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The Name of Jesus

August 31, 2025

Acts 3:11-16 — Peter’s second sermon redirects the attention and focus of the people away from the miracle and the apostles to God, who is acting through the glorified Jesus in the world. The crowd should not focus on the miracle, but on the real power behind it: the Name of Jesus and faith in His Name. He describes God’s work through His Son by using some significant titles for Jesus. He is God’s Servant, the Holy and Righteous One, the Author (Pioneer) of life, the Prophet like Moses, the Messiah, and the seed of Abraham. These titles speak of the uniqueness of Jesus in his sufferings and glory, his character and mission, his revelation and redemption. All these are encapsulated and brought together in the Name of Jesus, and help to explain the saving power of Jesus Christ.

This is part of our sermon series, We Are Acts 29, which explores the Book of Acts.

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Acts, Luke-Acts, Mission, Church, Witness, Holy SpiritPieter TheronTag 01, Tag 02
God's Healing Power for the World

August 17, 2025

Acts 3:1-11 — This first miracle shows the gospel and the church in action. We see a day in the life of the church. We see what God’s people are enabled to do because they were the kind of people described in chapter 2. They are filled with the Spirit, and they are rejoicing, praying, and praising God with singleness of heart. But now they face the world as it is—and this is the business of the church. That is why she is here—to help the world. Jesus Christ is continuing God’s work. He is now acting through His chosen servants. The world and people are paralyzed by sin and evil. Only in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, can God’s healing power deliver us from this paralysis, give us new life, and enable us to walk in his ways.

This is part of our sermon series, We Are Acts 29, which explores the Book of Acts.

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Acts, Luke-Acts, Mission, Church, Witness, Holy SpiritPieter TheronTag 01, Tag 02
The New Family: God's Restored People (Part 2)

July 20, 2025

Acts 2:41-47 — Jesus Himself brought about the restoration of God’s people. His death and resurrection inaugurated God’s Kingdom and established the new family, God’s restored people. This community of the new covenant receives the new-covenant blessings of the forgiveness of sins and the Holy Spirit. His sending of the Holy Spirit is the means by which the Lord Jesus brings about this restored people. The Spirit moves the believers from their old community, separating them from the world, and transforms them into the new family of God’s people, who are still living in the world but are no longer of the world. These verses describe the four characteristics of this new community that distinguish it as the Body of Christ and are the keys to growth and witness. This new family devotes itself to the teaching of the apostles, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer. This is a loving community that expresses its love and fellowship through giving and sharing with those in need. Living as God’s family in the world, they are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, who declare the praises of God and win the favor of people who see their good deeds and glorify God.

This is part of our sermon series, We Are Acts 29, which explores the Book of Acts.

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Acts, Luke-Acts, Mission, Church, Witness, Holy SpiritPieter TheronTag 01, Tag 02
The New Family: God's Restored People (Part 1)

July 13, 2025

Acts 2:41-47 — Jesus Himself brought about the restoration of God’s people. His death and resurrection inaugurated God’s Kingdom and established the new family, God’s restored people. This community of the new covenant receives the new-covenant blessings of the forgiveness of sins and the Holy Spirit. His sending of the Holy Spirit is the means by which the Lord Jesus brings about this restored people. The Spirit moves the believers from their old community, separating them from the world, and transforms them into the new family of God’s people, who are still living in the world but are no longer of the world. These verses describe the four characteristics of this new community that distinguish it as the Body of Christ and are the keys to growth and witness. This new family devotes itself to the teaching of the apostles, fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer. This is a loving community that expresses its love and fellowship through giving and sharing with those in need. Living as God’s family in the world, they are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, who declare the praises of God and win the favor of people who see their good deeds and glorify God.

This is part of our sermon series, We Are Acts 29, which explores the Book of Acts.

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Acts, Luke-Acts, Mission, Church, Witness, Holy SpiritPieter TheronTag 01, Tag 02
God’s Rescue Plan

July 6, 2025

Acts 2:36-42 — This world and generation, all of us, need to be saved desperately from the everlasting destruction of God’s judgment. “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”Only Jesus, the Lord and Christ, can save us. To be saved, we must call on the Name of the Lord. How? Repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. We repent by turning away from our old way of life and turning toward God. When we are baptized, we confess Jesus as Lord, identify ourselves with the death and resurrection of Jesus, and declare publicly that we die to self and follow Jesus. We then receive the gifts of salvation, namely, the forgiveness of our sins and the Holy Spirit. The Spirit gives us the new kingdom life and the power to live that life. Repenting and being baptized, we now join the fellowship of the new community, the body of Christ, the Church. We have become part of Jesus’ Kingdom movement.

This is part of our sermon series, We Are Acts 29, which explores the Book of Acts.

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Acts, Luke-Acts, Mission, Church, Witness, Holy SpiritPieter TheronTag 01, Tag 02