Mission Hills Church
The greatest thing keeping us from the life God has for us might just be…us. We have a choice: hide behind the comfortable and the familiar, or step into the unknown…and a life unleashed.
And Saul approved of their killing him. (Acts 8:1a)
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. 4 Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. (Acts 8:1b-4)
Acts 1:8 NIV
Two Questions:
1. Did God allow this persecution as a form of discipline?
2. What were they waiting for?
When-ism is the tendency to say, I’ll do _________ when ___________.
If we want to live unleashed, we have to stop giving in to when-ism.
What good thing is when-ism keeping me from doing?
Acts 8:5-8 NIV
Signs show us where we wouldn't otherwise know to go.
John 13:35 NIV
In a world dominated by hatred, what’s more miraculous than a group of people known for their love?
Acts 8:9-11 NIV
Acts 8:12-13 NIV
Acts 8:14-17 NIV
Apparently the apostles needed a sign to show them Jesus was serious about reaching the Samaritans.
Acts 8:18-19 NIV
Acts 8:20-23 NIV
Matthew 12:38-39 NIV
Insisting on signs is a sign...of sin.
Acts 8:24 NIV
Acts 8:25 NIV
James 4:17 NIV
If we want to live unleashed, we have to stop waiting on signs and start doing the good we know we need to do.