends of the earth
   • From central temple to local church
   • From prophets & apostles to pastors & deacons
   • From Peter (Acts 1-12) to Paul (Acts 13-28)
3. Acts was written by Luke
   • The book is organized more thematically than chronologically
4. It was always God’s plan to reach all peoples of the earth
   • This plan was revealed progressively throughout the history of Israel
   • The NT reveals fully what was pictured in the OT
5. However–the OT is still important
   • The NT is built on the NT
   • The NT quotes the OT over 850 times
   • Much of the NT is incomprehensible without the OT
   • The OT points to Christ
   • Christ fulfilled the Law
   • The OT was written for our benefit & instruction
   • All Scripture is make us wise to salvation–including the OT
   • But–we are not to revert to Jewish ceremonial customs
     • Colossians 2:16-23
     • Galatians 1-6

Apollos

• Hellenistic Jew from Alexandria, Egypt
• An eloquent academic
• Kept his connection with Paul
• Was an “OT Believer+”
  • Saved by faith in God’s promises of the promised Christ
  • He just didn’t know that Jesus was the Christ, or that He had died and was resurrected

Priscilla & Aquila

• Tentmakers like Paul
• Likely already Christians when they first met Paul
• Important ministry partners for years
• Amazing disciplers
• Used their home and vocation for ministry

Live It Out!

1. Embrace identity as a Gentile, New Testament, Church member
   • Do not return to Old Testaments shadows that point to Christ
2. Thank God for the diversity and unity of the church
   • Major on the majors, minor on the minors, and grace in all things
3. Embrace the role God has called and equipped you to fulfill in the local church
   • God has a plan and a function for each member of the body

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