textbox center Resurrection Roadshow - Part Fourteen Unsung Heroes Who Upend The World Acts 17:1-15

textbox center 1. The aim of the Gospel is not just to love you and forgive you; it’s to turn you. 2. The aim of the Gospel is to upend the world for Christ. a. It takes unsung heroes. b. It takes allegiance to Jesus; Lordship not lip service. c. It takes the Word of God, Scripture sound bites aren’t enough. d. It takes demonstrations of power. e. It takes confrontations with power(s). 3. We turn or God turns (his face away).

textbox center The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. 1 Thessalonians 1:8

textbox center …These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here. Acts 17:6

textbox center …turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. 1 Thessalonians 1:9

textbox center …They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus. Acts 17:7

textbox center Why do you call me, “Lord, Lord,” and do not do what I say? Luke 6:46

textbox center...he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he said. Some of the Jews were persuaded... Acts 17:2-4

textbox center Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11

textbox center...because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. 1 Thessalonians 1:5

textbox center Euodia... Syntyche... Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel... Philippians 4:2-3

textbox center For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12

textbox center Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness... Acts 17:11