Life Lesson (verse Acts 18:12)
We either invite people that don’t know God with our words or we shut them out by our silence.
Life Lesson (verse Acts 18:16)
When we come to Jesus we are changed both in an instant and over time.
Life Lesson (verse Acts 18:18)
I should be committed to God and my church.
Selected Notes/Illustrations
Eph 4:29 NKJV
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
John 19:15 NKJV
But they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered,"We have no king but Caesar!"
1 Cor 6:9-11 NLT
9 Don't you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, 10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers--none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God. 11 There was a time when some of you were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.
1 Cor 1:1 NKJV
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Cor 9:22 (the second part) NLT
Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone so that I might bring them to Christ.
Luke 2:10 NKJV
Then the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
John 9:25 NKJV
He answered and said, "Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. one thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see."
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