Key-verse: "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (ACTS 4:12). Salvation is the theme of this great key-verse; but what is meant by the term "salvation"? When anyone is saved does it simply mean that he is saved from…

1. Miracles will be multiplied (vs. 4-7). 2. Joy will be justified (vs. 8). 3. Deceit will be defeated (vs. 9-12). 4. Souls will be saved (vs. 12).

Ransom Mark 10:45, 1 Cor 6:19–20, 1 Tim 2:5–6, Titus 2:14, 1 Pet 1:18–19 "We preach Christ crucified" (1 Corinthians 1:23); "I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). "No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them — the ransom…

| Title: No Other NameText: Acts 4:8-13 For salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. (Prayer) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being called to account today for…

You know, or perhaps you don’t, that today’s Gospel literally defines the pope. It is his raison d’etre, his reason for being. So foundational does the pope find Matthew 16, that he inscribed it in seven foot high letters around the dome of his home church, St. Peter’s in Rome. Craning your neck, turning…

Focus – Are we as humans predestined? (Show RL Promo clip) How many of you are familiar with the ministry of Round Lake Christian Camp? In my humble opinion Round Lake rocks! Here I go again dating myself but I have been going to Round Lake as either a camper or a faculty member since the mid 70’s. And…

Watch this video as an opener to this sermon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9sPVwmbBD4

Opportunities and Offenses Acts 4:1-4 Healing brought greater opportunity Message offended - Sadducee’s - no resurrection By What Power? vs 7 - where’s your authority, in whose name do you rely Zech 4:6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by…

This sermon was preached on Easter Sunday, 1 April 2018 at Church of the Good Shepherd (English) service at 4pm.

Peter and John Go to Prayer Meeting, Part 3

The Resurrection Matthew 28:1-8 David G. Shackelford ­Take your Bibles, please, and turn with me to Matt. 28 and verse 1. The theme for these Founders' Days is "Beliefs That Matter." And I'm excited that my topic is that of the Resurrection. That is indeed a belief that matters. In fact, there are few…

What is the seal of the Holy Spirit? What is the Holy Spirit of promise? What is the earnest of the Spirit?

INTRODUCTION: Isa. 53:6, All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on [Christ] the iniquity of us all. In Rm 3:23, Paul teaches: All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Gal. 3:22: “The Scripture has confined all under sin…” And so,…

“Of First Importance” 1 Corinthians 15.3-4; 12-20 This is one of the biggest days on the calendar for the Christian. It is a day that we celebrate a supernatural event. There was a man named Jesus who was killed, buried, and came back to life! Why is this so important today? What bearing does it have?…