Oakwood Community Church of Tampa, Inc
To the Jew First - Acts 13:13-48
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.”
Romans 1:16
Romans 1:16
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
Romans 1:16
Romans 1:16
“To the Jew First”
• One Truth
• Two Applications
• Three Practices
• One Truth
• Two Applications
• Three Practices
One Truth:
• God Chooses who will be saved
“The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great…”
Acts 13:17
• God Chooses who will be saved
“The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great…”
Acts 13:17
One Truth:
• God Chooses who will be saved
“God... made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.” Acts 13:17-18
• God Chooses who will be saved
“God... made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.” Acts 13:17-18
If you want to understand the CHOICES God makes, you must begin to understand the GOD who makes those choices.
“Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.” Acts 13:16
“Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.” Acts 13:16
God chooses who will be saved and this choice perfectly considers the individual choices of every person.
Two Applications:
1. Praise God for His Mercy to save any of us
“When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord.” Acts 13:48
1. Praise God for His Mercy to save any of us
“When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord.” Acts 13:48
Two Applications:
1. Praise God for His Mercy to save any of us
“For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.” Acts 13:18
1. Praise God for His Mercy to save any of us
“For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.” Acts 13:18
The mystery of God’s sovereign choice is not that He condemns some people but that He saves ANYONE!
Two Applications:
1. Praise God for His Mercy to save any of us
“And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 13:52
1. Praise God for His Mercy to save any of us
“And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 13:52
Two Applications:
2. Don’t stress about Results
“As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48
2. Don’t stress about Results
“As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.” Acts 13:48
Two Applications:
2. Don’t stress about Results
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.”
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
2. Don’t stress about Results
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.”
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
Three Practices:
1. Begin with those closest to you
“Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.” Acts 13:16
1. Begin with those closest to you
“Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.” Acts 13:16
Three Practices:
2. Share with as many as possible
“So the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have made you a light to for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” Acts 13:47
2. Share with as many as possible
“So the Lord has commanded us, saying, ‘I have made you a light to for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” Acts 13:47
Three Practices:
3. Focus on those who Respond
“It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside… we are turning to the Gentiles.”
Acts 13:46
3. Focus on those who Respond
“It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside… we are turning to the Gentiles.”
Acts 13:46
Three Practices:
3. Focus on those who Respond
“Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.”
Acts 13:46
3. Focus on those who Respond
“Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.”
Acts 13:46
Three Practices:
3. Focus on those who Respond
“But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.”
Acts 13:51
3. Focus on those who Respond
“But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.”
Acts 13:51