Pastor Bryan Swinford New Lexington Bible Church Bryan Swinford

I. Many signs and wonders.
II. Believers were added to the Lord.
III. God's removal of a leavening in the body (Ananias and Sapphira) brought increased purity and power to the church.
IV. Revival in the Jerusalem church.
V. Peter tells the Sanhedrin they are personally responsible and culpable in Christ's crucifixion.
VI. Ignorance is not an excuse.

I. "There is no difference " - despite our differences, we all need Jesus.
II. The universal proclamation of a saving Gospel.
III. God's desire to save all is the heartbeat of all Christian ministry.
IV. Faith comes by hearing. The Gospel must be preached.
V. Who will believe? - God gives comfort to those who share the Gospel.

I. The hindrance to Jews getting saved.
II. Their zeal, dependence, and trust are misguided.
III. The source, availability, method, and scope of God's Righteousness.
IV. "A genuine possession of Christ in the heart will lead to a confession of Christ with the mouth."

I. There is no unrighteousness in God.
II. "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy."
III. Why God hardened Pharaoh.
IV. Why God pardoned Israel.
V. Those that were not God's people (Gentiles) became God's people (in Christ)
VI. Israel stumbled at the cross of Christ.

I. The truth is in Christ.
II. Paul is burdened for Israel.
III. We should be burdened for the lost.
IV. Ishmael and Isaac contrasted.
V. Jacob / Esau contrasted.
VI. They are not all Israel which are of Israel.
VII. First things natural, Second things are Spiritual - we must be born again (even the Jew under the dispensation of grace.)

I. Biblical proof that a saved person may have their vulnerability exploited and used by Satan.
II. The Lord sees and knows everything, we cannot lie or keep secrets from Him.
III. Sin comes with Consequences - sometimes they are severe.
IV. Ananias and Saphira "conspired" together.
V. "Where there is conspiracy there is complicity. "