Oakwood Community Church
Kingdoms in Conflict - Acts 19
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“This fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people…He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.”
Acts 19:26
Acts 19:26
Three Layers of Idolatry
● Practices (Money)
● Values (Power)
● Beliefs (Deity)
● Practices (Money)
● Values (Power)
● Beliefs (Deity)
Three Layers of Idolatry
● Practices (Over-work)
● Values (Advancement)
● Beliefs (Success)
● Practices (Over-work)
● Values (Advancement)
● Beliefs (Success)
Three Layers of Idolatry
●Practices (Promiscuity)
●Values (Love)
●Beliefs (Happiness)
●Practices (Promiscuity)
●Values (Love)
●Beliefs (Happiness)
1. Practices – Taking vs. Giving
“You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.”
Acts 19:25
“You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.”
Acts 19:25
2. Values – Status vs. Service
“There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name…”
Acts 19:27
“There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name…”
Acts 19:27
2. Values – Status vs. Service
“But also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited… robbed of her divine majesty.”
Acts 19:27
“But also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited… robbed of her divine majesty.”
Acts 19:27
3. Beliefs – My god vs. The God
“He says gods made by human hands are no gods at all.”
Acts 19:26
“He says gods made by human hands are no gods at all.”
Acts 19:26
Three Layers of Idolatry
● Practices (Self-indulgence)
● Values (Self-promotion)
● Beliefs (Self-reliance)
● Practices (Self-indulgence)
● Values (Self-promotion)
● Beliefs (Self-reliance)
