Birmingham City Church
Sermons, Uproar, Kingdom Part 5: The Martyrdom Of Stephen
A very warm welcome to BCC! We invite you to join us this Sunday for our Sunday services in-person at 9am, 11.15am & 6:30pm and also online at 11:15am. Our services feature live worship and a message from Head of Worship, Kevin Levingston entitled 'The Martyrdom Of Stephen' from our series on the book of Acts called 'Sermons, Uproar, Kingdom'. If you'd like to access our sermon notes and passages for this week, please scroll down. Feel free to add and save your own notes and thoughts for future reference.
Locations & Times
Birmingham City Church
Parade, Birmingham B1 3QQ, UK
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:15 AM
Sunday 6:30 PM
First thoughts: Who was Stephen?
First thoughts: What led Him to this moment?
First thoughts: What can we learn from his example?
Teaching Summary:
I believe we are called to this same type of faith as Stephen. I believe we are called to this radical vision of kingdom-expansion, love of enemies, preaching of the gospel, co-suffering with Jesus and laying down our lives.
The hard part is that this type of faith doesn’t come easy, or without sacrifice. But if we humble ourselves and allow the God of the heavens to work in us and through us, it’s worth it.
Here are 4 things that need to change in order for us to develop this radical faith:
I believe we are called to this same type of faith as Stephen. I believe we are called to this radical vision of kingdom-expansion, love of enemies, preaching of the gospel, co-suffering with Jesus and laying down our lives.
The hard part is that this type of faith doesn’t come easy, or without sacrifice. But if we humble ourselves and allow the God of the heavens to work in us and through us, it’s worth it.
Here are 4 things that need to change in order for us to develop this radical faith:
ONE: Decompartmentalize Our Faith
TWO: Redirect Our Attention
THREE: Topple Our Idols
FOUR: Expand Our Vision of Jesus Beauty & Sufficiency
CONCLUSION
We are called to a radical faith; one that is holistic (360degrees in every direction), sacrificial, pure, undistracted and full of our deepest joy. It MUST be the activating and driving desire of our life. Why?
1- Because this type of faith glorifies Jesus.
2- Because this type of faith extends the kingdom of God to the lost.
3 – Because we are called to co-labour and co-suffer with Jesus, our Lord.
4 – Because the things of this world can never satisfy
We are called to a radical faith; one that is holistic (360degrees in every direction), sacrificial, pure, undistracted and full of our deepest joy. It MUST be the activating and driving desire of our life. Why?
1- Because this type of faith glorifies Jesus.
2- Because this type of faith extends the kingdom of God to the lost.
3 – Because we are called to co-labour and co-suffer with Jesus, our Lord.
4 – Because the things of this world can never satisfy