Kingship of Christ in The Acts, Part 2

In this part of the sermon: Paul's sermon in Antioch is explored, showing how he linked Jesus as Savior to the Davidic promise (2 Samuel 7) and Psalm 2, establishing that forgiveness is offered in the person…

A Welsh preacher in New Zealand effectively connected with his audience by referencing local winds, illustrating how Paul used Hebrew history as a 'touchstone' for his Jewish listeners to make his message relevant and engaging.

Well then, let's hurry on to Acts chapter 13 and here we have the Apostle Paul preaching at Antioch and when he's preaching to Jews he always likes to give some Hebrew history as sort of a touchstone and this becomes very effective. When I was in New Zealand several weeks ago, the preacher with whom I was privileged to share the conference in the city of Hamilton is a native Welshman but he has spent the last 18 years in New Zealand and when he was preaching on John 3.8 the irresistible grace manifested in the work of the Spirit the wind blows where it wills.

23:34 - 24:17 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders reveals his consistent message to both Jews and Greeks: 'repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.' Martin explains that…

The gospel is compared to a diamond with many facets, explaining how Paul could describe it as 'repentance and faith,' 'the gospel of the grace of God,' and 'the gospel of the kingdom' without contradiction, as these are different glorious dimensions of the same truth.

the gospel from different dimensions like a beautiful diamond. Having many facets. Some of you young ladies with diamonds on your fingers. How often have you held your diamond in one direction and then looked at it in another and looked at it in another and you've seen different lights and highlights and sidelights. Well that's the

38:46 - 39:04 Read in full sermon