1. How to Lead a Revolution How to Kill a Good Thing

3. Part 1: How To Lead a Revolution Acts 2:40 Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this perverted generation!” 2:42 …All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.

4. Part 1: How To Lead a Revolution Acts 2:40 Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this perverted generation!” 2:42 …All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.

5. “Jesus was a revolutionary — not the political revolutionary many people were waiting for, but rather a social and cultural revolutionary who mounted a single-handed but complete challenge to the prevailing worldview” Jesus was profoundly subversive — so subversive that even his own family doubted his sanity at times. Armed only with words, but speaking with an authority that astonished all who heard him, he mounted a radical and threatening challenge to the existing world order, overturning the assumptions of the culture, inviting his hearers to embrace a new way of thinking and being Jesus broke the rules and insulted the guardians of the rules. Jesus was effectively redefining their concept of God, and thus of reality itself.

6. Jesus was not concerned with the overthrow of a regime; but had his followers lived as he did, with the values he had, it would nevertheless have radically altered the social and political order of the empire

8. ‘perverted group’ v40 body life v42

9. ‘perverted group’ v40 body life v42 And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!" Acts 2:40 ‘Fun’‘Glitter’‘Significance’A TRAP!

10. ‘crooked group’ v40 body life v42 ‘…kept feeling a sense of awe…’ Acts 2:43 ‘Drunk.. Holy Spirit’Learning / GrowingIMPACT!BODY LIFE!

11. ‘perverted group’ v40 body life v42 Barriers HatredLiesSeductionWeakness

12. ‘perverted group’ v40 Weakness, Boredom, Hypocrisy

13. ‘perverted group’ v40 Real body life v42

14. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 ‘think again!’ v38 ‘escape!’ v40 ‘continually devoting’ v42 body life v42 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" Acts 2:37

15. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 ‘escape!’ v40 ‘continually devoting’ v42 body life v42 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; Acts 2:38

16. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 New Boss ‘escape!’ v40 ‘continually devoting’ v42 body life v42 … and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

17. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 New Boss REBEL! ‘continually devoting’ v42 body life v42 And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!“ Acts 2:40

18. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 New Boss REBEL! get ARMED v42 body life v42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42

19. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 New Boss REBEL ! get ARMED v42 body life v42 Acts 2:43 Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place…

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21. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 New Boss REBEL ! get ARMED v42 body life v42 They were continually devoting … teaching and to fellowship… prayer. Acts 2:42 Revelation 3:1 (NLT) “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: “I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. Revelation 3:1 (NLT) “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: “I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead.

22. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 New Boss REVOLT ! get ARMED v42 body life v42 Be saved from this perverse generation!“

23. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ v38 New Boss REVOLT ! get ARMED v42 body life v42 … the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

24. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ New Boss REVOLT ! get ARMED v42 body life v42 "Repent…for the forgiveness of your sins; Acts 2:38 "Repent…for the forgiveness of your sins; Acts 2:38

25. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ New Boss REVOLT ! get ARMED v42 body life v42 when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart Rom. 10:14 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?

26. ‘crooked group’ v40 Hearts pierced v37 Reject ‘rules’ New Boss REVOLT ! get ARMED v42 FAKERY !! Revelation 3:14-19 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s new creation: “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.

27. ‘perverted group’ v40 Hearts pierced Reject ‘rules’ New Boss REVOLT ! get ARMED v42 body life v42