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Introduction
Henry Ford once said that the ability to encourage others is one of life’s finest assets.
The auto inventor and manufacturer knew the power of encouragement.
He had learned of it as a young man.
Memorable to him was the time, at the beginning of his career, when he made a drawing of his newly-built engine for Thomas.
A. Edison.
Young Ford had endured criticism and ridicule.
Most mechanical experts of that day were convinced that electric carriages would be the popular passenger cars of the future.
But attending a dinner one evening at which Edison was present, Ford began explaining his engine to men nearest him at table.
He noticed that Edison, seated several chairs away, was listening.
Finally the great man moved closer and asked the young inventor to make a drawing.
When the crude sketch was complete, Edison studied it intently, then suddenly banged his fist on the table.
“Young man,” he said, “that’s the thing!
You have it!”
Years later, Ford recalled, “The thump of that fist upon the table was worth worlds to me.”
—Jack Kytle
With this chapter and verse we enter the final section of Acts.
We have seen the gospel go out in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria.
Now it is about to go to the ends part of the earth.
So that is the last section…
With this chapter and verse we enter the final section of Acts.
We have seen the gospel go out in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria.
Now it is about to go to the ends of the earth.
So that is the last section…
With this chapter and verse we enter the final section of Acts.
We have seen the gospel go out in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria.
Now it is about to go to the ends part of the earth.
So that is the last section…
The Spread Of The Gospel To The End Of The Earth Chs.
11:19-28:31
In the rest of ch.
11 through ch. 12 we find that…
God Uses Circumstances To Spread The Gospel Chs.
11:19-12:24
The section we will deal with today details how the gospel…
Spread Through Persecution And Famine 11:19-30
Persecution and famine set the stage, but the tool God uses is encouragement.
Henry Ford once said that the ability to encourage others is one of life’s finest assets.
The auto inventor and manufacturer knew the power of encouragement.
He had learned of it as a young man.
Memorable to him was the time, at the beginning of his career, when he made a drawing of his newly-built engine for Thomas.
A. Edison.
Young Ford had endured criticism and ridicule.
Most mechanical experts of that day were convinced that electric carriages would be the popular passenger cars of the future.
But attending a dinner one evening at which Edison was present, Ford began explaining his engine to men nearest him at table.
He noticed that Edison, seated several chairs away, was listening.
Finally the great man moved closer and asked the young inventor to make a drawing.
When the crude sketch was complete, Edison studied it intently, then suddenly banged his fist on the table.
“Young man,” he said, “that’s the thing!
You have it!”
Years later, Ford recalled, “The thump of that fist upon the table was worth worlds to me.”
—Jack Kytle
Encouragement is a powerful thing.
There are countless stories about how a word of encouragement spoken at just the right time gave someone the strength to carry on.
Some of our worlds greatest inventions came after the inventor received encouragement.
Encouragement is a powerful tool in the propagation of the gospel.
Today what we will learn is that…
Encouragement is a powerful tool in the propagation of the gospel.
Therefore, every believer must seek to encourage others.
Why? 2 reasons are presented in the text.
First…
1. Encouragement Creates Gospel Opportunities vv.
19-26
We serve a sovereign God.
Do you believe that?
What does it mean for God to be sovereign?
Scripture teaches that God orchestrates the affairs of life for His glory.
When God’s people respond appropriately to the circumstances of life, God uses them to accomplish His will.
In useing you and me to accomplish His will, God exercises the gifts He has given us.
What we see in these verses is God working through His people, in difficult circumstances, using the gifts that He has given.
As we are taught of encouragement from this passage we are first confronted with…
a.
The occasion for encouragement vv.
19-21
READ v. 19
To understand what this is talking about turn back to .
The gospel is spreading, but most are preaching only to Jews.
Now we get to others.
So we have Jews, Samarians, Gentiles in Judea, and Hellenists.
DEFINE!
These are the people that God used Saul to scatter through persecution.
God was sovereignly using Saul, even before he had trusted Christ!
i. Scattered preachers v. 19
These scattered preachers reveal the sovereignty of God.
Can we all agree that persecution is a bad thing?
Yet God is using it to spread the gospel!
They are preaching the word.
“Word” here is logos meaning message.
What is the message?
The first place this appears is in .
Turn there please.
What is Peter’s message that they are receiving?
Let’s summarize it.
Vv. 22-24 Jesus, God in the flesh, was crucified and raised from the dead.
Vv. 32-33 Jesus was resurrected, exalted, and has sent the Holy Spirit.
Vv. 36-38.
Jesus, crucified, raised, and exalted, is Master and Messiah!
The only proper response to Him is faith!
Repent, be baptized, have your sins forgiven, and receive the Holy Spirit!
This is the message Peter preached and it is the message, the Word, the logos, that has been preached ever since.
Jesus tells the parable of the sower and the seed.
The sower in this parable is not carefully placing the seed.
He is broadcasting it everywhere!
Anyone know what this is?
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