by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 16, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Biblical Fruit, Church, Expository Preaching, Missions, Pleasing Christ, reformed Baptist, Reformed Theology, Word of God
Let’s summarize how Luke describes the process of Barnabas and Saul leaving the church of Antioch at the beginning of Acts 13. The Spirit sets them apart, v.2, then the church releases them, v.3, and finally the Spirit is said to have sent them out, v.4. The church...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 9, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Child-like Dependence, Dependence, Expository Preaching, Faith, Faithfulness, Following Christ, Obedience, reformed Baptist, Reformed Theology, Trust, Unbelief, Word of God
After seeing how God advanced the gospel through the removal of a king in Acts 12, we need to ask ourselves: In what area do you doubt the power of the gospel? It could be the conversion of someone who has remained hostile or even indifferent to the truth of Christ. ...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 2, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Biblical Fruit, Church, Compassion, Faithfulness, Following Christ, Loving One Another
In light all that we have learned today in the Antioch church’s love towards the church in Judea from Acts 11:29, it’s helpful to ask: At what point does our love for others cease; in other words what are the barriers that we refuse to cross in order to...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 25, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Bible Study, Biblical Fruit, Equipping the Saints, Expository Preaching, Faithfulness, God's Glory, Obedience, Pleasing Christ, Word of God
These Christians in Acts 11:20 didn’t categorize people as churched or unchurched, meaning they didn’t treat mankind’s main problem as poor church attendance. Instead, it’s obvious that they classified everyone as either being reconciled to God through faith in...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 18, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Biblical Fruit, Discipleship, Equipping the Saints, Expository Preaching, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit Bearing, Holy Spirit, Killing Sin, Obedience, Perseverance, Pleasing Christ, reformed Baptist, Reformed Theology
It was very obvious in the early days of the church to identify when someone had fallen away from the faith. They left the real church and went to follow false teachers who clearly were not sanctioned by the apostles. In our day, they just hop around to different...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 12, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Bible Study, Expository Preaching, Faith, Following Christ, God's Word, Obedience, Pleasing Christ, reformed Baptist, Reformed Theology, Sanctification, Word of God
There’s no doubt we experience the Spirit’s work, for instance the transforming power of the rebirth and ongoing sanctification. But is this merely a feeling or is it objective realities that can be measured by God’s word? Think about it this way—if someone just...
