Bible Readings:
Acts 14:1-27
Acts 16:1-34
Sermon Outline:
Acts 5:29–32 (NKJV)
29But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.
30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.
31Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
32And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”
I Faith and repentance are the saving gifts of God
Acts 5:31 (NKJV)
31Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 11:18 (NKJV)
18When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”
Acts 13:48 (NKJV)
48Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
Acts 14:27 (NKJV)
27Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Acts 16:4–5 (NKJV)
4And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.
5So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Acts 16:14 (NKJV)
14Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.
II Faith and repentance are the duties of all humanity
Acts 16:30–31 (NKJV)
30And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 20:21 (NKJV)
21testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 26:19–20 (NKJV)
19“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.
Romans 11:33–36 (NKJV)
33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
34“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor?”
35“Or who has first given to Him And it shall be repaid to him?”
36For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 86 What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace,
whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is
offered to us in the gospel.
Q.87 What is repentance unto life?
Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true
sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ,
doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full
purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience.