Please take out your copy of God's Word and turn to the book of Acts chapter 16.
While you're getting there, as we open up the only infallible book that exists,
! Let me speak a bit of a caution to you, which is probably not a caution so much for you as it may be for those that you know.
The Scriptures are the only infallible text we have in any book or any language.
It's only true in that it's consistent with the Scriptures.
There are many books produced these days, Christian literature, that is not true and is not consistent with the book, the good book.
One such book is a book called The Shack.
It sold 20 million copies, written by a man named William Paul Young.
And you all may know that a movie was just produced based on the book.
And whether you think that The Shack is just a bit of allegory that tells a good story, speaks of some of the good quality about God,
or whether you find it to be an altogether heretical departure from orthodoxy,
some of the unintended consequence of people who claim to follow Jesus buying and going to see such material,
is that it gives a guy like William Paul Young a voice in our culture.
He recently released a book called Lies We Believe About God,
where he says this of Christ's death.
Who originated the cross?
If God did, then we worship a cosmic abuser,
who in divine wisdom created a means to torture human beings in the most painful and abhorrent manner.
Frankly, it is often this very cruel and monstrous God that the atheist refuses to acknowledge
or grant credibility in any sense.
And rightly so.
Better know God at all than this one.
And so, we must be careful,
both about what we consume and about what others around us consume.
Because a Christianity without the cross is a Christianity without Christ.
And there's no Christianity at all.
Atheists reject the God of the Bible
because the Spirit of God has not illuminated Him to them.
Not because it's untrue.
And so with that in mind, we come to our text today,
which has nothing to do with the shack at all.
But it's the truth.
And our text, as I said, is Acts chapter 16, verses 11 through 15.
We're blessed, beloved, this morning to continue our study of Luke's second account of Jesus' ministry.
The book of Acts is a record of Jesus' ascended ministry
through the agency of the Holy Spirit in the lives of His church.
This morning, we find ourselves observing a portion of Paul's second missionary journey.
Last week, we saw that Paul and Silas and Timothy and now Luke
were guided by the Spirit of Jesus.
That's verse 7 of chapter 16.
Guided by the Spirit of Jesus in no uncertain terms to depart from Macedonia.
Luke states in verse 10 of chapter 16 that immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia,
concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
And it is with this intention of theirs that we come to our text for today.
Beloved, this is God's Word to us.
It was written for His glory and our good.
We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
I begin reading in verse 11.
So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace,
and the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi,
which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony.
We remained in this city some days.
And on the Sabbath day, we went outside the gate to the riverside,
where we supposed there was a place of prayer.
And we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia,
from the city of Thyatira,
a seller of purple goods,
who was a worshiper of God.
The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
And after she was baptized, and her household as well,
she urged us, saying,
If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
come to my house and stay.
And she prevailed upon us.
After Jesus' resurrection, before His ascension,
He stated the following to the disciples in Matthew 28, verses 18-20.
He said,
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age.
In similar form, Jesus stated in Acts 1, verse 8,
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.
You will be My witnesses in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.
From these two texts,
we can see that Jesus' promise of presence from Matthew 28-20,
I am with you always,
is fulfilled by the Holy Spirit,
and is accompanied by power,
which is the all authority in heaven and on earth
that Jesus speaks of in Matthew 28-18.
And the aim of Jesus' presence and power
in the lives of His disciples
is the making of disciples
by being His witnesses
to all nations,
to the end of the earth,
and everywhere in between.
So the scene in today's text
is a picture of this work,
the presence and the power of the Spirit of Jesus
aimed at gospel mission.
That's why I will arrange our study
of Acts 16, verses 11-15
on the following three points.
And of course, I'll come back to these,
but this will be the outline today.
Number one,
the Spirit of Jesus' mission strategy.
The Spirit of Jesus' mission strategy.
Number two,
the Spirit of Jesus' mission power.
And number three,
the Spirit of Jesus' mission result.
Well, before we consider the text
arranged on those three points,
let's understand the geography
and the anthropology of the text.
That is to say,
the where and the who of the text.
And this is in verse 11 and verse 12.
They set sail from Troas.
They make a voyage to Samothrace,
the following day to Neopolis,
then to Philippi,
which is a district of Macedonia
and a Roman colony.
I don't know if it helps you.
I like knowing where in the world
we are talking about.
So I don't know if that map is still,
hey, it's up there already.
That's fantastic.
I was told last week
that this got a little bit confusing,
and so I apologize if it is.
I don't have a laser pointer.
I need to get one.
If you'll note the region labeled here Asia,
recall that the Spirit of God
has moved this missionary company across Asia
to not preach the gospel there.
They're pressing on in this Macedonian call.
And so from the port city of Troas
up in the northwest corner there of Asia,
from the port city of Troas,
they sail to a little island
right up in the now northeast corner
of the Aegean Sea called Samothrace.
It's in weird gray all-cap letters there.
Little island of Samothrace.
They stay there overnight,
likely to avoid the danger of sailing at nighttime.
We're not really sure.
And the next day they sail on.
Again, we're moving up
in this northwestern fashion to Neopolis,
Neopolis,
and then just ten miles inland
to Philippi.
Now, Philippi was a leading city
of the district of Macedonia,
and it was a Roman colony.
It was named after Philip II of Macedon,
which was Alexander the Great's father.
It was the far eastern terminus,
the end of the great Roman highway
known as the Via Ignatia,
or the Ignatian Highway.
So Philippi was an important hub
for the spread of the gospel westward.
And this is where they've been taken to, right?
We see them speeding their way along
to the city of Philippi.
And it's here in Philippi
that they remained for some days
and where we can learn something
of the spirit of Jesus' mission strategy,
which is our first point.
You can take that map down
if you'd like, Natalie.
Verse 13,
we read that on the Sabbath day,
they go outside the gate
to the riverside
where they supposed
there was a place of prayer.
And they sit down
and they speak to the women
who had come together.
We have observed
that it was Paul's habit
to visit the local synagogue
on the Sabbath
in order to persuade the Jews
that the promise of a Messiah
had been fulfilled in Jesus.
Now recall,
there are still Jews
scattered all over the place
back from Babylonian captivity.
Not every Jew had returned.
Right now,
we have descendants of those Jews
living all over the place.
And in many cities,
there was a synagogue.
And it was a strategic place to go
because these are people
who worshipped
the God of the Old Testament.
Right?
They knew about the promise
of a coming Messiah.
So it was a wonderful starting place
for Paul to preach the gospel.
But we see here,
in Philippi,
there's a very small
Jewish population
and no synagogue.
We can know this
because in order to establish
a synagogue,
a city had to have
ten Jewish men
who were the heads
of households.
That doesn't seem to exist here.
In the city of Philippi,
there is no synagogue.
When a synagogue
could not be established,
a place of prayer
would be formed
outside,
near a sea,
or a river.
So when able to find
a synagogue within the city,
this is why we see
Paul and his companions
heading outside the gate
to the riverside
where we supposed
there was a place of prayer.
This is why.
They couldn't find a synagogue,
so it made sense
that they would go
outside the gate
along the river
to find this place.
of prayer.
Now when speaking
of the spirit
of Jesus' mission strategy,
let me be clear here,
I do not mean to speak
to his strategy
in its entirety.
You can get very lost
if you think
this is the entirety
of Jesus' mission strategy
on earth.
But simply to show you this,
the spirit of Jesus
exalts the person
and work of Jesus Christ
in unexpected places
to unexpected people.
So this is part
of his mission strategy.
Unexpected places
to unexpected people.
Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1,
verse 27,
God chose what is foolish
in the world
to shame the wise.
God chose what is weak
in the world
to shame the strong.
Paul and his companions
shared the gospel
of Jesus Christ
with women.
Not only was the Jewish community
too small
for a synagogue
to exist,
but the only people
in attendance
at the place of prayer
were women
who in this day
were considered
second class citizens.
Let this text serve you
if anybody ever makes a claim
that Christianity
is oppressive to women.
Let this text serve you.
Here we see Paul
having seen a vision
of a Macedonian man
asking for help,
sharing instead
with anyone
who would listen.
The Pharisees of Paul's day
would have found this
atrocious.
The Pharisees of Paul's day
would not teach women
and in their prayers
they would regularly
thank God
that they were neither
Gentiles,
slaves,
or women.
Very oppressive.
Now Paul never denied
the uniqueness
of God's good creation
of the genders.
In fact,
he makes much defense
of that
in other texts.
But stated in Galatians 3,
verse 28,
Paul says this,
there is neither Jew
nor Greek,
there is neither slave
nor free,
there is no male
and female.
For you are all one
in Christ Jesus.
Paul affirms
that while male
and female
are different
in design,
before God
we are positionally
the same.
in Christ
we are Christians.
Christianity,
properly applied,
lifts women up
and maximizes
their God-ordered
femininity.
Beloved females,
!
I think
feminism
is never
your servant.
A God-ordered
gender equality,
God-ordered,
found positionally
in Christ
before God
the same
but meant
to serve
different roles
and be fulfilled
in those roles
is
to your benefit.
So we see
Paul and his companions
sit down
and speak to the women
who had come together.
But what
do they say?
What do they say?
Luke's very brief account
just says
that they spoke
to the women.
As evidenced later
in the text
by Lydia's
belief,
they shared
the good news
of Jesus
with them.
This is the content
of their
conversation.
They spoke
to the women
of the Creator God
and His good
law,
which they were
likely aware of
as they were
gathering in a place
of prayer.
They spoke to them
of their failure
to keep the law
and the punishment
due them
accordingly.
They spoke to them
of Jesus'
perfect keeping
of that law
and of His
atoning sacrifice
on the cross.
They spoke to them
of Jesus'
resurrection
and His
subsequent ascension
and of their
need for repentance
and belief.
They shared
the good news
of Jesus
Christ
in an unexpected
place
to unexpected
people.
So we see,
number one,
the Spirit
of Jesus'
mission
strategy,
the gospel
spoken
in unexpected
places
to unexpected
people.
Now let's look
at the second
point,
the Spirit
of Jesus'
mission
power.
The Spirit
of Jesus'
mission
power.
Verse 14,
we see that
one who
heard us
was a woman
named Lydia
from the city
of Thyatira,
a seller of
purple goods
who was a
worshiper of
God.
The Lord
opened her
heart to pay
attention to
what was said
by Paul.
Luke records
for us the
conversion
of the first
European
Christian,
a woman
called
Lydia
who was
from the
city of
Thyatira
which was
in the
province
of
Lydia.
It's likely
that she
is called
Lydia
for that
reason.
She was
probably
the woman
from Lydia
is the way
she would
have been
known
in Philippi
and so
she was
called
Lydia
probably
for that
reason
unless
her
parents
were
clever.
I'm
glad
my
parents
didn't
name
me
Gwinnett.
She
was a
seller
of
purple
goods
and this
is
significant.
Purple
dye
was made
from
the
glands
of
a
very
particular
shellfish
or
from
the
roots
of
a
plant
called
the
matter
plant
both
which
were
very
rare
and
therefore
cloth
that was
purple
was
very
expensive
and
as
such
purple
garments
were
only
worn
by
the
extremely
wealthy
and
this
was
likely
a
very
lucrative
business
that
Lydia
was
engaged
in.
She
was
doing
well
for
herself.
Verse 15
tells us
that she
had a
house
large
enough
to
host
the
missionary
team.
She
invited
them
to
host
them
and
she
prevailed
upon
them
convinced
them
to
come
and
likely
the
church
that
develops
in
Philippi
met
at
her
home
which
we
get
some
hint
of
in
verse
40
of
the
same
chapter
16
so
Lydia
was
doing
well
for
herself
and
was
able
to
turn
that
into
service
of
the
church
so
the
spirit
of
Jesus
mission
power
is
the
power
of
conversion
some
of
the
greatest
miracles
recorded
in
the
pages
of
scripture
are
the
records
of
dead
souls
coming
to
life
greater
than
the
burning
bush
or
the
water
of
the
Nile
being
turned
into
blood
or
the
parting
of
the
Red
Sea
or
any
other
of
the
Exodus
miracles
greater
than
Jesus
turning
water
into
wine
or
calming
the
storm
on
the
sea
of
Galilee
greater
than
all
of
these
is
the
acceptance
of
Jesus
as
the
Christ
repentance
and
faith
is a
work
of
God
by
his
spirit
God
bends
the
wills
of
men
like
water
in
his
hand
Luke's
record
states
the
Lord
opened
her
heart
to
pay
attention
to
what
was
said
by
Paul
do
not
make
the
mistake
of
giving
yourself
too
much
credit
in
the
saving
of
your
soul
Luke
is
careful
here
to
emphasize
that
it
was
the
work
of
the
Lord
to
open
her
heart
Paul
said
the
following
in
Ephesians
chapter
2
verses
8
and
9
for
by
grace
you
have
been
saved
through
faith
and
this
referring
to
faith
is
not
your
own
doing
it
is
the
gift
of
God
not
a
result
of
works
so
that
no
one
may
boast
and
let
me
add
my
commentary
to
that
so
that
no
one
may
boast
in
themselves
but
they
certainly
can
boast
in
God
understand
that
the
salvation
of
Lydia
and
your
salvation
is
the
work
of
God
and
it
is
proper
for
us
to
understand
this
to
give
him
the
proper
praise
that
is
due
him
to
express
this
point
to
you
in
an
artistic
way
let
me
share
with
you
a
poem
by
an
anonymous
author
not
by
God
just
an
author
but
it
makes
this
point
if
you've
been
here
a
while
you've
heard
me
read
this
before
oh
long
and
dark
the
stairs
I
trod
with
trembling
feet
to
find
my
God
gaining
a
foothold
bit
by
bit
then
slipping
back
and
losing
it
never
progressing
striving
still
with
weakening
grasp
and
faltering
will
bleeding
to
climb
to
God
while
he
serenely
smiled
not
noting
me
then
came
a
certain
time
when
I
loosened
my
hold
and
fell
thereby
down
to
the
lowest
step
my
fall
as
if
I
had
not
climbed
at
all
now
when
I
lay
despairing
there
listen
a
footfall
on
the
stair
on
that
same
stair
where
I
afraid
faltered
and fell
and lay
dismayed
and low
when hope
had ceased
!
to be
my
God
came down
the
stairs
to
me
and
there
is
a
picture
of
the
gospel
us
helpless
not
drowning
and being
thrown
a
life
preserver
but
dead
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea
and
Jesus
dives
in
and
he
pulls
our
dead
bodies
to
the
surface
and
he
breathes
life
into
us
and
we
believe
in
our
text
Luke
states
that
the
Lord
opened
her
heart
to
pay
attention
to
what
was
said
by
Paul
the
Greek
word
for
the
phrase
to
pay
attention
carries
a bit
more
weight
than
our
English
translations
allow
for
it
means
to
listen
to
but
it
also
means
to
take
heed
of
it
means
to
pay
attention
in
a
way
that
spurns
on
obedience
so
the
Lord
opened
her
heart
to
take
heed
of
what
was
said
by
Paul
so
if
you'll
allow
I
think
it's
proper
to
see
in
this
phrase
to
pay
attention
that
we
find
the
record
of
her
conversion
see
her
come
to
faith
in
Jesus
and
the
Lord
opening
her
heart
to
pay
attention
to
take
heed
to
what
was
being
said
by
Paul
to
the
gospel
message
that
he
was
preaching
the
spirit
of
God
converts
us
he
causes
us
to
believe
it
is in
her
subsequent
obedience
once
she's
converted
it
is in
her
subsequent
obedience
that
we
see
thirdly
the
spirit
of
Jesus
mission
result
in
verse
15
we
see
and
after
she
was
baptized
and
her
household
as
well
she
urged
us
saying
if
you
judge
me
faithful
to
the
Lord
come
to
my
house
and
stay
and
she
prevailed
upon
us
Luke
records
for us
immediately
that
she
was
baptized
and
her
household
as
well
now
the
Greek
word
here
translated
baptized
is
the
word
baptizo
!
It's
not
far
away
from
the
Greek
word
baptizo
which
is
most
often
defined
in
extra
biblical
Greek
writing
as
immerse
or
dunk
repeatedly
so
Bible
translators
often
go to
extra
biblical
writing
to
understand
how
was
the
language
of
the
day
used
they
look
at
broader
context
to
try
to
grasp
what
was
meant
by
these
Greek
words
which
are
complex
but
in
many
places
that's
what
the
word
means
to
immerse
or
to
dunk
repeatedly
I've
seen
one
translator
suggest
that
it
means
to
hold
under
to
drown
baptizo
it's
a
strong
word
in
that
regard
so
Lydia
and
her
household
which
was
probably
with
her
were
likely
immersed
in
the
river
dunked
under
in
the
river
now
it
is
texts
like
this
in
Acts
of
which
there
are
two
others
where
we
see
household
baptisms
that
are
most
often
used
by
our
brothers
who
are
paedo
baptists
this is a
fancy
word
paedo
baptists
are
those
who
baptize
infants
we
at
Christ
family
church
are
not
paedo
but
rather
credo
baptists
that's
our
fancy
word
we
get
to
own
which
means
that
we
only
baptize
people
who
have
professed
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
professed
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
now
I
don't
have
time
this
morning
or
likely
the
energy
for
a
large
treatment
of
the
topic
of
baptism
but
I
do
believe
that
it
is
important
that
you
hold
a
conviction
on
the
matter
and
understand
why
you
hold
said
conviction
it's
a
wonderful
thing
that
we
have
the
resource
of
Bible
translation
and
study
tools
at
our
disposal
I
commend
you
to
go
and
search
the
scriptures
right
believe
what you
believe
and
understand
what you
believe
don't
just
do it
because
you
know
that
I
think
that
credo
baptism
is the
proper
way
to go
I
also
want
you
to
understand
that
I
do
not
want
you
to
mistake
my
conviction
on
this
subject
or
any
other
as a
spirit
of
controversy
I
know
that
when
I
hold
beliefs
sometimes
I
am
passionate
about
the
beliefs
I
hold
it
is
never
my
intention
to
cause
controversy
in
our
community
I
know
many
pedo
baptists
who
are
faithful
brothers
and
friends
I
have
learned
much
from
pedo
baptist
scholars
I
have
a
great
commentary
on
the
book
of
acts
written
by
R.C.
Sproul
which
I
had
to
pretty
much
entirely
ignore
for
this
section
but
I
have
learned
much
from
his
writing
very
much
appreciate
the
contribution
of
pedo
baptist
scholars
to
Christianity
and
while
I
believe
that
my
understanding
my
case
my
belief
in
credo
baptism
is
biblical
and
that
it's
clear
and
nowhere
expressly
commands
in the
Bible
that
infant
baptism
should
be
practiced
nor
does
it
anywhere
expressly
forbid
it
so
the
point
is
we
should
be
charitable
we
should
be
charitable
I
don't
find
it
to
be
a
particularly
great
thing
but
some
people
do
is
what
I'm
suggesting
so
let's
hold
our
convictions
and
let's
contend
for the
truth
while
appreciating
the
truths
that
we
hold
in
common
with
our
paedo-baptist
brothers
right
more
central
truths
that
we
hold
in
common
particularly
and
probably
especially
Presbyterians
of the
conservative
kind
PCA
if
somebody
says
they're
Presbyterian
ask
them
PCA
or
PCUSA
PCA
Presbyterians
are much
like us
in our
beliefs
we have
a wonderful
PCA
congregation
here in
Dahlonega
which I
am
very
thankful
exists
and I'm
glad to
partner
with them
in this
community
for the
gospel
we can
unite
in
salvation
by grace
alone
through
faith
alone
in
Christ
alone
we
can
unite
in
the
fact
that
baptism
does
not
save
you
some
hesitate
to call
them
even
denominations
non-Christian
denominations
believe that
baptism
does
save
you
not
most
of
the
people
we
know
that
practice
pedo-baptism
baptism
does
not
save
you
but
is
rather
a sign
of
God's
promise
particulars
of which
vary
amongst
us
but
all
the
same
we
agree
that
baptism
is
not
salvific
on
your
bulletin
I
included
as I
like
to
do
a
Charles
Spurgeon
quote
I'm
very
pleased
to
agree
with
Spurgeon
concerning
baptism
but
if I
play that
game
the
pedo-baptists
get
Whitfield
and
Baxter
and
Flavel
and
Edwards
and
Chalmers
and
Brainerd
and a
lot
of
others
so I
digress
Spurgeon
said this
a man
who
knows
that
he
is
saved
by
believing
in
Christ
does
not
when
he
is
baptized
lift
his
baptism
into
a
saving
ordinance
that's
the primary
point
of
the
quote
in
fact
he
is
the
very
best
protester
against
that
mistake
because
he
holds
that
he
has
no
right
to
be
baptized
until
he
is
saved
the
point
is
that
Lydia
who
for
obvious
reasons
was
not
circumcised
had
never
been
baptized
and
upon
placing
her
faith
in
Christ
she
was
this
is
the
point
it's
the
driving
point
right
the
paedo
Baptist
argument
that
her
household
was
baptized
because
of
her
faith
does
not
hold
water
pun
intended
for
me
because
it
assumes
that
her
household
included
infants
doesn't
it
have
to
assume
that
we
can
just
as
easily
and I
believe
more
biblically
assume
that
there
were
not
infants
and
that
those
of
her
household
who
were
baptized
did
so
as
a
result
of
faith
in
Jesus
baptism
has
always
been
used
as
a
sign
of
repentance
John
the
baptizer
come
John
the
baptist
baptism
was
exactly
that
Paul
states
this
in
Acts
chapter
19
verse
4
he
says
John
baptized
with
the
baptism
of
repentance
and
Peter
said
in
his
sermon
on
the
day
of
Pentecost
in
response
to
the
question
asked
in
Acts
chapter
2
verse
37
brothers
what
shall
we
do
he
had
preached
the
gospel
and
the
crowd
cried
out
brothers
what
shall
we
do
in
Acts
2
and
be
baptized
Jesus
himself
who
was
circumcised
was
also
baptized
in
Matthew
3
15
he
says
thus
it is
fitting
for
us
to
fulfill
all
righteousness
so
Lydia
believed
and
her
household
as
well
I
would
argue
believed
and
they
were
baptized
the
spirit
of
Jesus
worked
obedience
in
them
to
be
baptized
so
we
can
see
the
spirit
of
Jesus
mission
strategy
gospel
proclamation
in
unlikely
places
to
unlikely
people
praise
God
I
find
myself
in
that
category
we
can
see
the
spirit
of
Jesus
mission
power
opening
the
hearts
of
Lydia
and
her
family
opening
my
heart
to
believe
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ
and
we
can
see
the
spirit
of
Jesus
mission
result
obedience
the
immediate
obedience
of
baptism
to
a
response
of
faith
so
what
does
it
all
mean
for
us
what
is
the
application
of
the
text
for
today
first
if
you
have
repented
and
believed
in
Jesus
Christ
rejoice
!
of
your
sin
say
with
Paul
as he
does
in
1st
Timothy
chapter
1
verse
15
the
saying
is
trustworthy
and deserving
a full
acceptance
that
Christ
Jesus
came into
the world
to save
sinners
of whom
I am
the
foremost
do you
believe that
to be
true of
yourself
you were
a wretched
wretched
sinner
Christ
came to
save
you
and
be
witnesses
to
that
mercy
that
God
saved
you
Paul
goes
on
to
say
in
verse
16
of
1st
Timothy
chapter
1
but
I
received
mercy
for
this
reason
that
in
me
as
the
foremost
Jesus
Christ
might
display
his
perfect
patience
!
as an
example
to
those
who
were
to
believe
in
him
for
eternal
life!
This
is a
witness
to
Christ
that
our
world
needs
beloved
they
do
not
need
our
judgment
they
need
us
to
come
to
them
and
say
me
too
but
worse
but
God
in
his
mercy
showed
me
patience
and
he
saved
my
soul
and
he'll
do
the
same
for
you
secondly
if
you
have
not
repented
and
believed
if
you
find
in
yourself
an
inclination
to
pay
attention
in
any
measure
to
the
gospel
this
morning
praise
God
he
is
at
work
within
you
and
the
aim
of
his
work
within
you
is
repentance
and
believe
so
repent
and
believe
that
is
the
call
if
you're
attuning
at
all
to
the
great
truth
of
the
gospel
who
God
is
and
who
you
are
and
this
great
chasm
that
exists
between
you
and
the
solution
to
that
separation
found
in
the
personal
work
of
Jesus
Christ
turn
from
your
sins
!
Repentance
confess
it
before
him
turn
from
it
and
believe
in
the
satisfactory
substitutionary
atoning
sacrifice
of
Christ
the
cross
great
high
point
of
Jesus
our
God's
expression
of
love
to
the
world
turn
from
your
sin
to
Christ
thirdly
if
you
have
repented
and
believed
and
have
not
been
baptized
as a
believer
do
so
it's
a
matter
of
obedience
let's
pray
together