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The Choice Is Yours (Acts 13) As we saw last week, the gospel is for all…our studies this week, particularly a sermon Paul makes in Antioch, remind us again that what we do with it is up to us. |
The Choice Is Yours (Acts 13)
As we saw last week, the gospel is for all…our studies this week, particularly a sermon Paul makes in Antioch, remind us again that what we do with it is up to us.
- The Faithfulness of God
- A number of times Paul reminds the people that God had fulfilled His promises (13: 23, 27, 32ff).
- We must always remember that God will be true to His word and promises even today.
- The Blessings of the Gospel
- The gospel is a proclamation of: salvation (13:26), glad tidings (13:32), forgiveness of sins (13:38), and justification (13:39).(li>As a messenger of God, he had something to offer that they should desire as we should as well today.
- The Choice to be Made
- But in the end, whether they enjoyed the blessings of the gospel is up to them (13:30-41).
- Our reading this week was full of examples of people being free to choose to do as they wished and reaping the consequences or benefits from it: Solomon (1 Kings 10:23, 11:1-4); Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:38, 13:33-34); Herod (Acts 12) vs Manaen (13:1).
- Even when the gospel was proclaimed, some desired more (13:42-44), some rejected it and worked against it (counting themselves unworthy of eternal life (45-47, 50-51)), and some listened and obeyed (48-49, 52).
