Good morning Church! Let’s pray! Apart from the message, you are going to learn today some Geography (Understanding the Map), travel plan management - Itinerary – last day – return home with wonderful memories) and also some basics of agriculture. Before we read Ch 14, let’s recap what we learnt from Ch 13 last Sunday. Travel Map of Paul’s 1st Mission On this Slide, I am mentioning the major stops. Keep your bible open for Acts chapter 13. Home Church Antioch was the Home Church, Barnabas is often mentioned first probably because of seniority, verse 2 says - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their ...

The Journey – Acts 13 As we come to this point, chapter 13 is a fresh brand new beginning. So far we saw the amazing works happening in and around Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria through the apostles. We also see the start of Transition happening from Peter to Paul. Acts 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” We saw in chapter 12 about the wonderful works happening in the city of Antioch. At the end of chapter 12 we see that Barnabas and Saul returning from Jerusalem to this city. Also there was John Mark who was assisting them. Here ...

  THE EVER-PRESENT GOD ACTS 12 - 07 May 2023   Narrate full passage of Acts 12 Name the persons involved in this passage... Herod arrests some – persecuting – James put to death by the sword – pleased Jews – arrested Peter – put in jail – festival of unleavened bread – public trial post Passover – church prays – the night before trial – angel appears – light shines – wakes Peter – doors open – shackles fall – peter thinks its vision – comes to himself – goes to Mary m/o John Mark’s house – people praying – peter knocks – it must be his angel – peter describes – peter then leaves to another place – soldiers killed – Herod goes from Judea to Caesarea ...

  Peter Explains His Actions 11 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him 3 and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.” 4 Starting from the beginning, Peter told them the whole story: 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. 6 I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds. 7 Then I heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.’ 8 “I replied, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure ...

  Sujith Matthew is the Senior Pastor at Jamshedpur.

Acts 10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. 2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” 4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. 6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, ...

    5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’   May our joy abound… that no matter how we have come this morning… this we know. Death has been defeated!   Paul's words: "If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith . . . if Christ has not been raised then you are still in your sins" (1 Cor. ...

   

Good morning everyone, last week to saw how Stephen was stoned to death and the entry of Saul. Today we are going to look at what happened when Stephen died: Acts 8 8 And Saul approved of their killing him. The Church Persecuted and Scattered On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. Philip in Samaria 4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. 5 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, ...

The MAKING OF A MARTRY Acts 7 2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran. 3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a] 4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living. 5 He gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child. 6 God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred ...