by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 26, 2018 | Equipping the Saints, Faithfulness, Obedience, Pleasing Christ
So upon reaching the end of Acts 18:23, we have seen God’s protection of the gospel through the encouragement of the messengers. The encouragement came first through human partnership in vv.1-5. What a privilege it is to have a spouse who is a partner in the gospel...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 1, 2018 | Biblical Fruit, Loving One Another, Obedience, Pleasing Christ
So what do we do with this instruction from the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Animals which have been strangled during worship feasts for idols is probably one of the farthest thing from our minds. Nevertheless, the takeaway for all Christians for all time is that...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 27, 2018 | Adversity, Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Biblical Fruit, Expository Preaching, Faithfulness, Following Christ, Fruit Bearing, Obedience, Pleasing Christ
Consider what has transpired in the verses we have covered in this chapter: Paul and Barnabas literally get banished out of the region of Pisidian Antioch at the end of Acts 13 and so they go to Iconium and do that same thing that just got them banished. There they...
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 | 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...
